"A perfectly silly, genius idea" -- David Letterman

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Michael J. Fox


 Always good to have Michael stop by for a visit.


Michael will be starring in a new NBC comedy in which he plays a -- wait, what's that at the top left?


Holy crap, is that a Doosan Daewoo G32P?


Yes!  I knew it!

I owned a G32P back in high school.  I bought it right after I got my forklift license, and it had seen better days, but man, I loved that thing.  Cruisin' on a Friday night, stacking pallets in the warehouse, going to the drive-in, unloading bales of pulp at the paper mill, and of course taking my date to the prom… she balanced on the forks while I drove… this was in the days before anyone worried about "safety."  Yes, it was a sweet industrial truck, but I used it less and less once I went off to college, and it needed more and more expensive repairs, so eventually I sold it… now, of course, I wish I'd kept it.  Once fairly common, G32P's are rare these days.  You occasionally see one at a vintage forklift show, or you might spot a rich Wall Street guy zipping around the city on a meticulously restored example.  


I know Dave's got an old Clark C500-45, a Hyster H50XM, and a Crown CG30E, so I'm sure this beauty is his too.  I wonder if for old time's sake he'd let me take it for a spin around the block and move some bags of cement.   



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  1. Boy, I haven't thought about "bales of pulp" since I was a teenager.

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

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    1. Did you work at a paper mill too? I worked at one in my hometown for two summers.

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    2. No, "Bales of Pulp" was the song I lost my virginity to back in the 80's.

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    3. I'll look that one up. Sounds like it would have special resonance for me.

      Further trivia: my brother, who adds a cryptic comment below, works for Crown, a leading manufacturer of forklifts, pallet jacks, etc.

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  2. I once knew a guy named Cliff Wentworth that sold Doosan Dawoos for Crown Lift Truck's Boston branch location. I think he lived in Lowell. Ever met him? It's a small world, after all.

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    1. Don't mention that jerk Cliff Wentworth. He's dead to me.

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    2. Don't mention Lowell. That place is dead to me.

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  3. Don't mention small worlds. Disneyland is dead to me.

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  4. On behalf of the Danfield Cleaning Company and it's affiliates, including the Jace Tonto novelty sticker Company, we demand you cease this unauthorized display of our products, including but not limited to Danfield Quality Dumpsters and TontoCorp Novelty Stickers. Failure to do so will result in application of the severest criminal penalties, including but not limited to Celbrigum being placed in receivership and other criminal remedies provided by the law.

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    1. I'll take you at your word, sir. That said, I don't care what you do to "Celbrigum."

      Ha! Saved by nit-picking literalism!

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