I love this! Is someone drivin' this beauty around everyday?
I love this! Is someone drivin' this beauty around everyday?
Now THAT'S a beauty, and it "goes around" every day!
To: RonDogThe answer is, No!
I love this! Is someone drivin' this beauty around everyday?
This particular DUMP TRUCK was rented - just for this event.
We had hoped for OTHER (even LARGER) "dump trucks" for this rally, but most of them were in use over the weekend - actually MAKING MONEY for their owners.I though that the LITTLE things about this "dump truck" were important, too - like:
(What a concept!)Thanks again to Saundra Duffy for finding this one.Fortunately, most attending the FReep did NOT see me grinding through the six speeds as I navigated it twenty-three miles from the rental place in Rocklin, and back.
It was apparently one of the LARGEST dump trucks available ANYWHERE that could be driven by someone like me - WITHOUT a commercial license.Driving it around town WAS kind of a "guy thing," though - especially raising and lowering the massive dump bed in the back - which was an important therapy for a guy who has been parading around in fishnets and garters - A LOT! - recently!Seriously, I also LOVE that image of the "DUMP DAVIS!" dump truck - and currently use it as my wallpaper on my laptop at home!
- the "SIMON" signs on the doors of the cab - to cover the rental company's logos, so that the union thugs could not go out and hassle them.Thank you, FRiend - WHOEVER you are!- and the "Hazardous Waste" signs - in reference to the soon-to-be-EX-governor's NOXIOUS behavior,
- and little red "DUMP DAVIS" bumper stickers tastefully arranged ALL AROUND the truck - by a non-FReeper volunteer - who carefully attached each one in such a way that I could remove them at the end with VERY LITTLE effort!
Rondog, out of the goodness of his heart, paid a lot of money out of his own pocket to rent the dump truck. Sadly, it had to be returned right after the freep.
Apparently dump truck rental is pricey, both by the day and through additional mileage charges. Driving it is also a royal pain; this thing is apparently no SL600. If you've ever had your car towed and ridden in the towtruck cab, you'll get the idea.
But it made a great prop, and I got some awesome crowd shots. The crowd was tremendous and really pumped up!
I visited the Oxnard Gray Davis event, and there was a tepid group of supporters in front. When Gray Davis left, the supporters went in a campaign van right behind him, so it looks like I have photo proof that they were paid Davis stooges. More about my first personal freep later; I have to get the video done. Preliminary working title:
Gray & Me
(Same plot as Roger & Me - This was my first attempt to meet Gray Davis. You'll have to watch it to see how it came out!).
Let me just say here that the Davis supporters who showed up were pretty tepid. Even his hired stooges couldn't make much of a showing - they showed up, signs in hand and just stood there. No chanting, no nothing.
Intriguingly enough, the signs his stooges were holding did not refer to Gray Davis, but simply expressed the hope that things would get better. I was a little confused by this; I thought the point of the event was to pump Gray. But the Spanish language signs didn't mention him at all.
And the event's audience was doing about the same thing - just waiting all too patiently for the Great Man. Sadly, I couldn't get in the event because I had my Simon shirt on. Oops.
D
Rondog, out of the goodness of his heart, paid a lot of money out of his own pocket to rent the dump truck. Sadly, it had to be returned right after the freep.
Apparently dump truck rental is pricey, both by the day and through additional mileage charges. Driving it is also a royal pain; this thing is apparently no SL600. If you've ever had your car towed and ridden in the towtruck cab, you'll get the idea.
But it made a great prop, and I got some awesome crowd shots. The crowd was tremendous and really pumped up!
I visited the Oxnard Gray Davis event, and there was a tepid group of supporters in front. When Gray Davis left, the supporters went in a campaign van right behind him, so it looks like I have photo proof that they were paid Davis stooges. More about my first personal freep later; I have to get the video done. Preliminary working title:
Gray & Me
(Same plot as Roger & Me - This was my first attempt to meet Gray Davis. You'll have to watch it to see how it came out!).
Let me just say here that the Davis supporters who showed up were pretty tepid. Even his hired stooges couldn't make much of a showing - they showed up, signs in hand and just stood there. No chanting, no nothing.
Intriguingly enough, the signs his stooges were holding did not refer to Gray Davis, but simply expressed the hope that things would get better. I was a little confused by this; I thought the point of the event was to pump Gray. But the Spanish language signs didn't mention him at all.
And the event's audience was doing about the same thing - just waiting all too patiently for the Great Man. Sadly, I couldn't get in the event because I had my Simon shirt on. Oops.
D