We had "the World's Laziest Man" in our National Guard outfit in the '70's. He and I were both deuce-and-a-half drivers. Summer camp was at Yakima Firing Center, which is a pretty fancy name for a plain ol' desert. Routinely 100° +, and so dusty you couldn't see past your hood.
The trucks had oil bath air cleaners, and we were supposed to change the oil in them daily, plus some other maintenance items. The First Sergeant suspected Mike wasn't doing it, so came and stood beside his rig one morning to watch him pull maintenance. When he took off the air cleaner pan, the oil was so filled with dirt that it just came out as a donut, which had a layer of dry dust on the top and didn't even break when it hit the ground. Sarge said, "Mike, go get So and So, okay?" Mike brought back So and So, and Sarge told him "Congratulations. You're a truck driver now. You'll be in charge of this rig from now on. Mike, go to the headquarters tent and we'll have us a little talk."
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Today's Featured Article - The 8N and the Fox - by Zane Sherman. Dec. 13 1998, Renfroe, Alabama. Last niht I dreamed about the day that I plowed the field of about 10 acres over on what Jimmy and Dandy called the Ledbetter field. I was driving the 1948 8N Ford tractor that Jimmy bought in 48 new This was prebably in about 1951 and maybe even befor the house was built. This would have made me to be about16 years old and I drove the tractor for nothing and would have paid to drive it if I had had any money which I didn't, but neit
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