CRETE - A Year in Review

I have a WiFi only Nexus 7, I loved it until it updated the OS, after that it lost it's Flash player option. I guess Adobe and Google had a spat, and Adobe stopped updating the flash player above the Gingerbread OS...Mine is running Jellybean now...faster, but no Flash player, so any older websites that still use Flash for video won't work. I had to find another browser called Photon that has a flash player that is compatible with websites flash format. I had it tethered to my smartphone, but since that died as well, I am navigating via my car GPS, my Microsoft Streets and Trips, and the old fashioned Rand McNally map. I miss my Google Maps.

 

yeppers. I get up at 0245 and leave asap. I make it to the cons and the first thing the guy said is "You're late" I was about to lose it (not at him but dispatch) because I told them repeatedly I was not going to make 0800. I was quickly calmed when they came to get me and told me which door to back up to. 22 pallets breaks down to 26 so I will be here awhile anyways..haha

 

I have just discovered Copilot has not caught up to Jellybean yet so my new purchase is worthless for now. I plan on returning it to Wallyworld and get the Samsung if I can find one.

 

After I saw you post this a.m. I downloaded Copilot...it didn't work for me either, but I got the free version just to try. My wife has the Galaxy Tab 2, 10.0 and loves it...for me it was a bit too big to mount in the truck. Plus it's charging plug is a little bigger than an Iphone or an Ipad plug, not a micro USB like the Nexus.

 

Turns out it's a problem for the new Jelly bean 4.1 and 4.3 OS's. they don't lock onto the sats. Even Google maps/navigation wouldn't work. There's a fix that Google released and I think I may have mine fixed. Anyway if not my next cons is right down the road from the WallyWorld

 

hummm, nobody got nuttin' to say?

I'm still struggle along with out the GPS. Darn Chillicothe got me. Went right by PGW. If this patch doesn't download to the Nexus 7 the thing goes back to wallyworld. I think it's stuck. The update says it's "waiting to download". Well it's been waiting to download for two days now

I got a sweet preplan this morning...yeh umm at 0226 this morning...haha. I had a Lowes trlr with a flat tire...thanks previous driver! I got the tire fixed right there in London, KY. Then a drop/hook in Berea, KY for a load of windshields heading to PGW in Chillicothe, OH ...dropped/hooked and up to Columbus for a load heading to Houston. It's a hazmat load plus it's those tank totes. First time to haul them and they are sloshy! Gotta be easy on the brakes or you feel it surging. I'm a bit light on hours so it will be midday Monday before I get there. At least I have a nice weekend load so no talking to dispatch

 

Back at Crete!
Just recovered an abandoned truck in OK. Its not in too back of shape either. Looking forward to more miles and less shop time with this one.

 

Hopefully it's not a CrappForce.

I'm in LC, hoping to pick up a new freight shaker tomorrow.

 

Its a freightliner...with over 450000 miles on it. Just rides a little rough, but otherwise ok.

Nice of this first shipper to have an employee appreciation day. But no outgoing freight from 9 to 2. Guess who got there at 9:20.

 

Pick the cab up as much as you can by the wing and let go of it. If it bounces, you need new cab shocks...that'll make your ride real rough, especially over abrupt dips and rises in the pavement. (US 69/75 in southeastern OK/north Texas, anyone?!) My current ProStar is at 450k and my cab shocks went out about 20,000 ago.

No trucks to swap into here at LC. Oy.