Truckspotters

[RobbieD]

I do believe . . .
that the only thing I own that is red . . .

is my neck.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

@RobbieD
And the better you are for it
And the best part of it is, that it came to you free of charge.
Because it came with your family heritage.

 

[RobbieD]

Because it came with your family heritage.

1660 in Virginia, then to North Carolina; then to Georgia.

What a long strange trip it's been.

 

[Brain75]

On the one side I can trace myself back to the dutch who came to Springfield Mo in the 1800s - something like 1830, on the other side revolutionaries... guy that rode with Paul Revere (William David Dawes)
1660 sure got me beat...

 

[Uncle Gump]

I want to say Sherrod was a customizing outfit. They built the Bronco II Sherrod...

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I have an uncle on my Mom's side that has traced that side of my family history.

And on my Dad's side I have an aunt that has traced that side.

I saw the family trees they have both put together before I went to prison.
However I regret to say I didn't really pay that close of attention.
And as of right now I have no idea where either one of them are.

The 1 my uncle put together is close to 2 and a half inches thick.
He put it in facts of what people's careers was and so on and so forth that's why it's so thick. I don't remember how far back he went.

The 1 my aunt put together is only like 20 pages of straight lineage. I don't remember how far back she went either.

 

[Curious Hound]

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Anybody ever heard of an " LZ-1" by Sherrod?

I've heard of Sherrod. They do custom conversions on vehicles.

 

[Curious Hound]

Okay guys it looks like I once again said something that got everyone in an uproar.

From my understanding the law states that no matter how fast the person that hits your car is going, if your vehicle hits someone else it is you that is at fault for hitting the 3rd person.

The law says if you're driving it is your responsibility to be in control of your vehicle at all times. No matter what.

So if the person doing 100mph hits your vehicle in the rear end and pushing it forward.

If your vehicle hits someone else in any way you the driver are responsible.

The only exception to that law is if your vehicle was parked and there's no one in it.

That may be the law. Or thereby be variations of that. But, if someone rear-ends me hard enough to push me into another vehicle when I'm stopped at a light, I'm definitely going to fight that in court. If I have to pay for the guy I got pushed into, then I'm going to make sure the guy who hit me pays double in order to reimburse me for that liability. There has to be some reasonable limit. Think about it. How much space do you have to leave to prevent hitting the car in front of you if the car that rear-ends you is traveling at 80mph? 1 car length ain't gonna do it. I'd argue that 2 car lengths won't be enough. Of course, conditions vary. It's simple logic that if you had not been rear-ended, you would not have hit the car in front of you, even if there was only 1 foot of space. I plan for "reasonable expectations". But "reasonable" can be defined thousands of ways. When my vehicle and the one in front of it are both stopped, 1/8" is enough to keep me from hitting the car in front of me. But I will readily agree that 1/8" is not reasonable.

I'm not arguing and I don't think you opened a can of worms. Some portions of this are subjective. I bet you could have half a dozen judges judging the same identical accident by the same county and state laws and you would get several different results.

 

[sgtsandman]

Sorry @Ranger850 I've not heard of an LZ-1 either.
It's a nice looking truck except for that it's red.
I've never liked red for some reason it makes me ANGRY.

I used to be neutral about red. I have preference for other colors when I have a choice. But after having four red vehicles in the fleet, I'm sick to death of red. If I had a choice when I bought the 2019, it would have been a green or a brown but neither was an option. There was white, burnt orange, red, some kind of blue that I didn't like, and several shades of gray.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I agree with your points of view. @Curious Hound
And if you had 6 judges, judging the same accident you're correct you would get at least six different judgments. Maybe even 12 because you know the judge's wife always has to have their say or the husband if it's a female judge.
However it works.
It's just like witnessing a robbery all the witnesses will have a different story.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

@sgtsandman .
I never have understood why anyone would buy anything a color they don't like no matter what the color is on.

Car dealerships want to make money if they want my money they're going to give me the car I want the color I want or I'm not going to buy it period.

 

[RobbieD]

I have an uncle on my Mom's side that has traced that side of my family history.

And on my Dad's side I have an aunt that has traced that side.

I saw the family trees they have both put together before I went to prison.
However I regret to say I didn't really pay that close of attention.
And as of right now I have no idea where either one of them are.

The 1 my uncle put together is close to 2 and a half inches thick.
He put it in facts of what people's careers was and so on and so forth that's why it's so thick. I don't remember how far back he went.

The 1 my aunt put together is only like 20 pages of straight lineage. I don't remember how far back she went either.

It's a deeply personal decision, on knowing what your roots are.

It doesn't really matter at all to most people, and that's perfectly OK.

But for those that invest the time and have the "need to know", it is by far the closest damn thing to time travel that a human can experience. No shit. Really.

What I have found with my ancestry . . . dealing with the natives while you're killing them and stealing their land. Growing tobacco. The 1676 Bacon's Rebellion, the Stamp Tax Riot in Brunswick Town in 1766; the Regulator Movement in NC from 1766 to 1771, active involvement by ancestors in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812. Being on the "wrong side" in the American Civil War, then rebounding and rebuilding lives and fortunes. Going big into naval stores, then founding a village in Georgia that grew into a thriving town just before the turn of the 20th century. Living, and making lives; then dying, but not forgotten. All through the generations before me . . .

Most all of these things, are completely meaningless to people these days. And, that is completely understandable. That's just the way we are.

But, if the blood in you was there for these things, and you discover it, then the past becomes incredibly vivid and has a deeply personal meaning.

So I digress . . . I think that I'll go yell at some clouds now.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Hey @RobbieD those are my clouds to yellow at.
Yours are over there on the left.
Lol

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

No @RobbieD your other left.

 

[RobbieD]

No @RobbieD your other left.

I used to be left, then I went right. Now I'm in the middle.