Where is everyone #5

Professionals recognize professionals

A man recognizes another man. So on and so forth.

Ever sit in a booth after a long day? You know, the days where you unload in the morning before the sun rises. Have to haul butt to your next load because dispatch thinks your truck is a secret weapon of NASA and Monday morning traffic somehow doesn’t exist. You get there, put on a smile, and get busy. Sure you might quit a million times in your head, sure you might hate the forklift guy for taking his sweat ### time. But it’s loaded. It’s strapped. Ah, crap, it’s a tarp. Alright alright, take a drink and get up there, driver. You’re rolling by noon, hauling butt, because you need to be 300 miles out tonight so you can make delivery the following morning.

You sit down in that booth after a long day, post-shower. Steering wheel holder behind you complaining to the waitress about how HIS day was. Boo-hoo he had to bump a blindside dock. He had to raise an old slow landing gear. He had to drive through rush hour traffic. He had to this. He had to do that.

I just sit there and smile ear to ear at this point. Eat my food and cackle like a bloody idiot all the way back to my truck.

They can never do what we do.

“Timmy had to raise a landing gear by himself in the pouring rain, he must be so tired.”

 

He did mention thunder and wind the other day.....He must have been going so fast it just now got here.

 

got a little warm around the truck loading today!! Went thru a gallon and a half of water! But we got her did. Back at the house for a 10 then load for Richmond in the a.m. I got tell ya..I feel for you fellas that gotta wrestle those tarps in this mess! I'm gonna have a cold one for y'all!! Here's to ya!!

 

At our age a whiz quiz could mean a lot of different things. I told my Dad once that they say your memory goes first and I can't remember what's second. He replied "I do, first you start forgetting to zip your britches up, then you forget to unzip them before hand".
Told him a joke once: What is 30' long and smells like urine? Line dancing class at the old folks home!
After a good chuckle he stopped and told me that that wasn't really all that funny.

 

Both offer overpriced services and you leave feeling screwed for paying to much for nothing.

 

That is an OLD bridge crane, riding cab and riveted web. How old is that mill?

Steve

 

Got our boogyin done gonna get flat

 

Where ya at?

 

Empty. 50 miles to next pick.

 

Thinking Harrisonburg Travel Plaza will be filled by 5pm.... so might have to settle for Whites.

Leaves 300 miles for tomorrow morning... sigh.