Showing posts with label Trucks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trucks. Show all posts
January 19, 2024
December 4, 2023
October 31, 2022
August 18, 2022
@Monster Trucks
August 5, 2022
Get The Pest(s) Out Of Life
May 27, 2019
August 4, 2018
Things Look Different Up Close
I was coming up the highway.
In the distance, there looked like there was a large tractor-trailer heading towards me.
I had to take a double take, because this truck was on my side of the divider...Oh shit!
It was only as I got closer that I could see that the truck was really being towed in reverse by a tow truck.
Yes, "seeing is believing!"
This is a lesson in life:
Things may look one way from a distance, and very different up close.
Sometimes, my wife tells me:
"Andy, don't look too close!" lol
But the truth is that you may not really see what you heading towards until it's right in front of your eyes.
So it's important to look out over the horizon and study what is coming your way.
But don't take your eye off the ball (or Mack Truck as it may be).
Things can change your perspective the closer you get to it. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 24, 2015
DC, The Cleanest City In The World
December 3, 2014
Not The Ad You Want To See In DC
October 2, 2014
Devil's Beer
August 25, 2014
Who Can Resist?
The noodles are sticking up and out of everything (including the "A" in Attack).
And the gooey cheese is dropping off the noodles and letters.
While I didn't see anyone around the truck buying early in the day, I have a feeling the line forms at lunchtime.
Really now, who can resist the temptation of a good mac and cheese? ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 16, 2014
Garbage In, Repair The World Out
In this case, I took a photo of a garbage truck--of all things--that had prominently plastered on its side, "Tikkun Olam - Repair the World."
That is quite a positive message to put on a garbage truck!
Maybe that is our challenge in life, to make good things happen from the garbage that life often throws our way.
Make something sweet like lemonade out of something sour like lemons.
This is not easy without some sugar, but in life, we need G-d to supply the raw ingredients and we add the elbow grease. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 14, 2014
How Do You Kill A Pothole?
January 26, 2013
A Falafel A Day
Reminiscent of the peace marches and brightly painted VW peace vans of the 1970's, The Washington Post (26 January 2013) reports on a 76-year old retired Energy Department staffer with a PhD in mechanical engineering who for his second career is starting a peace food truck in DC.
The food truck will have two windows for selling kosher food from one and for selling halal food from the other.
The owner-activist who is an Egyptian American hopes that "it will bring people from different backgrounds, who are waiting on line, to talk together."
He says: "I think it will work because, well, everyone likes food," and he hopes to fund additional food trucks in Chicago, New York, Israel, and the West Bank.
The truck has both the Jewish Star of David and Islamic Crescent painted on it--it is truly a truck for representing diversity of people, but with a common taste in good Mediterranean food.
It's amazing what a falafel can do--perhaps, even help bring peace and security to the Middle East. ;-)
(Source Photo: here with attribution to Shoshanah)
July 17, 2012
Don't Communicate Like A Dump Truck
But I wondered what this meant when it says on the back of this multi-ton vehicle--"Do Not Push".
Don't worry, I won't! :-)
In life, we often communicate things that either we aren't really clear about, don't mean, or end up being misunderstood for.
In fact, probably one of the toughest "soft skills" to learn is communication skills.
I don't know why they call it soft, since when you communicate poorly, you can get hit over the head--quite hard.
One of the biggest issues is people who talk too much (i.e. they dump on others), but aren't very good at listening. Hey, they may as well be talking to themselves then, because communication is a two-way street.
Good communications skills include the three C's: clarity, conciseness, and consistency, and I would add--last but not at all least--a T for tact.
Communication skills also overlaps with the ability to effectively influence, negotiate, and create win-win solutions, so actually communication is at the very heart of what we need to do well.
When communicating, don't be pushy and don't be pushed around (i.e. get dumped on)--and don't get hit by that over-sized dump truck--communicate early, often, honestly, and with passion.
(Source photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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