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The other day, made my daily trip to town, then was taking my usual
little drive around town, before heading home. Out on the far edge of
town, and the trudk died Dead. No coudh, no sputter, nothing. Just
like turning the key off.

Checked, it was getting fuel to the carb, but no spark. No cell
phone, of course. Funny part, I'd just stopped at a Dollar Store to get
some batteries, and saw they were selling $20 cell phones, and $5 phone
cards. And, I decided to get one later. Arrrgghh. I was only a few
hundred yards from a store tho, and was able to call to have it carried
home.

The younger kid looked at it and determined it's probably ony the
module in the distributer. That should run less than $10, and he'll
probably be able to get it in tomorrow. Sometimes having kids is a good
thing. LOL

It's a '79 GMC pickup, with 130"K miles, and normally runs great.
Got it for about $1200 in about Jul 2001. Got a little rust, and isn't
worth restoring, the air condiditoning compressor died earlier this
year, the radio is giving problems, the defroster doesn't work (it's
still got heat), but it's not bad, and I'm gonna run it until it dies
beyond bringing back. After all, it's a pickup. If God had meant
mankind to walk he'd never have invented pickups.
Life is basically good.



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J T wrote:
The other day, made my daily trip to town, then was taking my usual
little drive around town, before heading home. Out on the far edge of
town, and the trudk died Dead. No coudh, no sputter, nothing. Just
like turning the key off.


The problem with that truck is it won't stay dead. It has more lives
than a cat.

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sounds like the beginnings of a country song.....

jc

top posted for my convenience.

"J T" wrote in message
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The other day, made my daily trip to town, then was taking my usual
little drive around town, before heading home. Out on the far edge of
town, and the trudk died Dead. No coudh, no sputter, nothing. Just
like turning the key off.

Checked, it was getting fuel to the carb, but no spark. No cell
phone, of course. Funny part, I'd just stopped at a Dollar Store to get
some batteries, and saw they were selling $20 cell phones, and $5 phone
cards. And, I decided to get one later. Arrrgghh. I was only a few
hundred yards from a store tho, and was able to call to have it carried
home.

The younger kid looked at it and determined it's probably ony the
module in the distributer. That should run less than $10, and he'll
probably be able to get it in tomorrow. Sometimes having kids is a good
thing. LOL

It's a '79 GMC pickup, with 130"K miles, and normally runs great.
Got it for about $1200 in about Jul 2001. Got a little rust, and isn't
worth restoring, the air condiditoning compressor died earlier this
year, the radio is giving problems, the defroster doesn't work (it's
still got heat), but it's not bad, and I'm gonna run it until it dies
beyond bringing back. After all, it's a pickup. If God had meant
mankind to walk he'd never have invented pickups.
Life is basically good.



JOAT
Don't believe everything you think.



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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:38:24 -0500, (J T)
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I'm gonna run it until it dies
beyond bringing back. After all, it's a pickup.


Get yourself some fat bandwidth and watch this video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...9&q=trashed+to

BBC TV's "Top Gear" program investigate just what it takes to kill a
pickup - it's rather a lot!

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The music was the best part


Stephen R

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:38:24 -0500, (J T)
wrote:

I'm gonna run it until it dies
beyond bringing back. After all, it's a pickup.


Get yourself some fat bandwidth and watch this video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...9&q=trashed+to

BBC TV's "Top Gear" program investigate just what it takes to kill a
pickup - it's rather a lot!





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"J T" wrote in message
Sat, Feb 11, 2006, 1:54pm (EST+5)
(noonenparticular) doth state:
sounds like the beginnings of a country song.....

Well, the tracks were only about a hundred yards away, I would have
crossed them as soon as I turned the corner, and a train was going by
when it died. I wasn't drinking tho. But, I do have an outboard in the
back. Hmmm. Hey Swingman, what do you know about writing songs?


Nada ... but Hollywood loves anachronisms, so just stipulate that Cowboy
Troy sings a country rap version of "Teen Angel" at that moment on the movie
soundtrack.

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Well, the kid got a new module in the distributer last night. It's
alive. Was running like crap, then discovered the choke was closed.
Fixed that, then found out it won't idle. Let off on the gas, and it
dies. Took it to town, and ran find, just had to keep giving it a bit
of gas when stopped, or it'd die. Too dark by that time to look, and
he'd been in a hurry to leave, but I figure he pulled a vacuum line
loose somewhere. I'll get out and check in a bit. Nice to have
transportation again.

Now if I can just figure out how to get both of them to work on the
Luv. Hell, I'd be happy if I could just get ONE of them working on the
Luv. Maybe I "should" have just let the GMC die, they pretty much go
into panic mode if they think they'll have to start carrying me around.
LMAO



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J T wrote:
The other day, made my daily trip to town, then was taking my usual
little drive around town, before heading home. Out on the far edge of
town, and the trudk died Dead. No coudh, no sputter, nothing. Just
like turning the key off.

