Cute, Bob, only my story happens to be true. I spent a summer doing that for the Michigan Department of Transportation out of their Ann Arbor Sign Shop back in '82. I got a good half dozen good stories out of the experience, and a citation for helping out at and accident, well actually taking charge until the EMS and Police got there. All of which is a good thing because it sure did not pay a lot of money (seasonal employee, regular employees got paid well). But then in Michigan in '82 jobs were hard to come by at all, so can't really complain about that.
Bob W wrote: > I used to be one of the crew on a truck which delivered > nitro-glycerine to high-street chemist stores and school science labs. > > > Because of budgetary constraints it wasn't possible to fit the trucks > with pneumatic tyres, so we had to make wooden ones ourselves. > > My job was to stand in the back holding a 50-gallon glass of nitro > under each arm and jump up every time we approached a pot-hole in the > road. The drivers used to play tricks and tell me we were approaching > a pot-hole when we weren't really, so I'd jump and hit my head on the > wagon roof. They thought it was such a lark. > > That's why I always wear a turban when driving. > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of graywolf >> Sent: 16 September 2007 20:29 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO Eastmain Rapids, James Bay >> >> I once drove the front arrow truck for a highway department >> line painting crew. You do not know what fun is until you >> have to drive down a heavily traveled two lane road at rush >> hour straddling the center line and forcing traffic onto the >> shoulders so the paint truck behind you can repaint the >> lines. Some of the 18 wheelers try to play chicken with you. >> >> Just thought I would help put your new job into perspective, >> a couple of more trips and you will not think anything of it. >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
