Where Are You Continues, Again.....

Well, customer's tank is too full. So my 10am magically becomes a 7pm. Aw, well. As Ray Liotta so eloquently said it in Goodfellas:

"#### you, PAY ME!"

Now, do I settle for soup-n-biscuits in the cab, or do I brave the 1.5 mile walk, in 80 degree heat, with my work clothes and "winter hair" on, to Sulphur Springs' "oldest and best barbecue"?

I'm reviewing the situation......

 

Go eat BBQ. You can eat in the truck when you have to...

 

Hay-sue Kristoh.

My wife drives her 4 wheeler like she was shot out of a canon. She’s the driver I make fun of. Not sure what to do about it. Maybe have an intervention or I could just raise her life insurance and auto policy amounts.

She’s a beautiful woman and frankly she scares me sometimes. I’m pretty sure if I bring it up she go right for my jugular. I have to convince our son to say something without him throwing me under the bus. That’s almost impossible.

I’m just ####ed.

She’s driving me back to the yard. 120 miles. At the speed she’s racing it’s a toss up between which we get to in the next 60 minutes. Emergency room or the yard.

 

Plattsburgh
Waiting for them to find me a reload out of here.

 

The things we do in the name of love.

 

So she has trained you well to be a trainer?

 

Just start talking to her non-stop.....

 

I mostly just pee my pants a little and whimper.

So ya. She’s got me well trained.

If a trainee drove like my wife they’d be getting dropped at the yard.

 

Thanks, otter, I'll tell my wife you said it was okay!

Anyway, I DID drag my big fat fatness the ONE mile to Bodacious Barbecue. I was the only one in there. I'll bet the atmosphere is better when the joint's jumping.

You order at the counter and they bring it. I got my "universal barbecue place test meal", rib and pork combo, two sides. Both meats properly smoked and still moist; add-on barbecue sauce well-balanced, not too sweet or tangy, no heat to speak of, although hot barbecue sauce is available on request. Sides of mac-n-cheese/green beans passable but unremarkable. Pretty small plate, for the money.

So, I crossed the street to Soulman's barbecue, a Texas chain of barbecue.

The counter is a cafeteria line setup. Tell them what meat you want, then scoop your sides yourself. They got little styro bowls for the sides, so it's not like someone could take all the french fries without them noticing.

End of the line at the register, you pay for what ya got.

Again, meat beautifully done. They have a sweeter barbecue sauce than I like, but you can fix that with the bottles of Tabasco and Texas Pete on every table.

Free drink refills and a complementary soft serve cone for dessert. However, I can get soft serve anywhere, so I bought a slice of buttermilk pie. Never heard of it, never had it before, but it was DEE-Lish!!

Can't go far wrong at either place. I kinda like Soulman's a little better, tho. The staff was a bit friendlier.

Sorry for the long post. I get a bit carried away talking about barbecue.

And I feel like I won't need to eat again 'til breakfast tomorrow!

 

Saw this Honda Insight in the way back to the yard....ooops.