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Rooster Tales: When I Grow UP…I Wanna-be a Fireman, NO, a Trucker!!

March 8, 2011 | No Comments
Rooster Tales:     When I Grow UP…I Wanna-be a Fireman, NO, a Trucker!!

Recently, while sitting in a waiting room (not the Dr.’s, thank you), I did what most folks do and pick up a magazine to read.  Being in a truck maintenance shop you are limited on topics and magazines; it was easy to choose this one, since there was but one! After fiddling around with a [...]

Rooster Tales: There Ain’t No Sleep ‘cause There Ain’t No Sheep!

March 1, 2011 | 2 Comments
Rooster Tales: There Ain’t No Sleep ‘cause There Ain’t No Sheep!

My significant other has difficulty trying to figure out why I sleep so much when I get home from driving 10-12 thousand miles.  That’s one of the easier questions to deal with from an OTR lifestyle that requires a good driver to log about 700 miles per day.  This obviously fluctuates with the loads, location, [...]

Rooster Tales: A GORGEOUS GORGE for sure

February 9, 2011 | No Comments
Rooster Tales: A GORGEOUS GORGE for sure

I hope Josh can get this to ‘post’ soon, as it represents a small slice of what America has to offer with the natural beauty in thousands of its landscapes.  The following pictures will be posted over a three part segment, listed as Virgin River Gorge I, II, and III. The Virgin River origin is [...]

Rooster Tales: Do You Want Fries With That

April 19, 2010 | 4 Comments
Rooster Tales: Do You Want Fries With That

Simplifying Perspectives: Another ‘slice of life’ with my * thrown in. Two engineering students were walking across a university campus when one said, “Where did you get such a great bike?” The second engineer replied, “Well, I was walking along yesterday, minding my own business, when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike, threw [...]

Rooster Tales: Gorgeous Gorges..Part I

March 31, 2010 | No Comments
Rooster Tales: Gorgeous Gorges..Part I

Way-way back in my elementary, junior, and senior high school Geography classes, I don’t ever recall acing any tests.  I don’t even remember discussing the subject, but somehow rest assured it wasn’t for the lack of teacher input.  I’d like to think we were handcuffed due to the lack of tools available to make Geography [...]