TIM RICHARDSON -> ROY WITT wrote:
 TR> On 11-13-08, ROY WITT said to TIM RICHARDSON:



 MG>>> Maybe not, but we'd be bored to death. :)


 RW>>> Not any more than you are in San Diego.


 TR>> There is far more to do in San Diego than there is in Texas in the
 TR>> way of entertainment and pass-time.


 RW>> LOL! Hardly.


 TR> Really? How many golf courses are there in Texas? (I mean courses that
 TR> aren't
 TR> built by Lee Travino!)


 TR> How many Sea Worlds? Disney lands? Italian resturants in `Little Italy's'?

Let's not forget the world famous San Diego Zoo and their sister the Wild
Animal Park.

 TR>> I got in and out of Texas a lot when I was trucking. Houston,
 TR>> Dallas-Fort Worth, etc etc.

Did you hear that Los Angeles is no longer the most polluted air in the
country? That "prize" is now held be Houston. (how disgusting
does a place have to be to out rank LA?)

 RW>> I've yet to thoroughly explore those places, but have not found the
 TR> ones I
 RW>> have visited to be what you claim them to be, or not to be. Compare for
 RW>> instance, the size of the race track in Fontana vs that of the one in
 TR> Fort
 RW>> Worth. FW is twice as large and has more than it's share of
 TR> activities you
 RW>> won't find at Fontana.

I can't think of a single reason to go to Fontana.  :)

 TR> Fontana is hardly representative of `activities in Southern California'.
 TR> (By
 TR> the way.......there is (or was) a large swith and marshalling yard in
 TR> Fontana,
 TR> as well as an engine turn-table for turning large railroad engines
 TR> around in
 TR> Fontana. I worked in that yard when I worked on the railroad.)

 TR> And anyway....I don't do the race track bit; in Texas `or' California.


 TR> I bet a daily double one time in my entire life...3 and 3. The only
 TR> horse race
 TR> bet I had ever made. Both horses won and the double paid 27 dollars for
 TR> a two
 TR> dollar bet. I collected my 27 dollar win, and haven't bet on a horse race
 TR> since! That was back in 1964 or `65.

When I was little my daddy told me to never gamble anything I can't afford
to lose. I don't gamble.  :)

 RW>> You can compare here:


 RW>> Fontana: http://tinyurl.com/6eazjg


 RW>> Texas: http://tinyurl.com/5r6p2z


 TR>> Texans are real nice people. I had done my own tire work for many
 TR>> years and thought I knew just about all the moves to make a tire
 TR>> repair as easy as possible till I watched a Texan doing one in a 76
 TR>> stop near Houston, once.


 RW>> By hand?


 TR> Yes. I can dismount a semi-truck or bus tire in about 3 to 5 minutes, break
 TR> the tire down by hand without a machine (I use a mattox to break the bead),
 TR> repair the tire, re-assemble it, air it up, and replace it on the axle by
 TR> hand. been doing it for years.


 TR> I've gotten a bit lazy over the years, and have my own 150 PSI air
 TR> compressor,
 TR> and 3\4 inch impact gun, with high-impact lug sockets.


 TR> My present employer is amazed when I take one of the tires off the bus,
 TR> break
 TR> it down and repair it, air it up and remount it in about half an hour to
 TR> forty
 TR> five minutes. And without a tire cage.

As well he should be. I'm of the opinion that you've got a few (at least a
few) years on me and that's a tricky feat for a youngster let alone a
mature fellow like you.  :)

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