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Comments about trucks

There are 90 comments about "trucks"

Hapless: Very interesting. I didn't see any trucks, but I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open now....

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

Peter: we love us some graffiti (of any sort) on cn, so post away! were more into nice flicks than semantical discussions around here anyway :) got any trucks/vans? one of my favorite ongoing graf series on......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

zagg: And now for a word from Toronto's Barenaked Ladies: "Near where I live there's a viaduct Where people jump when they're out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They've put a net there to catch......

in response to: A Life Saver by elicar

Kevin_in_the_Uk: So what's with the "House Of Pain"? Do your US firemen name their trucks or stations? ...

in response to: House of Pain by Peter

Jamie: They let them customise their trucks? that's pretty cool....

in response to: House of Pain by Peter

Rain Palmer: "Those Chevvies were pretty lousy cars, IMHO. You don't see a lot on th road today" Bullfuck. they are everywhere and they are the best, i have a 66 chevy truck that was built there, a......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

End: you know whats funny. ja-left on maspeth trucks ha who knew...

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Peter: [[899:this post]] also has some good trucks by {oze 108}, {gen II} and {muk}......

in response to: Grunts Truck by luna park

Rudy: FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE - March 18, 2008: As of April 14, 2008, large trucks with more than two axles will no longer be allowed to travel through the Washburn Tunnel. Lately, large trucks often scrape......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

noname: I was driving to WORK this morning and saw something that truly pissed me off. I left my house to see 1 million plus dollar crane picking up Tree limbs! Along with this crane were......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Tex Re: Hunter: My crime statistics come from the F.B.I., and I would say that they probably have well qualified statisticians who know how to report said facts fairly with the proper comparisons, so that 'apples' are not......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

BELROC IOF: I see JA box trucks all over Connecticut everyday. I-95 I-84 and RT-8...

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Allcityking: ^^ Exactly, so hes obviously still got money. I've seen a few box trucks go through philly lately with some JA throws on it, so I think hes still getting ups....

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Evinrude: Jeeff, Income taxes are Higher in this state than many others. Infact, some states don't even have income tax. Please notice I said "STATE" when refer to income taxes. I was comparing Kansas to other......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Canbiker: I am always amazed at people who place themselves between large, right turning vehicles, and the curb/pole. Are they thinking something like "since the driver can't see me, I can just slip through here?". Dude's......

in response to: Tight Squeeze 2 by Brad

Elicar: Freaking out is such a strong and "offensive" word, EvilG! We are just spoiled, is all! ;) But here is where the snow has been going. [[img:25210]] [[img:25211]] Waiting in the wings: [[img:25212]] There were also two more of those trucks......

in response to: BEMS? by Elicar

chiamattt: Peter, I think he's the dude who tells cement trucks and other construction related vehicles where and when to come and go. Also, these are Japanese slices-of-life shots, but thanks for the love!...

in response to: Osaka Part Four by chiamattt

MEETING OF STYLES BRONX NY: [[img:23985]] till today there has never been a nyc graffiti artist to dominate the walls/trains/trucks like JA ONE!!!...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

aer: a very nice one too. a high school friend of mine had one and we lived in the land of pick-up trucks & muscle cars, so it was especially cool. anyway. very slick....

in response to: Cool Car by CE

Peter: i love it when people make blanket assumptions about a post and get off on random tangents concerning their own insecurities or issues (see any of [[http://www.citynoise.org/author/scott_sargent]] for example, hahaha). i dunno; as far as "education"......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Concerned Monster Fan: I never said that the drivers and crews were hillbillies et al. But like pro wrestlers or Jerry Springer, the mass audience has a tendency to be less sophisticated, on average. That is......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

Concerned Monster Fan: I hate to read these types of articles because of the stereotypes that get associated with the monster trucks. I am a 20 yr old man who is well educated and far from the hillbilly......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

joey: i see where the litter comes from. the waste management trucks do a sloppy job of emptying the dumpsters. several little milk cartons were blowing around in the street this morning....

in response to: Cloud_scape by joey

dr.cube: grunts is pretty much all you see on nyc trucks. killin everything else as well. gotta respect it...

in response to: Graf Trux 11: Williamsburg by Peter

jeremy power: man i love you pic of the trucks i love monster trucks my modo is ride fast or be last ...

