It seems like it has been a long time since I have been able to take interesting pictures. There have been no fires, no water main breaks and nothing else worth taking pictures of...except......this week they tore down the Oklahoma State Fair Speedway. Why? Well, I heard it was going to cost too much to put in handicap accessible ramps, so instead of investing all that money, they decided to tear it down and use that property as a parking lot.
These are just a few of the many pictures I took. I remember as a kid, attending the stock car races with my dad. The one thing I remember the most was how loud the cars were. It was fun, though, watching the cars go around the track and having an ocassional wreck. I am 49 years old and the race track has been around much longer than I am. Just watching them tear it down felt kind of weird. The building was definitely built good because it took some pretty heavy machinery to get it all torn down. I actually went on my lunch hour yesterday and watched as they had already torn down half the building. When I went back after work, I stayed until they torn down the last part of the building. It's all just a memory now.
Last evening was our monthly CFAAA meeting. We met at fire station #37, located at 16820 N. Penn. We were low on attendance, but we had a good time. When I arrived at 6:20 pm, the engine was out working a car accident. So, instead of us eating first, we had our business meeting and then waited for the firefighters that were on engine 37 to get back to the station. Just as we finished our business meeting, the rig pulled in, so it was time to eat. There was lots of food, especially fruit.
Normally at our meetings, we get to hear stories from the firefighters and find out more about their area, however, just about the time they got ready to speak, they got an emergency call. Once they left, our meeting/dinner was basically over with. I left at around 8:30 pm.
I had forgot to mention that on my way to the fire station, I had a little problem with my truck. I was driving east bound on NW.150, going towards May....and heard an awful sound coming from my truck. Then, it seemed like I was losing power. As I kept driving, I figured out that the noise was from my muffler area. I had assumed that somehow or another, I got a hole in my muffler. After I left my meeting, I drove over to Lucas' house and had him look at it. Sure enough, a part of the pipe to my muffler came loose, causing my truck to say real loud. I went ahead and drove home.
This morning, I was up at 7 am. I knew it was pasttime for me to mow Glynda's yard, so I got ready to go to her house. I knew her mom was near death and that if she did die this weekend, that Glynda would have lots of company. After I mowed, Glynda came out of her house to pay me and informed me that her mom had passed away last night. We talked for a little while and I finished up the yard work.
After I left her house, I went and cleaned up my mower and then headed to a muffler shop to have my muffler repaired. It cost $150.00 to have it repaired, but it had to be done. I ran some errands this afternoon and am now getting ready to leave for work and work the 4 pm - midnight shift.
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