Won't You Join Me In Wishing A Happy Birthday to our Dear Friend Brian (B-Man)

by MQ-American Values Again (AVA) Posted 2012/06/12 01:43:32

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		Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the drinks .. cheers buddy
		Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the food .. only the best for you
		Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the music.. rock on with your bad self
		All of the Above and More... Happy Birthday Brian!

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	Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the drinks .. cheers buddy	62 votes	27%
	Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the food .. only the best for you	20 votes	9%
	Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the music.. rock on with your bad self	36 votes	16%
	All of the Above and More... Happy Birthday Brian!	111 votes	48%

Many of you know B-Man (Brian) .. he is, and has been, a long standing and loyal friend to most of us for quite some time... so won't you join me on this his special day and wish him a very, very Happy Birthday...

Brian first and foremost, is a family man who has been married to his beautiful wife for the last 34 years... then he loves his motorcycle, whom he affectionately named Dudley .. he loves chocolate chip cookies (hey Brian, some are on the way to ya), his friends... and his SH friends .. Brian is loyal to a fault and one can always count on him to be there for ya if ya need him ... Much respect to Brian also who served in the Air Force for 20 years (retired in 1998) ... and you all know I love my military boys/girls ... we owe a debt of gratitude to him for his years of service for our country .. HooRa!

Well Brian, we need ya right now too my friend and I know you are a good sport .. so get out yer guitar ... show us yer stuff, and be the first to get this party rolling ...♥hugs♥

Click on this to watch Brian ... hysterical! (Many thanks to FairLady (Laura) for doing this for us....
http://www.jibjab.com/view/ysTRdTLbmsfBJHvCsUcY

And here's Brian showing off at the roller rink.. ROFL'ng... you go Brian...
http://www.jibjab.com/view/LF9c8Bbzt8I1I6Mt0MCF
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NOTE: ReconMarine (Mike) and Heffweizen will be your hosts, along with me ... thank you so much my precious friends for your help ...

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/06/12 02:08:45

Happy Birthday Brian ... I'll bring the food .. only the best for you

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MQ-Amer... to Deere Guy 2012/06/18 19:37:11

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Teehee

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Deere Guy to MQ-Amer... 2012/06/19 01:28:09

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LOL!!

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/20 22:34:59

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And just think about it if you dare about the woman that can fit into those things! Shudder! UGH!

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MQ-Amer... to bman~AVA 2012/06/21 00:21:22

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I know someone who probably could ... her ass is as big as her mouth!

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bman~AVA to MQ-Amer... 2012/06/21 00:46:30

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LOL! I hear that o.k.

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Deere Guy to MQ-Amer... 2012/06/29 00:57:42

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WOW!!.....Now that's one helluva mouth LOL..

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MQ-Amer... to Deere Guy 2012/06/29 02:11:25

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Yep ... BIG mouth

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Deere Guy to MQ-Amer... 2012/06/29 15:20:00

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LOL......You're silly:-)

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/24 18:36:17

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/24 20:20:55

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LOL!!!!!!!

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/24 20:55:22

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I saw that one somewhere else and I just had to post this my friend! Hahahaha! That is sooooo wrong but it's funny just the same!

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/25 01:09:26

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Well It's pretty dern funny to me LOL!!

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/25 01:39:32

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Yeah man! I got a kick out of it for sure.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/25 01:44:29

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Hope you had a happy birthday celebration my friend.....

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/25 01:56:29

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I did at that sir. Yes, it was good for sure.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/25 13:44:02

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Glad to hear that.........

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/25 17:47:36

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Had all my friends here so it was all good plus my family was here to celebrate with me too.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/27 17:44:47

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Sounds great my friend........OBTW........Didn't you tell me you had a Chevy Duramax?.......How do you like it?

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/27 18:10:46

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Yes, I do have one in my Silverado. I like mine just fine. It's a good pulling engine and the fuel mileage isn't bad either for what the truck is. The one thing I'll caution you on though my friend is the injectors. Depending on how that Duramax is set up you will get anywhere from 80,000 to 120,000 miles and then they will need to be changed and I can tell you they're not cheap. To do a full injector change will set you back around $5000.00. At least for the earlier Duramax engines. I don't know what the later versions are getting. If you're looking into buying a used truck with a Duramax in it then I'd check the miles on it and then ask the owner if an injector change has been done on it.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/29 01:19:49

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Brian, I have a 2006 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD with the Duramax/Allison.....I only have 32,000 on it.......My friend had a 2003 and he put 300,000 miles on it with no engine or injector problems....I Love my truck...it gets 20 MPH on trips...drops off a little when I pull a trailer.....

