tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186647506087980513.post2396413839962038160..comments2009-06-23T10:13:51.663-05:00John Langfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10541313281988746158noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186647506087980513.post-83920035747531257382009-06-09T16:45:38.301-05:002009-06-09T16:45:38.301-05:00JT is my favorite all-time musician as well!JJ Baskinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186647506087980513.post-24341089193594768572009-04-15T13:32:00.000-05:002009-04-15T13:32:00.000-05:00Greetings John:<br />Yes Indeed Those Were The Day's !!!<br />How I long to throw that spinnin chain one more time !!!<br />To hear the whine of the cathead pulling up the the slack, feeling the bite take hold, flicking the wrist up and over the sleeve coup-ling, letting the chain run through your gloved hand, seeing the top stand turn with a salicious whirl !!! I think I will stop here and go take a very cold shower. Sometimes I pump diesel into my SUV (even though it is of a flexfuel design) just to get that long ago rig smell back in my nostrils one more time. <br />When I was a kid growing up in Odessa we used to hold 4th of July sparklers in a pair of pliers and pretend we were welding and making $7.87 per hour with double time after 60 hours !!! <br />It all just reminds me of what my Uncle EC in Lamesa, Texas once told me "When I was a young man I plowed a lot of rows with a young mule. But the mule drank some antifreeze one cold night and died. Now, I don't do squat. That's just the way it goes out here on the caprock. Its a good country for men, dog's and the occasional alpaca - But it's hell on women, mules and low mileage porches !" <br />Those word's of insight have truly made all the difference for me !!!<br />Quein Sabe Mi Amigo !!!<br />Mark B. DavisMark B.noreply@blogger.com