Texas TORNADO
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04-05-2012, 12:22 AM
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The weather makes our lives interesting here. In Dec, Jan, Feb, we have winter storms to face, is spring we get to see funnel clouds dancing anywhere in the country, and between July and Nov, we look forward to Hurricane season (and they're saying we should have fewer of them this year). I'd say we have the full year pretty well covered.
The CB in my truck had a weather alert in it. There were times that about the only thing you heard were all the warning from it. Problem was that they would tell you what counties were under a warning, but you had to stop and look at a map to see if you were in the path or behind it. There were times when I glanced at the map, threw it down, and mashed the peddle to get out of there. Always bigger and better in Texas.... Those videos would make it look that way.....
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#12
04-05-2012, 11:19 AM
 I'm amazed that nobody was killed(last I heard) being that the Metroplex area was under the gun by those twisters.
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04-05-2012, 03:38 PM
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Now, you know what he's being treated for..... TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS... He NEEDS to get back to work...
Laughter is still the best medicine. It does us all a bit of good as well. Wait a minute... You've come up with some wild, off-the-wall stuff yourself. Nothing like these videos, but.....
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04-05-2012, 05:56 PM
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Driving in Scotland, Wales or Ireland you have to be a master of single track roads(You would all adapt to it quickly enough I'm sure). That picture was taken on the only stretch of a road where there was sufficient room to open the door and get out of the cab. Road is near place called Llanedi in South West Wales and was an absolute bugger with anything longer than a tri-axle; unfortunately my boss's yard was at the end of it so it was a daily event for me :-(
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04-06-2012, 10:06 PM
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Driving in Scotland, Wales or Ireland you have to be a master of single track roads(You would all adapt to it quickly enough I'm sure). That picture was taken on the only stretch of a road where there was sufficient room to open the door and get out of the cab. Road is near place called Llanedi in South West Wales and was an absolute bugger with anything longer than a tri-axle; unfortunately my boss's yard was at the end of it so it was a daily event for me :-(
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04-06-2012, 10:34 PM
 (step-thunk swagger-swagger) (wipes grease soaked chin) (stinks of Easter honey-glazed Ham) Gar Har HarRrrr... whar be the sail?? sez aye. She'l take to the wind m8. Harrrh harrrrrrrer
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04-06-2012, 10:57 PM
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And, in Texas, the ride would have been much higher and farther.....
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#18
04-07-2012, 12:18 AM
(sheepishly looks both ways) (takes a step back) wimperrrr aye be waitin' for a slap aboot now... if aye were be to say that... but nawt meee...
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04-07-2012, 12:37 AM
(leans in whispering) (you can smell ...{snif-snif} .. fish...no...crabs) aye wood say any Port in a storm ..Har Harrr but that always gets me in trouble too..sez aye yar har
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04-07-2012, 12:52 AM
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With something that narrow, having company would mean sleeping "one wide and two deep" like some of the old "match-box" sleepers in the old trucks. Would that get you in trouble too???????
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