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/29 02:08:37

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Good deal! I'm surprised your friend was able to get 300,000 on a set of injectors. That's fantastic! My best tank of fuel was 23.9mpg but if I keep it on the highway I can average around 21-22 which I think is fantastic for what I'm driving. I really like the trucks though. They're good trucks and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. This truck here looks virtually identical to my truck when I first got it. I've since changed out the nerf bars for the longer ones that go all the way to the bed and I put on a grill guard on it. Other than that this one looks pretty much like mine. Even has the same color blue.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/29 15:23:57

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Nice looking truck Brian....Boy do they have the power......you know Duramax makes the diesel engine for the M1 Abrams Tank....The best truck I've ever owned......I use it to haul my Deeres when I sell one and have to deliver it.....don't even know the trailer is back there.....I see you have the 3500 dually.....now that's a hawg....lol !!

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/29 16:50:38

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Many thanks my friend. Yeah, ole Blue is a fine looking ride for sure. Didn't know the M1's were using them though. That is soooo cool! I know when I was hauling RV's last year the only way I could tell they were back there was when I would hit a bump or when I looked at my fuel gauge. Other than that, I've discovered if I can hook to it then I can pretty much haul it. Yeah, I wanted the dually because it put a little extra rubber to the road and gave me a more stable foot print for hauling them along with the extra traction. All in all it's a nice ride.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/29 16:55:18

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The dually gives you more weight and displacement.....more control....especially when you're stopping...although that Allison does a great job breaking.....yeah when you're towing you well know by the fuel gauge that's for sure......but those horses gotta have oats you know? lol.......

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/29 16:58:26 (edited)

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Yeah man. And that's why I put in a 110 gal. aux. tank in the back of the truck. I found I could buy my fuel heap cheap in Indiana and I could go pretty much anywhere I wanted on 1 full tank load. It's funny really as I've got a total of 146 gals of fuel capacity. Almost as much as my boss's semi. He's got a Peterbuilt that holds 150 gal. of fuel.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/29 17:12:54 (edited)

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My 2500 only has a 20 gal. tank.
Now that's a lot of fuel.......what does it costs you to fill'er up? Mmmmm 146 times $4.00, now that's a chunk of change...about $600.00 bucks huh?...I shipped a package by UPS a couple of weeks ago and I noticed in their shipping fees that add a fuel surcharge...$1.35......

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/29 17:17:15

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Most of the time when I fueled up(my tanks were never completely empty) I would spend upwards of about $475.00. Yeah, to fill up ole Blue is a tall order for sure. Since I've not been hauling RV's and I've just been driving back and forth to work then I'll normally just stick in about $100.00 and I can go a couple weeks on that with no problems. I know when I was hauling RV's my actual pay was .70 per loaded mile +.65 for a fuel surcharge.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/30 02:21:45

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That sounds quite reasonable actually.....many charge a $1.00 a loaded mile.....

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/30 03:07:42

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Hey there Deere Guy. Yeah the money was pretty good as far as being loaded and rolling but when I was coming back and I was empty then the money was coming out of my pocket so I almost broke even. That's why I got out of the business. I "did" talk to my brother today and he told me about a company that is out of MI. that does auto transport. They haul those 3 axle trailers that will hold like 3 cars for transport. I'll be calling them probably tomorrow to see what's happening there and maybe see about hiring on with them. Ole Blue is all set up for pulling duties so all I have to do is get him inspected and get my corporate insurance and I should be ready to go.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/06/30 17:30:22

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Goodluck with it my friend,...I know Morgan Driveaway contracts out work too....they always guarantee you a return load from what I hear...you might want to check them...they haul various things from cars to boats and RV's....

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/06/30 18:31:57

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Cool deal. That works for sure. Yeah, the trick to making the big money is scoring a back haul.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/07/01 00:58:01

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I'm sure that compounds the earnings rather than cost......

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/07/01 01:06:19

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Oh yes. Yeah that's one of the things I didn't do when I was hauling RV's. I didn't hustle to see if I could find a back haul so that one was all my fault.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/07/01 01:17:19

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Like anything else, it all about justifying and absorbing the cost....with fuel being so high, I'm surprised things like food don't cost more than it does......my dad was a long distance truck driver in the 60's...but he wasn't a wild catter, he worked for companies......his last driving years, he hauled liquid propane.....those huge white blimps lol...

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/07/01 01:21:54

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Oh yes. I've seen my share of Propane trailers out there. I never had a desire to haul stuff like that but I'm thankful for the ones that do.

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Deere Guy to bman~AVA 2012/07/01 01:43:39

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Yeah me too......I admire anyone who's a professional at what they do.....I don't care what they do as long as they're good at it.....you take care Brian.....gonna hit the hay here......safe travels my friend.........

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bman~AVA to Deere Guy 2012/07/01 01:54:43

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Allrghty my friend you have yourself a good sleep! Talk to you tomorrow. Many thanks.

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bman~AVA to MQ-Amer... 2012/06/18 00:38:26

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Urgh! Good golly miss Molly! That's just plain wrong! LOL!

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MQ-Amer... to bman~AVA 2012/06/18 02:07:32

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ROFL'ng...

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bman~AVA to MQ-Amer... 2012/06/18 04:07:54

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OMG! Heheehehee!

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