Well, how do I put this?

It’s kind of a long story.

As you may know, the Grumpy Old Bastard across the street recently kicked off…

Good Ol’ Chuck. I sincerely miss the guy.

His wife? ex wife? danged if I can figure it out, and his daughter are pretty much wanting to erase his existence from the place across the street it appears.

They even sold his car off before he was dead.

Chuck, like me, was a bit of a Pack Rat and there is a lot of stuff over there.

They already had some relative show up with a trailer, twice, and hauled off a bunch of his stuff. The way it should be as far as I’m concerned, family first.

Well while I was finding out that he had actually passed on, talking to his wife I guess, she asks me if I want to buy a truck.

Lemme tell ya, I had already asked Chuck twice over the last few years what he wanted for it and he wouldn’t give me a price.

Heck yeah I’d like to buy that truck BUT…

But it’s 3/4 ton 4X4 with a 360 gas engine and an automatic transmission. I figure the thing would eat me alive for gas and maintenance. A set of tires alone would be well North of $1500 if I had to buy a set.

On top of that, the biggest obstacle is going to be fighting against The Big Boss at the end of the very first level.

She is all about NO.

Very vehemently NO.

I got a quick list to go with that, NO.

So anyway, I’m out there talking to this woman again Friday after work and she is wanting to get this truck started so it can be backed out from beside the house next to a shed and get it out front so they can slap a For Sale sign on it.

She tells me that her and the daughter looked it up and Blue Book and it says it’s worth $7000.

I told her that she wouldn’t probably get that much because the paint is all messed up and there is a good sized dent in the side of the bed.

Then she tells me that she really doesn’t care, she just wants it gone.

Hmm.

So I figuratively rolled the dice and said I would give her $3,500 because I am cheap and we are neighbors.

I fully expected her to laugh in my face for such impertinence.

Much to my surprise, she said she would take that.

Now mind you, this $7000 Blue Book price is for a pretty pristine example of a 1993 Dodge 3/4 ton 4X4 but this truck is freaking LOADED with goodies and only has 113,000 original Old Man miles on it.

It has a winch on the front with a Brush Guard, factory overdrive, add on Cruise, a tow package, a Brake Lock system and a swing out cherry picker in the bed, something I had completely forgotten about and also something I have been very seriously considering putting in the back of the Chevy .It already has a CB antenna connection and cable inside and even comes with an extra set of tires, already mounted on rims.

There is also a fiberglass bed cover that is hydraulically actuated thanks to Chuck that I am going to have to get down from under his carport.

Yeah, this thing is probably worth every bit of seven grand going by the stupid prices for trucks I have been seeing for the last few years around here.

So I went over there this morning to see if the thing would even start so I could get it out in the street for her.

Good Ol’ Chuck. He had a battery minder hooked up to it.

I unhooked it, got in it and it fired right up.

The last time I remember seeing him drive it was last Summer and I see it hasn’t been tagged since 2021.

I parked it and came back in the house and then left shortly afterwards to go visit a buddy and his Dad.

At this point I have pretty much decided that at $3500, this is a deal I can’t refuse.

I’m just really not looking forward to the knock down drag out fight with the wife about it.

I came home, brought it up again, gave her my reasons for getting it and to my everlasting disbelief, she was only mildly pissed off about it.

Again,

I just got back from sealing the deal. I have the paperwork sitting next to me and because tomorrow is a holiday, I am going down Tuesday and getting a cashiers check for $3500 and handing it off after work.

There was even a folder full of service records, including the original owners manual

Long story short, ladies and gentlemens, I am now Officially a MOPAR owner, again.

This thing is setup with damn near everything I ever wanted in a truck since 4 EVER.

I had planned to clean up and sell the old Chevy to recoup some of the cost but out of nowhere the Wifely Unit starts talking about giving it to The Kid.

We shall see how that works out in the near future. In the mean time it is still my daily driver until I can go through this Dodge and get it up to date.

I know there is a bad axle seal somewhere but I can get by with that until the weather gets better. I’m really not looking forward to fixing that out in the road but if I have to I will.

Eventually.

Hey Thanks Chuck, it sounds like he would be cool with this.

According to the wife, he actually thought I was a pretty good guy after all.

Not that he would have ever said it to me.

I’ll try and take care of it buddy.

The day approaches when that line is crossed and a shitload of people are going to find out what the definition of retribution is.

The psycopaths and sociopaths currently running amok with glee, raining disaster upon disaster down upon our heads are going to wake up some morning and start running for their lives instead of figuring what fresh horror to visit upon us instead.

I hear people say that these criminal maniacs will simply jump in a personal jet and fly away to safety.

Uh Uh.

Those days are over.

There isn’t anywhere on this planet that is going to be safe for some of the worst of the worst.

They will be tracked and they will be hunted.

You see, the Age of the Internet is a knife that cuts both ways.

They will be unable to live without using electronics. The second they send any type of electronic signal their position will be able to be pinpointed.

I don’t care if they are in a nuclear bomb proof bunker under a mountain, there will be vulnerabilities.

Even if the only option is to seal them in permanently so that they can never leave.

I have no doubt in my mind that the days are coming when some of these criminals are going to be caught up with and that there won’t be enough left of them to make a positive identification of the remains possible.

I know deep in my heart that some of these monsters are hearing footsteps everywhere they go already as I type.

Because they know they have lost this war they started already. That is why they are throwing everything they have at us non stop and all at once, trying to break us.

Personally I am amazed at what we have put up with already without seeing someone crack and go after the puppets .

When the dam does finally burst I believe there is going to be unimaginable carnage let loose upon the world.

Entire bloodlines are going to be exterminated.

The kind of rampage our descendants will remember for ten thousand years.

The Ultimate FAFO.

He even provided evidence.

He sure does like his Donkeys.

All out kinetic warfare in the Continental United States.

Us, VS. EVERYBODY.

Best be getting your mind wrapped around it because it’s inevitable at this point.