This afternoon we are at the FJ just south the VA WVA line. We picked up another load of steel out of Roanoke headed for a Monday AM delivery in Bridgeport CT. It will be the second time in a week we have done the Roanoke - Bridgeport trip. The weather is lousy with rain and fog. It is colder than I'd like. Last night (Fri.) I was up until about 2pm trying to relax to get to sleep. It had been a very long day.Let's talk about things. The price of a gallon of milk is between $3.50 and $4. Something I'm sure our president is completely unaware of. The reason is that the price of corn has gone up due to the demand for ethanol fuel. Ethanol, unless you've been living under a rock, is alcohol and corn based. So corn is not just used to feed the cows anymore. It has little to do with the transport of milk and the ever rising cost of diesel.
#2 - I highly recommend you purchase a pair of binoculars for your truck. Love's sells a few models for under $20. Unless you have incredible vision, binoculars really helps you see many of the stupid signs posted at shipper and receivers. Rather than get out in the heavy rain the other day, I used my pair to read the shipping/driver procedures at a large steel mill.
#3 - Passed VT (Virginia Tech) twice this week. Lots of VT students driving home for the summer. What a bummer to end the year like that.
#4 - When I was walking into the FJ here, there was a woman passenger walking back to her truck on the fuel island. Her breasts were so large (no bra) I couldn't understand how she was walking upright. Talk about jugs a flapp'n. Tough for the old lady to get back up into the cab.
#5 - Why are the rest areas in Virginia so damn small? What moron approved these designs? The truck stop lots are also too damn small. This FJ has the same stupid tight straight spaces that are pain in the ass to get into. And by the way backing into a FJ space with a 48 ft spread axle is not the same as a 53 ft box. The spreads,especially on a hot day, drift inward. It's something you have to get used to. I couldn't believe how easy it was to back up a 53 ft box. The spreads are a whole different story. The typical VA rest area has space for about 8 trucks and 25 cars. Are they kidding? Where's OOIDA on that - huh?
WHAT IF I WERE PRESIDENT!
Job #1 - Capture Osama Bin Laden - MAXIMUM EFFORT
Job #2 - Close the Mexican border for 24 months
Give local and state law enforcement the authority to arrest illegals
Job #3 - Rebuild New Orleans into a model city
(all US factories in Mexico moved to New Orleans)
Job #4 - Iraq is ours. Throw out all troublemakers. Fly the American flag.
Build casinos. Build the largest US military base outside the US.
Job #5 - Provide universal health care for every US citizen - give contract to private
firms - no government involvement.
Job #6 - Order to US auto industry to make 75-100 mile per gallon car within 24
months. Phase out all gas vehicles within 5 years.
Job #7 - Rebuild the US infrastructure - highways, bridges, tunnels, pipelines
Job #8 - Rebuild the World Trade Center NOW - the tallest building should be in the US
not Dubai, Hong Kong or China
Job #9 - Take care of our elderly. Double social security benefits.
Job #10 - Close GITMO - turn US military into rapid global strike force with the ability to
squelch any conflict anywhere within 24 hours.
