A couple of minutes later we found out why the road was closed as a big old house came rolling into view from a small side street. "Hey," I said to my buddy, "you see that? Is that a house coming down the road?" Then we noticed a couple of guys riding on the top of the house's roof! What the heck?
As they very slowly came to the intersection, we saw why. The peak of the roof was taller than the utility lines slung across the road. No problem for some good-old country boys though.
And this is how you move Grandma's house through small-town U.S.A.
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| Well done, guys! |
I live in this little town in East Texas, and this does not surprise me at all. Never a dull moment around here. Glad y'all weren't to busy to enjoy this rather than getting upset about it like some people might have.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Teresa. Glad you enjoyed the post. Edgewood is bigger now than when I was growing up and hanging around there some, but it's still a nice little country town. Good people. Well, except for the cop who gave me a speeding ticket for not slowing down fast enough before hitting the town limit sign. Went to court for going 6 MPH over. Court was held in a trailer house. I knew I might as well pay the ticket and get it over with when the policeman didn't show up and rather than dismiss the charge, the judge called the policeman's phone number (which he had memorized,) called him by his first name and told him he was needed at the courthouse. I guess not everything is wonderful about small towns! :-)
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