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I wish i had his antennas
- Thread starter Rwb
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i used to haul gas up that road in the 70s n seems like every 3 months another antenna would appear
I remember my Dispatcher rushing me out to the trailer for pick-up in the yard for a "hot load" with storm clouds brewing in the west of Memphis at the trerminal...
"hurry up"
"Why- I gotta do my pre-trip you know"
"They need it"
"Well they ain't gonna' get it if I'm at a Scalehouse held-up because of your insistence..."
"Can you do it?"
"Yes"
"I can take it back and give it to someone else"
"If you do then they will have a pre-trip also - I'm already 5-minutes ahead of you on this one - you want to stay on or should I let you go? There's rain commin...I can hear thunder - if you drag this out I will have to wait this one out in the yard"
Thats' pretty much the juxt of the mess I had that day...
That was May 22nd 2011 - about 4PM in Memphis...
Mt Vernon got spared some of it's wrath, but Joplin got the brunt of it...
I know, It may sound terrible, and it is a horrible event, but it taught me about Memphis and that area and why I miss it so much - there's a brotherhood or kindness or a love of a neighbor whom cares for you (you figure out how it comes together I just KNOW it's there). You may leave it, but it never leaves you.
I was at the Pilot just 1 -1/2 months earlier in Joplin getting hit on by a guy on the radio that wanted me to switch to their carrier. And there was still snow on the ground there.
"hurry up"
"Why- I gotta do my pre-trip you know"
"They need it"
"Well they ain't gonna' get it if I'm at a Scalehouse held-up because of your insistence..."
"Can you do it?"
"Yes"
"I can take it back and give it to someone else"
"If you do then they will have a pre-trip also - I'm already 5-minutes ahead of you on this one - you want to stay on or should I let you go? There's rain commin...I can hear thunder - if you drag this out I will have to wait this one out in the yard"
Thats' pretty much the juxt of the mess I had that day...
That was May 22nd 2011 - about 4PM in Memphis...
Mt Vernon got spared some of it's wrath, but Joplin got the brunt of it...
I know, It may sound terrible, and it is a horrible event, but it taught me about Memphis and that area and why I miss it so much - there's a brotherhood or kindness or a love of a neighbor whom cares for you (you figure out how it comes together I just KNOW it's there). You may leave it, but it never leaves you.
I was at the Pilot just 1 -1/2 months earlier in Joplin getting hit on by a guy on the radio that wanted me to switch to their carrier. And there was still snow on the ground there.
i was home when joplin was hit.daughter n i was out in yard.we are 30 miles northeast of joplin.sky looked very odd.a huge cloud came our way n it dropped a huge amount of pink and yellow fiberglass insulation in our yard.3 full size pickup beds full.many medical records.and 1 womand edward jones statements.id liked to been her best friend... $3 million invested with edward jones.
Wifes great aunt was crushed by a huge tree in her yard.3 days before she was found.1 friend n his 2 babys were crushed in academy,wall fell on them
