If a person ever has had a nice car, they probably have had to make loan payments to a bank. I have been rolling over car loans on top of other car loans for the past 15 years, and now I am finally caught up. Making payments on junk can be discouraging, but when you buy a car that lasts it makes things go a lot smoother. That car was my 2002 Ford Explorer I bought in 2005. It had 50,000 miles when I got it and 66 months later it now has 165,000 and is mine. Everybody has got car stories, so I would like to tell you some.
I have an older sister, so all thru school I had to drive her hand me down clunkers. The first one was a Plymouth Horizon. This was a little car that was painted orange. All her friends called it the pumpkin. I had that untill I went to college, where I ended up getting her brown Chevy Citation. This car was something else, you couldn't touch the gas pedal when starting it, and you had one chance to crank it over or it wouldn't start. During that south dakota winter, I did plenty of pleading and praying for that thing to start. I did one year of college before enlisting in the Navy.
While in bootcamp, I found out that my first two years were going to be spent stationed in Japan. I was stunned when I heard that. At least now I don't have to worry about no crap colored, no starting car. I did my two years overseas and now I am going to be stationed in San Diego CA. I was able to save up 8,000 dollars which I planned to spend on my very own car/truck. So in november of 1995, I bought myself a 1992 Dodge Dakota 4X4 pickup. It was a red and silver extended cab with a V8 engine. Just what every 21 year old boy needs, a hot rod pickup. I used my 8,000 for a down payment. If I hadn't put that much money down, I wouldn't have been able to get a car loan. So I got a 48 month loan to pay the rest. I loved that truck.
It was the fall of 1998 that I started to hear a clunking sound coming from the dakota. I took it to the repair shop to have it looked at, where they found something wrong with the transfer case. While the mechanics were checking the pickup, I went walking around the used car lot. I kept thinking that instead of spending money on repairs I should trade it in. I found a 1993 Mercury Sable that I liked, and decided to trade for it. My dodge and the mercury would be a straight up trade, and I would just keep making payments on my first loan. I had the sable for a year before reverse went out in the transmission. I could still drive it, just not in reverse.
One of the biggest mistakes a person can make is to be in a used car lot with a broken down ride. And wouldn't you know, there I am the proud owner of 1997 Oldsmobile Acheiva with 50,000 miles. It was a blue four door with the Quad 4 engine. What I know now, what I knew then, I wouldn't have bought the thing. The Quad 4 engine had lots of power and got 30 miles to the gallon, but it was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. These motors would only last 100,000 miles before it would blow up. I had the water pump go out. The pump was only $55, but the labor would be $500. The car ran good for a year before more problems. During the winter everything would go, but when the weather was warmer it would stall out. The fuel pump for the motor is located in the gas tank. A bushing in the pump would stick and starve the engine of gas. The colder weather kept the gasoline in the tank cool and the pump would work, but going up hills would make the pump worker harder and without cold weather to keep the pump cool, it would quit running. This fix was just the opposite of the water pump, labor $80 and parts $265. It wasn't long after the fuel pump saga that the pin was pulled on the grenade /Quad 4/ and wasn't going to be for much longer. It was april of 2004 and I had to go into the bank. When I started my car, guess what I heard? "Clang Clang Clang" I had been around engines enough to know what that sound was. The connection rod had broken. Now I was told that this motor would only last 100,000 miles, but mine lasted 183,000 miles. I was glad about that, but I still owed 4,000 dollars on it. I could have got a new engine, but whats the use if it is just gonna blow up.
I had my Oldsmobile and Dodge loans rolled over together. So now I need another car. I just started a new job and my credit wasn't the best. The most I could get was $3,000. A 1995 Lincoln Continental caught my eye. It rode nice and looked sharp and it was only 2,500 dollars. I buy the car and now I am paying off two car loans. The car ran good before that thing blew up. Now what am I gonna due. Luckily my brother had a friend with the same car as me, who had just put a remanufactued engine in it. It ended up costing me a thousand dollars to buy the enigine and and have it put in my car. The lincoln ran fine for a while, before that engine began giving me problems. It was overheating and puking the coolant out into the overflow tank.
