[AT] Al Jones

Sat Jul 21 16:13:30 PDT 2007

Things are good here Travis except that my work is a little slow.  Everyone 
is healthy including my mom who will be 89 Tuesday a week from now.  She 
still has a clear mind and drives anywhere she wants to go so I'm very lucky 
that way.

Clinton is a town I don't get to very often.  It seems as if the road just 
doesn't run from New Bern to Clinton.  LOL.  Reminds me of the time I got 
lost down that way.  Well I wasn't lost I just didn't know where I was.  I 
went to Billy Fussels lime mine in Rose Hill (mid 70's) to haul with one of 
our other trucks that was down there working.  When I got there Billy 
stopped me at the scale after I loaded and told me that the haul had run out 
and William had already gone back.  He  didn't want me to go back empty 
handed so he told me to follow two Ford tri-axles that had already gone out 
the gate and I could  get one load  for my trouble.  He assumed I had a CB 
and could talk to them but I couldn't.

I took out chasing them but they didn't know I was trying to follow.
We left Rose Hill and went S/W through a series of back roads, turning and 
twisting every which way for a couple or mabye 3 hours.  I'm somewhat 
familiar with that area but I didn't recognize one thing as we went.  We 
only went through one little town.  It was a beautiful old town laid out in 
a square and I've never seen it before or since that I know of.  We finally 
got to the farm.  The man at the farm motioned the two tri-axles into one 
field to dump and me into another one.  I finished dumping and when i looked 
around ALL of them were long gone.

I got back out of the field and decided not to even try and find my way back 
the way we came but to stay on the last road that passed by the farm.  It 
was a larger road and I seemed to be heading N/E.
After a couple of miles I passed a little country store.  I pulled over, 
went inside and offered to buy a Coke for the two old gentlemen in the 
store.  They declined so I got one and told them my problem.  I asked if 
either of them knew  the best way to get to New Bern.  They looked at each 
other and back at me and said "son I ain't never heard of that place."  Oh 
#$% I thought.  So I followed with "how about Kinston?"   The old man said 
"well now I've heard of Kinston but I don't know how to get there.  Alright, 
what is the closest large town around here?  He said "that road you're on 
will take you to Clinton.  So I struck out.  About 1 1/2 later I was in 
Clinton and after I took my bearings I knew how to get home.  I actually 
left from Vanceboro (between New Bern and Washington if you don't know) 
early that morning.  I got back there late that afternoon after pulling one 
load that paid about $100 and burning over 100 gals of fuel.

Over the last 30 years I've spent a good bit of time trying to figure out 
where I was.  I've even been back down that way.  I've looked at map books 
and lately on Google Earth.  I still haven't figured it out.  None of the 
roads I was on even had road signs until I got back to Clinton.

Hope my rambling and remembering hasn't bored you to death.

Take care,

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yestergears" <yestergears at intrstar.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Al Jones

> Hey Charlie
>   It is/ soon to be was in Clinton. We're closing to the public pretty
> much the 28th. Need to be out by the first. I'm still going to sell farm
> toys, T shirts etc, just doing it at shows tractor pulls auctions etc.
> Landlord raised the rent and won't fix the building leaks. Plus it seems
> to do better on the road than in a building except for Christmas.
> Working on the website again and have my Real Estate license so I'm
> looking at some things in a different light.
>   Been A LOT of changes since I divorced and sold the farm in 04. Also
> dealing with a very sick mother in late stage Alzheimer's.
> I'm on the road a lot and need the break.
> How are things your way?  Nice to have a cool snap here
> Travis
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>> Travis,  I guess it's too late to ask this but where is/was your store?
>> I don't think I was aware you had one.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <yestergears at intrstar.net>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Al Jones
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>>
>>> by a thread but still hanging.  Mom is still hanging on and I'm closing
>>> the store 7-31.  Spending a lot of time on the road.  Thanks for the
>>> refund, it was not expected.
>>> Travis
>>>
>>>
>>>> ------- Original Message -------
>>> >From    : John Hall[mailto:jthall at worldnet.att.net]
>>>> Sent    : 7/20/2007 10:12:57 PM
>>>> To      : at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>> Cc      :
>>>> Subject : RE: Re: [AT] Al Jones
>>>>
>>>> Good to see you are still hanging in there Travis!!
>>> John
>>>
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