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Published: 2014-03-11 07:23:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1171; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 0
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Description This one is about Ol' Blue, my truck.  It's a good truck.  We've been down many a road together--some that maybe we shouldn't have ought to have went down, but we always come home safe and sound. 
I know her and she knows me.  I can tell when she's cranky and not up to snuff just by the sound of her engine and drivetrain as we're going down yet another road...the color of her exhaust...how she feels as I'm driving.  I am her Knight, her Champion in the mechanics shop and always fight for what she needs to   In return, Ol' Blue is a good listener and rarely critiques my singing.  She provides endless hours of windshield time to think, to dream and to wonder.  She takes me places I've been before and have never been before.

I both love her and I hate her and I'm sure she feels the same about me. 

One day, we will be split apart and I will grieve for her, but it's not this day...

If I remember right this is 5 horizontal shots stacked vertically.
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Comments: 72

Sophia-Christina [2014-03-11 14:22:06 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work, John!

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Corvidae65 In reply to Sophia-Christina [2014-03-18 03:50:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, M'Lady!

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Sophia-Christina In reply to Corvidae65 [2014-03-18 05:30:24 +0000 UTC]

You are quite welcome, John!

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DigitalDistress In reply to ??? [2014-03-11 13:59:18 +0000 UTC]

Awesome capture, and the story that goes along with it makes it even more expressive, great work!

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Corvidae65 In reply to DigitalDistress [2014-03-18 03:50:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Rob

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catch---22 [2014-03-11 13:51:51 +0000 UTC]

I like to think that while you were taking these someone somewhere was saying, "where is that damn'd driver!!!"
 
a really cool comp and capture John!

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Corvidae65 In reply to catch---22 [2014-03-18 03:50:22 +0000 UTC]

  They will never find me!

Nah, I was on the job and unloading at an asphalt plant when I took these shots   Thanks Dennis!

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catch---22 In reply to Corvidae65 [2014-03-18 15:22:14 +0000 UTC]

shhh!

I said I would like to think otherwise

you're welcome!!

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wchild In reply to ??? [2014-03-11 11:24:28 +0000 UTC]

Excellent and wise words. I know what you mean. It's nice to know some piece of machinery well and 'live' with it. Keep truckin'!

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Corvidae65 In reply to wchild [2014-03-18 03:49:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you   I'm sure we still have several more years of adventures ahead

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AngeInk [2014-03-11 10:47:06 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Corvidae65 In reply to AngeInk [2014-03-18 03:48:51 +0000 UTC]

  THank you!   She's a looker, for sure!

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digitalHD In reply to ??? [2014-03-11 10:45:22 +0000 UTC]

It's a very cool perspective and your thoughts are understood very well. I can see how you can get attached to your vehicle. I feel the same way about my trolley.

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Corvidae65 In reply to digitalHD [2014-03-18 03:48:29 +0000 UTC]

THank you   Yeah, it's kind of silly to personify an inanimate object but I've found that most vehicles have a personality.  My Chevy mini van is known as 'Timmy' from South Park 

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digitalHD In reply to Corvidae65 [2014-03-18 10:16:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh I know, I named my daily driver "William of Orange".

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davincipoppalag In reply to ??? [2014-03-11 08:36:23 +0000 UTC]

she's a strong and handsome steed.. very nice mr john

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Corvidae65 In reply to davincipoppalag [2014-03-18 03:46:31 +0000 UTC]

THank you Mr. David   She's having some motor work done while I have some time off :thumbusp:

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davincipoppalag In reply to Corvidae65 [2014-03-18 08:31:16 +0000 UTC]

well that's good then!

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Trippy4U [2014-03-11 07:37:35 +0000 UTC]

What a great portrait of Ol' Blue, John...and what a fantastic piece of writing about your relationship with her. A nice insight to the life...thank you for sharing both

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Corvidae65 In reply to Trippy4U [2014-03-11 07:56:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Richard   It's not a bad life--something I've been conflicted about in the past.  Driving trucks was always going to be something to do while I figure out what I am really going to do--it just turns out that being a truck driver *is* what I am really going to do.  After 35 years, I think that's what I was meant to do 

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Trippy4U In reply to Corvidae65 [2014-03-11 08:19:18 +0000 UTC]

Life has a way of finding us. I see you guys as the last true American cowboys. I personally think you were meant to photograph this lifestyle. All aspects of it...the road, the truck stops, the drivers, the rigs, the places, the people, etc. It would make an excellent photo-documentary.

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