Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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I was asking the Lord to help me because I always seem to be trying to fit in to someone else’s mold for me.
I asked “What is Your mold for me?” He answered. In Philippians 2:5-8 we are told that Christ was in the form (Gr. morphe (3444) of God but rather than hold on to His glorified position took upon Himself the form of a servant by being made in the likeness of mankind. He became obedient and humbled Himself to the point of dying on the cross for us.
He tells all of us, His children, to have this same mindset and mold for their own lives. I was blown away (again) by His personal revelation to me of the mold He has for me to pour my life into.
This song says it better than I can –
This song and audition shows what we can do when no one expects it.
Simon, his own self, started the Standing O!
Wow! Thank you for posting this.
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Fried baloney brings to mind Dad at the stove on a Saturday making us breakfast with eggs while Mom slept in.
Shelley ,
Same ! Fried Bologna and Eggs , Dad at the Stove , Saturdays ?
Sometimes instead of Bologna there would be Hot Dogs cut into Rounds which Dad called
*Hot Dog Pennies* !
Good Memories !
Good Times !
Thank You Shelley and Leon Also for bringing in the Trigger Word *Bologna* ?
My dearest mother in law had the most wonderful name for memories like yours. She called them “mental cocktails”. Memories so comforting that when she was perhaps a bit down she’d say, ” Well, I believe I’ll just have a little mental cocktail”…and they certainly seemed to work.
As I get older, my cabinet is full of these delightful concoctions, and I find I’m imbibing more and more often. They keep me centered during these disturbing times. I’m so grateful for them.
Oh , Betsy , I remember a post I read of Yours telling about Your Mother in Law’s *Mental Cocktails* !
Wonderful Description ?
Isn’t it great??? Good for the soul. I like to share it so others can make use of it’s miraculous powers.
Fried bologna is good. Grilled is better. Over wood is the best.
We once had a church picnic for the community around our church. With the hamburgers and hot dogs, I bought a roll of bologna, sliced off ~1/2″ slices, and grilled them next to the burgers and dogs. Almost everyone wanted the bologna.
I loved my mom’s bologna rings. She fried the bologna which would curl up and then fill them with her classic still warm mashed potato salad. Yum Yum
Mmm, that reminds me of Sunday lunch. Dad throwing bologna in the frying pan just to the point of getting burnt, adding the eggs then a few slices of sharp cheddar melted…all on fresh Italian bread with a healthy slathering of Miracle Whip.
Thinking of “today”, thinking of “now”:
2 Cor. 6:2 (cf. Isaiah 49:8)
“For He says: “In the acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Isaiah 55:6-7
“Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and He will have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”
Hebrews 3:15a (cf. Psalms 95:7-8)
“As it has been said: “If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts…”
Revelation 22:17 (cf. Isaiah 55:1)
“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.”
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Thinking of why:
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.”
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Thinking of how:
Luke 18:13
“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’”
James 4:8a
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”
John 6:28-29
“Therefore they said to Him, “What must we do, that we may be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you should believe in Him whom He has sent.””
Mark 9:24b
“‘Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.'”
Acts 16:30-31
“Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.””
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Micah 6:8 — “He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”
John 13:34-35 — “A new commandment I give to you, that you should love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love among one another.”
Mark 12:29-31 (cf. Deut. 6:4-5, Lev. 19:18) — “Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear this O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord, and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is not another commandment greater than these.”
This pandemic is a global takeover by evil men. For their machinations to prevail they must gain control over a large majority of influential people–politicians, religious leaders, CEOs, and celebrities. Here is how they’ve done it:
http://tritorch.com/control
That isn’t an easy explanation to listen to – the implications are grave indeed – but it is important to do so. Know thine enemy.
It boils down to the devil’s usual same three seductions:
“the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 John 2:16).
It’s as old as the Garden of Eden.
But Praise God! all three were beaten for us by our Lord Jesus Christ at His temptation (Matthew 4:1-11).
All believers who are in Christ, that is born again by faith alone, have the promise of Christ’s victory (1 John 5:4-5).
What she overlooks or forgets is the sovereignty of God.
Satan can get no further than what God sovereignly permits for His purposes –‘frequency’ or no ‘frequency.’
Well said, but wouldn’t say she is overlooking it, she’s merely telling you why they are doing it—Whether it works or not is out of the scope of the why.
