And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Anybody hear of Shanghai Red's in Houston? Right on the ship channel, had a great view of the sailing vessel Elissa. Lot a tug and tow boaters hung out until his business got off the ground and he ran off us off. We got the last laugh though, a vessel called the Chesapeake came in for a refit, and the port side of that dull grey merchant marine vessel was their new view for the next two years!
Anyway, I told you all about that to tell you this. One day I was sitting dockside eating breakfast, with one of the deckhands off my tug. He was sick of tow boating and wanted another job and was therefore searching the want ads while we ate. Suddenly he slammed down the paper angrily and said something like "what's this crap?!"
I looked. Must have been a half dozen ads for painters, and every last one ended in, "no tow-boaters need apply."
Funny as hell. Tow-boaters paint stripes, diamonds, has marks, and doo-dads and signs and signifiers and accents absolutely freaking everywhere!
Whoever painted this truck just might have had a bit of sailor in him somewhere.
Some of you car guys please explain why a rebuilt period vehicle is thought to be improved by throwing every JC Whitney aftermarket garish doo-dad and dealer accessory possible on the car?! The trend went from Orville Redenbacher Model T parade cars to tasteless Continental kits on '57 Chevies to the present foglight-visor-spotlight virus.
That truck is A LOT flashy .... but a real work of art.
ReplyDeleteyou can trust your car to the man that wears the star....
ReplyDeleteDone up as a Texico Station Service truck. Nice.
DeleteYa can't beat the Texas Company!
DeleteAnybody hear of Shanghai Red's in Houston? Right on the ship channel, had a great view of the sailing vessel Elissa. Lot a tug and tow boaters hung out until his business got off the ground and he ran off us off. We got the last laugh though, a vessel called the Chesapeake came in for a refit, and the port side of that dull grey merchant marine vessel was their new view for the next two years!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I told you all about that to tell you this. One day I was sitting dockside eating breakfast, with one of the deckhands off my tug. He was sick of tow boating and wanted another job and was therefore searching the want ads while we ate. Suddenly he slammed down the paper angrily and said something like "what's this crap?!"
I looked. Must have been a half dozen ads for painters, and every last one ended in, "no tow-boaters need apply."
Funny as hell. Tow-boaters paint stripes, diamonds, has marks, and doo-dads and signs and signifiers and accents absolutely freaking everywhere!
Whoever painted this truck just might have had a bit of sailor in him somewhere.
Maybe lost their sense of taste at sea?
DeleteSome of you car guys please explain why a rebuilt period vehicle is thought to be improved by throwing every JC Whitney aftermarket garish doo-dad and dealer accessory possible on the car?!
ReplyDeleteThe trend went from Orville Redenbacher Model T parade cars to tasteless Continental kits on '57 Chevies to the present foglight-visor-spotlight virus.
It's nothing that a rattle can of flat black can't fix
ReplyDeletethe visor looks stupid and it is stupid. its hard to see a traffic light without it, near impossible with it.
ReplyDeleteit's adjustable
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