Well this comes under the category of "it's so funny, I could cry." I was in Crete, NE but after waiting all day for any kind of load and not getting one, I moved east a few miles on I-80 to the Shoemaker (Ambest) T/S in Lincoln. I forget that if you roll down any of your windows in Nebraska, for any length of time, your cab becomes "invested" with flies. So, as I write this, there is a "squadron" of at least 15 flies barnstorming me. I decided to turn on the A/C in the cab and bunk on max in the hopes that they will be dead (frozen?) by morning. One has landed on the screen here and is looking at me rubbing its front legs I'm sure thinking "boy, does he look delicious!" Screw you fly! See, I'm so bored I'm yelling at flies now. Anyway, sad to say (for me anyway) that I'm "stuck" here, so it would seem, until Tuesday morning, "loadless." Does anybody know of anything exciting to do here in Lincoln, other than spending money I don't have in Wal-Mart? I could get drunk, but I don't drink. Well, just a little. How about bob tailing over to a "titie" bar somewhere? No thanks. Could go east 'bout 45 miles to Omaha. Yuk. I'm determined not to overeat while I'm "stuck" here, being low on cash and having an excess of canned mini ravioli and soup on board, which can easily last a week, if I don't go crazy. Once, when the Petro in Little Rock, AR closed due to an ice storm, I ate six cans of spaghettios and one of those long Christmas sausage things in one night, and had nothing left to eat until everything thawed out. Hey, I was stressed! Now how about this. Do you have a relative in this area? Perhaps someone sick or elderly you haven't seen in a while? A distant cousin? Let me know. I have the time now to go and visit them. Maybe they could make me a home cooked Nebraska meal. I promise I'll help do the dishes. I do have an old X-box thing with an army WW2 fighting video game I could play. But I always get stuck in some bombed out French farm house and can't get out without my son's help. And he is not here, so forget the video game. I'm sure someone would sell me some drugs so I could get high and laugh and sleep the next three days. But I'm sure it wouldn't mix with my blood pressure pills and I need those more than I need (illegal) drugs. If you are an OTR trucker, you know the position I'm in and perhaps you're also "stuck" somewhere without a load over the Labor Day "holiday." Believe me, I sympathize with you, buddy. I was searching for a "titie" bar photo to peak your interest and came across this one - I don't know who the hell it is - no, its not McCains VP choice - hey, just a joke, ease up, ok? - but the credit for the photo is http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2741184160079502177xOcQLq
Friday, August 29, 2008
FOR TRUCKERS ONLY...
Well this comes under the category of "it's so funny, I could cry." I was in Crete, NE but after waiting all day for any kind of load and not getting one, I moved east a few miles on I-80 to the Shoemaker (Ambest) T/S in Lincoln. I forget that if you roll down any of your windows in Nebraska, for any length of time, your cab becomes "invested" with flies. So, as I write this, there is a "squadron" of at least 15 flies barnstorming me. I decided to turn on the A/C in the cab and bunk on max in the hopes that they will be dead (frozen?) by morning. One has landed on the screen here and is looking at me rubbing its front legs I'm sure thinking "boy, does he look delicious!" Screw you fly! See, I'm so bored I'm yelling at flies now. Anyway, sad to say (for me anyway) that I'm "stuck" here, so it would seem, until Tuesday morning, "loadless." Does anybody know of anything exciting to do here in Lincoln, other than spending money I don't have in Wal-Mart? I could get drunk, but I don't drink. Well, just a little. How about bob tailing over to a "titie" bar somewhere? No thanks. Could go east 'bout 45 miles to Omaha. Yuk. I'm determined not to overeat while I'm "stuck" here, being low on cash and having an excess of canned mini ravioli and soup on board, which can easily last a week, if I don't go crazy. Once, when the Petro in Little Rock, AR closed due to an ice storm, I ate six cans of spaghettios and one of those long Christmas sausage things in one night, and had nothing left to eat until everything thawed out. Hey, I was stressed! Now how about this. Do you have a relative in this area? Perhaps someone sick or elderly you haven't seen in a while? A distant cousin? Let me know. I have the time now to go and visit them. Maybe they could make me a home cooked Nebraska meal. I promise I'll help do the dishes. I do have an old X-box thing with an army WW2 fighting video game I could play. But I always get stuck in some bombed out French farm house and can't get out without my son's help. And he is not here, so forget the video game. I'm sure someone would sell me some drugs so I could get high and laugh and sleep the next three days. But I'm sure it wouldn't mix with my blood pressure pills and I need those more than I need (illegal) drugs. If you are an OTR trucker, you know the position I'm in and perhaps you're also "stuck" somewhere without a load over the Labor Day "holiday." Believe me, I sympathize with you, buddy. I was searching for a "titie" bar photo to peak your interest and came across this one - I don't know who the hell it is - no, its not McCains VP choice - hey, just a joke, ease up, ok? - but the credit for the photo is http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2741184160079502177xOcQLq
