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From : steveb toquerville zionvistas
Q: let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. thinks standing right in the middle of the rear of the tailgate is the best place even though i cant see her. she thinks that because she can see everything clearly that i can. an orangutan on lsd would give simpler hand signs. so $643 later and a crunched power steering cooler and radiator .................. if i have to stand on top of the cab and cut a new sun roof then drive with my feet and long dowel rods she wont ever flag for me again. it was worse than being a crane operator and having someone flag that didnt know signs. are you saying boom up pick up on the fast line pick up on the slow line or are you just having a seizure steve -- keep an eye on them or lose them amendment i congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. amendment ii a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. .
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From : peterd
on sat 22 nov 2008 193316 -0800 steveb toquerville@zionvistas wrote let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. thinks standing right in the middle of the rear of the tailgate is the best place even though i cant see her. she thinks that because she can see everything clearly that i can. an orangutan on lsd would give simpler hand signs. so $643 later and a crunched power steering cooler and radiator ................. if i have to stand on top of the cab and cut a new sun roof then drive with my feet and long dowel rods she wont ever flag for me again. it was worse than being a crane operator and having someone flag that didnt know signs. are you saying boom up pick up on the fast line pick up on the slow line or are you just having a seizure steve this post is worthless without pictures... both wife and truck! bg .
From : jmc
suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/22/2008 1033 pm let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. thinks standing right in the middle of the rear of the tailgate is the best place even though i cant see her. she thinks that because she can see everything clearly that i can. an orangutan on lsd would give simpler hand signs. so $643 later and a crunched power steering cooler and radiator ................. if i have to stand on top of the cab and cut a new sun roof then drive with my feet and long dowel rods she wont ever flag for me again. it was worse than being a crane operator and having someone flag that didnt know signs. are you saying boom up pick up on the fast line pick up on the slow line or are you just having a seizure steve if you wanted her to flag in a particular manner you should have told her and taught her. if you didnt and didnt understand her signals you should have stopped cleared things up then proceeded before anything got broke. sorry for a lack of sympathy here but take some responsibility yourself! some still lays on her because it seems like itd be clear you werent getting it and she should have asked you to stop so you could work out clear signals between you. marriage is a partnership. partners work together. take responsibility for what you did not do to improve the situation and move on. jmc and yes im married. for 20 years. .
From : steveb toquerville zionvistas
suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/22/2008 1033 pm let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. thinks standing right in the middle of the rear of the tailgate is the best place even though i cant see her. she thinks that because she can see everything clearly that i can. an orangutan on lsd would give simpler hand signs. so $643 later and a crunched power steering cooler and radiator ................. if i have to stand on top of the cab and cut a new sun roof then drive with my feet and long dowel rods she wont ever flag for me again. it was worse than being a crane operator and having someone flag that didnt know signs. are you saying boom up pick up on the fast line pick up on the slow line or are you just having a seizure steve if you wanted her to flag in a particular manner you should have told her and taught her. if you didnt and didnt understand her signals you should have stopped cleared things up then proceeded before anything got broke. sorry for a lack of sympathy here but take some responsibility yourself! some still lays on her because it seems like itd be clear you werent getting it and she should have asked you to stop so you could work out clear signals between you. marriage is a partnership. partners work together. take responsibility for what you did not do to improve the situation and move on. jmc and yes im married. for 20 years. we covered this at least a dozen times previously. read the second line where it says mine still hasnt got a clue. she still thinks if she can see one of my mirrors any mirror that i can see her fully and understand her. from now on ill just do it solo. steve .
From : mac davis
on sat 22 nov 2008 193316 -0800 steveb toquerville@zionvistas wrote let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. thinks standing right in the middle of the rear of the tailgate is the best place even though i cant see her. she thinks that because she can see everything clearly that i can. an orangutan on lsd would give simpler hand signs. so $643 later and a crunched power steering cooler and radiator ................. if i have to stand on top of the cab and cut a new sun roof then drive with my feet and long dowel rods she wont ever flag for me again. it was worse than being a crane operator and having someone flag that didnt know signs. are you saying boom up pick up on the fast line pick up on the slow line or are you just having a seizure steve im guessing that you were not towing but pulling forward or something unless the trailer had power steering etc. when we were doing the rv thing we tried hand signals walkie-talkies etc.. nothing really worked.. we worked on code words hand signals etc. but i dont remember oh shit or stop fast being rehearsed.. what ended up working best was what we called the remote control method she backs the truck.. i walk along side her where i can see both her and where the trailer is going then i give her the instructions simple ones like i would want like turn the wheel towards me a little or come back slowly until i say stop... worked really well and no more discussions after backing into trees over picnic tables etc... ymwv mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : greg o
suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/22/2008 1033 pm let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. so we have a crane operator moving a load being flagged by someone that does not have a clue and the crane operator knows it and it is the flagmans flag womans in this case! fault last crane lift i was on the guy giving signals to the crane was hopeless but the crane operator stopped the crane got out and said that the load was not moving another inch untill someone that knew proper signals and knew what to do with them took over! greg .
