In my retirement, I work part time at the local Walmart, mostly for the routine. There are 3 guys who work here that cycle into work for their shifts. 3, 6 and 8.5 miles each day. I’m the bicycle guy for our store and I get to work on their bikes and hear their stories. The long distance guy had his stolen before I…

High Schrool, baby blue ‘56 Chevy. Was out bombing the country roads around Wilkes County, NC with my girl one night. Missed the stop sign at the T-intersection and flew off into a corn field. Busted the starter. No cell phones in those days so we walked until we got a ride. Probably plenty of ‘antifreeze’ was…

Naw. Wasn’t is Danny Sullivan who said “There are those who drive race cars and then there are racecar drivers.” It’s in the wo/man, not the car.

Yea, as little kids on camping trips. Lighting farts was a right-of-passage!

Dad’s driving home one evening after work on a four-laner. Pack of cars doing just under the speed limit with a cop at the front. Dad finally gets to the front and speed up to the speed limit. Red lights (this was decades ago...) come on and he pulls over. Cop walks up to his window with a paper bag under his arm.…

I make a quick dish by cracking the noodles into an old pottery bowl with memories and putting a kettle of water on to boil. Then I add a good bit of dehydrated onion ($.88 a bottle), a dash of garlic powder (same), maybe a quarter of the flavor packet and a good drizzle of sesame oil. Then I pour in a little too much…

Why are there towbar tabs on the front of this car? Didn’t need them to get to 88.. Maybe needs them for the horse(s) when he runs outta gas in the 1880's?

Pffft. When I noticed my Suburu’s wipers were rotting I went to the local auto store and bought the next to bottom set. 3 blades, all of different length, $42. No idea what brand they are; the cartons are black, white and red...

Pffft. When I noticed my Suburu’s wipers were rotting I went to the local auto store and bought the next to bottom…

Long ago, I worked in the OpCenter for a large ISP. One of our core routers, a Cisco 7500, started to show errors. These escalated over a few weeks until we changed it out for a new one. We couldn’t determine what was wrong but Cisco had their suspicions so we sent it to them. They sliced some of the chips apart and…

Robin Hood did not steal from the rich. He ‘stole’ from a corrupt government and returned that money to the folks it was taken from by force.

It’s not the bite but the effect on the 2 front upper teeth. I’ve used this technique for decades to determine the composition of materials. A light tap of the thing to my top teeth tells me plastic, metal, glass, etc. Taste is not involved.

Driving on the causeway, 50 in a 40. Got pulled... Cop took my stuff and went back to his car for a loonng time. Finally came back to my window and handed my papers back. He said, “After all these years, I finally figured out what that bumper sticker says. Have a good day.” and walked off. I had a blue and white…

This got me to wondering so I took a walk around the boatyard here in S Georgia. Cars from FL, NC, GA, California, Colorado in the US, Ontario and Quebec.

Pffffft. I live on a boat a mile or so from the naval sub pens here in St Marys, GA. We’re gonna get hit so fast I’ll never know. No worries here. I enjoy every day like I’ll die tomorrow anyway.

Used to do centuries weekly and doubles every couple months for the “fun of it” Johnsonville TN and McEntire AFB 24s for charity many times (440 best distance). Did RAAM as support in 83 or 84 - 400 miles a day. Gets to be a hypnotic dance. Learned to kinda zone out and sorta sleep in the saddle. Just stay on the…

Check out what the real long distance guys do: 80+ days at sea with no stops. (vendeeglobe.org) They sail a 60 foot boat 25,000 miles solo. They sleep in small snatches the whole trip - 20 minutes or so at a time around the clock. Remember that the boat is always noisily bouncing around. They do their own cooking,…

This is a fscking awesome article. I’m listening to the inauguration as I read this. I’ve loved Tito since UFC 1 mostly for his entertainment value. I don’t agree with all your points, but... You have woven a great story of these guys historys(sp?) and current politics in a most entertaining way. I even learned a…

4 cans of SPAM. After 4, you’ve had a lifetimes worth... FWIW, Dollar store has ‘em for $1.50 each.

Amen. They lead lives few of us can at all appreciate. What they do is their affair; we don’t need to know it.