Climate Change, COVID, CRT, and now supply chain disruptions are all part of the mix of weapons that are being used to try and subjugate us. And the massive influx of illegals are to be the foundation, the peasants and serfs of the feudal system they want to establish.
Eyrie … Don’t listen to this after midnight.
— or at all ✝️
It wasn’t even a year before even the band seem acknowledge something would happen when they play that song, most notably as associated with somebody getting stabbed and killed at a concert. Not wise to play with fire.
Stellar ! The Mick and Friends ?
As you look around:
you see those who are wearing masks while they are driving alone in a car…….
you see mothers and fathers putting masks on 2+ year old children …..
you hear about family members shunning non-vac members …..
you see a masked jogger running alone on an outdoor trail on a sunny day ….
And you ask Why?
JMO,
You are observing the 2021 version of the Stockholm Syndrome where the vaccinated are the hostages to the PsyOps of their governments who are holding them hostage with shutdowns, mandates and vac passes.
We, the majority non-hostages, have to break up the government PsyOps by not complying ……. thus setting an example for the hostages to follow.
They need our help.
LET’S GO BRANDON isn’t just a motto……. it is the rallying cry for the hostages to break and run towards freedom, leaving the PsyOps in the dust.
We don’t need no stinkin’ PsyOps in America.
Well said. These eloquent videos may help wake them up:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/buoTt9w3FNjA/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/IobuzyF0tBoS/
I saw a LETS GO BRANDON banner pulled behind an airplane along I-95 today. It was sooo great to see that!
I also saw the same sign at the checkout in a local store. I hope this trend catches on everywhere.. with all the censorship we face, this is a great way to see all the true support for America out there.
Americans NEED to see it! ??
I hope we’ll accept this as as a week ending benediction. May we all experience our Lo4d’s healing grace. Tonight, I had a talk with a dear friend who explained that he was simply unable to accept Chirst as his personal Savior. There is so much involved in this . . . But if people don’t accept Jesus there’s not much we can do. I hope we all have a blessed Sunday, Treepers. . . . How do we convince peple to accept Christ? It’s so simple and, yet, so difficult.
Garrison thanks for sharing the music. One hearty, one lovely.
We’re taught that a person’s coming to faith is the work of the Holy Spirit, by the grace of God. It just doesn’t happen on our schedule. It can be gradual, seem convoluted, and then look sudden. I hope you’ll keep praying for your friend.
More than anything else, we pray. We pray sacrificially, we pray with deep love and faith, we pray without ending. And we must remember that joy is a virtue produced by our faith. If we don’t reflect the joy of Christ in our daily lives, why would anyone take our faith to heart?
I fail to do that too many times.
Me too.
Me three. And agreed, Menagerie. 🙂
The world is a big place. When I learned to look further than the metaphorical 2 feet in front of me, it was an education, but some of the doors I looked through showed me things that are so so hard to bear. And so like you, Menagerie, I’m afraid I fail as well. But I fail in that one thing that we are required to do for our own salvation. And that is to forgive those who perpetrate such evil and misery and suffering on people and the creatures of this earth, as we see being done. That’s the one most difficult for me.
I do not see how you connect forgiving evil people with salvation. There are no ‘works” required though we should try to live as he did following our rebirth. Have a great Sunday!
You make a good point. And yes, no works required. But remembering that most perfect prayer which heads this thread, they all trespass against the collective us. Perhaps I should have worded it like this. Praying that people such as those who do incalculable harm turn to Jesus as their Saviour. So that they see that they can be forgiven and redeemed. I realize that’s a tall and probably unachievable hope. I do pray for that, although it is not an easy task.
We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord every Sunday. It’s not just for Easter time.
And joy is not just for Christmas time.
Beautiful… so joyful it appears he was beside himself
(sorry, I couldn’t help myself on that one)
I felt betrayed , I was betrayed , I was a wreck.
I dropped to my knees and asked GOD for the TRUTH .
I said , if only I had truth , I could make good decisions ….. but if all that I am told , If all that I know is a lie , my decisions are built on only shifting sand.
Guess what , God delivered … in a big way. I got more truth about everything than I know what to do with…..but that’s OK . ( would you like some truth ? because I’m overflowing with it over here …. just ask HIM .)
NATIONAL BOLOGNA DAY – 24 OCTOBER
Rebel !