From : steveb toquerville zionvistas
suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/22/2008 1033 pm let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. so we have a crane operator moving a load being flagged by someone that does not have a clue and the crane operator knows it and it is the flagmans flag womans in this case! fault last crane lift i was on the guy giving signals to the crane was hopeless but the crane operator stopped the crane got out and said that the load was not moving another inch untill someone that knew proper signals and knew what to do with them took over! greg i was a crane operator on a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico for several years. that is what you do on the job. what happens at your house is another matter. the only two alternatives to my wife dont speak english. oh they speak on command but its only one bark. maybe one bark for left and two for right steve .
From : jmc
suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/23/2008 432 pm suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/22/2008 1033 pm let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. so we have a crane operator moving a load being flagged by someone that does not have a clue and the crane operator knows it and it is the flagmans flag womans in this case! fault last crane lift i was on the guy giving signals to the crane was hopeless but the crane operator stopped the crane got out and said that the load was not moving another inch untill someone that knew proper signals and knew what to do with them took over! greg i was a crane operator on a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico for several years. that is what you do on the job. what happens at your house is another matter. the only two alternatives to my wife dont speak english. oh they speak on command but its only one bark. maybe one bark for left and two for right steve why isnt it another matter near as i can tell for safetys sake and to get the job done properly and without damage should be exactly the same. man im glad im not *your* wife. bark! a husband that blames everything on the wife is missing more than half the picture. makes me appreciate my husband even more. thank you for reminding me that though hes not perfect i could have done much worse! jmc .
From : mac davis
on sun 23 nov 2008 190649 -0500 jmc nogroupsspam@nojodibody.homeus wrote snip what ended up working best was what we called the remote control method she backs the truck.. i walk along side her where i can see both her and where the trailer is going then i give her the instructions simple ones like i would want like turn the wheel towards me a little or come back slowly until i say stop... worked really well and no more discussions after backing into trees over picnic tables etc... ymwv mac see my point exactly. a good working partnership with your wife there mac. kudos! jmc third and last wife.. ive had lots of practice ;- nice thing about moving to the desert is that theres not much to run into or get wedged between.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : jmc
suddenly without warning mac davis exclaimed 11/23/2008 1207 pm on sat 22 nov 2008 193316 -0800 steveb toquerville@zionvistas wrote let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. thinks standing right in the middle of the rear of the tailgate is the best place even though i cant see her. she thinks that because she can see everything clearly that i can. an orangutan on lsd would give simpler hand signs. so $643 later and a crunched power steering cooler and radiator ................. if i have to stand on top of the cab and cut a new sun roof then drive with my feet and long dowel rods she wont ever flag for me again. it was worse than being a crane operator and having someone flag that didnt know signs. are you saying boom up pick up on the fast line pick up on the slow line or are you just having a seizure steve im guessing that you were not towing but pulling forward or something unless the trailer had power steering etc. when we were doing the rv thing we tried hand signals walkie-talkies etc.. nothing really worked.. we worked on code words hand signals etc. but i dont remember oh shit or stop fast being rehearsed.. what ended up working best was what we called the remote control method she backs the truck.. i walk along side her where i can see both her and where the trailer is going then i give her the instructions simple ones like i would want like turn the wheel towards me a little or come back slowly until i say stop... worked really well and no more discussions after backing into trees over picnic tables etc... ymwv mac please remove splinters before emailing see my point exactly. a good working partnership with your wife there mac. kudos! jmc .
From : tom lawrence
where it says mine still hasnt got a clue. she still thinks if she can see one of my mirrors any mirror that i can see her fully and understand her. so now im confused. she was behind you so i assume you were backing up. howd you end up with a crunched radiator and ps cooler going backwards when it comes to tricky back-up jobs i put the lesser-experienced person behind the wheel use a pair of motorola two-ways and give specific instructions hard left off the brake straighten out stop as im watching clearances around the trailer. the driver only listens - does not talk at all - and just does what she hears on the radio. ive found it works much better that way than having the conversation afterwards no i meant make your wheels go left not the trailer left! or oh i was watching that pretty butterfly.. did you see it! .
From : roy
suddenly without warning steveb exclaimed 11/22/2008 1033 pm let me start this by saying never ever let your wife flag for you. mine still hasnt a clue. so we have a crane operator moving a load being flagged by someone that does not have a clue and the crane operator knows it and it is the flagmans flag womans in this case! fault last crane lift i was on the guy giving signals to the crane was hopeless but the crane operator stopped the crane got out and said that the load was not moving another inch untill someone that knew proper signals and knew what to do with them took over! greg i was a crane operator on a drilling platform in the gulf of mexico for several years. that is what you do on the job. what happens at your house is another matter. the only two alternatives to my wife dont speak english. oh they speak on command but its only one bark. maybe one bark for left and two for right steve sorry but i gotta support jodie on this. i make it real clear where i want things to end up and explain to her how we will get it there. you shoulda stopped the whole deal until you both were not only on the same page but in this case the same sentence. it was your toy and ya broke it by not communicating clearly imo. .