I babied that car for most of the summer of 05, when I decided I had enough. My favorite vehicle I ever had was my Dodge Dakota pickup. I have had cars for the past 7 years and now I want to buy a SUV. I checked out all the suv's available and the one I liked most was a 2002 Ford Explorer 4X4. I test drove a red one and a blue one at the ford dealership. I liked the red one, but somebody else was testing it. I liked that one better, but will I get the chance to buy it? To my releif, the woman driving the red explorer wanted the blue one. YES, is luck finally on my side. The hard part coming up, getting financing. I filled out all the paper work, and was approved. I was able to roll over 3 car loans into one nice long 66 month package. Making the payments went easily until the summer of 09 when I was between jobs, but I was able to escape that sitution, barely.
The only problem I ever had with the explorer was an alternator going out, which left me stranded on the road with a dead battery. Should I also include the time I slammed a curb while doing a u-turn in front of traffic as a problem? Nah, I consider that a thousand dollar screw up. One of the parts on the ford that can be expensive to fix is the transmission. Unlike my dodge dakota where the transmission and transfer case are separate, this is one unit. The transmission repair bill for the explorer can cost $6,000 and up. The transmission fluid has to be changed every 30,000 miles and I always made sure of that. These Ford Explorers are not meant for heavy towing, and I never pulled a trailer with it. If you do those two things the transmission should last. I could have fixed my dakota for $1,000 or less. You live and learn.
I got the title from the bank for MY Ford Explorer on Jan 29th. You know what that means? Either many problem free years or the pin has been pulled and this beast will explode. I could have saved a lot of trouble if I had only fixed that dog gone Dodge Dakota. But what fun is that?
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Today's The Day
Today is the day that I get my PRK eye surgery done. It has been a long three weeks since I decide to have this procedure and I'm ready. After this surgery I shouldn't need eye glasses. I am having the surgery done at http://www.laserprofessionals.com/ with Dr. Strinden. Recovery time for PRK is slower than Lasik, so hopefully I should be ready for work in march.
Quote Spongebob Squarepants, "I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready."
Quote Spongebob Squarepants, "I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready."
Friday, January 21, 2011
Racing on Arizona Time
The thing I hated the most about the navy was missing the racing season. I left Japan and arrived in Cornado CA in Dec. The timing wasn't right, and I missed the end of the racing season in ND and CA. The last time I got home to ND was during the middle of winter, and the last race I saw was in Sauke Centre MN. Which was Doug Wolfgang's comeback race after his fire in Kansas City. I had a book that showed all the race tracks in the US. There was a track in El Cajon CA which was a paved 1/3 mile oval. Their first race wasn't scheduled until march.
March rolls around and I'm excited. I haven't seen racing in two years. I head for El Cajon to watch some racing. There were lots of cars, but no passing. While at the races that night I picked up a racing news paper. One article read that a new 1/2 mile dirt track was opening in Perris CA. Great, maybe I can see some good racing. It's early Apr and I am off to Perris. They are racing non wing sprint cars. I find the track and have to pay to park my Dodge Dakota pickup. "WHAT, five dollars!" I have never had to pay to park at a racetrack before, but I'm desperate for racing. It took this track 4 hrs to race 28 cars. El Cajon was a lot more organized. If the racing was exciting, no problem, but all the racers did was hug the inside of the track. The only driver to evan try the high side was Ron Shuman.
It goes on like that all summer, sucky racing. I evan go to races in Imperial CA and Yuma AZ. I find in my racing paper that a 1/3 mile dirt track in Casa Grande AZ is going to start racing UMP Late Models and modifieds, starting next march. This place is between Phoenix and Tucson. I don't care if it's 10 min or 10 hours, if I want to see racing i'm going. I had already been to Yuma, might as well go a little farther.
The day arrives and I'm off. I get out of San Diego and head east on I-8. I'm 15 miles from the track, and I take my tape out and turn on the radio. The races start at 7:00 and it's 6:15 now. I hear on the radio that it's 7:15. WHAT!! Casa Grande's on mountain time. I get closer to the track and I see the county fair is on. I get into the fairgrounds and start walking toward the track. I make it to the end of the fairgrounds. WHAT!!! The track is outside the fairgrounds! The races had started already. I seriously consider jumping the fence and running toward the track, but I don't. So I sprint back thru the fair and head over. What an ordeal, but I made it. The racing was what I'm used to seeing. Cars were racing high, low, and passing. Kenny Hattfield won the modified feature race with a high side last lap pass. Jeep Berry won in the late model's with a low side pass late in the race. I saw better racing in two hours, then in one year in CA. There is another race in a couple weeks, and I plan to be there for that.
