Running with JCT, Part Deux

Discussion in 'John Christner' started by drloveofdfw, Feb 13, 2014.

  1. Steel Tiger

    Steel Tiger Road Train Member

    2,665
    3,221
    Jun 6, 2012
    Orlando, FL
    0
    Sitting at my final delivery of the year. Looking back, It's been a spectacular year. Interacted with lots of fellow drivers. Was able to share information both ways and make some friends. Several drivers have come and gone for various reasons. I wish all of them the best in their future endeavors.

    I sincerely hope that I've been able to answer questions that have been posted on here and helped a few of you make that extra profit per mile. It's a continuous learning curve for all of us and one of the best ways to continue improving our knowledge is to keep posting in here and learn from everyone. Although we may disagree on how to get to some of our "destinations" we all have have had the opportunity to read different paths we can take and make a decision from there.

    Be safe out there and stay profitable. I hope everyone that wanted to be home for the holidays made it or makes it. Enjoy the time off with your loved ones and make the most if it. It's a fascinating world it there as well as a perilous one, especially this time of year.

    This year has provided me with a lot of opportunities which have allowed me to enjoy my life. A big "THANK YOU" to JCT for giving those opportunities. My wife has been with me every mile of those journeys and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

    I look forward to the upcoming year and the opportunities it may present. Perhaps this coming year I will be able to run into some of you that post in here instead of just on this forum.
     
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. MachoCyclone

    MachoCyclone Road Train Member

    4,417
    3,907
    Jun 13, 2012
    Texas
    0
    A bah humbug to my fellow drivers that don't do Christmas. The only reason we do is for the kids. And a happy new year to all.
     
    FLATBED, Aminal and crxdc Thank this.
  4. crxdc

    crxdc Road Train Member

    1,739
    1,202
    Jun 24, 2013
    Las vegas NV
    0
    I have no kids and I am an Atheist but I love the spending time with family for holidays. I finally dropped my load here i FL and my wife flies in tomorrow. So for all the others I wish you happy holidays and hope you all have safe trips.
     
    Lone Ranger 13 and Aminal Thank this.
  5. Aminal

    Aminal Heavy Load Member

    Totally off subject but hopefully some Christmas humor. Coming down 24 through Crashville to Crashlanta then down 75 in the pouring rain and Holiday traffic was a MESS! I got to Wally World in FL with three whole minutes left on my 11 and I'll not say how I did that. Of course I'm way too early BUT they do have parking on the street so ya'll know the drill w/ how that works; then a 250 mile my dime run home the short way and since I'm betting I-95 will be a hot mess of a parking lot from Jacksonville to Baltimore tomorrow, I'm gonna eat the long route and take 301 up to the Palmetto for hometime. So here is your REALLY offbeat humor to salve Holiday miles.

    Cruising through KC. See the construction. See the workers. Two of them were dancing around a little, having a bit of fun to a small radio on their truck. See this sign w/ bright orange letters on a white background - you have all seen them a thousand times. It just hit me silly at the moment. It's the KDOT sign telling you about that particular project you are crawling through.

    "TWORKS", in bright orange, and the blah, blah about cost and projected completion date. For some reason known only to God himself; I verbally said the TWORKS part out loud and it came out like TWERKS because KDOT doesn't hyphenate the T on all those signs. A funny parody (loved me some Weird Al back in the day) music video started playing in my twisted brain.

    TWORKS to TWERKS made me think of Miss Cyrus and her antics and I look over and there are the dancing road workers and it just brought a hilarious image of the Village People in construction worker costumes twerking around a road construction site (I think one had Christmas Garland as a scarf) w/ YMCA playing as Miley comes swinging through on a wrecking ball. Sarah Palin came over to fuss but had a wardrobe malfunction w/ her sweater and gave a fake OOPS look.

    I paused the mental video there b/c I laughed coffee out my nose. I hate when that happens. At least it wasn't hot. Then I thought: "OK KDOT. Memo to Planning Staff. Spend the extra nickel per sign to HYPHENATE the T in TWORKS so it reads T-Works (as in what I'm sure they meant to be catchy for tax dollars at work but did NOT pull off) instead of TWERKS! Otherwise some Crazy Aminal Truck Driver is gonna be off his meds one day and have an accident in the construction zone snorting coffee out his nose. TEE WORKS people. Not Twerking in a construction zone."

    Well. That's my Christmas gift to you all. The gift of laughter. From now on, anyone that reads this will get a good chuckle any time you see a TWORKS sign. Just don't laugh coffee out your nose. It stings.

    You're gonna see the signs. You know you will.

    You're gonna chuckle TWERKS to yourself. You know you will.

    You're gonna remember this post and think; Crazy arse Aminal, I'm gonna pound him for this. But you'll be chuckling. You know you will.

    Merry Christmas.

    "It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A . . . hit me like a WWRECKING BAAAALL . . . Now, now you shouldn't be; OOPS! Little nip slip. Hey, what'dya expect? It's COLD in Alaska I tell ya!"

    "TWORKS Works. KDOT's been Twerking Kansas since before Miley even knew there were Village People, that all incidentally did vote for Alaska's Statehood! Yes, they've been around that long."
     
    Last edited: Dec 24, 2014
    crxdc, 88 Alpha, BJnobear and 2 others Thank this.
  6. DenaliDad

    DenaliDad Retired Wheel Dog

    Clearly, Aminal needs some time away from diesel fumes... 😬
     
  7. MachoCyclone

    MachoCyclone Road Train Member

    4,417
    3,907
    Jun 13, 2012
    Texas
    0
    Sounds like Animal hit the eggnog a little early. :biggrin_25525:
     
    Aminal and Dinomite Thank this.
  8. Camaro355

    Camaro355 Medium Load Member

    610
    313
    Jan 13, 2014
    O'Fallon, MO
    0
    Hey just out of curiosity. Does JCT do any type of bonus for us no lifers that stay out running during Christmas?
     
  9. Steel Tiger

    Steel Tiger Road Train Member

    2,665
    3,221
    Jun 6, 2012
    Orlando, FL
    0
    I think they used to. Not sure though cuz I'm never on the road at that time. Just ask dispatch.....You never know.

    Stay safe!
     
    Camaro355 Thanks this.
  10. Camaro355

    Camaro355 Medium Load Member

    610
    313
    Jan 13, 2014
    O'Fallon, MO
    0
    LoL ok thanks. Have a new dispatcher so it will be a bit to find out. Gotta go head to Auburndale to pick up at Coke and head west to Cali.

    Merry Christmas or what ever else you celebrate during this time to everyone on here.

    Dang this year had flown by seems like I just started last month even though it was in Jan. LoL
     
    Dinomite Thanks this.
  11. BJnobear

    BJnobear Heavy Load Member

    969
    306
    Aug 24, 2010
    PCB, FL
    0
    Yep that is the one. Discovered that it is actually a warmed over Rigmaster design.
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.