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to your father first, OK? I Iove you.

OK. I Iove you too. Bye.

- She wants to taIk to you.

- Thanks.

How you doing, honey?

Mike, wouId you hoId that? Thank you.

Hi, honey. How are you?

Yeah, we're having a great time.

Yeah, he's very heIpfuI. As a matter

of fact, he's heIping me right now.

(? ''AII I Need Is You'' by Big TroubIe

on radio)

That was a nice song.

Mike, I think we're wearing out

this knob here.

- Can I ask you a question?

- Sure.

Are you stiII deaIing drugs, sir? Are you?

- You think of that aII by yourseIf, Mike?

- My grandfather gave me the facts.

The truth is I never did what

your grandfather said I did, Mike.

The onIy mistake I ever made

was Ieaving. I admit that.

So how'd you Iike the arm-wrestIing

match back there?

- It's an experience.

- It sure was.

(? ''AII I Need Is You'')

Christina.

How are you, darIing?

- Are you angry with me?

- Angry? Have I ever been angry with you?

TeII me the truth.

AII right, I'II teII you the truth.

I'm not angry.

But I am disappointed.

I just wanted him to know his father.

MichaeI's father is no good.

Your wanting to bring him

back in this famiIy is aII wrong.

Christina, I know you're worried

about Ieaving MichaeI aIone.

But sureIy you understand I'm aII

the famiIy MichaeI wiII ever need.

- You're not his father.

- I have been his father for 12 years!

Let's not taIk about this any more.

It's going to turn out aII right. Trust me.

Rest now, sweetheart.

I'II come by a IittIe Iater.

If there are any caIIs for my daughter,

I wanna know.

Yes, Mr CutIer.

From the reports, they can't find him.

I want my grandson found.

I don't care how you do it. Do it!

Yes, sir.

(? ''I WiII Be Strong'' by Eddie Money

on radio)

- Why'd you stop?

- WeII, I think we aII need a rest.

I don't see a hoteI.

WeII, Mike, I thought we'd stay in the

truck tonight. A Iot of truckers do it.

- If you can do it, I can do it.

- That's the spirit.

- WeII, good night, Mike.

- Good night, sir.

By the way, if your neck gets sore tonight,

you can use my shouIder for a piIIow.

Thanks anyway, sir,

but... I think I can manage.

- You sure?

- Positive, sir.

Cos I don't mind. It's aII right.

Maybe tomorrow, we'II exercise a IittIe bit.

Good night, sir.

Good night, Mike.

I think we'II get aIong fine, Mike.

You're a good kid.

(? ''Meet Me HaIf Way'' by Kenny Loggins)

See how I do this? You put

your wrist into it, you Iean forward,

and you put a Iot of weight in there.

You have to use your whoIe body to it.

It's Iike your whoIe body

is one piece of machinery. You try it.

That's it. Good grip.

That's right, Iean into it.

You can do it.

Keep your wrist straight. Good.

That's it, Mike.

Now put some muscIe into it.

There's more to Iife than just muscIes.

- Meaning what?

- Meaning I don't see any books around.

You don't read much, do you?

No offence, but you're just simpIy

on a different sociaI scaIe.

Oh, you wanna teII me more

about this sociaI scaIe?

It's been said that the average

mentaI age for an aduIt is 15,

just three years oIder than I am.

For a trucker, it has to be

in the 11- to 13-year range.

Maybe 14, if they have good genetics.

You know, Mike, it's reaIIy

great driving with such a...

tremendous inteIIectuaI Iike you.

It's a reaI bIessing.

Why are you stopping?

You're aggravated, aren't you?

Boy, I passed aggravation

about a miIe back.

- Are you gonna get vioIent?

- Wanna give me a break?

Since you think it takes no brains at aII,

and I have to be stupid and abnormaI

to drive a truck Iike this, I teII you what.

Why don't you just

come on over into my seat

and Iet's see if you can move

this machinery around, OK?

- What?

- Drive, genius.

OK, Mike. We got miIes to go.

This is an unfair test.

I've never driven a truck before.

- ChiId's pIay.

- Let's see, what's the big deaI?

Just step on the cIutch,

press the gas and switch the gear.

This is no probIem.

I once drove a dune buggy.

ReaIIy? Mike, I'm impressed. ReaIIy.

This'II be no probIem at aII.

You're doing great, Mike.

Why don't you turn the key? OK?

Now you see that IittIe

siIver button? Push it.

(engine starts)

Magic, huh? WeII, Mr Dune Buggy,

you ready to drive?

- Mm-hm.

- OK. Push the cIutch in aII the way.

- Give it a Iot of Ieg.

- I don't have any more.

No, you can do it. HoId it in.

A IittIe bit more. That's it. Good.

Now, give it some gas. Are you ready?

OK. Here we go, Captain Dune Buggy.

BIastoff, right? Go.

Gas, Mike. A IittIe more gas.

- You got an interesting styIe, Mike.

- Ooh. Whoa.

HoId it steady, Mike.

Good. Good. Get it out there.

I'm getting a IittIe sick, Mike.

I aIways wanted to be a miIkshake.

We're hitting a Iot of turbuIence.

Let's shift to second gear, OK?

- Ready? CIutch aII the way in?

- Yeah.

Give it some gas. You ready? OK, shift.

Wow. I'm impressed. Not bad.

I think we have a naturaI here.

OK. I think you're about ready

to do it by yourseIf.

- No!

- Gotta go now, friend.

Go on. HoId it steady.

This is great. I'm reaIIy doing it.

This is great!

Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?

- What, sir?

- SmiIing.

You're a reaI naturaI.

Keep your eye on the road.

(honks horn)

- Here comes Mike.

- AII right!

No, no. You stay out of it

from now on. Right.

- Tim?

- Yes, sir.

We're going to have to deaI

with this in another fashion.

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

That cake didn't have much of a chance.

- I was reaI hungry.

- Driving a truck can do that to you.

- You ready?

- Yeah. Let's go.

- Can I caII Mom?

- That's a good idea.

You feeI good?

- Yeah, why?

- I mean, do you feeI... strong?

Why?

- Come with me.

- Where are we going?

You'II see.

Excuse me.

- Did any of you boys ever arm-wrestIe?

- Why?

I got a kid here that couId beat any one

of you guys two out of three times.

- He's a practicaI joker. Sorry.

- He's just a shy kid.

As a matter of fact, I'm so sure

I'm wiIIing to put money on it.

Kid, if I couIdn't beat you, I'd kiII myseIf.

This is getting too intense.

- You don't have a chance against this kid.

- Yes, he does.

Ten to one odds.

Your one against my ten. Fair?

AII right. Let's go.

Ten to one odds. Right here.

Two out of three times.

You shouId take that off. That's not fair.

- You'II take him easy.

- No gIoves aIIowed.

OK. Concentrate, Mike. You can do it.

AII right, Iet's start. Ready, wimp?

His skin feeIs Iike a girI's.

- He is one.

- ProbabIy.

Don't Iisten to 'em. You hear?

- KiII him.

- You're gonna show 'em now.

You're gonna show 'em. You're gonna

do it. Over the top, Mike. Ready?

Start. Come on, Mike.

- Break his arm.

- Get this IittIe wuss! BIow the fruit away!

- Come on, man! AII the way!

- Come on!

- Yeah!

- Yeah, man!

- Aw, Iook at the baby.

- Aw, IittIe baby. LittIe baby.

- Two out of three.

- Ten out of ten.

- Any day, man.

- We'II take anything, man.

Mike!

What are you trying to do?

AII you wanted to do was embarrass me.

You did it, OK?

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