PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

Or the Regal, though both those were better as RWD

 

At the beer store in Doylestown earlier this evening...

 

The view from inside the truck at night with the lights on...

 

360 degree photos of my truck in its current and final incarnation!

 

That would drive me nuts lol

 

Doesn't bother me too much, though sometimes I've though the yellow bulb on the right A-pillar is another vehicle running a stop sign, and other times I think the lone blue light on the left A-pillar is my high-beam indicator...

 

You got it all decked out!

 

Yea I would see emergency vehicles, side markers and a bunch of other stuff. I’m loving the creativity and spirit

 

I know some of the local cops in my area, and one of them told me it was not legal, but they love it so much that they're not going to do anything about it

 

Happy Thanksgiving guys!

 

You too! TW really needs to add a damn turkey emoji; We’ve got a pumpkin and two emoticons with Santa hats, but nothing for Thanksgiving!

 

It’s going down!!

 

What do you mean by that? It’s already dead!

 

Slang for stuff is about to happen. Good stuff

 

@ColoradoTJ
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@Plain Jane Taco (We haven't talked in a while but you've always had a good opinion, and I'd love to hear what you've got to say, Bill)
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@Taco critter

The story I'm about to tell you has everything to do with Aspergers and almost nothing to do with masks; This happened back in June, not long after I went back to work after a 3-month furlough...

I went to the Mission BBQ in Warminster on my lunch break, and I was wearing my mask properly; While I was attempting to place my order with the cashier, my glasses kept fogging up. I lowered my reusable cloth mask below my nose to stop this from happening, and the cashier understood why I did this. Out of nowhere this tall and lanky guy in his early 20s comes up to me, gets right up in my face and starts lecturing me about not wearing my mask properly; I initially gave him the benefit of the doubt, asking him if he worked at the restaurant. He told me he did not work there, and I told him to mind his own damn business...

Keep in mind that this guy violated the 6-foot social distancing rule in the process of lecturing me about proper mask use; He was wearing his mask over his nose, but that's not the point.

This perfect stranger kept harassing me, and I told him to fuck off.

He continued to harass me, and luckily for both of us (especially him) the restaurant manager stepped between us and showed him out; I was seconds away from punching this guy when the manager stepped in.

I have lost count of the number times I've reacted physically to someone surprising me or otherwise getting in my space; I was 21 years old the last time I did something like this...

The manager (wearing a mask) said "We're not the mask police; We're just here to serve great barbecue." I have been back to that particular Mission BBQ numerous times since that incident; I always wear a mask, as do all the customers I've seen there and all the staff.

The only reason I slid my mask below my nose to keep my glasses from fogging up for a few lousy minutes while I placed my order; The cashier understood why I did it and didn't say a word!

The issue of my glasses fogging up has since been resolved thanks to the "Bane" mask I bought on Amazon (I bought a second one as a backup).

The issue here is my personal "bubble" and proper etiquette in public; I have seen people wearing masks improperly and it annoys me, but I wear a mask and I douse myself in hand sanitizer after visiting any public place, and I just don't feel it's my place to confront perfect strangers.

 

I don't like people in my personal bubble, PERIOD. I have no problem hugging relatives and close friends, or being hugged in return. I have kissed a few girls and done some other things with them (which I won't mention here in the interest of keeping this thread mostly PG-13; Just use your imagination ). I am a very strange individual when it comes to my personal space; Prior to COVID, I was partying it up in loud, crowded bars and dancing the night away. I've also had two people in my 3-seater Tacoma at one time, but they were my friends, so that's different. The last time I rode a school bus regularly was in fifth grade, and I regularly shared a seat with another student; Some of the kids I ended up sitting next to annoyed me to no end, but it had nothing to do with personal space.

One time in high school (either ninth or tenth grade), I shoved a guy named Phil from Sunday school for putting his arm around my shoulders and getting really close to me.

 

And I've told this story before, but here it is again...

When I was about 21 (I believe this was in September or October 2010), I was over at a friend's house in New Hope; Another friend of ours (who I'd introduced to the friend whose house it was); We were all hanging out in the finished basement of the house. The second friend (who didn't live there) worked at a haunted hayride at Shady Brook Farm, where he dressed up as a zombie and scared people; He liked to practice his technique on unsuspecting friends.

On this particular night, he had zeroed in on me; I was lying on the couch, and he snuck up and yelled "Rah!" in my ear. I politely said something like "That was amusing, but please don't do it again."

He did it a second time, and I said not as politely but still calmly "Don't fucking do that again!"

He did it a third time, and I didn't say a word; I sprung up, left over the back of the sofa, grabbed my friend by the neck, and slammed him against a pillar in the basement. The friend whose out it was, who was bigger than both of us combined, pulled us apart and broke up the scuffle; We apologized and shook hands, and guess what...? My friend hasn't pulled that shit since then!

My dad has always been nonconfrontational and a fierce advocate of using one's words, but when I told him that story, he said my friend deserved it!

 

The newer of my two “Bane” masks...

 

”Mishter Wayne...”



See the resemblance?