Where is everyone #5

Got bent.... Don't think I ever even caught much of a buzz on the ship. We had alot more fun in Port off the ship.

 

Well everyone but me got hammered the first night. I had played for a dance the night before we left and had no sleep. They was telling about this great piano bar they was in.....took me to it the next night and they all agreed it suckled with out the large quantities they drank the prior night when I was napping.

 

You can buy a wrist band for about $75 a day and drink till ya ......... can’t remember?????

Or you can buy drinks one at a time and charge them to your room.

 

I'm currently at the TA in Reno.

This is a long post, my rant for this BS day. So won't hold it against any of ya'll if ya pass on by.

After careful planning to time my trip up to allow for snow removal on the highway and warmer temps to set in, I departed Barstow with an eta of 10 am at Herlong. Had until 2 pm to get there, so plenty of time, right?

So cruising up 395, making good time, and sob, they have chain control up. So I pull over and throw iron. For this...



Seriously? You think this requires chains? This is nothing. Surely it's going to get worse right?

So it turns into this...



The way that left lane looks, is about how it was when it turned back into a 2 lane. Chain control is still up. So I'm now running chain to pavement, around 25mph. Running chain directly on the road tears up equipment and can be dangerous, so yeah we're going slow. For a good couple hrs it's like this.

Get into a little town and I'm tired of watching my tire chains, brand new tires, and differentials get beat up for no reason. So I pull over and yank them off. Not more than 2 minutes after I get going, black and white coming at me, flips around and lights me up.

He wants to know where my chains are. I told him, in the box where they belong. No they belong on your tires, I know you saw the signs. Told him I did, but the chains are doing more harm than anything right now, so I took 'em off.

He tells me if I go over this next hill without them, I'm gonna crash. I had the thought right here of giving this dude half my age what for, let him know I was driving in snow and mud 3' deep before he was a thought in his daddy's pants, but I caught hold of my tongue and held it.

He tells me he's gonna give me a warning, but put the chains on or it'll be a ticket. So I throw iron, again. Want to know what it looked like over that next hill? Well...



And the road was like that, save for a tiny bit of slush here and there, for the next 2 & 1/2 hrs.

So here I am, 25mph forever it seems like, and now there's no way I can make my pickup by 2 pm. And I'm in at least no ways happy.

Then the more I thought about it the more POed I got until my blood started gettin hot. So I said #### it, I'm yankin' these chains next spot I get to and gonna have pictures and a few other things for the court if I get stopped again.

Chain control still in effect...



So I went ahead and pulled 'em off, and moved on. Now I done missed my pickup, which will cost me a day of lost revenue. And for nothing, just no sense in it.

 

Think I coulda hurt em 20 years ago

Not too much these days though....don't get old lol

 

Congratulations - hope it goes well.

Here’s a picture of the load that shrank today . .

 

Bro. That blows.


F California.

I’d hate to run chains now I own my own equipment - fine when I was company - but not now.

And the little jerk wad with the gun and the badge gets the say so . .

 

Thanks, just looked bad for being new.

 

my favorite bar pickup line. Are you gonna walk to your car by yourself later?

 

“Do you sleep on your stomach?”

NO -

“Well, do you mind if I do?”