[Leica] IMG: Trucks Rule !

[Douglas Barry]

Well I'll be trucked, Jim.
Over here it's all SUVs - Range Rovers, Porsche Cayennes etc, just because 
they want to feel safe when they drive the children all of 500 metres to 
school. Very little of that truck style of vehicle around here, but if there 
was, I might explore my youth again and hang on to the back of them when 
cycling up a hill.

Fifty years ago and more, we had a lot more small flat backed lorries, and 
battery operated vans that you hang on to and scutt a tow. Before I cycled 
to school, I used to get the bus. Where I got off near my school, the local 
dairy was also nearby and had streams of horse drawn drays delivering 
bottles of milk around the surrounding neighbourhoods. Even without a bike, 
a quick sprint would enable you to catch one, grab the back of the flat 
back, and swing your legs onto the back axle. You would them be carried 
along in style. Well, as boys, we thought it was style at the time... :-)

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
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Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 12:22 AM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Trucks Rule !


>I read this week that the American auto makers made their money this year 
>with increased truck sales.  This is evident in the fast food parking lot 
>where I went to eat on Friday night.  After a day of rain, the skies are 
>smiling once more.
>
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>
> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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