tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78918233717460859792024-03-14T01:18:32.623-04:00The Big Orange Vehicle BlogCelebrating the Orange that keeps our nation rollingJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-60690827215302705662020-02-13T13:49:00.000-05:002020-02-13T13:49:10.118-05:00Out with the old, in with the Orange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Haven't been posting much lately but when neighborhood construction projects bring unusual Orange vehicles, how can I resist? Top image is during repaving of the street in January 2020. Second bottom image I shot Feb. 13, 2020. Note: the bottom OV is called "The Scrubber." #GoVols</div>
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Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-38420680327922890852019-07-21T20:41:00.003-04:002019-07-21T20:41:57.002-04:00Racy BOVThanks to Dawn for this one spotted in St. Augustine, FLA. Sweet.<br />
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OK so this one of the most unique Orange Vehicles ever displayed on the BOVB and we have Darcy in Jacksonville to thank for that. If I'm guessing, this was taken during a recent parade in Jacksonville, Fla. -- maybe on MLK Day? Whenever it was, a great catch!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Orange, um, thing, was spotted by faithful BOVB reader Trish in the Cracker Barrel parking in Fort Pierce a week or so before Christmas 2013. "Just when you're not thinking about it, BAM ... a BOV," she posted on Facebook. Thanks for the submission and happy holidays to Trish and the dozen or so readers of the blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If ever there existed proof of Divine Intelligence, it is this magnificent and sacredly Orange Vehicle driven by Robert Morris of Jacksonville. And surely Morris, the pastor of an <a href="http://fpcjax.org/">historic downtown church</a>, must be thinking the same thing because he got this Beauty for Christmas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The entire BOVB staff started salivating when Robert posted this pic on Facebook Dec. 26. So we asked him about the car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Jeff it's called hugger orange. I am still in shock, Not often a minister is without words."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amen to that and congrats, pastor!</span><br />
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Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-73089012214553372292013-09-03T11:07:00.001-04:002013-09-03T11:07:15.249-04:00way Overdue!Dang. Got busy and the Orange vehicle pix have piled up. Going to publish them in groups for a while just to catch up.<br />
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I snapped the top pic somewhere on I-95, headed north between JIA and the Georgia line. The second OV was spotted by the BOVB's intrepid Nassau County correspondent.<br />
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GoVols woohoo!<br />
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Behold the Orange: These gorgeous aircraft were spotted by BOVB's air show correspondent Larry Lyons at Sun 'N Fun. Awesome.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Facebook post this morning has alerted Florida and the nation that the semi pictured his was stolen this morning near Frost Proof, Fla. Here is the status update that accompanied the photo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "</span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">This is really urgent - PLEASE everyone repost - this tractor and trailer was stolen Sunday morning while my brother was visiting our mother for her birthday. If anyone has seen this truck or knows anything please call the state police immediately. This is the family's only source of income and it has all been taken away. He has a wonderful family, 4 children, 4 grandchildren. It was last seen in Frost Proof, Florida 5 hours north of Miami and an 1-1/2 hours from Orlando and Tampa. Any leads will be greatly appreciated."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PPS: Over and out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PPPS: 10-14</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PPPPPPPS: enough already. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PPPPPPPPPPS: No, not a-aok. This is getting really stupid.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-13336985073490455022013-02-28T17:10:00.000-05:002013-02-28T17:10:46.400-05:00Ready, aim, fire!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never been one to promote the use of specialized canons designed to hurl large quantities of marijuana over the border from Mexico to the United States. That's just not my thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He spotted this beauty at a Jacksonville-area fish camp on Feb. 9 and had the presence of mind and, dare I say, courage to snap a pic and send it in. Hats off to you, sir!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-84435807211660822282013-02-02T08:37:00.001-05:002013-02-02T08:37:21.534-05:00Chevy to the levy...Spotted at the Y in Riverside, 1-21-13 <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iN_AyVdbMv4/UQ0WjzpJMvI/AAAAAAAABCU/ipk2jToEFbI/s640/blogger-image--2080464134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iN_AyVdbMv4/UQ0WjzpJMvI/AAAAAAAABCU/ipk2jToEFbI/s640/blogger-image--2080464134.jpg" /></a></div>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-33121742528273941682013-01-04T09:29:00.001-05:002013-01-04T09:29:54.298-05:00This HereSaw this here the other day over on Emerson. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh yeah. This rocks. The F-106 Delta Dart. Very cool and, in this paint scheme, very Orange. Not Tennessee Orange, but that's OK sometimes. Especially this time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo was posted by <a href="http://www.milavnarc.com/">Military Aviation Archives</a> via its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/milavnarc?fref=ts">Facebook page</a>. It's highly recommended that everyone follow/like this page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW, visit <a href="http://www.f-106deltadart.com/">www.f-106deltadart.com</a> for everything you want to know about the 106. Oh, and enjoy your holidays and stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BOVB staff</span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-14916444093599102282012-12-21T20:44:00.003-05:002012-12-21T20:44:55.332-05:00O Tannenbaum or O-Train?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This <a href="http://www.gwrr.com/">Genesee & Wyoming Inc.</a> engine was spotted by the BOVB's intrepid Nassau County correspondent at the Belfast Commerce Center in Richmond Hill, Ga. (Yet more proof that Georgians do have a bad case of Orange envy.) It is presented to you as a gift of Christmas cheer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For an additional dose of cheer check out this Peanuts video of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw6h4mZO1oU">"O Tannenbaum"</a> (that's the German version of "O Christmas Tree").</span><br />
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Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531157532024793377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7891823371746085979.post-59268927843304387932012-12-07T17:37:00.002-05:002012-12-07T21:01:21.599-05:00The second coming of...Peyton<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Tennessee finally finds someone willing<a href="http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2012/dec/07/vols-name-butch-jones/"> to coach its football team</a> and some people apparently are excited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The dude from the University of Cincinnati has neither the brains nor the stones to lead Tennessee to the promised land. Unlike the awesome <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_HH-60_Jayhawk">U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk</a> pictured below in its Orange-and-White awesomeness, Mr. Jones is not equipped to save us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And he also has prophecy working against him -- that of the Second Coming of Peyton Manning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon as Peyton wins his next Super Bowl -- this season, hopefully -- he will retire from the NFL to lead Rocky Top to the ultimate achievement in all of college football: the SEC championship!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fear ye not, my Big Orange Brethren, the temporary visitation of Butch Jones. For there is one coming the laces of whose footballs we are unworthy to throw. And he shall indeed deliver the Tennessee Volunteers unto football glorrrrr-ay for several years to come! (And this time, hopefully, he'll figure out a way to beat Florida). Hallelujah! </span><br />
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