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

Brad: Theres also the Tim Hortons trucks with all the pastries and treats they sell...

in response to: Cookies! by CE

Tyler: It's not my favorite graff truck... I live in Milton, Ontario, and we have like no graff trucks exept the one I do sometimes. But yeah....

in response to: Another TO Graf Truck by jeeff

zagg: Peter has a FedEx fetish. Probably gets off on people wearing the uniform and all that (the gals and guys who drive the trucks have a uniform I assume)......

in response to: FedEx Goes to Washington by Peter

Oldmanbike: This is a tank. The bicycle weighs about 80 or 90 lbs. Add the weight of 2 men and we are at 400+. This is difficult to turn and would not be safe in heavy......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Tube: People thinking that they are right to not use cars. We need cars, trucks, buses, trains and planes. What we also need is good common senses. so many examples exist about lack of common sense: Speed......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

benji: yeah all the bridges have their height on them and it is law that all trucks have to have their height displayed on the dash. apparently this isn't too rare on this bridge, maybe it's......

in response to: Bugger... by benji

joey: in california every overpass now has a sign that states the clearance for trucks....

in response to: Bugger... by benji

nick: If you think that trucks nice you got to see dimola bros trucks there off the wall...

in response to: Mack Doggies by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

joey: the ice cream trucks here in oakland play christmas songs in the heat of september to keep their customers cooler. i always wondered about that place called edgewater....

in response to: It\'s Been Getting Cold by David

joey: when it gets hot in oakland during the summer months- the neighborhood, ice cream vendor trucks play christmas songs to help cool down their customers. rudolph the red nose . . . . . ....

in response to: Twos by BZZZP

Grandfather Time: yep those route trucks have nice colors......

in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

EvilGentleman: Near as I can determine from Google, a Hilux Ute is a slang term for the Toyota 4x4 pickup truck sold in Australia and NZ known as the the Toyota HiLux. I believe "Ute" is......

in response to: Things I Love About Public Transit by Micah

Peter: lol. my grandfather grew up/lived in a town that had yellow {firetrucks}, a few hours away from where i grew up. he was in the habit of saying "is a firetruck yellow?!" (in the same......

in response to: Fire by CE

Chris Erb: The yellow trucks used to freak me out when I first moved here. I couldn't figure out why they were yellow when the rest of the world has red trucks. The thing that......

in response to: Fire by CE

EvilGentleman: I thought yellow trucks were for lemonade. Actually, Cornwall, Ontario has yellow fire trucks too. And the flashing lights on police cars in Utah were yellow, or yellow and green, from what I remember from......

in response to: Fire by CE

Peter: do it!! just search for {graf trux} and pick up wherever the series currently ends. trucks are trucks! lets see some of the {montreal} variety......

in response to: Graf Trux 15: King of the Grunts! by Peter

groovehouse: Tell you what's gonna suck for those apartment/condos back there... trucks unloading at all hours of the day and night!...

in response to: I Want One of These by CE

Peter: yeah, thats what i thought... in which case, i think: a) this was probably done by a bored lower-middleclass white guy in his late teens who cant find anywhere better to get up than the sign......

in response to: Respect in River Park by jeeff

Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again. First invented and sold in the 1890s. They were called Sociables in the 1890's. They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions. Regarding the bike pictured: I own one too. ......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Julien: 41 - F**ckin TRUCKS...

