Parked Here for the Night

AMEN to the flatbed statement! There are a whole lot of things shipped by van, particularly LTL that should have gone flatbed. Like those miserable trailer axles for Pace Trailers. Those poor guys on the forklifts at Pace always had a hell of a time getting them out of the van. They'd be on pallets????? except they were banded very poorly, the bands would break, the axles would shift and it would take a whole lot of work to get them unloaded. Not to mention damage to the van interior, and to the axles and wheels. Guess Pace was just too cheap to spring for flatbed loads. Oh well, they are out of business at the local plant now, and have been for several years. . .

 

Flying J Saint George SC.

 

That has been my problem. I know I need to stay under that timpte to make the grain hauling work. I had an old friend throw more money than I could say no to but it required hooking the pott up. Needless to say y'all look out Wore Out is west bound hammer down. Smilin and profilin lookin neat in my seat beatin my feet to that Peterbilt beat. Y'all keep your brakes cool. We gone

 

Yes RedForeman...

There are "good" and "bad" drivers in every carrier...

Oh... yeah... You posted once that you are O/O and the way you run... but I had totally forgotten...

Hmmm.... I smell some sarcasm here...

Right now, I can't take my "hometime" anywhere other than where I normally do in TN... My list of things to do is all important personal stuff that will take at least 5 business days... I will have to go to Atlanta, GA next week to renew my Brazilian passport among other things... Then, back to TN to renew car registration, update "physical address" on various documents, see a doctor specialist, maybe go to dentist, pay some bills, visit a good friend, get over 3 months of mail, try to get a refund that is owed to me from 3 months ago... etc, etc, etc... hopefully my old car is still running... No time to relax at the beach or anywhere...

Wish I could stay on the road for 6 months or so and not have to go to my "hometime location"... I get very tired of this "hometime ritual" as I call it...
But without giving more details, this is what I need to be doing at this point in life...

 

Little America, WY.

Gonna grab breakfast in the AM, do my paperwork and then go boating the rest of the day.

 

Red, your in my hometown, Aldi sucks, I've taken a couple back hauls into there...my employer FTI, is right off the freeport exit...

 

I can't wait till my vacation is over so I can catch up on my sleep

 

Not at all. Driving big miles and staying out for weeks is just not my cup of tea. Seriously. My hat's off to those that do it. What I do isn't any better or worse, just different and suits me better.

That's a lot of stuff to cram into a week. Doesn't leave much time to unwind. Then again, I can't say having an actual home and being there a lot more often adds huge amounts free time. By the time I get caught up on sleep, business paperwork and errands, a few truck maintenance chores, it's about time to go again.

I didn't know you could do consulate business in Atlanta. Is that new? When I visited Brazil in 2008 I had to go to Miami to get my work visa. Not enough advance notice to do it by mail or via an agency. My employer had an office in Boca Raton, so at least I was able to meet with some project stakeholders while staying overnight to get my passport back with visa stamps the next day.

You know, I used to think that. But then there's many places that are a lot worse. For example, I'd rather be at Aldi's than at Sysco or Safeway. In fact, I'd rather get a root canal than go to Sysco or Safeway. Although I'm sure Aldi's saves zillions of dollars by not striping or lighting the dock areas at their DC's, it's not so bad. They're consistent and I haven't had any really bad encounters with security or the lumpers. Center Valley does suck a little since they quit allowing overnight parking, no doubt due to the "my parking place is my urinal and dumpster" crowd.

 

Thank you Red... I really appreciate your comment and totally agree with you... We are all important professionals here and very unique...

The Brazilian Consulate in Atlanta has been there for 20 yrs or so... here is a link Brazilian Consulate in Atlanta

Their address is
3500 Lenox Road, suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30326

Phone #
Fax: (404) 949-2402 (they don't answer phone calls)

Their jurisdiction is, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee

 

Thanks for the link. I was mistaken. I looked at the link and was reminded of why I had to go to Miami. The Atlanta consulate only returns passports with visa stamps by mail, and there is no quote of turnaround time for processing. In order to wait and pick mine up in person the next day, I had to visit the Miami office. Incidentally, Miami only does in person delivery, no mail service.