So this big rusty hulk has been parked around the corner from where I live for years. It always cracks me up because it's always parked in front of the tidiest little condo building I've ever seen, and I can imagine the neighbors cursing.
Of course, I appreciate this rig, being a four-wheel-drive kind of guy myself.
So one afternoon a couple of years ago, this guy and I happened to be at the local Marathon, pumping good gas after bad. I gave him a little nod and a grin. His contemptuous return stare said, "As if."
I would love to haul a big rolling barbecue pit behind that truck. Beauty, eh.
Posted by: Ron Shewchuk | March 16, 2009 at 09:19 PM
Cristie saw this picture and said, "Oh, the guy fixed the truck. It used to be, like, scary."
Posted by: David Murray | March 17, 2009 at 09:05 AM
Gonzo, As a guest passenger in Scout, I take serious offense to the guy giving you a contemptuous stare. How dare he!!!
And Ron, it would be cool to haul the BBQ pit behind it, but on principle, I say "no", in honor of the Scout.
Posted by: Susan | March 17, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Well, Susan, I don't know--remember, when David was driving us around Chicago (emitting a vaporous brake fluid fume in our wake), those kids pulled up beside us and asked if we were on some kind of tour!
That truck belongs in the Mat-Su Valley. It's our kind of trash. The guy is our kind of guy. This is Palin country, and you have a transplant right there in your neighborhood. Get yourself some of those stick-on bullet holes, David, and he'll think twice about scorning you.
For those who like Palin country updates, I have one. On the radio this morning, the DJs did their weekly "Craig's List Price Is Right" in which they find Alaskan Craig's List ads and then try to guess what people are asking for their odd goods. On today's list was, straight from Palmer (the town neighboring Wasilla) this entrepreneurial breakthrough: toilet seats painted with landscapes. Doesn't that sound beautiful? Makes me so proud to be one of the Valley Trash! It'd be a true accent to my trailer house, don't you think?
Posted by: Joan H. | March 17, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I've decided to create a shitty-car contest, via the Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-murray/chicago-cars-which-is-the_b_175559.html
Maybe this will go viral, and nationwide. In which case, Joan, keep your peepers open in the Mat-Su Valley.
Posted by: David Murray | March 17, 2009 at 12:36 PM
My pal Tom Gillespie writes about his own Scout, a Mad Maxian rust-bucket with a hilariously incongruous bumper-sticker that says, "It shouldn't hurt to be a child."
"It's getting uglier by the day and by that I mean better looking," Tom says.
Posted by: David Murray | March 18, 2009 at 10:19 AM