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Old 08-09-16, 22:17
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Great recovery and road trip. Some of us would have paid just to be along for the fun and Hammond Barn stop... House renovations always seem to pop up when there are more interesting things to do, but most of us know which is the more important and where the support for our hobbies comes from Unless you're single, a tolerant partner goes a long way. Mine is pretty good about all of it, but has told my friends that she wants to go first, so she doesn't have to deal with my stuff...
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Old 09-09-16, 00:19
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Great recovery and road trip. Some of us would have paid just to be along for the fun and Hammond Barn stop... House renovations always seem to pop up when there are more interesting things to do, but most of us know which is the more important and where the support for our hobbies comes from Unless you're single, a tolerant partner goes a long way. Mine is pretty good about all of it, but has told my friends that she wants to go first, so she doesn't have to deal with my stuff...
Tag your stuff or mark the vehicle type with a paint pen. Make an inventory list if you have really useful or saleable parts. Then put it in the will - funeral at noon, auction at 2:00.
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Old 09-09-16, 01:33
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Great recovery and road trip. Some of us would have paid just to be along for the fun and Hammond Barn stop...
Hi All

Jes' Comment reminded me all the great road trips and across the border raids I used to go on with my mate Bob Mosley, who would be well known to MLU members. Bob would hear about a military vehicle standing in a paddock or some way off farm. I would receive a phone call and we would be off on the hunt.

I often stop and think of those great trips and ponder why he was taken so young. RIP Bob.

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Old 09-09-16, 13:50
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Great recovery and road trip. Some of us would have paid just to be along for the fun and Hammond Barn stop... House renovations always seem to pop up when there are more interesting things to do, but most of us know which is the more important and where the support for our hobbies comes from Unless you're single, a tolerant partner goes a long way. Mine is pretty good about all of it, but has told my friends that she wants to go first, so she doesn't have to deal with my stuff...
Not sure anyone would want to pay to be on one of these road trips here in Canada. Very long days and I am too cheap to go to a hotel each night. Not so much the money (well that too I guess) but the wasted time in the room and in the morning with breakfast and showering etc. Far easier to sleep in the back seat of the truck, wake up, relieve the bladder, wash the hair if need be using a bottle of water, and get on the way, grabbing some drive-thru breakfast at the next town.

As I would climb into the sleeping bag each night, I would toss the socks out the back window because they stunk so bad. After the day of loading the guns, the running shoes went out the back window as well.

Nothing like a clean fresh pair of socks in the morning to start your day right.

I did have one old timer near Kenogmi tell me about the 15cwt he has stashed away on his farm. He was looking to sell it. It was his dad's, and was in the same family since it was surplussed from the DND. Sounded very complete. I put him on to this site....not sure if he will follow through. At that point I was only interested in getting home, and was not looking to poach a CMP from Northern Ontario.
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Old 10-09-16, 01:56
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There's something to be said about solo runs. Get up, get down, drive, eat what have you at your own pace. Hold the eyes open with toothpicks as required. No pee breaks for passengers or complaint about the nefarious odors in the truck cab.
That's the way I usually fly on work assignments (and picks too!).
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Old 10-09-16, 02:43
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There's something to be said about solo runs. Get up, get down, drive, eat what have you at your own pace. Hold the eyes open with toothpicks as required. No pee breaks for passengers or complaint about the nefarious odors in the truck cab.
That's the way I usually fly on work assignments (and picks too!).
I used to drive through the night until I could not drive anymore. But with older age comes the realization of mortality. I was on a deadline and could not afford a connection with a Moose, so around 11PM, it would be time to pull over. Better to pace oneself.
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Old 10-09-16, 03:10
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Been there, done that. Night driving is usually best avoided and that's my time to take a break nowadays... And then there is the Black Dog. Ever heard of it? There's a movie by the same name.
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Old 10-09-16, 04:13
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New one on me.
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Old 10-09-16, 05:50
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Black dog refers to a point when you are so tired that you swear you saw a black dog run across the road in front of you that really didn't exist. It is a common phenomenom in persons who are overtired to the point of delusion.
The mind begins to play tricks on you and you begin to see shadows and illusions that are not real. It is a dangerous condition.
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1943 Converto Airborne Trailer
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