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Moving Day — The big dozer goes on the lowboy “I just ain’t cut out for this.” That is what the young man said to my Bro 2 summers ago when we were in Newton County. I looked away and shook my head thinking that he had spent his first week with us in the air conditioned and ergonomically improved newest dozer we owned. What was he going to do after a day Continue reading The Fabric Of Life – Shaking Off the Miles Rode Hard Temporary Power Pole– note electric line running on ground Things are settling here at the job site in Far North Dallas. This is a small acreage of only 17 acres ringed by Suburbia. I told the owner the neighbors have been quite in interested all the goings on here; peering over their back fences to get a better look. The owner said to tell them we were putting in an RV park. 🙂 Continue reading Settling In North Of Dallas I grew up in the day when the world news came from people like Chet Huntley and David Brinkley and Walter Cronkite. National news was on every night at 6pm and most TV sets were tuned in. Actually, before the days of cable you got 3 or maybe 4 local channels and the national news was on every channel at the same time. You got your local news from the local newspaper or the local Continue reading Veteran’s Day — Come and Gone. Getting my bro's fiver situated It was bound to happen. The Old Girl and me had a run of over 2 years of being a solo act. My bro hates boondocking in any shape, form or fashion. He has to have the unwavering electric hook ups, the pull a valve and dump septic and the 20 minute hot showers. Because of his propensity toward creature comforts, we have not shared a location in Continue reading The Population Doubles in North Dallas…  |