On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Nadine H Wright wrote:

> People from Kentucky are accustomed to driving behind hay trucks.  That's
> where I was living when I learned how to drive.  Sometimes the hay would
> start to lean and about a mile or so down the road the whole load would
> fall off.  So those Southern Baptists are good at looking a piece ahead
> of them, swerving to miss an obstacle and still getting to church on
> time.  Actually, pretty well suited for the job.

Some while back, here in hoity-toity Ann Arbor, Michigan, I was driving
south on US-23, and took the exit to go west on I-94.  Immediately ahead
of me was a flatbed truck on which was perched a house, quite a bit larger
than the typical old-fashioned house trailer, but taller and squarer than
a modern "mobile home".  It appeared to be made of plywood, had windows
and doors, and a tall gable roof.  Very likely it was an ultra-fancy
ice-fishing shanty or something.

Once we were westbound on I-94, the flatbed was going a bit slower than I
wanted to, so I moved into the left lane and passed it.  Glancing back in
my rear-view mirror, I saw the house topple off of the flatbed (apparently
falling off the back end) and fall over into the ditch beside the freeway.

                                    Larry

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
Washtenaw County Commissioner, 4th District
The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106