Lost Pictures from my Iphone: Road pictures

The Angry Truck

I drove behind this truck for a couple of hours on the interstate....just cringing. This guy is hauling one unhappy load.
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Interesting Memorial

Stuck on the interstate in Illinois due to construction, I eventually rolled up to this car. It's certainly a unique way to claim your grief.
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Mullets still rule....

Winner of the 2000 Iowa Truck Driving Championship....is still proud of his reward...and he should be....but I''m thinking maybe it's time to lose the mullet.

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Lost pictures from my Iphone: Remembering my Dad

It's raining outside and very quiet in my house.

I've been sitting at the kitchen table for the last couple of hours sorting through a bag of bills and papers I found in my parent's house. The receipts will allow me to complete, as best I can, their final tax returns.

I can see the changes in my mother's handwriting over the last two years when I scan the bills. Her notations and ledgers move from shaky to almost illegible. My dad remains my dad....he wrote little notes to himself on the envelopes....call and check on this figure....call and talk to Bob about this bill.

I recovered a few pics on my IPhone from a night when my dad was taken by ambulance from the nursing home to the ER with pneumonia. I can still remember the quietness and the emptiness of that ER holding room.

With the exception of the hissing sound from the oxygen mask my dad was wearing....there was a surreal stillness in the room. It was 3am and my dad had finally fallen asleep under some warm blankets I swiped from the nursing station. I sat in an uncomfortable plastic chair....tired but on guard...waiting for the doctor.

The room felt like a sleeping dragon....capable of rising up and bringing great disaster....but there was also a sticky kind of sadness in the room too.....it seemed tired and weary but oddly vigilant.

My pics from that night:

Lost pictures from my Iphone: Interesting signs

Forget those tall skinny types....at least this hotel in Iowa, where I was staying, was happy to welcome not only round people, but round dancers.

Perfect drug ad sign in Mexico.

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Lost pictures off my Iphone: NYC

I took this picture at the Main Library. Was just a chance shot but I've always liked it. The silhouette of the cameraman....the bride and groom in the alcove posing.

I have no idea....why these white-faced lantern jockeys were adorning these steps. Each was unique and they led to an apartment on the Upper East Side. Notice all their lanterns were removed.

"Taste it once, Love it Forever"...a classic pick-up line?

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Lost pictures off my Iphone: The Scary doll set

What's more scary?

How many dolls they have to sell?... OR ...The price on the Hillary doll?

And what could they be made of??....if they can make them in China ....transport them here....and still make a profit on the 3 buck price tag?????

The truck was parked in an alley in downtown Chicago.

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I walked past it...and actually yelped. She was evil.

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A doll whose face had been blackened....tied to a truck....with "help me" written in ink on her arm.

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And yes....there's a straw coming out of her forehead.

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I killed my iphone

I left my iPhone in my car for a day and a half.

The temp dipped to single digits at night and barely crawled to 20 during the day.

My phone's battery did a swan dive.

The thin red line indicating no power will not budge despite a day of charging.

Of course, my extended warranty contract ended two weeks ago.

Of course.

Looks like I'm headed to the store to purchase a new iPhone.

Prepping for the new phone , I transferred all my pics to my PC and discovered some lost pictures.

Decided for the next few days, I'll just post pictures and a bit o' commentary.
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