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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
The Fix "We had left very early, and James Jones was driving so fast I thought he was trying to beat the sunrise." I remember driving down a country road that was between Verdun and Nancy; we had disengaged the governors on the engines of the 2 1/2 ton trucks so we could drive full throttle as we took the trucks from Verdun to Nancy to the 3rd echelon maintenance repair shop in Nancy where they replace engines and transmissions and where we thought we were leaving them to be repaired. It was James Jones idea to disengage the governors and now we were traveling at top speed on a narrow country road, lined with giant trees on each side of the road and me thinking it would not be a good thing if one of us had a flat or lost control in the presence of those trees. We got to Nancy what seemed to be pretty fast and that gave us plenty of time in the maintenance shop to help change out engines and transmissions and even enough time to film some mechanical training films showing how to work on engines. Both a surprising and an interesting experience since Capt. Bohannon had only told us information that had led us to believe we were dropping off the trucks for repair; he had never told us we were the drivers and the fixers. "I wrote about this character before; this is the James Jones that used to tell me he was GGG, that is "Gods Gift to Girls", and he was pretty good with the girls." JamesLee 6/28/17 |
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Bluesy Socrateaser Member Elite
since 2002-11-07
Posts 2417In The Mirror |
quote:He may have thought it for himself, but this would be for the girls to say. ...just bein' Bluesy |
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