Weird couple of weeks!
I left Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago to deliver a car out in Reno, Nv. The trip out was fairly smooth, despite the 55 + mph winds in Wyoming (In Wyoming, its almost expected to have some kind of freak weather). After delivering the car in one piece I had a day off so I spent most of it playing live poker. I did ok, not great not terrible, but I had a great time playing and meeting different people from around the globe. On of my favorite "lines" at the poker table is being one jack off from a straight.... I just spit it out there "I'm a jack off" .... seems to get some laughs, and it breaks the ice. When I left Reno, I headed out the back roads. I went thru some cool places, Hawthorne Lake (just beautiful), skimmed the outskirts of Area 51, and Death Valley, saw some green men running around naked, a pack of wolves... (which there is a little funny one here.... I saw the pack of wolves outside of the place I was delivering, so when I went inside to see how things were going, I pulled my arm up through my sleeve and told the guy inside "damn, your dogs are mean"... while wiggling my sleeve like I had a stump..... I thought he was gonna piss himself, I know I let out a little from laughing so hard! haha). Ok, I also saw some little green men, and 2 jackalopes *wink*.
Okay so after my time in Reno, I reloaded and headed to the Dallas, Texas area. I almost made it there but my 80,000 lb. baby started bleeding to death. I had to take her to the emergency room first thing in the morning, since it was Sunday and nobody was open until then. (Anybody confused?... my baby is the truck I drive... bleeding to death means her red coolant was spilling out of her). So after get her all fixed up, we headed into Dallas, which in turn made me late for my next load, which then resulted in HELL... PURE HELL! I reloaded for Abilene, Texas and got over there on Monday night.... it was storming, rain, thunder, lightning, all the good stuff, well then that turned into white stuff, then came the ice. I woke up Tuesday morning and my jaw just dropped, there must of been 8 inches of snow, which then was covered in ice. Some guy pulls into the place where I'm to be delivering and I say "I have a load for ya" and he says "not today you don't" . Okay terrific, glad I drove out here, ok so this is Tuesday morning, I finally get unloaded Thursday morning, and the roads are HORRIBLE, I was a complete idiot for even trying to drive on them.... YOU CANT DRIVE ON ICE! It took me 6 hours to go 55 miles, and I never stopped for nothing! I felt I was going fast when I shifted to third gear (who needs the other 11?).... I was skeered, I was sliding in all directions, trucks were in the ditch every half mile, you couldn't get off the interstate cause the ramps go a little uphill and if you get off, your screwed, you'll never make it to the top of the ramp. This went on for two more days, and my nerves were just SHOT, my stress level was in overdrive, I hated the truck, I wanted out! Soooo, I got out! I got a motel for the weekend, and just tuned it all out, the ONLY thing I did this weekend that had to do with trucking was start the the truck daily.... that's it.... Okay okay, I peeped at it thru the peep hole a couple times to make sure nobody cleaned it ; )
I ended the weekend watching my beloved Steelers loose the Super Bowl... but hey, it's ok, we still have a hell of team! Maybe next year? I'm ready to go back to work, get unloaded in the morning and reload and roll on down the road.... I kinda missed it this weekend, but I also enjoyed my time off! Tootles til the next time.
I left Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago to deliver a car out in Reno, Nv. The trip out was fairly smooth, despite the 55 + mph winds in Wyoming (In Wyoming, its almost expected to have some kind of freak weather). After delivering the car in one piece I had a day off so I spent most of it playing live poker. I did ok, not great not terrible, but I had a great time playing and meeting different people from around the globe. On of my favorite "lines" at the poker table is being one jack off from a straight.... I just spit it out there "I'm a jack off" .... seems to get some laughs, and it breaks the ice. When I left Reno, I headed out the back roads. I went thru some cool places, Hawthorne Lake (just beautiful), skimmed the outskirts of Area 51, and Death Valley, saw some green men running around naked, a pack of wolves... (which there is a little funny one here.... I saw the pack of wolves outside of the place I was delivering, so when I went inside to see how things were going, I pulled my arm up through my sleeve and told the guy inside "damn, your dogs are mean"... while wiggling my sleeve like I had a stump..... I thought he was gonna piss himself, I know I let out a little from laughing so hard! haha). Ok, I also saw some little green men, and 2 jackalopes *wink*.
Okay so after my time in Reno, I reloaded and headed to the Dallas, Texas area. I almost made it there but my 80,000 lb. baby started bleeding to death. I had to take her to the emergency room first thing in the morning, since it was Sunday and nobody was open until then. (Anybody confused?... my baby is the truck I drive... bleeding to death means her red coolant was spilling out of her). So after get her all fixed up, we headed into Dallas, which in turn made me late for my next load, which then resulted in HELL... PURE HELL! I reloaded for Abilene, Texas and got over there on Monday night.... it was storming, rain, thunder, lightning, all the good stuff, well then that turned into white stuff, then came the ice. I woke up Tuesday morning and my jaw just dropped, there must of been 8 inches of snow, which then was covered in ice. Some guy pulls into the place where I'm to be delivering and I say "I have a load for ya" and he says "not today you don't" . Okay terrific, glad I drove out here, ok so this is Tuesday morning, I finally get unloaded Thursday morning, and the roads are HORRIBLE, I was a complete idiot for even trying to drive on them.... YOU CANT DRIVE ON ICE! It took me 6 hours to go 55 miles, and I never stopped for nothing! I felt I was going fast when I shifted to third gear (who needs the other 11?).... I was skeered, I was sliding in all directions, trucks were in the ditch every half mile, you couldn't get off the interstate cause the ramps go a little uphill and if you get off, your screwed, you'll never make it to the top of the ramp. This went on for two more days, and my nerves were just SHOT, my stress level was in overdrive, I hated the truck, I wanted out! Soooo, I got out! I got a motel for the weekend, and just tuned it all out, the ONLY thing I did this weekend that had to do with trucking was start the the truck daily.... that's it.... Okay okay, I peeped at it thru the peep hole a couple times to make sure nobody cleaned it ; )
I ended the weekend watching my beloved Steelers loose the Super Bowl... but hey, it's ok, we still have a hell of team! Maybe next year? I'm ready to go back to work, get unloaded in the morning and reload and roll on down the road.... I kinda missed it this weekend, but I also enjoyed my time off! Tootles til the next time.
