[AT] Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS

[charlie hill]

Hi Cecil,

I thought of you yesterday.  I was on I-81 somewhere between Hagerstown MD 
and Winchester Va when I passed an old fire truck.  You could see where the 
letters for the town of Towson had been removed ( I think it was Towson. One 
of the towns in the DC Baltimore area) and some one had written "Runs" on 
the window.  It was stripped of any hose or other accessories.

The guy driving it had on a firemans coat but he also had a woman and maybe 
another person in the cab.  It looked like they had on firemen coats too. 
He was cruising south at about 55.  I was doing closer to 80 so I didn't get 
too good a look.  I did see a Mack emblem in the grille and there was a car 
following him.

Charlie
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Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: [AT] Re: MERRY CHRISTMAS


> Merry Christmas to everyone on the list.
>
> I had to opportunity to see how many friends I had on this list back in
> January when I brought the Fire Truck halfway across the United  States.
>
> It is still sitting out here.  It will be transformed into a winch
> truck/tractor puller over the next few months.   Right now, a 24 ft  tilt 
> bed is being
> installed on another auction bargain and is being transformed  into a 
> tractor
> retreiver..    Sounds like a breed of  dog..........   Might be a good 
> breed
> for us old tractor  lovers....
>
> I think that the reason we all love these old tractors is that we can work
> on them ourselves.
> There is that satisfaction of being able to do one's own work...
>
>  I have run across problems with my "new" vehicles and tractors and  the
> problems take about 2 days to solve, and are usually an electrical
> problem........    This seems to be the norm on anything that  gets to be 
> 10 years old.....
> I have decided that with the limited use that  my equipment gets, a
> non-electrical type of truck or tractor is worth much more  than one of 
> the new
> fangled electronic fuel injected, fuel squeezing headaches,  being built 
> now.
>
> Oh well, this is starting to be a ramble, and it was just a note to wish 
> all
> of you a Merry Christmas and to thank you for letting me be a part of 
> your
> lives.  It has been a fun and enjoyable year.
>
> Cecil Bearden
> Cecil in OK
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