by "functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
Published 08/04/2017 at 09:24
by "functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
Published 08/04/2017 at 09:24
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I’ve been driving the truck to work nearly every day this summer, and today I got the Prime Spot. Not the one closest to anything, but the corner spot where there’s just a little more room because they didn’t plan the lot properly, and as a bonus, you get this beautiful building in the background - one of the academic buildings on campus.
Interesting side note: every October someone puts pumpkins on the spires of the clock tower. They are very secretive about it, and only a few people know exactly how it’s done. I’m not one of them. Right now you can still see the remnants of a rotted pumpkin up there that never fell completely off last year. It’s a cool tradition; you never know exactly when they’ll appear - or when they’ll fall! I was walking by the building one warm January day and had one fall right next to me. It was quite soft and rotten, so it wouldn’t have hurt, but I wouldn’t have loved a wet pumpkin on my head, either.
That is all. Happy Friday.
"XJDano" (xjdano)
08/04/2017 at 09:27, STARS: 4
Save the clock tower!
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/04/2017 at 09:37, STARS: 1
building does look rather good.
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
08/04/2017 at 09:43, STARS: 1
If you ever sell that truck please let me know...I love that thing.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
08/04/2017 at 09:44, STARS: 1
Man, that looks so much like a bigger version of Plymouth NH!
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
08/04/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 1
It sure is a life-sized version of Plymouth, NH
"Slant6" (slant-6)
08/04/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 0
Do you ever run into any problems driving a marked fire truck? Granted it’s so old most people would see an old truck before they would see a squad, but curious to see it.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
08/04/2017 at 09:58, STARS: 0
Thanks! Don’t hold your breath haha
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
08/04/2017 at 10:07, STARS: 0
Interesting question, but no I’ve never had any issue. I suppose it may be different if it were police? But you’re right, that the age and everything is what dominates the first impression. If I were driving a red 1995 Ford pickup with a light bar on top, with markings, etc. that might be different.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
08/04/2017 at 10:13, STARS: 0
City of Raleigh, which is properly a city, although surrounded by rural area still has some early 80s Chevys as active brush trucks, and I think one or two 70s fords are at the main shops as reserve units.
Do you know how long yours was retired between service and you purchasing it?
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
08/04/2017 at 10:27, STARS: 1
Plot twist: Every city is just a smaller version of every other city?
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
08/04/2017 at 10:30, STARS: 1
I know my local FD has a very old jeep in service as a forest fire rig, partly so it can get up into areas where a modern truck just be too big!
My truck was owned by a fire dept. until spring of 2015; I don’t know if it was being actively used, but it was there in the building. It was auctioned that spring, an acquaintance of mine had it for one summer and I bought it the following March (2016).
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
08/04/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 0
That’s pretty much how it feels when you drive around the Strip Mall District of just about any town in the US.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
08/04/2017 at 12:03, STARS: 0
Is the clock tower in danger?
"XJDano" (xjdano)
08/04/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 0
All clocktowers matter!