I’m telling You , Bologna was a Staple of my Youth !
As I just commented
above , Saturday morning bologna (with slits cut in the edges) so it laid flat in the frying pan , bologna sandwiches , grab a piece of bologna for a snack !
When I was 11 I had to be hospitalized and only had an IV liquid diet , and all I asked my Doctor for was a bologna sandwich Everytime I saw him ?
Always a glass of milk with bologna !
Goodness me (hat tip , Dekester?) , I never realized before tonight how bologna was such a part of my life growing
up !
Haven’t had any in years ..
May have to hit the store for some and some nice soft white bread ?
Thanks , Rebel ?
You grew up poor if bologna was considered a treat. I thought so when I was younger.
A fried bologna sandwhich with fried onions, mustard. Cold with mayo, lettuce, tomato. Breakfast, bologna and eggs with ketchup. And snacks, just roll slices, somtimes with cheese.
Nowadays, every trip to Nashville, 1st stop Roberts Western World. Recession special $5.95 Fried Bologna sandwhich, chips, PBR and a Moon Pie. THAT’S LIVIN’.
AND a Moon Pie , Oldschool ???
You are Correct , That IS LIVIN’ ! One Yummy Sounding Meal !!! I’m in ?
Anytime!
A few summers ago a friend who loves to smoke meats gave me gift wrapped in foil. It was tubular, about 5” x 16”. 10 lbs?
When I unfurled it I realized it was a huge tube of smoked, unsliced bologna!
The more we ate the more we liked it! We were able to share several good sized chunks with family and friends.
Thanks for your post?
Frank ,
Yuuuum ! I know my Dad would get the hunks of Bologna at the Butcher Shop right on Main Street in the small town we grew up in !
Sometimes he had it
sliced , sometimes not .
My Son likes to smoke meats , gonna have him try Bologna ! Sounds Delicious !
My Italian Dad would be getting a Big Chuckle about all this
Bologna Talk ! ???
P. S. My Dad’s First name was Frank Too ?
Thank You !
As I said above, cold is OK and fried is good. But grilled over a wood fire is the best.
So, I will start the controversy. Mayo, mustard, ketchup, Tabasco, barbecue sauce or something else? I reach for the yellow mustard first, but mayo is good.
Well, I’ll be different. I had fried spam for lunch. Mmmmm.
Guess I’ll have to try fried balogna. I’ve only had it cold, in sandwiches. Always with a glass of milk.
A fried bologna sammi is only appreciated by gourmet’s.
But not that pre sliced stuff, cut from a chubb as thick or thin as you want.
Me, on toast with a smear of catsup.
Great snack or the morning after cure.
24 October 1881
Levi P Morton, US ambassador to France drives first rivet in Statue of Liberty
IMHO , the Statue of Liberty
should be a Wonder of the World !
?CCR?
Put me in Coach, I’m ready to play, today. Look at me I can be Center Field.
Also always liked The Traveling Wilburys. Enjoy!
End of the line!! My favorite!! I miss TP and the Traveling Wilburys was an excellent partnership!!
Inspiring
Mine as well.
What a collection of talent. Where each on his own would have been enough, we get this. Saddest thing to see them disappear one by one. Thank goodness for the ability to preserve their performances for all time.
Or if you were the asterisks, put me in, coach, so I can receive real time sign-stealing electronically conveyed and engaged with teammates and coaches in a level of cheating that appeared worthy of Black Sox-like suspension and can get a nice salary bump off of the “success”.
If it’s under the same commissioner who called the trophy that should’ve vacated a “piece of metal“, you could not only receive next to nothing as far as a penalty, but also compete for another piece of metal, while announcers and officials try to downplay what you did and act like some level of respect is still available to be earned by winning after getting off Scott free before.
Center Fielder Joc Pederson. Yea Braves! (after 22 years)
The first 6 minutes are great …….. the total speech is timeless
Being born in 1964, I was never aware of many of the great speeches RR, made. This speech was as if he had a crystal ball that allowed him to see 2021. Tyranny, social planning, destroying public schools, out of control inflation, manipulating farmers, eliminating crop surpluses, and the ability to live free. Today we fight against all the above as Democrats and Republicans have become out of control, the Uniparty as I now call our elected officials have become the tool to destroy our great country. Government is the problem.
I was in the military overseas when he gave this speech.