It's two weeks later and it's time for the races. I don't plan on missing anything so I leave a couple hours early. I get to the rack and I notice I'm the only one in the parking lot. Did I drive 8 hours to see no racing? I ask around and find out there is racing tonite. I also find out that arizona doesn't move their clocks forward for daylight saving time. California and arizona are the same time during the summer. OFW, at least I'm not late.
I had been to the races in Casa Grande several more times since, but they never could compare to that first night.
March rolls around and I'm excited. I haven't seen racing in two years. I head for El Cajon to watch some racing. There were lots of cars, but no passing. While at the races that night I picked up a racing news paper. One article read that a new 1/2 mile dirt track was opening in Perris CA. Great, maybe I can see some good racing. It's early Apr and I am off to Perris. They are racing non wing sprint cars. I find the track and have to pay to park my Dodge Dakota pickup. "WHAT, five dollars!" I have never had to pay to park at a racetrack before, but I'm desperate for racing. It took this track 4 hrs to race 28 cars. El Cajon was a lot more organized. If the racing was exciting, no problem, but all the racers did was hug the inside of the track. The only driver to evan try the high side was Ron Shuman.
It goes on like that all summer, sucky racing. I evan go to races in Imperial CA and Yuma AZ. I find in my racing paper that a 1/3 mile dirt track in Casa Grande AZ is going to start racing UMP Late Models and modifieds, starting next march. This place is between Phoenix and Tucson. I don't care if it's 10 min or 10 hours, if I want to see racing i'm going. I had already been to Yuma, might as well go a little farther.
The day arrives and I'm off. I get out of San Diego and head east on I-8. I'm 15 miles from the track, and I take my tape out and turn on the radio. The races start at 7:00 and it's 6:15 now. I hear on the radio that it's 7:15. WHAT!! Casa Grande's on mountain time. I get closer to the track and I see the county fair is on. I get into the fairgrounds and start walking toward the track. I make it to the end of the fairgrounds. WHAT!!! The track is outside the fairgrounds! The races had started already. I seriously consider jumping the fence and running toward the track, but I don't. So I sprint back thru the fair and head over. What an ordeal, but I made it. The racing was what I'm used to seeing. Cars were racing high, low, and passing. Kenny Hattfield won the modified feature race with a high side last lap pass. Jeep Berry won in the late model's with a low side pass late in the race. I saw better racing in two hours, then in one year in CA. There is another race in a couple weeks, and I plan to be there for that.
It's two weeks later and it's time for the races. I don't plan on missing anything so I leave a couple hours early. I get to the rack and I notice I'm the only one in the parking lot. Did I drive 8 hours to see no racing? I ask around and find out there is racing tonite. I also find out that arizona doesn't move their clocks forward for daylight saving time. California and arizona are the same time during the summer. OFW, at least I'm not late.
I had been to the races in Casa Grande several more times since, but they never could compare to that first night.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Diamond or Hitler?
I arrived on board the USS Bunker Hill CG 52 in Oct 1993. Five months ago I was in boot camp in Great Lakes IL, and now I'm in Yokosuka Japan. I was told that this ship was the best one on base, and that Caption Diamond would be the coolest, most laid back Commanding Officer I would know.
As I settled in, guys would tell stories about Diamond. In one he was walking along the railing and said how it was such a nice day for a man overboard drill. So he jumped off, right into the ocean. Usually a dummy doll is used, but not this time. He must be really confident that his crew would be able to get him. Another story is that he and the commanding officer of the aircrafte carrier USS Independence CV 62 were talking. The idependence CO asked Diamond why the bunker hill guys never get in trouble while in port? Diamond says "When they go out I tell them to wear Independence ball caps." Moral was high onboard with Caption Diamond as the CO.
Caption Diamond's time onboard was over, and he was replaced with Captain Schnurrpusch. His claim to fame was that one of the ships he commanded was used in the movie The Hunt for Red October. While Diamond was a tall John Wayne type, Schnurrpusch had dark hair, was short and had a narrow musctache. He looked just like Adolph Hitler.
