Category: QBall’s Tales
Check Your Hoses
Just a reminder to be sure that you take a moment to inspect the hoses under the hood of your vehicle. In this case you’re looking at an air conditioner line that managed to rub a hole in the top return line feeding the radiator on my 2010 Peterbilt. This tiny little hole caused enough […]
The Dead Cow Lecture
First-year students at the Purdue Vet School were attending their first anatomy class with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, “In Veterinary medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a doctor. […]
A Driving School Test
The following are a sampling of real answers received on exams given by the California Department of Transportation’s driving school. Q: Do you yield when a blind pedestrian is crossing the road? A: What for? He can’t see my license plate. Q: Who has the right of way when four cars approach a four-way stop […]
The QBall45 Family Vacation ’13
After the discovery of a rotten floor in our popup tent trailer in late June, we made the move to something a little bigger. This Rockwood Roo is a 23 footer with triple queen expandable beds. One drops out each end and the third out the side. This looks like it’ll have enough room for […]
Making Tracks
I always enjoy seeing my tracks on damp gravel. I always feel like I’m cranking the wheel a lot more than what it appears that I actually do.
I’m A Sick Old Man
I am a sick old man. I was sick and in the hospital. There was one nurse that just drove me crazy. Every time she came in, she would talk to me like I was a little child. She would say in a patronizing tone of voice, ‘And how are we doing this morning’, Or ‘Are […]