His wisdom is timeless.
Your term “Uniparty” describes the coup plotters consisting of the demos / GOPe / globalist CEO / foreign agents / media.
They aren’t geniuses but they are pure bred evil ……. but they are beatable and American patriots will beat them like a drum.
MAGA.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
God have mercy upon us. Amen
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Psalm 51 (KJV – Masoretic)
Mornin’ infidels.
My gut tells me the democrats are going to cheat their way into the Virginia Governorship.
I’d say prior evidence is in line with your gut.
Listen to your gut!
I think you are right. I also think they are having to put so much into McAwful, that they will not have the resources in place to cheat and hold the legislature. Sort of a glass half full outcome.
They made that mistake with FJB. Record numbers voted, yet somehow they list seats in the House and barely eked out the slimmest victory in the Senate. If FJB had won by such a clear margin, he’d have swept in huge leads in both Houses. Like Obama did in 2008.
But they must have that fixed by 2022, and VA is going to be a test.
It’s all they know how to do, rah.
THE VIEWPOINT
“Now thanks be to God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ.” 2 Cor. ii. 14
The viewpoint of a worker for God must not be as near the highest as he can get, it must be THE highest. Be careful to maintain strenuously God’s point of view, it has to be done every day, bit by bit; don’t think on the finite. No outside power can touch the viewpoint.
The viewpoint to maintain is that we are here for one purpose only, viz., to be captives in the train of Christ’s triumphs. We are not in God’s showroom, we are here to exhibit one thing – the absolute captivity of our lives to Jesus Christ. How small the other points of view are – I am standing alone battling for Jesus; I have to maintain the cause of Christ, and hold this fort for Him. Paul says – I am in the train of a conqueror, and it does not matter what the difficulties are, I am always led in triumph. Is this idea being worked out practically in us? Paul’s secret joy was that God took him, a red-handed rebel against Jesus Christ, and made him a captive, and now that is all he is here for. Paul’s joy was to be a captive of the Lord, he had no other interest in heaven or in earth. It is a shameful thing for a Christian to talk about getting the victory. The Victor ought to have got us so completely that it is His victory all the time, and we are more than conquerors through Him.
“For we are unto God a sweet saviour of Christ.” We are enwheeled with the odour of Jesus, and wherever we go we are a wonderful refreshment to God.
Oswald Chambers
October 24th Devotional
Get your warm clothes out and put away your summer attire. It’s over, and old man winter is coming in with a bang. The NW US getting blasted with one front after another and it gone from fire to ice. At lower elevations let the mud slides begin. Up higher Mammoth Mountain Ski resort will be open for business October 26th. 10th time in it’s history it has opened it’s slopes in the month of October. Not bad for an industry that was supposed to be dead and gone by now due to lack of snow according to the predictions of several “experts”.
Meanwhile in the east there will be an even bigger bang. Long Island into MA is going to get slammed with hurricane force winds . This is not a tropical storm. At the same time the Catskills, Green Mountains, and White Mountains over to the west into Adirondacks are looking at significant snow accumulation. It would be interesting to be up at the Mt. Washington weather station to see this come in.
As promised the sudden shift hits the Great Lakes region with cold temperatures next week and it’s going to get even colder the 2nd week of November a dipping down as far south as Tennessee. Temperatures well below average for the time of year. Cold enough that some of us will be wearing winter clothes if we decide to go out and deal with the leaves.
And now the Piece de resistance. The COP26 climate change conference over in Glasgow is going to be hit with a severe Al Gore Effect. Temperatures well below normal and SNOW! The bloviating snake oil salesmen will not be able to produce enough hot air to prevent the planes they’re flying on from needing to be deiced. Go Global Warming!
Last week I changed the gladhand rubber seals on the truck. This is standard practice for me just before the weather gets wintery. If I don’t do it then, sure as heck, some dark snowy winter night with the wind chill in minus territory I will be doing it and it is not something that can be done wearing gloves. I also needed new wiper blades and went into the express bay to get them changed. I asked for the heavy duty winter blades to be put on but the parts department doesn’t have them in yet. Bozos judge the need to procure them on local conditions and never seeming to consider that we drive many hundreds of miles away. Duh!
Where are you located?
I’m in East Texas.
Good post.
About 30 miles NE of Indianapolis.
