Tuesday, November 10, 2020

From The Archives: A War Story



One of our duties in Iraq entailed corralling third country national truck drivers- keeping them accounted for and not a danger to themselves or others. One thing people- even soldiers present did not understand was why we would not allow any type of knife (even small kitchen ones), no amount of alcohol and absolutely no pr0n (which when found would invariably be of the gay variety). Really- why would care if they watched gay pr0n in the sleepers of their trucks? What about a little drinky drinky at the end of a long, dangerous day? They prepared their own meals often- they couldn't even have a small kitchen knife?

Why were you so hard on these fellas who took the same risks you did- while unarmed?

Well, add the aforementioned activities together and that's where the problem comes in- things could get a little stabby in the ole truck stop.

Hey, sergeant you need to come out onto the lot- some of the drivers are in an uproar. Said the young Marine over my radio. What’s going ? I replied I don't know. I think a couple of them were queering off.

Roger, I'll be there in a minute. With a sigh I headed out, half expecting to referee a minor lovers quarrel.

When I turned down the line of trucks I was told to watch for I knew something was up- there were probably 20-30 drivers in a half circle around the cab of a truck. I could see they were absolutely seething from 50 meters away.

No one wanted to admit to being able to speak English to help defuse the situation when asked if anybody knew English- a bad sign they didn't want to be guilty by association. Normally, somebody would step up whose English was less terrible than my Arabic and try to help. This time though, everyone stood around in Absolute. Furious. Silent. Rage while flexing their fingers against the stones in their hands.

The objects of the fury did not want to come out of the cab and in fact forced me to climb up and show my face and beat on the window with my pistol. When the door opened the smell of sex was overwhelming. The interior of the cab must have been 90 degrees- musty buttseks. There was gay pr0n lying everywhere. As my head started spinning I ordered the two lovers out of the cab.

They were terrified.

They maintained an unusual distance for Middle Easterners from each other and me. Both of their faces were bright red. One would stare at me in wide eyed terror, the other's eyes alternated between the ground and pleading for mercy from me.

I ran the weaker hangers on at the edge of the crowd off and back to their trucks and respectfully indicated to the older ringleaders to back up and thanked them when they took a few steps back.

Jedi crowd control trick for Middle Eastern third country national truck drivers- feel free to use it anytime- just credit me.


You making freaky freaky and drinking beer? while pantomiming a drinking and sex action complete with spanking motions on my imaginary sex partners behind. The crowd roared in laughter. No making freaky freaky! No drinky drinky. Me no Ali Babba, mister! One said while his breath wafting across me smelled like the exhaust to a liquor powered sex machine.

We then retrieved some of the pr0n from the cab and as I recall empty alcohol containers of some type, but no booze. They hung their heads low and their faces looked in danger of bursting into flames from blushing when the contraband was held up to their faces.

I berated them for a while to beat them down- hoping it would be sufficient to avoid a real beating from the crowd when I left.

I ordered the driver of the shaggin wagon back into his truck and told the other to go to his. No, mister, mister pleaaaase he begged, his eyes rolling in fear while glancing around at the crowd. He then pantomimed sleeping sitting up in the cab of the love truck while his boyfriend slept in the sleeper. Guessing that yeah, sleeping in the same truck might still cause some upset among the other drivers, but if they were in danger, it might also prevent things from getting stabby if they could watch each others back through the night- I let them stay together.

When I turned them loose, they fairly flew up into the cab and had the door locked before their rear ends touched the seat.

I turned to the crowd, smiled and shook my head. Everybody laughed real big and turned back to their trucks for the night.