It wasn't long after he got there, that I wen't on 30 days vaction. When I got back I was told that Schnurrpusch had them doing drills for 27 days straight. They weren't at sea, but in a 10x10 mile box in the harbor. One guy joked that he could jump off and swim back to base. Two guys went crazy and had to be helicoptered off. Thank God I wasnt't there for that. During those 27 days Schnurrpusch's temper came out. It was so bad that the Navy Chaplain onboard considered retiring. While guys loved being onboard before, now they wanted to get the hell off. I had got in a fight with a guy onboard. He got me in a choke hold and wouldn't let go. It took two guys to get him off. A couple weeks later we got into another fight where I punched him and he started bleeding. Everybody onboard said he was a punk and deserved it. So now I have to go see Captain Schnurrpush. He stood inches from my face screaming while nothing happened to the other guy.
Who would you like as your CO, Caption Diamond or Adolph Hitler? I choose Hitler. NOT
As I settled in, guys would tell stories about Diamond. In one he was walking along the railing and said how it was such a nice day for a man overboard drill. So he jumped off, right into the ocean. Usually a dummy doll is used, but not this time. He must be really confident that his crew would be able to get him. Another story is that he and the commanding officer of the aircrafte carrier USS Independence CV 62 were talking. The idependence CO asked Diamond why the bunker hill guys never get in trouble while in port? Diamond says "When they go out I tell them to wear Independence ball caps." Moral was high onboard with Caption Diamond as the CO.
Caption Diamond's time onboard was over, and he was replaced with Captain Schnurrpusch. His claim to fame was that one of the ships he commanded was used in the movie The Hunt for Red October. While Diamond was a tall John Wayne type, Schnurrpusch had dark hair, was short and had a narrow musctache. He looked just like Adolph Hitler.
It wasn't long after he got there, that I wen't on 30 days vaction. When I got back I was told that Schnurrpusch had them doing drills for 27 days straight. They weren't at sea, but in a 10x10 mile box in the harbor. One guy joked that he could jump off and swim back to base. Two guys went crazy and had to be helicoptered off. Thank God I wasnt't there for that. During those 27 days Schnurrpusch's temper came out. It was so bad that the Navy Chaplain onboard considered retiring. While guys loved being onboard before, now they wanted to get the hell off. I had got in a fight with a guy onboard. He got me in a choke hold and wouldn't let go. It took two guys to get him off. A couple weeks later we got into another fight where I punched him and he started bleeding. Everybody onboard said he was a punk and deserved it. So now I have to go see Captain Schnurrpush. He stood inches from my face screaming while nothing happened to the other guy.
Who would you like as your CO, Caption Diamond or Adolph Hitler? I choose Hitler. NOT
400lb Magazine
Dateline Jan 4th, 2011, 7:15 AM
"Hey Gary, my glasses broke. If anybody asks, I went home to get my extra pair. I'll be back." I had been thinking about my eye glasses breaking for a while now, but the only ones I can find were my first pair. I knew I had better ones, but where? What cluttered up my room the most was 26 years worth of magazines. How does someone collect that many magazines? Well, I'll tell ya how.
Back when I was ten my family would buy groceries at Ken's Super Valu. My dad had been talking about buying a 3 or 4 wheeler. Ken's had a magazine rack where I found 3&4 Wheel Action magazine. It was the Feb 1985 issue, and on the cover a yellow four wheeler was jumping over 3 three wheelers. That four wheeler was the new Suzuki QuadRacer. I wanted a subcription so my mom wrote a check and sent it in. I couldn't wait to get my first magazine in the mail.
Now a month later, I saw the Mar 85 issue was in. I picked it up, looked at the cover, and put it down. "I am getting it in the mail, so I'm going to wait." This issue had an orange four wheeler sliding thru the snow. It was the new Suzuki QuadSport. My first magazine finally came, but it wasn't the QuadSport isssue. It was the april issue with the new Honda 350X three wheeler. I figured I can go back to Ken's and get it. When I finally got back to the store, the march issue was gone. I asked where it was and was told it was replaced with this one. The one I already got.
I waited anxiously every month for my new 3&4 Wheel Action magazine. Whenever a new issue would come in I would throw away the old one. I badly wanted that march issue. I HAD IT IN MY HANDS! I noticed that the magazine had an ad for back issues. When I got the Sep 85 issue, I decided I was going to order that issue. I found the ad and next to the issue was the words, SOLD OUT. Can you imagine how a 11 year old would feel? I was devastated. I was throwing away every issue. So I made the decision that I would never throw away magazine ever again. 1985 was also the year I saw my first Radio Contol Car Action magazine. I started keeping those too. If your wondering my dad did buy a 4 wheeler that summer. It was a Suzuki 125 QuadRunner.