Checked, it was getting fuel to the carb, but no spark. No cell
phone, of course. Funny part, I'd just stopped at a Dollar Store to get
some batteries, and saw they were selling $20 cell phones, and $5 phone
cards. And, I decided to get one later. Arrrgghh. I was only a few
hundred yards from a store tho, and was able to call to have it carried
home.


Geez, you have a car with a carb and no cell phone.

Do you have running water? ;-)

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"Larry Bud" wrote

J T wrote:
The other day, made my daily trip to town, then was taking my usual
little drive around town, before heading home. Out on the far edge of
town, and the trudk died Dead. No coudh, no sputter, nothing. Just
like turning the key off.

Checked, it was getting fuel to the carb, but no spark. No cell
phone, of course. Funny part, I'd just stopped at a Dollar Store to get
some batteries, and saw they were selling $20 cell phones, and $5 phone
cards. And, I decided to get one later. Arrrgghh. I was only a few
hundred yards from a store tho, and was able to call to have it carried
home.


Geez, you have a car with a carb and no cell phone.

Do you have running water? ;-)

Reminds me of that old joke.

Do you have hot and cold running water?

Yep, hot in the summer, cold in the winter.





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I had to put a new muffler on my 87 Ford F-150, also, insurance is due
this month.

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I had a slow leak in my passenger side rear tire.

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I'd heard a train a coming as i was rounding the bend,
I didn't know my old friend would likely meet his end,
so i popped another 6-pack and put the peddle to the floor,
i shure do like to hear that old Jimmy roar.

But then everything went silent,
i thought that i'd gone deaf,
my old hound dog looked at me and he was holding his breath,
the engine had died all right and the train was coming fast,
i feared that my old truck, did not have long to last.

(guitar strumming and picking here)

mama told me that old carberator would be the death of me,
that i needed fuel injection if i was ever to see,
that there is more to life than old trucks and cheap beer.

But ever since she died on that old hawg she used to ride,
i look at my chest tattoo with a whole lot of pride,
it says "I love my mama" for the whole world to see,
damn if only she were here to fix this dang truck for me.

I had an outboard motor in the back that I'd been meaning to trade for
a shotgun,
it had been twenty years since it had even run.
Probably that dead weight that held me back,
if that old truck had been lighter it would have rolled right onto the
tracks,
then the only thing left of me would've been one big loud smack.

now friends there is a lesson here,
don't you drink and drive,
spend your time making sawdust and drinking in your garage.
And kiss your dog and call your mama cause theys more than you deserve,

and if you hear a train a coming don't go around that curve.

(optional unfinshed verse- nothing rhymes with finally).
ohh, if only i owned a cell phone i wouldn't have had to walk back,
but it took me nearly 8 hours to walk the distance of one six pack.
if it hadn't been for a loggin truck that picked me up finally,
I would still be walking out there...

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I'd heard a train a coming as i was rounding the bend,


Well, according to David Allan Coe you got most of the requisite keywords:
"mama", "train", "dog", "truck", "drunk" (you left out "prison"), but still
don't give up your day job.

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wrote:
I'd heard a train a coming as i was rounding the bend,
I didn't know my old friend would likely meet his end,
so i popped another 6-pack and put the peddle to the floor,
i shure do like to hear that old Jimmy roar.

But then everything went silent,
i thought that i'd gone deaf,
my old hound dog looked at me and he was holding his breath,
the engine had died all right and the train was coming fast,
i feared that my old truck, did not have long to last.

(guitar strumming and picking here)

mama told me that old carberator would be the death of me,
that i needed fuel injection if i was ever to see,
that there is more to life than old trucks and cheap beer.

But ever since she died on that old hawg she used to ride,
i look at my chest tattoo with a whole lot of pride,
it says "I love my mama" for the whole world to see,
damn if only she were here to fix this dang truck for me.

I had an outboard motor in the back that I'd been meaning to trade for
a shotgun,
it had been twenty years since it had even run.
Probably that dead weight that held me back,
if that old truck had been lighter it would have rolled right onto the
tracks,
then the only thing left of me would've been one big loud smack.

now friends there is a lesson here,
don't you drink and drive,
spend your time making sawdust and drinking in your garage.
And kiss your dog and call your mama cause theys more than you deserve,

and if you hear a train a coming don't go around that curve.

(optional unfinshed verse- nothing rhymes with finally).
ohh, if only i owned a cell phone i wouldn't have had to walk back,
but it took me nearly 8 hours to walk the distance of one six pack.
if it hadn't been for a loggin truck that picked me up finally,
I would still be walking out there...

....rememberin' Muhammad Ali.
.... tryin' to make it to Bali.
....thinkin' about Salvador Dali.
....and goin' to make it to Trixie's by golly.
holly, jolly, call ya, lolly, nally, molly, Olly (and Stan), Polly,
quality, really, solly, and exhaulity. All good for a country song.
hail to the blue yodeler,
jo4hn
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I had to adjust my rear view mirror.

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