Stories

The Tank
Steve M. Moore

Lowry comes to pick me up around noon...he has rented a Penske Truck with a car trailer on the back. On the car trailer is THE TANK! It's got the six wheels and is amphibious. Headcoot now has the ultimate hunting toy. Now we have to go get supplies at Lowe's and Wal-Mart. Lowry's driving this truck like it's a sports car. He's driving down the road going 50 in a 30 mph zone through curves in the road with his knee on the wheel and packing all the time. He's taking turns at over 40 mph and not even thinking about it. This is not how a professional driver drives...did you ever see a race car driver driving with one knee on the wheel and both hands taking care of other business, messing with the radio and staring out the window....

We're at Wal-Mart and the golden horseshoe leaves the back of the truck up with over $1000.00 worth of stuff from Lowe's...he gets a call and it's Heather. She just happened to be driving by and figured that was Lowry truck with THE TANK in the back and has the foresight to call...back in the truck we haul off to the farm.

Does he slow down when he gets behind the wheel of THE TANK? Hell no! He's driving that thing like a bat out of hell and jostling me like there's not tomorrow. My hands hurt for a week after riding in it for a couple of days. But it's the bees knees...and will go anywhere, anytime...anyhow!

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