Winter weather at its worst and a supply chain disaster that prevents your getting the very things that keep you safely on the road? God go with you, rah, on each and every journey. Without you and your fellow truckers, we are in for a world of hurt I suspect.
Don’t worry about me fair Lady. I’ll be fine. They had slots for 10 guarantee drivers and they had trouble filling the last slot. Well they finally allowed a new driver to take that slot and this will be his first winter in the big truck! God help him. During the winter months we guarantee drivers are often called to cover runs that the dedicated steering wheel holder called of because his labia are suddenly hurting due to heavy weather forecast along his route. So this new guy will endure a trail by fire. He’s the one that needs prayers.
And he will have mine. At one time, my husband managed a bus company in North Wales where the winters can be brutal. He also drove when they were short of drivers. As well as the normal runs here and there, the company had a school contract, which meant traveling all across N Wales with its curvy and hilly roads. So I know what skills it takes…and judgement.. to handle whatever the weather might throw at you. And where we were, it involved black ice many winter days, which you know can be deadly. The responsibility for the kids’ safety when driving in weather that produced conditions like that was paramount.
My husband also used to teach guys to drive the buses and to pass their strenuous tests for heavy goods licensing. After he was finished with their instruction, each one he trained passed first time, an almost unheard of feat in Britain. When he taught a few youngsters to drive, he’d tell them “I can teach you how to pass your test, but you’ll learn to drive only after you pass it.” There is a heck of a lot of truth in that. So my admiration for your dedication and professionalism is pretty intense. Godspeed to you, rah, and the new guy. I bet he won’t be new for long.
He’ll gain experience and that can’t be bought, nothing better. 😉
No there is not. Gives us a lot of chances for “do overs” which are just as valuable. Those priceless “mulligans”.
South Central Missouri is gearing up for a fall tornado outbreak today. Heads up everyone.
Yep. This is the start of the 2nd tornado and severe weather period during a typical year. Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia are where the worst of it hits generally.
Truckers report.
It is a professional drivers responsibility to stay cool and collected and protect the inattentive, brain dead, and generally poor drivers from themselves. If I didn’t do that at least once a day and have to deal with at least one inconsiderate jerk too boot, I would be looking over my shoulder wondering if something really bad is about to happen.
Tuesday morning 03:00 departed for the Toyota parts distribution center near the airport in KC, MO. Arriving at the facility which has some construction going on, there by restricting an already crowded yard even more. I arrived 1/2 hour before my appointment time and sat outside the gate waiting for the driver from our company that was supposed to have been there 2 hours before and been long gone.
This is the place where we do a double drop and hook. We drop the loaded trailer we bring in and then pull an empty trailer from a door and drop it. Then we hook back up to the trailer we brought and put it in the door. Trailer tandems are to be all the way to the rear and put a jack stand under the nose of the trailer. Then one hooks to the empty trailer they pulled from the door and leaves.
When I got there the other drive had not even pulled the empty trailer from the door yet. I got the impression he wasn’t exactly sure what he was doing but the fact is he had to be nearly 2 hours late or he would have been much further along.
One he finally was hooked to the empty trailer he was taking I pulled up to the gate and it opened and I pulled in beside him. He came over an gave his excuses, none of which held water. I went in and they told me that since the other driver was late I could drop my loaded trailer and hook to the loaded trailer he had brought and wait for it to be empty but that would be awhile because it was lunch time.
So for 1 1/2 hours I sat waiting hooked to the trailer I would pull from the door when it was empty. Now at this facility Toyota shares the building with another company. Toyota’s is the near end near the gate and the other company has the half of the building furthest from the gate.
While I was waiting a driver from that company came in and instead of taking his rig down to the end where his company was stopped right in an area where he would be in my way when I pulled out. His rig was still there idling with nobody in the truck when I got the green light to pull the trailer I was hooked to. My inconsiderate jerk for the day.
Now there are containers sitting on the ground on each side of the door I was in. That driver before me had not put the tandems to the rear as he should have. I had a plan to get out even with the jerks rig in the way but as I started to pull out and turn I decided I better get out an look to make sure the rear of the trailer on the outside of my turn would clear the container sitting there. It wouldn’t so I back back in and slid the tandems to the rear and went again and it cleared.