The next day I started the task of sorting through the magazines. Two days later they were in tow piles, keepers & recyclers. Friday I packed the recylers into my Ford Explorer and headed for the recycling plant. The plant was paying a penny a pound, and the magazines weighed 169 lbs. So I get a whopping $1.69, what a deal. I kept a little over half of them so I figure I had about 400 lbs of magazines. Can you see how one magazine can turn into 400 pounds.
If anybody has the March 1985 issue of 3&4 Wheel Action magazine, can I look at it. Oh by the way, I did find two more pairs of eye glasses, and you guessed it. One pair broke.
"Hey Gary, my glasses broke. If anybody asks, I went home to get my extra pair. I'll be back." I had been thinking about my eye glasses breaking for a while now, but the only ones I can find were my first pair. I knew I had better ones, but where? What cluttered up my room the most was 26 years worth of magazines. How does someone collect that many magazines? Well, I'll tell ya how.
Back when I was ten my family would buy groceries at Ken's Super Valu. My dad had been talking about buying a 3 or 4 wheeler. Ken's had a magazine rack where I found 3&4 Wheel Action magazine. It was the Feb 1985 issue, and on the cover a yellow four wheeler was jumping over 3 three wheelers. That four wheeler was the new Suzuki QuadRacer. I wanted a subcription so my mom wrote a check and sent it in. I couldn't wait to get my first magazine in the mail.
Now a month later, I saw the Mar 85 issue was in. I picked it up, looked at the cover, and put it down. "I am getting it in the mail, so I'm going to wait." This issue had an orange four wheeler sliding thru the snow. It was the new Suzuki QuadSport. My first magazine finally came, but it wasn't the QuadSport isssue. It was the april issue with the new Honda 350X three wheeler. I figured I can go back to Ken's and get it. When I finally got back to the store, the march issue was gone. I asked where it was and was told it was replaced with this one. The one I already got.
I waited anxiously every month for my new 3&4 Wheel Action magazine. Whenever a new issue would come in I would throw away the old one. I badly wanted that march issue. I HAD IT IN MY HANDS! I noticed that the magazine had an ad for back issues. When I got the Sep 85 issue, I decided I was going to order that issue. I found the ad and next to the issue was the words, SOLD OUT. Can you imagine how a 11 year old would feel? I was devastated. I was throwing away every issue. So I made the decision that I would never throw away magazine ever again. 1985 was also the year I saw my first Radio Contol Car Action magazine. I started keeping those too. If your wondering my dad did buy a 4 wheeler that summer. It was a Suzuki 125 QuadRunner.
The next day I started the task of sorting through the magazines. Two days later they were in tow piles, keepers & recyclers. Friday I packed the recylers into my Ford Explorer and headed for the recycling plant. The plant was paying a penny a pound, and the magazines weighed 169 lbs. So I get a whopping $1.69, what a deal. I kept a little over half of them so I figure I had about 400 lbs of magazines. Can you see how one magazine can turn into 400 pounds.
If anybody has the March 1985 issue of 3&4 Wheel Action magazine, can I look at it. Oh by the way, I did find two more pairs of eye glasses, and you guessed it. One pair broke.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Day of Change
Have you ever had something happen to you that was an omen for change in your life? The day of change for me happened on Jan 4, 2011. I live in Fargo ND, where the weather can get cold. There are adverbs you can add on to cold that describe ND winter, but I will just say it is cold.
I wear eye glasses. I have been wearing them since I was 14 yrs old. When I went into work that morning, as soon as I walked in, my glasses fogged up. As I took them off to see, the frame broke. This pair of glasses were 6 yrs old and cost $500. My sister and I have talked that if I ever needed new glasses, that I should look into have laser eye surgery instead. If I am going to spend $500 on glasses, I might as well put that money toward eye surgery.
I made the appointment to see the eye doctor. There are 2 ways for eye surgery. One is Lasik, where a flap is cut in your cornea, and you surgery is done. In that procedure your eye sight recovers quickly and life can go on with little interuption. The other way is PRK. In PRK the cornea is washed away and the laser does you eye. Down side for this one is that recover time takes months to have totally clear vision, where as Lasik revovery time is days. The up side for PRK is that you eye is more stable, and you don't have to worry about the flap being dislodged.
The doctor told me that my only option was to have PRK. It seems I have a wave in my left cornea and it can not be cut. That eye also also has astigmatism. With PRK, both problems will be corrected. So I decided that I would have that surgery. It will be on 27 Jan 2011, at http://www.laserprofessionals.com/. The doctor is Tom Strinden.
