The first construction project I ever worked on was a Sears store in Sacramento, California. It was a big job, and I was one of a dozen or so laborers on the project. Our foreman was this huge Jamaican guy named Bethel Lee. He was at least six and a half feet tall, and weighed probably three-fifty; one of those gentle giants, though; a really nice guy and everyone liked him. But when he got angry, he could look ferocious and intimidating. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged southern arizona
Anywhere Ah Wonts To
May 29, 2011 at 5:54 pm · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days, Weird stuff ·Tagged Arizona, Arlington Arizona, author, Buckeye Arizona, cars, Charles L. Mashburn, cows, Dan Findley, demon possessed, demon possessed car, dry washes, EPNG, events, evil, funny, good old days, humor, laughter, miracle invention, miracle invention called a bridge, moo, only when it rains, sacramento, southern arizona, story, The Car Was Evil!, writer
Miracle Invention!
May 17, 2011 at 8:15 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days, Weird stuff ·Tagged Arizona, Arlington Arizona, author, Buckeye Arizona, cars, Charles L. Mashburn, cows, Dan Findley, demon possessed, demon possessed car, dry washes, EPNG, events, evil, funny, good old days, humor, laughter, miracle invention, miracle invention called a bridge, moo, only when it rains, sacramento, southern arizona, story, The Car Was Evil!, writer
In my story, Mooooooo, I told y’all about the time I drove down into the dry wash in Arlington, Arizona—doing about 75—and there was a herd of cows in the road. Well, a few years later, I was relating that very same story to a friend of mine up in Sacramento, California. Read the rest of this entry »
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