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I believe there were ten monster trucks in all. There are 10 trucks in my original of the first pic, but one was parked a bit away from the others, so I cropped it out......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

Peter: also: ive counted 9-10 monster trucks here... thats alot! wow......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

Elicar: [[img:10973]] I forgot to include this. The TTC subway track under the Bloor Street Viaduct[[http://www.answers.com/topic/bloor-street-viaduct]]. The viaduct itself became the centre of controversy when the city council approved in 1998 the construction of a barrier due to......

in response to: From Underground to Above Ground by Elicar

EvilGentleman: When I was 12, I lived in Cornwall, Ontario. I remember locking my bike up and going into the local Mac's Milk convenience store, and when I came out, my bike was still there, but......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

EvilGentleman: jeeff, your mind works in scary directions Peter, a few blocks west of here is a 6-foot diameter water main that has broken repatedly over the last 20 years, causing periodic rapids down Peel Street that......

in response to: Overflowing Manhole by EvilGentleman

Leo Just a 23 Wash HeIGhts Kid: All these years and to this day i can still probaly call out where smith and sane tags are at. My brother use to be down with 5x7 and XTW back in the day and......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Peter: no, i think its operators are out putting trash in its back-end. note the *two* steering-wheels. {nyc} {garbage} {trucks} are made so you can drive them from either side. i think it makes collecting the garbage......

in response to: Garbage Truck Eyes by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hmmm... an old canteen truck converted into a mobile used bookstore... hot dog vendors who sell Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton novels on the side... Owners of suburban used bookstores cruising through New York's residental......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

Peter: i like car reflections. i like driving next to shiny silver tanker trucks so i can watch the reflection of my car shimmy and undulate across its surface....

in response to: Reflection or Distortion? by EvilGentleman

S : I remember visiting that site during the "Doors Open" festival. This was before they restored the buildings. Judging by the photos, the restoration was a success. I remember one of the tour guides......

in response to: Distillery Historic District by Elicar

EvilGentleman: 36 - passing pickup trucks with extra-wide snowplow blades attached to the front....

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

BASICK POFM: Don't stop mobbin always do yo shit from tha legend himself.... BASICk POFm keep taggin on trucks lets see some freeways...

in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

Peter: {fedex} trucks are sort of an ongoing theme/joke here. ergo the {fedex} tag. click it and see. otherwise, check: [[http://www.citynoise.org/search/fedex]] re: why i find it interesting... just because i do doesnt mean you have to. my......

in response to: FedEx Goes to Washington by Peter

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Matt: I like what she did, but she should also be prepared to deal with this kind of response. No one likes to be shamed in public, especially assholes. I spit into open windows of cars/trucks......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

adam: i dont think firetrucks were quite the same when most of these buildings were built.. kew gardens is actually kind of beautiful. my view of it is just skewed because it seems like grandparent land hah........

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

jack: the thinking there of course is that the fire trucks come out on the streets and it is easier to get people out of a burning building thru the front fire escapes than it is......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

Hector: Here I am with 30 years and 3 skateboards, a short one a carver and a pintail. I just can't imagine miself without a skateboard. A word of advice for you all, get a longboard......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

roland: knew you'd like WW1 reference, if grandad is omniscient now he'll also know that mum didn't put pudding on the table untill he'd finished his mains due to his shock and awe approach to applying......

in response to: Dec 19 2005 by hool

ian: It has eerie similarities with the "The South Will Rise Again" culture you see in parts of the US -- confederate battle flags on the backs of pick-up trucks, automatic distrust and hatred towards cities......

in response to: The Waterside by Jamie

Jamie: This is where th fedex trucks come to die. It's like an elephant graveyard. But with fedex trucks. this photo rocks ass....

in response to: FedEx by valvision

LAME CP: ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: TABS Date: Nov 4, 2005 9:14 AM Dallas graffiti abatement... The City of Dallas has started a new graffiti program today. It's the same program that the City of Phoenix, AZ has. It includes......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

kc: I had a friend who said who told that once a Mr. Softee went by and someone dropped a *bag* out of it. (This said with great significance at the time, but littering seems a......

in response to: In Somnia by kc

Peter: hah this is a classic city story... when you said {mr. softee}, i could hear the diesel-rumble from those trucks perfectly in my head. tangent: i used to live up at 109th and Manhattan avenue,......

