An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

@kylefitzy, you weren't in Iberia parish, LA yesterday, were you?

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/watch-train-crashes-into-18-wheeler-in-louisiana/

 

Even with yesterday's confuion about the delivery location, I still was able to get both of my remaining stops off today. And this was even with the road to my final stop being closed for a R x R crossing replacement. The detour took me way out and around. Now I am headed to Dallas to pick up an elevator load headed to Everett, WA for Monday...if I don't pass out from heat stroke.

 

Have I posted lately how much I hate elevator loads? Yesterday, Arlington called to check to make sure I could make today's noon appointment to pick up this #### elevator load...I got here at 11:15, checked in, and I am still sitting in the parking lot waiting to be given a door to load. As far as I am concerned, we can lose both elevator accounts, I would rather sit for days than haul elevators.

 

Let me add something...I would rather be castrated with a dull, rusty butter knife...without anesthesia than haul elevators....or worse, I would rather haul refrigerated freight for Shaffer than haul elevators (which is only slightly more painful than the castration option)

 

Well, it is officially "stupid" hot. Was 108° sitting loading yesterday. I secured, and they said I could stay backed in the building to tarp...yeah, right...no frigging air was moving inside the building. By the time I got in, loaded, reloaded(pulling a step deck makes loading elevators trickey, so he had to keep moving stuff to fit it all on)...then strap it down, it was after 17:00. He tossed the tarps up on top of the load and I pulled out to where they said we could park overnight...and I waited for the sun to go behind the building before I tarped the load. When I woke up at 0430 this morning, the truck's thermometer said it was still 91°....holy ####. I don't think I've been below 80° (day or night) in almost a week. The PNW will feel sooooo good, can't wait to get there!!!!!, partly because it's much cooler, partly because I have gone thru 2 pairs of clothes per day on the last 2 loads...I need to either do laundry or start storing my rancid clothes out on the back deck(that's the closest emoji I could find to sweating my ### off)