tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post2556255962838014065..comments2024-03-22T18:13:10.026-06:00Comments on On the Alberta/Montana Border: Truck BalletDiane Stringam Tolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-31478497608794988942012-08-06T08:02:50.662-06:002012-08-06T08:02:50.662-06:00Wow Diane, that is scary... I never learned to dri...Wow Diane, that is scary... I never learned to drive... yet:)Launna https://www.blogger.com/profile/09447311902825477772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-17893964160592990262012-08-02T23:22:11.876-06:002012-08-02T23:22:11.876-06:00Oh. My. Goodness. What an experience! Obviously, y...Oh. My. Goodness. What an experience! Obviously, you two were saved for greater things!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-13393001455640301202012-08-02T22:43:04.126-06:002012-08-02T22:43:04.126-06:00I too had an incident like this, but it was in a r...I too had an incident like this, but it was in a red VW bus. We ended up facing the wrong direction in the middle of a bridge with a semi-truck hauling fuel barreling towards us. The only thing that saved us was the bridge rail that slowed the truck down. The VW was totaled but my sister and I were unharmed. What an experience.<br /><br />Wonderful story, again, Diane!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972430229339449257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-32062662802538954532012-08-02T08:26:45.372-06:002012-08-02T08:26:45.372-06:00Bring it to Alberta. We can teach it some really f...Bring it to Alberta. We can teach it some really fancy moves . . .Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-73522794313683717222012-08-02T08:26:19.179-06:002012-08-02T08:26:19.179-06:00Oh, I love it! Absolutely priceless. Our family wo...Oh, I love it! Absolutely priceless. Our family would have never let her forget either!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-13520403769131077322012-08-02T08:14:30.198-06:002012-08-02T08:14:30.198-06:00Trucks are so graceful. My car does no fancy tric...Trucks are so graceful. My car does no fancy tricks like that!Crack You Whiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071785490304845124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-71098934300747676762012-08-02T01:41:34.862-06:002012-08-02T01:41:34.862-06:00LOL so funny...my mother was teaching me how to dr...LOL so funny...my mother was teaching me how to drive (she was driving because of the snow) a manual car and during a snow storm which wasn't that bad, instructed my sister and I on the proper procedure to slow down and just as she did she hit a patch of ice and the car swerved all over the place and we went into a ditch:) Everyone was fine but we have never let her live down that lesson in driving...The Adventurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129815174861478639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-73764030548356985012012-08-02T00:04:13.321-06:002012-08-02T00:04:13.321-06:00Me and complete helplessness don't get along w...Me and complete helplessness don't get along well together.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-21657064442484443602012-08-02T00:03:30.108-06:002012-08-02T00:03:30.108-06:00TeeHee!TeeHee!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-43688384366923033542012-08-02T00:03:15.645-06:002012-08-02T00:03:15.645-06:00Oh, your poor brother! Poor you! I really only wan...Oh, your poor brother! Poor you! I really only want to bring back GOOD memories. Honest!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-69337841697795934292012-08-02T00:02:19.713-06:002012-08-02T00:02:19.713-06:00The absolute, complete relief to be able to contin...The absolute, complete relief to be able to continue under your own power. Yeah!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-75584296112599880332012-08-02T00:01:05.454-06:002012-08-02T00:01:05.454-06:00Gahhhh! And everything slows down and you watch th...Gahhhh! And everything slows down and you watch them get closer and closer. AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING YOU CAN DO!!!<br />Been there.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-33432336067966441602012-08-01T23:59:09.729-06:002012-08-01T23:59:09.729-06:00Ouch!
I loved that truck and it sure could take a ...Ouch!<br />I loved that truck and it sure could take a beating. But I don't know if it's still going, but it's alive in my memory!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-68091419847451755392012-08-01T23:51:22.113-06:002012-08-01T23:51:22.113-06:00Happened to me, too! Only I was driving a rental.....Happened to me, too! Only I was driving a rental...a new one. I was visiting some friends in Ohio and the last I remember before shouting a few expletives, I said, "Watch this!"<br /><br />Well, although the huge parking lot looked to be smooth, I'd neglected to consider the concrete curbs, spun it around purposely about 3 times and promptly ripped the tire off of the dang thing.<br /><br />Ah, the fun days! Is that truck still around? They were made really strong back then, and I like the style.Jeremy Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877532315856151843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-18509561017333330572012-08-01T21:01:49.454-06:002012-08-01T21:01:49.454-06:00"Emphasis on forget." LOL! So true...s..."Emphasis on forget." LOL! So true...so true.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650386366226859611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-34504163189640492212012-08-01T17:01:20.960-06:002012-08-01T17:01:20.960-06:00Oh Diane! You're not going to believe this, bu...Oh Diane! You're not going to believe this, but my family had that truck . . . in orange. Crazy, but true. We lived a little (A LOT) further south, like NC, so no ice (or very little), but there was a memorable (and not in a good way) day when a game of ring-around-the-rosey/chase around that orange truck resulted in my brother having stitches in the bridge of his nose. Who knew Dad would choose the middle of the game to put the tailgate down?? I'm 5 years older than my brother and had more than a little bit of a mom complex. They wouldn't let me go back with him to get stitches, but I could hear him crying. And every time he cried, I cried harder. I'm positive that whole waiting room was eager to see us leave! Dad got rid of that truck soon after. My now-adult brain knows it had nothing to do with those stitches, but my child's brain couldn't be convinced. Then I felt guilty because Dad got rid of his truck. Wow. Hadn't thought about that in years. Your posts seem to do that to me :). Thanks for sharing and hope you don't mind my meander down memory lane in the middle of your comment section! Smiles -Amy W Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08861793091286131901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-84637824397990100812012-08-01T16:38:29.406-06:002012-08-01T16:38:29.406-06:00Spinning into a median has a way of making everyth...Spinning into a median has a way of making everything brighter, louder and more alive. The best part is being able to put the vehicle in gear and plow back onto the icy highway unscathed. I know. Been there--at least twice. Icy highways are SO unforgiving.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-39795980235270881412012-08-01T15:23:33.486-06:002012-08-01T15:23:33.486-06:00The only thing worse than spinning around in your ...The only thing worse than spinning around in your vehicle is to be completely stopped and seeing someone else spinning around... Toward you.George Stringamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11375285536941813368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-40706233920989443962012-08-01T14:46:50.032-06:002012-08-01T14:46:50.032-06:00There is very little worse than the feeling of bei...There is very little worse than the feeling of being totally out of control in a vehicle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com