in response to: In Somnia by kc

fuzzytank: Hot one restraunt in Portland is filed is paintings of trucks on freeways the schens are like the first shot except all oil painted they should have used more bikes...

in response to: Somewhere in Nebraska by Peter

Peter: periodically, owners/operators of hit-up trucks repaint them. most likely, goya hit a newly repainted truck. a rare chance, indeed!...

in response to: Goya on Truck by groovehouse

jeeff: cool, that's great. i wish our graf trucks in toronto were a little more finely done. thanks for posting....

in response to: Goya on Truck by groovehouse

Peter Caine: The differnce between duchamp and this idiot is not even close. Duchamp was doing something new. He is not pushing anything New,its old and every kid with a spray can can do it. You most......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter: i love the contrast of the white delivery trucks and the black hearses. this was a really interesting thing to snap some photos of. thanks....

in response to: east end funeral by elaine

Dubhain: Actually, IIRC, this is what was known as GM's Tarrytown Assembly Plant. This would explane the pits in the factory floor. From GM's 2001 press release trumpeting a (defunct) development deal for the site: "The former......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Moebius Rex: It's actually really really hard to find trucks in SF that are as colorful as these. I like the FRED one quite a bit, but that last truck really blew me away....

in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

Yourpony: hot trucks!! check out Kenyan matatus--small buses that serve as public transport, usually covered with paintings and named after hip-hop stars. This one's called Ziggy! [[img:3852]]...

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

fuzzytank: oh hell yeah ...when we drove all thru san fran just recently we didnt have time to stop an catch any trucks and well, lookin for these beats the crap outta bird watchin in the city ;)...

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

elaine: tastic post. i saw a fire in san francisco once, those wooden houses sure produce some big licky flames. when i got home i told a lady fireperson about it, and that is when i......

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

Peter: move over trucks and trains and walls, we got some ##cabooses## up in this piece, ya heeeeaaaarrrrr?!...

in response to: graf caboose by jeeff

Lili: Years ago I read that after Simon Rodia passed onward the city tried to pull at least one of the towers down by attaching cable from a large truck to the top of the tower -......

in response to: Watts Towers by Lisa Tang

ea: looks like "odor" tagged both your trucks yesterday. hmm I think odor needs more style, bout as pretty as [[953:pusher]]...

in response to: hunting the elusive graffitti covered truk by fuzzytank

elaine: well ##i## like it. london is a semi/post industrial city. big, mean and dirty, and this neighbourhood is not exactly posh, but it is interesting and i think friendly. people say london is not friendly......

in response to: Acton\'s Lock by elaine

hasslehoff: i love the subject of graf trux, and it's totally taken over the site. it's something you just don't see in the uk, and i don't know why. we have so much talent, but none......

in response to: Graf Trux 8: NYC by Peter

JOE: hEY PAPO YOU SHOUDNT TALK BROTHER FIRST OF ALL YOU MEXUCAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY IN TRUCKS AND LIVE LIKE BUNCH OF FUCKING DOGS TO BAD YOUR MOTHER HAD TO BREAK THE RACE BECAUSE......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jamie: i once bought a couple of tshirts from seattle. one of them had the atari logo on. the other was a transformers tshirt. you remember transformers the cars and trucks that turned into robots and......

in response to: Winter in Seattle by fuzzytank

Sucka Free: put more flix!!! more graff...i love rockin trucks...my favorite shit...

in response to: Graf Trux 1: San Francisco by moebius rex

bob slezak: hoboken n.j. city noise ..tugs ferrys, holland america line fog horns in bad weather.days gone by..the street noise .kids playing stick ball..jump rope.car horns..moms calling there kids to come in and eat..push carts ..horse drawn......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

Peter: yep. most trucks have a small radar-dish attached, or some sort of thinkg like that, for real....

in response to: MTA Phenomenon by Peter

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