I loved playing with my Tonka dump trucks when I was a kid. But, I think that was the last time I liked them. I’ve been on the road a lot more lately, and the one thing I see more of every day is dump trucks. And here in Tennessee, they don’t have to keep…
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I heard the song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ the other day and found it in short to be a bit ironic. Here in Nashville we’re not paving paradise, were putting buildings up on all the parking lots…
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Recently I noticed that it’s taking longer to build a houses here in Nashville. So, yesterday a friend confirmed what I’ve thought. In short, if you do construction work Nashville is where you should be…
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If you do even a little driving, you likely see these orange signs every day but do nothing. The signs simply say Blasting Zone. But they remind you to something else…
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Every city has it’s hazards. In some towns narrow streets are the problem; in others it’s bad drivers. Nashville’s new hazard is men in hard hats. We’re having a construction boom. And everywhere you turn there are construction workers ignoring traffic and cutting across streets…
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My wife and I were talking the other night and it triggered some fond memories. Our conversation had me looking back at the summer of 81. That was the summer I worked construction and helped build a restaurant in Virginia Beach. I hadn’t been there in quite a while, and that had me wondering…
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Last week I was discussing my frustration with highway driving. Traffic tie-ups like construction and accidents can really put a damper on your plans. But I may just have a bizarre solution to this never ending problem…
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There not much worse than driving down the road making good time, and then…. you come to a dead stop.
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