We had "the World's Laziest Man" in our National Guard outfit in the '70's. He and I were both deuce-and-a-half drivers. Summer camp was at Yakima Firing Center, which is a pretty fancy name for a plain ol' desert. Routinely 100° +, and so dusty you couldn't see past your hood.
The trucks had oil bath air cleaners, and we were supposed to change the oil in them daily, plus some other maintenance items. The First Sergeant suspected Mike wasn't doing it, so came and stood beside his rig one morning to watch him pull maintenance. When he took off the air cleaner pan, the oil was so filled with dirt that it just came out as a donut, which had a layer of dry dust on the top and didn't even break when it hit the ground. Sarge said, "Mike, go get So and So, okay?" Mike brought back So and So, and Sarge told him "Congratulations. You're a truck driver now. You'll be in charge of this rig from now on. Mike, go to the headquarters tent and we'll have us a little talk."
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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