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As one that has crewed the OD for two different riders working with 
their wives and witnessed two near divorces, I can tell you crewing that 
trails is like no other in the East. You drive all over the state of VA 
looking for the checks sometimes lost, often time cussing your rider 
most of the time wondering about your sanity of getting into such a 
predicament.  When every check is out - it raises crewing to a whole 
'nother level. Crewing the OD has been known to trun Saints into raving 
madmen.

I think you should start right now by being extremely nice to Joel. 
Making him wonderful gourmet meals every night, telling him how 
wonderful he is, etc.  If all that is starting to fail at 70 miles (that 
seems to be where it starts to come unraveled) use the secret weapon - 
tell him he is not doing it for you he is doing it for the kid.

Truman

PS: As for name I think you need to separate Joni - a sweet young girl 
from you three, errrrrrrr..... mature women. Maybe the Hell's Bells and 
The Kid.      

Jody Rogers-Buttram wrote:

> See Bruce,   the Village People is OUT.
>  
> Now, should I push it a little farther and ask him to wear a shirt 
> that says, "POOKIE" on it????
> He won't drink my Wild Turkey.....it makes him mean. But, Of course, I 
> would hate to see how darn mean it would make ME, if I came into a 
> check at around 70 miles and he HAD drank my Turkey up from me.  That 
> might be the end of the marriage right then and there.  :))
>  Never seen him drink anything other than Beer.  I pay for the crewing 
> in Beer.  So, according to Truman, I may need to buy a LOT more beer 
> for this one.
> And Truman, you can ask anyone, Joel aka Pookie, is already the most 
> abused, mistreated crew in the world.  How could it possibly get 
> worse??????  I think that this speak volumns for his character, and 
> self control for NOT killing me in the past  few years.  As long as I 
> don't ask him to participate in the sport himself, on a horse, he is 
> resigned to be the pit crew, mechanic, and driver. Although, I do have 
> to tell how to drive, and tell him when is not doing it correctly.  :))

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"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm 
not sure about the former."  - Albert Einstein


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