I used to be one of the crew on a truck which delivered nitro-glycerine to high-street chemist stores and school science labs.
Because of budgetary constraints it wasn't possible to fit the trucks with pneumatic tyres, so we had to make wooden ones ourselves. My job was to stand in the back holding a 50-gallon glass of nitro under each arm and jump up every time we approached a pot-hole in the road. The drivers used to play tricks and tell me we were approaching a pot-hole when we weren't really, so I'd jump and hit my head on the wagon roof. They thought it was such a lark. That's why I always wear a turban when driving. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 16 September 2007 20:29 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO Eastmain Rapids, James Bay > > I once drove the front arrow truck for a highway department > line painting crew. You do not know what fun is until you > have to drive down a heavily traveled two lane road at rush > hour straddling the center line and forcing traffic onto the > shoulders so the paint truck behind you can repaint the > lines. Some of the 18 wheelers try to play chicken with you. > > Just thought I would help put your new job into perspective, > a couple of more trips and you will not think anything of it. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
