Posts Tagged ‘yard’
In Houston tonight
I am in Houston tonight, for the third straight night. Sunday night, we got in two hours after sunset and had to wait until Monday morning to deliver our load. I picked up a load heading back near my home…supposed to leave today, but didn’t. Sooo, I got to stay two additional nights here. I [...]
Home Today
I got in late last night. Today, I worked in the yard. It seems that I am in danger of having a bumper crop of goatheads. For those of you who have never seen these weeds, they are a low leafy plant that produces a nasty sticker that is roughly triangular in shape, thus the [...]
Still in Laredo
We didn’t go anywhere today. Our driver was told last evening that his load would come across the border from Mexico at 8 AM today. It showed up about 1 PM. Situation normal. The driver was told that the crane would be available in about 2 hours. When we picked him up for dinner at [...]
Who is teaching kids manners?
I know it is normal for us more “seasoned” folks to point out how different our childhoods were. I hated it when I was young (a lifetime ago) and the old folks talked about how young people just aren’t taught the way they were. Today, however, I experienced a glaring example of how differently we [...]