Talk to me about why...

Got a few things for the truck...I didn't see any ball gags but then I wasn't shopping in those kind of stores...

Really need a fridge not just a cooler...40 degrees less than 90 degrees won't do for milk. On commercial Grand Canyon 18 day river trips we would use dry ice and serve ice cream on day 7, the problem with dry ice is keeping it away from water. Doubt I can use it in a small ice chest; any ideas? I see there are freezers that run off of 12v; a little expensive but a cooler isn't going to cut it for me unless I am missing something here.

Also I want something like a George Foreman but don't know what will work in 12v and doubt I can get a 110 that uses less than 200w; same issue with a water kettle. Love making coffee and couscous (not as a mixed offering) but waiting 60 minutes for a marginal boil is too long to wait. Suggestions?

I could live off of tacos and bags of salad mix for months, the morning I only need my coffee and a bowl of Cheerios or a toasted bagel the rest of the day I eat nuts and carrot sticks along with fruit, fruit and more fruit.

Must admit that I have discovered the Arby's turkey club combo with curly fries and I like it. Plus, I don't mind the Flying J coffee bar in the morning but the queue reminds me of either a zombie movie or a prison movie...maybe a zombie prison movie. Those with a blue tooth headset look like droids...

Won't even talk about the heat and idle interrupt issue...prefer to suffer in resigned silence.

Oh yea, getting back to my first run and the trip plan...had a good one sketched out that avoided the worst bits of weather, hit make active, waited for the MCP to send me my dispatch nav...and when it did I first discovered Jill's desire to send me into the Ultimate Thule; my plan was thrown out the window and I felt forced to accept her route, even called in to support shift to confirm and was told to go along with her plan. Hey, I am new, what did I know? Well now I know that she is not the boss of me. My DBL got a laugh out of me ending up on county roads and off the approved CMV routes.

All is good, no one got hurt, nothing got damaged and stuff arrived on time; maybe it wasn't pretty and maybe I won't get my mug on one of those Super Trucker cards they give away with the Cat scales but I survived and that is all I wanted to do.
Anyone besides me notice those Super Trucker cards have HUGE stacks...what's that about?

Little Eddy

 

Good thing that it is because I look more the tired and wrinkled old tortoise than a sleek and coiffed hare; though I should add I am rocking a styling wig right now and turning heads all over the TS.

 

Credit to you for a hilarious observation. Regular size font didn't give this the due it deserves.

 

"Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night"
All About Eve

[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Holy cow, no one mentioned that I was going to see carnage on a daily basis. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Saw a fully loaded flatbed take out both tires on the left front of the trailer tandems and got over to the side with just rims...[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Saw a car hauler dance with the median on I-5; tossed up a cloud of dust and did the fish tail tango before settling down and getting back to doing what he was doing before it all went sideways...passing his car hauler buddy and at a high rate of speed.
Saw a smashed up day delivery box being towed...box was undamaged, cab was obliterated! No way a passenger would have survived.
Saw a burned out hulk of a large vehicle, possibly an RV maybe a day cab delivery truck on I-5 near Gustine.
Saw a PU on a flatbed who was fueling up at a Pilot in LV yesterday...after he fueled the driver has to circle back out by going right in front of all the parked units...it was like watching a parade of potential disaster.
Saw the bridge on I-15...
I haven't seen this much mayhem since I was a paramedic...WTFat???
Stay safe people!!!


I have taken to having arguments with Jill...doesn't appear to help...that nav system is something only the North Koreans would love, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if they did the design work on those terrible graphics and idiotic directions that tell you to Exit on to a freeway and or tell you to go straight on a bridge as if you ever had a choice once you were on the bridge to go anywhere but straight...it is all so fating frustrating that I have given up on punctuation and have opted for a continuous run on sentence...with the occasional ellipsis...and where does Jill get off telling me I have updated my ETA when I am in the middle of trying to edit my hours for approval and her interuption to tell me something I just did now has screwed up my edit which I have to fix...definitely a North Korean design

5800m in under 14 days and about twice that many jolts to the spine from driving on I-5. What a messed up interstate...

[/FONT][FONT=arial, sans-serif]Little Eddy[/FONT][FONT=arial, sans-serif][/FONT]

 

Jill has a "shut the hill up" problem...

My choices when I returned to the US were exotic dancer, work on a PhD in ancient languages, open a Fotomat outlet, or drive trucks...I opted for the trucks but I am looking into working toward a PhD in exotic driving. FABULOUS!!

Ok, the obvious elephant in the room is...if I went IC do I still have to use Jill? Do O/O use Jill?
When it comes to navigation my Garmin 760 Dezl is 10x the machine and with easier graphics to interface with and ones that actually show round-abouts and other important hazards one wants to be made aware of. Jill just praters on about nonsense numbers that mean nothing and updates that you make...

I am calling my On Guard system Jack because it is very off...

Jack and Jill are in my truck
and both act like they are driving
Jack got a boot right in his snoot
and Jill got rags stuffed in her speakers...How's that taste Mother Goose?

Little Eddy