Then I backed down the length of the yard and dropped that empty along the curb in the other companies space. I had nowhere else to drop it. I hooked the trailer I brought and put it in the door with tandems to the rear and then put the jack stand under the nose and hooked to the empty and got out of there. I had exactly 2 hours left of my 14 hour duty day when I departed. Should have had closer to three.
My backhaul was at Lever Brothers in Independence, MO. Got there and dropped the empty I had brought and hooked to the trailer preloaded with spice tailings from the spices used in Knorr soup mixes.
With 20 minutes remaining of my 14 hours I parked it at the TA truck stop at Oak Grove, MO about 28 miles east of KC, off I-70. Went in and used the facilities and got some Popeyes Chicken for dinner. Ate and hit the sack.
At 02:00 eastern time, just as soon as my 10 break was completed and I had logged 10 minutes for a pre-trip inspection I headed home. The idea is to get past the MO scale house when it is closed and get through St. Louis before the morning rush. I accomplished both.
Traffic and Construction was good to me. Usually I have to take a 30 minute break before I get back to the yard in Anderson, IN but this time I made it back with 20 minutes to spare. I fueled and did an extra extensive post trip inspection on the truck, including changing the glad hand seals, draining all the air tanks of water, draining water out of the DAVCO fuel filter, checking all suspension and steering components and all fluid levels, and of course greasing the fifth wheel as usual.
When I got home I mowed because rain was in the forecast for the weekend. Then grilled a couple of nice NY strip steaks for dinner.
Departed at 03:00 Thursday morning for TENNECO at Ligonier, IN up in the lake country. There are three TENNECO facilities in the industrial park there. I was bound for the first one which has four different sets of docks. This where experience comes in because I knew exactly where I was going and what I was to do, having done the run several times before. To get to the set of docks I needed one has to go in the 2nd entrance and take a right up between a bunch of empty racks and an outbuilding then take a left at the end of the stacks of racks, and another left once they see the docks on their right. That is the only way one can get set up to back into the dock and one can’t see that so it is one of those things one learns from the school of Been there Done That, at the University of Hard Knocks.
Once set up one puts the tandems all the way to the rear because there are ramps in front of the doors of the inclined drive that gets the trailer floor to the right height. Drop the trailer in the door and grab the jack stand from under the other trailer from our company that is in a door there and put it under the nose of the dropped trailer. Then back under the other company trailer and hook up.
Go inside and the shipping guy signs the paperwork for the empty racks you have brought and you sign the paperwork for the parts that are loaded on the trailer you backed under. Go back out and enter the information form the bill of lading(s) in the Samsara and transmit it to dispatch. Then pull the trailer from the door and get out and do a pre trip on it, secure the load, and close the doors, and slide the trailer tandems forward to where you want them. All of this is done in the dark, and that night was done in a light rain.
Then it’s off of the TENNECO facility in Jeffersonville, IN down by Louisville. After backing in the door there the driver goes in and does the paperwork signing and exchange again. They live unload the empty racks you have brought and then load you with empty racks. While they are doing that the driver enters the info for the Bills into the Samsara and transmits it. Then once the driver has the green light he pulls out. Climbs up into the trailer again to strap the load in, and closes the doors and departs. Destination the drop yard at the Anderson terminal.
I did that iteration on Thursday and again on Friday. Was done for the week at about 14:00 Friday afternoon. When I got home I changed clothes and went and got my hair cut. I picked up a Coconut Cream pie at the store and then went and bought self inking stamps at office depot for use on Toyota forms and finally went to King Gyros and ordered a Gyros platter with 3 extra pitas and an extra cucumber sauce to go. I brought that home for dinner. We love them and it fills us up for a total cost of about $16.00 including tax.
really enjoy your posts about trucking life. I had to work in several large industrial/miltary complexes and it can be a real maze to navigate just to get where you need to be without pissing anyone off!
So now what is MLB going to do since Atlanta is in the World Series?
Remember: In a statement on Friday, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the 2021 MLB All-Star game will be moved from Atlanta. The move was made in response to the new voter laws that the state of Georgia passed that many see as an encroachment on the civil rights of many groups.
Not an Atlanta fan, but that fact did not elude me either and seems to be a bit of a silver lining. Pull out the all star game, but then have at least two games there on the game’s biggest stage. How about that, Manfred.
