Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller
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Wednesday, July 30
“But Rob Said . . . ”
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
“My truck can whip your truck.”
A conversation between two trucks at Petrus Feed and Seeds in Alexandria, Louisiana:
“My truck can whip your truck.”
“Maybe so, but your owner paid about $75,000 for your Denali. That’s more than we paid for our first house and 20 acres of land.”
“My big truck will blow your little Dodge off the road as I sneer down at you at 80 mph.”
“Not so quick, my Dodge Dakota is currently going around the dark side of the Moon. (240,000 miles and counting.) “It may make it back to Earth before you pay the bank off on your declining asset. Mine is paid off and running on lagniappe.”
“But my truck is still bigger than yours.”
“So what?”
“Guys, enough of this. Every truck deserves respect, as does each driver.”
“Yes, long may you run.”
“And the same to you, brother.”
One of my grandsons badgers me, “PawPaw, why don’t you get a new truck?”
“What’s wrong with the one I’m driving?”
“Well . . .. ”
“My truck is paid off. Halliburton’s Repair keeps it running clean.”
“How long do you plan to drive it?”
“Until the wheels fall off or they carry me to Plot 83A at Dry Creek Cemetery.
“Of course, anything could happen. Someone could steal it. I (or some careless driver) could total it.
“The transmission could go out. I’d have to do some serious prayer and fasting about that one.
“This Dodge has been a companion for over ten years. I didn’t buy it new, but it was young when I saddled up.
The Moon is an average of slightly over 238,000 miles.
I’ve got over 240,000 on my truck.
We’re currently circling the dark side of the moon. I hope to come back out into the sunlight in later 2026.
Math nerds: How far/miles would it be reaching the moon and making semicircle before being Earth-bound?
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These posts form a testimony of my life since 2009.
A woven tapestry of the highs, lows, and the wonderful journey of growing as a human being.
A fellow struggler at times.
An exuberant soul at others.
It’s all there to see.
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