MY SUPER DUTY'S 'MAN STEP'

IT JUST KINDA 'RILES' ME TO SEE 'BIG SHOT' HOWIE LONG ON HIS CHEVROLET ADS TEASING AND RAILING FORD OWNERS FOR HAVING A 'MAN STEP', AS HE CALLS IT, ON THEIR TAILGATES.

WELL, WAIT TILL HE'S IN HIS 70'S, HAD CANCER, HAD A MULTITUDE OF BACK OPERATIONS, BOTH KNEES REPLACED (AT ONE TIME), AND LET'S SEE WHAT HE CALLS IT THEN......A 'PUSSY BAR'?

MY SWEET WIFE SAYS I'M MORE THAN A TAD ORNERY IN MY OLD AGE, BUT I KNOW SHE WUZ JUS KID'N, SO I HAD SOME LITTLE NOTES PUT ON MY 'MAN STEP' AND THE 'GRAB BAR' SO I AND EVERYONE WHO SEES IT CAN GET A LITTLE 'CHUCKLE'.

YOU MAY ALSO.......

I APOLOGIZE HOWIE....BUT YOU STARTED IT.

BRANDON MAY NOT EVEN PRINT THESE PICS, I DUNNO. I SURE AS HECK CAN'T BLAME HIM IF HE DOESN'T.

THE NEXT PIC IS MY TAILGATE CLOSED, AND THE LITTLE MESSAGE I HAVE FOR ALL THE INCONSIDERATE DRIVERS WHO STAY IN THE LEFT 'PASS'N' LANE LIKE THEY OWN IT.

WHEN I FINALLY GET IN FRONT OF THEM, I SLOW DOWN WHERE THEY CAN'T HELP BUT READ IT.

AND THE DODGE'S HERE. DAMN, THEY NEED THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC, A FAST LANE, A SLOW LANE, AND A DODGE LANE. IF YOU EVER SEE A WHOLE LOT OF CARS 'STACKED UP', I GUARANTEE THE VEHICLE THAT'S HOLDING EVERYTHING UP IS DRIVING A DODGE.

YES, THERE ARE A FEW GOOD DODGE DRIVERS AROUND, BUT MOST OF I'VE SEEN ARE SLOW, SLOW, especially in this town of retirees.

ORNERY? NA..... THEN A PIC OF THE TRUCK ITSELF.

MY TRUCK IS A 2011 F-250, FORD (OF COURSE) 4-DOOR, 4-WHEEL DRIVE, HAS THE 6.7L DIESEL ENGINE AND GETS A WHOPPING 17 MPG RUNNING 'NAKED' AND 14.5 MPG PULLING OUR 30' 5TH WHEEL IN THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. I LOVE IT, MUCH BETTER THAN MY 2010 F-250 4X4X4 WITH 6.0L THAT GOT 10 MPG. AND IT'S MUCH FASTER ALSO.

IT WILL FLAT DAB 'SHEET AND GEET'.

WELL, I CAN'T GET INTO TOO DANG MUCH MORE TROUBLE AFTER THE 'MAN STEP' MESSAGES, AND I'M ON A PRETTY GOOD 'ROLL', SO I PUT IN SOME PICS OF MY BUMPER STICKERS IN HERE, ALSO.

IF THEY OFFEND YOU, SO BE IT.

OH, DID'JA NOTICE MY LICENSE PLATE?

HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU MAY GET A CHUCKLE OUT OF: WE HAVE SOME LITTLE PRIKS HERE (YOU MAY ALSO) WHO LIKE TO PLAY THAT STUPID BASS 'THUMPING' MUSIC REAL LOUD, SO I CARRY A BOAT COMPRESSED 'AIR HORN' IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR PANEL OF MY TRUCK JUST IN CASE A CARLOAD OF THE INCONSIDERATE LITTLE AZZOLES PULLS UP BESIDE ME, I GIVE 'EM A HELLOVA BLAST OF 'MY MUSIC' HAR HAR HAR HAR

THEY SURE TURN IT DOWN.....OR OFF!

WELL, I MIGHT BE JUS A LITTLE BIT ORNERY....

BUT, I'M SURE GLAD I WUZ BORNDED IN TEXAS, CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER STATE WOULD LIKE ME 'EXPRESS MYSELF' LIKE I LIKE TO DO....HAR HAR AND I KNOW I WOULDN'T LIKE THEM LIKE I DO TEXAS.

HAVE A GOOD'UN, AND PLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR ALL OF OUR PAST AND PRESENT SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN, FOR THEM KEEPING OUR COUNTRY SAFE SO WE CAN PURSUE OUR LITTLE HOBBIES.

TRY TO ALWAYS BE IN A GOOD MOOD, IT'LL MAKE YOUR BUDDIES WONDER WHAT'CHA BEEN UP TO.

IF YOU'RE BORED, CHECK OUT MY OLD '37 FORD FLATHEAD V8-60 IN A '73 CB-750 HONDA FRAME, MY '49 MERC, MY '50 PICK'EM UP TRUCK, AND MY WIFE'S '47 TEARDROP TRAILER.

HAVE A GOOD'UN. OlePhart