sport cars, trucks, and semi-trucks. I am afraid of sports cars because of how fast they are capable of going and in my experience people who drive them tend to go too fast and make reckless sharp turns as the vehicle allows them. I am often having to look out for sport cars because they often come in at high speeds and make sudden lane-changes and turns. There are many models of trucks that I see as being too big as in example most trucks with double back tires, lifted trucks, and trucks…
Prison is one of the most deceptive and dangerous places on earth. The people placed in prison are some of worst in our society today. There is another side of the prison system that most people tend to forget exists. The side I am talking about is one of good and protection, where bravery is an everyday occurrence. The officers that stand between society and the monsters they have caged here are often forgotten and go unnoticed. I became one of those officers shortly after leaving military…
The Luby shooting was a massacre that occurred on October 16, 1991. George Hennard was responsible for this massacre. At first he crashed his pickup truck into the luby restaurant. People thought it might be an accident but all of a sudden he took out a gun and started shooting people. He killed twenty three people and wounded twenty seven people. George carry 9mm Glock 17 pistol and 9mm Ruger P89 pistol (Citation). This was the third deadliest massacre in United States. It did not occur in…
The flag had permeated her entire childhood- it was on license plates, on the rear window of pickup trucks, and on the front lawns. Now that I think about it, the confederate flag has always been around me while I was growing up as well. She also says how the massacre at Mother Emanuel evoked other violence in black churches that are within living…
clothing. It didn't stop there, when it was time to put mom's house on the market we needed to de-clutter and take some furniture out. She had so much stuff. We ended up using a cargo trailer and making several trips. ACT offered a pickup with their people and trucks, I declined as I wanted to do things myself. Giving many of my parents things away is something that was hard to do, so I did it slowly deciding what I want to keep because I can't take it all. Aimee and I are realtors and we are…
Lastly, the most predominant issue that emerged from the Taliban Regime controlling Afghanistan, would be the issue of religion. Before the Taliban, people stomached secular individuals and didn’t persecute them for not being as religious. An example of this from the book would be Baba. He was a very well-known Afghan because of his royal elite background, however, he was not religious. No harm came to Baba or Amir because they were not religious. The individuals who were religious, they were…
recently at the end of July 2014, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the boss and leader from Los Zetas, was captured by Mexican marines. It has been said that no shots were fired at all. Miguel was caught driving on the highway in a small pickup truck. Contained in the truck was a numerous amount of assault rifles and oddly 2 million dollars. Since Miguel was captured, the Mexican authorities believe that the violence of the gang will slow. The authorities describe him as “the last stitch…
Leaf spring is a suspension system for vehicles that were used in the old days. Originally, they were called carriage or laminated springs. This system was successful and genuine, used primarily on almost all vehicles until the 1970s and still on trucks and vans that carry heavy loads. The spring leaf consists of an arched, slender piece of steel that is arranged in the same material in smaller sizes and combined together to form a reinforced arc-like element. It is then attached to the rear…
the form of a stronger bond between my father, nature, and I. Based on my experience, patience is a key in life. My father and I arrived in the hunting parking lot at the crack of dawn. Opaqueness occupied my eyes. We got out of my father’s pickup truck and gathered our…
Poor visibility forced the foreman to stop the day's shift. I jumped out of the crane and started toward to the end of the construction zone. My pickup was in an area that was flagged off. Next to me were my good friends Heinz and Frantz. As I got closer to my pickup, I felt around for my keys. I then realized they are in the cockpit of the crane. As I turned to head back, I felt a spine chilling sensation hit me as if someone was watching me.. I came…