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The funniest thing I can remember about trucks was when I had a problem with my 
dually SIlverado and I had just delivered a horse in my 2 horse trailer. I went 
to the service dept. in a dealership and knew I had to park the trailer and 
detach it from the truck so they could work on it. Well there was only one spot 
open and it was between two luxury cars-- like a BMW and Mercedes-- something 
like that. Well I pulled into the lot, then turned left and forward down the 
narrow aisle, the men realized that I was about to back the trailer into the 
spot. There were guys coming out from every door waving their arms and shouting 
at me. Well I ignored them and backed right in. I have to admit that there are 
many times when I cannot make it the first shot and have to pull forward a tad 
to regroup--- HOWEVER, this time I nailed it on the first try!!! I then smugly 
walked out of my truck and started to detach my trailer-- put on the wheel-- 
etc. Well, I wish I had a nickel for every guy t
hat had to immediately change his undershorts that day ;-)
Couldn't resist sharing :-)
Bette
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

"Life is not  a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what
a ride !! "


Barbara McCrary wrote:
> What a perfect comeback!!
> I still cherish the memory of my first test drive with a DVM examiner 
> when I was applying for my first driver's license.  I was about 18, and 
> hadn't the advantage of the current drivers' training available in 
> schools.  My husband taught me how to drive and he taught me many 
> defensive techniques....how to deal with adverse road conditions (read 
> "mud" and "slippery" and "steep".)  He also taught me to downshift with 
> a double-clutch, as syncro-mesh transmissions hadn't been invented yet.  
> I honed my skills and went in for a test drive.  I did several neat 
> downshifts and finished with a successful parallel park.  The examiner 
> said, "Wellllll.....I guess I'm going to have to issue you a license."
> I'd driven our old livestock truck many years ago with a low and high 
> range splitter, but one of our daughters could best me at that.  She is 
> a superb truck driver and worked for several years delivering windows 
> and lumber for our family company.  I don't drive our 20' gooseneck 
> trailer often enough to be any good at it, nor even a 2-horse 
> bumper-pull, but I'll bet I could polish up on that, too.
>  
> Barbara
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> ----- Original Message -----
>
>     *From:* rdcarrie@xxxxxxx <mailto:rdcarrie@xxxxxxx>
>     *To:* skyranch@xxxxxxxx <mailto:skyranch@xxxxxxxx> ;
>     bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ;
>     ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:43 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [RC] Chevy Ad
>
>     <But having "put up with" silly stupid car (and truck) salesmen over the
>     years, where I usually know more about whatever car or truck I was
>     interested in buying than the salesman, an ad like this just kind of
>     annoys
>     me.>
>      
>     I agree with you, Carla.  When my husband and I went truck shopping
>     almost 4 years ago, we had a particularly annoying salesman at the
>     Ford dealership.  When we found the truck we wanted to buy (F350
>     extended cab diesel dually 4x4) and wanted to take it for a test
>     drive, the salesman tried to hand the keys to my husband, who said,
>     "Give 'em to her...it's gonna be her truck."  The guy looked nervous
>     and asked, "Have you ever driven one of these before?"  I said,
>     "Have I driven what?  A truck, a 4x4, or a dually?"  He was a
>     condescending idiot throughout the whole process.  But I
>     took perverse pleasure in watching him try to park it when we came
>     back...he had a heck of a time maneuvering it into it's slot.  After
>     he finished (my husband and I had gone back to our vehicle to
>     discuss the truck and price in private), I said to him very sweetly,
>     "You should have told me yo! u hadn't driven one of those before...I
>     would have parked it for you."  <VBEG>
>      
>     Dawn in East Texas
>      

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