Your probably thinking, what does that have to do with changing my life. I have always been uncomfortabe about wearing glasses. Using them as shield to hide behind. Keeping me from being more outgoing. I have a kept my thoughts and opinions to my self. Why would anybody care what I think? Would you be interested in that I am?
I have always been a fan of all motorsports. My dad only had to take me to one race and I was hooked. http://www.theracinglife.com/ I grew up on a farm in Milnor ND which my two younger brothers now run. I was in the US Navy from Jun 93-97. I was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill CG-52 based in Yokosuka Japan. I was on their from Oct 93-Sep 95. My last duty station was at Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 (EOD MU 3) located on the Amphibious Base in Coronado CA, Dec 95-Jun 97. If you don't know, that base is were the US Navy Seals have their training. After the getting out of the militay I went back to the family farm. I worked their and at other farms located in SE ND. I got my CDL drivers license Dec 2003. Feb 04 I got hired at http://www.j-mar-enterprises.com/ to be a local driver, and eventually becoming an OTR driver. I left j-mar Sep 08 bounced around several jobs, when eventually I got hired as a dump truck driver for Asplin Excavating on Aug 2009 to the present. I also am a fan of ATV's, RC Cars, and various music (country, classic rock, 80's music, heavy metal, smooth Jazz.) Those are just some of things I will blog about. If that being more outgoing thing doesn't work out, I have at least a forum to let what ever is inside my head out.
This just seemed to be a sign for change. What better time then the beginning of a new year. Could this be another new years resolution to be broken?
I HOPE NOT
I wear eye glasses. I have been wearing them since I was 14 yrs old. When I went into work that morning, as soon as I walked in, my glasses fogged up. As I took them off to see, the frame broke. This pair of glasses were 6 yrs old and cost $500. My sister and I have talked that if I ever needed new glasses, that I should look into have laser eye surgery instead. If I am going to spend $500 on glasses, I might as well put that money toward eye surgery.
I made the appointment to see the eye doctor. There are 2 ways for eye surgery. One is Lasik, where a flap is cut in your cornea, and you surgery is done. In that procedure your eye sight recovers quickly and life can go on with little interuption. The other way is PRK. In PRK the cornea is washed away and the laser does you eye. Down side for this one is that recover time takes months to have totally clear vision, where as Lasik revovery time is days. The up side for PRK is that you eye is more stable, and you don't have to worry about the flap being dislodged.
The doctor told me that my only option was to have PRK. It seems I have a wave in my left cornea and it can not be cut. That eye also also has astigmatism. With PRK, both problems will be corrected. So I decided that I would have that surgery. It will be on 27 Jan 2011, at http://www.laserprofessionals.com/. The doctor is Tom Strinden.
Your probably thinking, what does that have to do with changing my life. I have always been uncomfortabe about wearing glasses. Using them as shield to hide behind. Keeping me from being more outgoing. I have a kept my thoughts and opinions to my self. Why would anybody care what I think? Would you be interested in that I am?
I have always been a fan of all motorsports. My dad only had to take me to one race and I was hooked. http://www.theracinglife.com/ I grew up on a farm in Milnor ND which my two younger brothers now run. I was in the US Navy from Jun 93-97. I was stationed on the USS Bunker Hill CG-52 based in Yokosuka Japan. I was on their from Oct 93-Sep 95. My last duty station was at Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 (EOD MU 3) located on the Amphibious Base in Coronado CA, Dec 95-Jun 97. If you don't know, that base is were the US Navy Seals have their training. After the getting out of the militay I went back to the family farm. I worked their and at other farms located in SE ND. I got my CDL drivers license Dec 2003. Feb 04 I got hired at http://www.j-mar-enterprises.com/ to be a local driver, and eventually becoming an OTR driver. I left j-mar Sep 08 bounced around several jobs, when eventually I got hired as a dump truck driver for Asplin Excavating on Aug 2009 to the present. I also am a fan of ATV's, RC Cars, and various music (country, classic rock, 80's music, heavy metal, smooth Jazz.) Those are just some of things I will blog about. If that being more outgoing thing doesn't work out, I have at least a forum to let what ever is inside my head out.
This just seemed to be a sign for change. What better time then the beginning of a new year. Could this be another new years resolution to be broken?
I HOPE NOT
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