Add in the fact that it is two markets that MLB doesn’t figure to break rating records over. Plus, one team has the player whom MLB would be most readily marketing out because of injury, and the other arguably has the bad kind of unlikeability (earned throuh the egregious cheating scandal) that doesn’t translate to marketing in viewership like the Yankees, Red Sox, or Dodgers would have. What a shame that it is the set of circumstances and World Series ratings under which MLB will be going into collective bargaining negotiations this off-season.
A little on climate and weather.
So California is getting some relief from the dry conditions.
Very Powerful Storm To Impact The West Coast From Sunday Into Monday…Same System Can Result In A Mid-Week Severe Weather Outbreak And An East Coast Storm By Late Next Week – Watts Up With That?
Actually the ENSO (El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation) has been bouncing between La Nina and the La Nina side of neutral since last year. It is currently in La Nina territory and most are forecasting deep La Nina conditions over this winter. Dry conditions/drought is normal in the SW US during La Nina conditions and wet and wild winters can be expected for the NE and great lakes regions.
in La Nina cold currents like the Humboldt current flow up from Antarctica along the S. American Pacific coast and come to the surface in the tropical zone. La Nina is great for the anchovy fishermen as the huge biomass of those tiny fish follow the cold nutrient loaded water and the harvests for the fishermen are great. In fact keeping tabs on the Anchovy harvest is a good way to get an idea of what the ENSO conditions will be. After all it was the Peruvian Anchovy fishermen that first noted the conditions and gave the names El Nino and La Nina to them.
http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomaly/anomnight.current.gif
Stunning:
https://www.brighteon.com/3e344c5b-ee28-4231-a70a-6bce4f82a290
Thank you for posting this. Very interesting.
I love you all, be strong. No prayer, no ‘verse’- just that thought. It is a time for strength of heart.
Also, one last idea: since a few on here LOVE posting their songs every week, here’s one I think fits 2021:
Steely Dan– ‘My Old School‘
(She said, “Whooooaaa no- William and Mary won’t do, now!” Well, I did not think the girl could be so rude.
And I’m never going back- to my old school.) RIP Walter Becker.
p.s. if someone wants to post a clip from Xin-YuTube, go for it 😉
Here’s your sign, 😉
You’re awesome, Jay. The whole song/band is a great testament to so many things. It’s funny how it proves that old albums can sound better than digital ‘hi-tech’, any day. The album “Aja” sounds better on hi-fi phono than any ‘44.1khz’ or whatever version, any day of the week. Thanks.
God Bless America, 🙂
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Psalm 25:5
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I have often thought that the Treehouse was like sitting around down at the barbershop or feed store and chewing the fat about local news and national politics, and some of the folks that comment everyday are becoming like friends. Is that surreal? SO, I am driving home from church and I hear this piece on the local classical station, and I immediately think, ‘I need to post this for Garrison” !! Well, what the hell, hear ya go!
F. Sor: Fantasy and Variations on a Scottish Air, op. 40 (Uros Baric, LIVE) – YouTube
i was never fortunate enough to ‘chew the fat’ with locals, but i understand your meaning
I, too, love to watch for and follow the comments everyday – like interacting with nearby friends.
thank you all – Sundance and crew plus posters – regular and occasional. I treasure you all 🙂
Used to be groups of folks got together just for conversation and coffee. I’m lucky to still have a place to go a few times a week. With conservative folks at the table. 😉 🙂
oops, I forgot the ubiquitous “diner’ in every small town across the US of A!
Maddie de Garay….watch the video…link it to everyone and anyone….help make it go viral…and pray for Maddie and her family and loved ones.
…(a co-workers formerly healthy mother-in-law died twitching on the bed like that after one monthc…15 minutes after the second booster shot she passed out in the pharmacy…she was wheeled out on a gurney…Jasper County, Texas)…..
Haven’t seen any posts from Dutchess for a few days. I hope she’s okay?
And Dora as well.
Hey, Sundance, take a look at this article on what’s going on with beef prices:
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/economists-to-cattle-ranchers-stop
At 5:30 of the 1st quarter of the eagle/raiders game…a sign in the slo-mo background “lets go brandon”
Look out! She’s getting ready to go on the warpath.
A wag of the finger. Don’t give into leftists and especially the CCP. Duterte grabbed the ankles for Winnie’s infrastructure money along the Silk Road. What’d you think would happen? https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/philippines-steps-up-diplomatic-protests-against-beijing-over-south-china-sea-dispute.html
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.