 

The End

Monday, September 28, 2020

Monday's Missives

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  • Steve N Seagulls cover Dios Holy Diver
  • Bacon Cheeseburger and fries with Hawaiian Punch- its whats for breakfast (11/11/2015). The spicy ketchup from Whataburger is really good.
  • My patients who are heroin addicts and happen to be black almost inevitably mispronounce heroin as, hair-ron.
  • I am still trying to work my way through all Michael Crichton's books. Andromeda Strain was real enjoyable but I just couldn't get into Terminal Man.
  • When Veteran's Day rolls around I get real uncomfortable in anticipation of the attention I'll get as people thank me for my service.
  • Woman With Whom I Have Lately Been Spending Time With A.K.A. WWWIHLBSTW and my ex wife are the two people I Email more frequently than anybody else so they default to the top two positions when I begin to compose an Email. Recently, I accidentally clicked on my ex wife's address, told her I was bored and lonely and then promptly asked her out to dinner. No, I didn't hit send- I caught it time (barely) but holy smokes! Can you imagine?
  • Yeah, my husband in law would have really thought was funny. He would have just laughed and laughed...
  • Among a lot of the pics emerging of Syrian refugees crowding around the borders of the European nations they are attempting to enter all you see are military age males (MAMs). Huh. I am not saying they are all part of terror sleeper cells and I am freely admitting I do not know enough to know exactly what is going on but there is a rat in that woodpile somewhere.

Monday's Missives





  • It's pouring out and thundering.
  • A worn out cheap Roundtree And York cotton sweater and Tazmanian Devil sleeping pants.
  • What I'm wearing.
  • Coffee.
  • What I'm drinking.
  • Lunch? Baby carrots with avocado ranch dressing.
  • Rainy days with rolling thunder are still the only days when even though I won't admit I get lonely, it would be nice if I don't have to have someone to hang out with to have someone to hang out with.
  • Did that make sense?
  • Still can't get UB40's cover of Red Red Wine out of my mind and I'm about to go crazy- it's been days now.
  • Help.
  • From an old draft posted 09/27/2013.

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Bobs Nameplate

When my eldest was little at church camp he was  asked his name. He replied, Bob. It stuck and followed him through years of annual participation.

Monday, September 7, 2020

Monday's Missives


  • Recently, after she used a few key words and phrases; I pictured a server at a cafe drinking beer from a Solo cup while standing in a cow pasture swinging her string top over head while screaming, Yeeeehawww!
  • Although I don't know exactly where that thought came from- I bet it has happened.
  • This morning at a traffic light I saw a woman in scrubs picking her teeth with her ridiculously long purple nails. Then she oddly ran the first 2 fingers of her right hand in and out of her mouth. She then poured a bottle of cough syrup into a soda and then turned down into the hospital district.
  • Yesterday I read a story about a person who killed themselves. People kept coming back to the idea she had sooo much to live for, she seemed happy etc. The article showed multiple pics of the person. She was one of saddest looking people I have ever seen. She was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders and her family and friends obviously could not see that.
  • Today 09/06/2018 I bumped into an old friendly aquaintence.  She had put back on a couple of pounds after a misguided period of being way too scrawny. She looked amazing. The first thing I did? Checked out her new and improved cleavage. She saw it and looked disappointed. I was ashamed.
  • This morning 9/7/2018 I awoke from from a dream related to a great time in my life. When I was young I worked building and repairing water control structures- dams and levees. I was offered a job building a new lake near Winters TX. Coincidentally, a family member was selling a conversion van. I lived in the van right on the job site which was situated on a large ranch. It may seem weird but it was one of the best times I've ever had in my life. I hung with my friends, operated heavy equipment and got paid well to not have a care in the world. I even ran free electricity off the dog house (storage building) for a fan and TV.
  • Interesting PS: since the feds were paying there was a minimum scale we were supposed to be paid. Being as we were severely underpaid before the start of that job- we all got a big jump in pay. I don't recall for sure but I kinda think it must have been at least a couple of bucks an hour more.
  • It has never occurred to me to lick my fingers while thumbing through the pages of a book or other paperwork.
  • No- I have never even tested the water and gave it a try once.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Numerology

7 Computers owned in my life

1 Boat owned

0 times it was in the water- long story

1 Boat totalled in my life- longer story

? Times I've been shot at

10 Coats I own. I think that's right. Anyway- I like coats.

300 Approximate DVDs owned.

10 Of those at least I've never watched any part.

256 Posts as of 07/18/2014 scheduled to publish

3 Ford trucks I've owned

1 Camaro

Thursday, August 13, 2020

I Had a Girlfriend Once...

 
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Who was a catalog model for Dillards and Neiman Marcus.