Like today, for instance. I was driving home, like usual. About to hit our road. Ready to drive through 2/3 mile of a road that is mostly just mud. Ready for that slipping, sliding, dirty, mud-slinging experience.
And then, off in the distance, I see a streak of white. Is this what I think it is?
Yes! GRAVEL!
Though it looks like they ran out of gravel about halfway down the road.
I don't think I've ever appreciated a gravel road so much, now that I've had to drive on a mud road for almost a week. On the other hand, Terah and I both actually made it down the mud road without getting stuck, so that's nice.
Even the "good" road (that we have to drive on for 2 miles) doesn't have this much gravel; it's mostly sand and potholes.
I think I'll go out and take pictures of the road tomorrow. If I can find my boots.
And yes, while you all are snickering anyway, I do know the Jeff Foxworthy joke: "You might be a redneck if the directions to your house include 'turn off the paved road'"
Comments
Tue, 26.08.2008 15:46
On a Decwriter IV, the print h ead usually obscures the last couple of characters before th e text. There is a speci [...]
Tue, 26.08.2008 11:29
I should have warned you. It only works on wheat.
Tue, 26.08.2008 07:31
John, the comment I left on th e previous post belongs up her e. Sorry.
Tue, 26.08.2008 07:28
John, I tried your 'TERM=escpt erm telnet localhost > /dev/lp 0' trick and I still have wee ds in my corn field.
Mon, 25.08.2008 11:23
One of the mailing lists I'm o n was looking for one too[0]. Lord only knows what evil they want it for ;-) When I [...]
Mon, 25.08.2008 08:46
On a teletype the typebar move s out of the way immediately a fter each character is printer . You can see what you a [...]
Sun, 24.08.2008 23:12
Ah, the AB1 is probably the be st single best piece of machin ery I've ever owned. It has b een reliably waking me u [...]
Sun, 24.08.2008 20:48
In classic ribbon type printer s the print head would jump up , print, return down, such tha t if typing slowly you c [...]