My new, final resting place

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  1. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    I have a load. It's the only reason I would go there. As for how often, I guess enough to support a terminal in Winter Haven, but more than that, I don't know.
     
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  3. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    I'm just going to copy/paste what I just wrote on my Facebook page because I'm very tired and even lazier.

    This day started out not good, it moved forward not good, and it's still not good. Even the new food at Denny's was a disappointment.

    There was one bright spot - singing Happy Birthday to my daughter, which I do every year - but that was it.

    I look forward to a better day tomorrow.
     
  4. 77Ford

    77Ford Bobtail Member

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    It'll get better double D. Just hang in there.
     
  5. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    And the paycheck showed it. 1200 miles this week. That's what bad fuel filters, extreme cold weather, and a no-idle policy will do. And then there was the call from Safety about the recorded "event."

    I'm on a 34-hour reset because I missed my appointment time (today at 1900) and they pushed it out to Saturday at 2100. Finding a place to park anywhere near Orlando, Florida, at 2200 or so on a Saturday should be fun...

    Not.
     
  6. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    you can blame an idle policy if you want
    but i run out of Green Bay too am in MN every week
    sat thru -35 in Laramie
    haven't gelled fuel in 4 years
    never even add howes until it is below 10
    UNLESS I am fueling below I 80 where I can't be assured they are treating the fuel
     
  7. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    About 30 hours into a 34-hour reset and I'm always ready to get moving. So it is today. The only thing different this time is the uncertain weather. I'll be heading south to Orlando tomorrow, but the weather is changing here...snow has started to make its presence known and I've read of colder temps down south.

    Then there's whatever comes after it. My DM didn't give me a weekend preplan to commit to as he normally does before he leaves for the weekend, so I hope that doesn't mean I'll be stuck at our Florida terminal. Could happen, though...
     
  8. mitrucker

    mitrucker Road Train Member

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    Gasp.....Stuck in FL. What is the world coming to?
     
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  9. Night Prowler

    Night Prowler Medium Load Member

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    Yea I'm in Tennessee. Stuck at a TA in Nashville. Can't get out of the parking lot its so jammed up. I did hear the roads are clear.
     
  10. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    Ah, but you see, this isn't Florida. It's Orlando, a separate, very rich, opulent country all to itself.
     
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  11. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    And home for the night...at least...at our terminal. Still no plan and the weekend folks don't do that, so I guess I'll see what they have for me Monday, eh?
     
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