July 31, 2005
DRAGLINE
Remember George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke? Dragline, they called him. Now that's a hell of a nickname. I wish somebody would call me Dragline.
Ever seen a dragline? They're like a crane, only monstrous. The size of a six-story building. If you've ever seen the horrid, denuded, moonscape effect of strip mining for coal, draglines did that. They just reach out and rip the face off the earth.
And if you don't like that look, I suggest you don't live there. Because Coal is King, just like cotton used to be. In a country where nuclear energy is pariah, coal creates the energy. So every time I turn on a light switch I think Coal is fucking King.
Call me Dragline.
"Oh, Dragline, baby...oh, Dragline!!"
Is that what you had in mind??
Posted by: Dana at July 31, 2005 12:44 PMYeah. Sorta.
Posted by: Velociman at July 31, 2005 12:56 PMDragline!
Posted by: Yabu at July 31, 2005 1:15 PMI was gonna make some sort of remark... but Dana left me speechless.
Only the Vman can still get the young ones to moan like that. If you could bottle that you'd die rich.
What a dog!
Bob
If we're gonna talk dragline, bigger must be better. Maybe we should call you the Big Muskie
http://little-mountain.com/bigmuskie/pics.html
Posted by: og at July 31, 2005 2:07 PMOg: Hell, yeah!
Posted by: Velociman at July 31, 2005 2:50 PMBig Muskie it is. So it has been written, so it shall be done.
Posted by: og at July 31, 2005 3:28 PM