--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_y..., Scrapper BlackDragon <scrapperbd_at_y...>
wrote:
> Ah, Scott, joining the road users! Be grateful you
> are not down under in Australia (or where ever Shad is
> hiding for that matter!). I'm learning to drive a
> 480hp, 26 wheel low loader! Roads, foot paths, lawns
> are all just an extension of the turning circle!
> Can't convince the owner that he needs art on the side
> of the cabin though. The whole truck is primer coat
> grey! <shrug>
>
> Boys in blue in Australia are fair enough if you don't
> razz them, but I try NOT to push my luck once they've
> "stopped for a chat". The Detroit (Michigan) cops
> were FAR from friendly when they stopped for a
> "donation request" while I was over there....
>
> For the helmet art, I am thinking suggestive, but
> staying on the PG/G side of the rating system. Easier
> to explain to mundanes that way...
>
Oh uh, sorry; as you may know we've been unusually patriotic lately
and sometimes I forget I'm talking to people OUTSIDE the US.
I can understand the helmet art thing though, it can get pretty
difficult to explain to someone whose not used to it. I usually try
to raz our narrow-minded jerks in my area (Arkansas police can be
pretty pitiful most times). But then again I try to respect other
people's right not to see it so whatever I do will probably be pretty
tame by my own standards.
Not to brag, but I learned to drive a road tractor when I was 5 years
old (my dad's a mechanic). I've wrecked three. But we don't have
those "road trains" here so that must be an unnerving experience.
Caleb
Received on Tue Dec 04 2001 - 22:03:50 CST