Schneider Chat Room version 2.0

I think I had the best timing when mine went - as Master Fleet was driving the truck into the bay for it's PM. Too bad neither SEM nor Master Fleet called to say "hey, your truck is broken and we won't get the part until Tuesday" (Labor Day weekend) so I showed up Sunday and got an unpleasant surprise.

 

I listen to that little voice in my head.

Seriously, after about 2 minutes of Jill saying "home", "messaging", "web browser" I'm already ready to strangle her. Seriously, do I need her to tell me I'm on the home screen? Lol. If she said ridiculous things like "turn right in 17 feet" way more often it would be funny and amusing enough to leave her on. Whatever the case may be I only need the gps for local directions, convienience. 99% of the way there are either by atlas or memory. Plus I just look at the map and the directions on the gps, I prefer not to hear her annoying voice.

 

She says those menu options out loud to make it easier for the blind drivers

 

I turn her down most of the time where I don't have to hear her. About the only time I turn the volume up a little, is when I get fairly close to the shipper or receiver or to listen to a message.

 

Putting the Brat back together as I type. Working on contriving transportation (prolly gonna hoof it, just for a change) back to the yard. Ken said it was only the u-joint, no damage to the yoke, so no machine shop or welding or other magic involved. And, wonder of wonders, they had a new joint there already!

 

I love it when I'm driving at night and have the screen turned off, but want to listen to how many hours I have remaining. If you hit the home button, down arrow once, then select button, it will enter the HOS screen and she will read out your remaining drive time.

Except when for whatever reason it doesn't, and I mash the HOME button about 10 times.

H-H-H-H-H-H-H-OM-OM-OM-OM-ME-ME-ME-ME-SA-SA-SA-SA-SA-GI-GI-GI-GI- IN ONE QUARTER MILE TURN LEFT ON TO RAMP-GI-GI-GI-GI-NG-NG-NG-GN-NG-NG-NG.

 

How about "you are out of hours driving time" I just laugh, Jill....always tell me what to do

 

Start the day off getting in a huge argument with another driver over an mt. God, I hate liars.

 

So I'm at Indy this morning walking back to the truck. I walk thru an open spot, as I pass the cab on my right the driver starts doing the "leaks" portion of the air brake test - with the radio on load enough I can clearly understand the words thru a closed door. As soon as he hits the brakes there is a massive whoosing noise indicative of a brake chamber in the process of failing. Now to me that means I just failed the pump down and I'm going right over to the service adviser and getting a mechanic to fix it, but this guys keeps holding the bakes down. I figure maybe he's not hearing the massive air leak so I walk around to the drivers side and say "good morning do you realize you have an air leak?"

Driver "Yeah, I noticed it on my walk around but I couldn't find the leak."

Me "You realize that any audible leak is a DOT issue right?"

Driver "But I only lost 2 psi in the minute so I'm going to run with it."

Me "Why not just go over to the service adviser and save your self a call to sem when that chamber totally fails?"

Driver "Yeah, I guess I could do that".

WTF?

 

Just left Indy & no I'm not that driver how long you gonna be there gentleroger?