So i guess i'm "banned" from the Vegas TA

It was HER FAULT. She gave him the wrong ones. The law is not there to allow them to make mistakes and not have to fix them. It's to prevent product tampering. Hell, walmart accepts returns on frozen and refrigerated grocery products, which obviously cannot be re-stocked....

 

Upon further reading, there is no indication that the clerk gave him the wrong ones..............

 

The trouble with a laminated atlas is that it lasts TOO long... I buy a regular paperback trucker's atlas every year to keep on top of the chickenhouse situation. Every now and then some state will open a new chickenhouse, or relocate one... sure, the paperback atlases get all torn up, even though I reinforce the spine and all outer cover edges with black duct tape, but at least I know whether some state has slipped another chickenhouse into ye olde revenue collection system. Paperback atlases are much cheaper, especially if I catch 'em on sale, and they last long enough to serve my purpose before being given to a relative or friend to put in that person's car. So what if there's a big ol' hot sauce or mustard stain on the Metro Jersey map? My relatives and friends are unlikely to be driving there anyway, and they can always throw the atlas in the trunk if they're embarassed by the duct tape (lol)... as long as they have the information at hand if and when they ever need it. GPS systems can malfunction, and most of my friends drive older cars anyway... a trucker's atlas is a good thing to have on board, even if it is stashed under the seat or in the trunk.

####, looks like my reply went to the wrong forum... oh, well, ##### happens. How about that POWELL-PERALTA? You a vertical skater, hand? If you are, visit the Extreme Skatepark in Louisville, KY... you can park right there alongside it, under the bridge like a f______ troll, and the place is insane. Free, open 24/7, lit at night, no park employees to deal with, just walk up and start skatin'... you can ride bikes there too, which is a blast. There's a straight-up ghetto east of the park, but I've camped out under the I-65 bridge and never had any problems.

 

You must not use your atlas much. Three problems i had with my paperback atlas:

1) It lasted me TWO F ING MONTHS.

2) They clearance atlases out halfway through the year..while they're still very current. And at that time, it costs less to get the spiral bound then paperback..

3) I can keep the spiral bound open to a certain page.

 

Actually, I didn't want to admit that, cheap ####### that I am, I usually wait until the price drops... but I still buy one every year (usually for $7.99 or less, sometimes as low as $3.99), and YES, they are current enough to keep track of those odd chickenhouses they try to slip into the revenue collection system. As for "not using my atlas much," I used to deliver to a dozen or so different registered treatment facilities across the U.S., and once a driver has made those runs a few times, he generally knows the way (unless he's a complete idiot). Same goes for the overall interstate system when running irregular routes: once a driver has run the primary routes enough times, a cursory glance at the atlas will suffice to confirm a route, or check comparative mileages in the worst case scenario. I generally run east to west, or vice versa, since the runs are longer that way and therefore the money is better, with less time spent dealing with the proverbial ##shole on the docks. My favorite run with the hazardous haulers was from CA-PA-GA-CA, 6000 miles (through 21 states) on the odometer. As far as my paperback atlas goes, I treat my atlas like everything else I own; I don't trash it or carelessly hurl it, and I tape up each edition I buy to reinforce the spine and all outer cover edges (takes about 5-10 minutes, and I usually knock it out as I'm cracking my second or third beer so the tape job isn't all f____d up). Without the reinforcing tape, an atlas will last... um, let's say 2 months, especially if one makes sandwiches on it in lieu of a tray, carving vegetables on the side, 10? And you are CORRECT with regard to the crease or fold in a paperback atlas (late at night, after you've had a long day, the town you're looking for will invariably lie in that crease), but a spiral-bound atlas still has a gap between pages, even if you have it laid out completely flat on either side of the spiral binding. Having said all this, I still like your posts, and I ain't no "GOOD BUDDY" in the trucking sense, 10? I've been meaning to ask ya about that bike, as I've been known to fly down S-2 at "a hundred-and-a-half" (as we say here in Dago)... S-2 is perfect for road thrashers, rice rockets, rice burners, Eurotrash specials, you name it: minimal traffic (especially during the week), road surface is hot, tires are sticky, etc., etc. There is that occasional patch of "cheese grater asphalt" (don't eat ##### there, whatever ya do---leathers or riding suits will only prolong the agony), and ya gotta watch that windblown sand in the hairpin curves, but otherwise you're good to go... Okay, I'm outta here, I was meaning to check somethin' when I stumbled upon your post. Oh, yeah, I like the disclaimer at the bottom of each post---too f_______ funny. Almost forgot to ask ya: Have ya ever watched the "Crusty Demons" videos? We do our share of dirt bikin' out here as well.

 

i had a ####### codriver fold my paper atlas in half once. I WAS SO F ING PISSED. what a dumb #####. other than that i treated it ok.

Your posts are SO HARD TO READ because you dont know what a paragraph is. Cant ya hit enter every once in a while? Those east-west interstates are easy but now i mostly run 45 degree angles, using all the weirdo shorty interstates like 87, 78, 84, 278, 287, lol, have to loook at my atlas...but not for very long unless im going somewhere like nyc, where every road in the state will get you there.. I know where even most of those are now..but not anywhere near as easy as 10, 20, 40, 70, 76, 80, 90, 94, 96. i cant wait til they get 99 set up..run that corridor so much!

I've only been riding motorcycles for a few weeks, thats my first one. But i have years of experience on dirtbikes, so i know what I'm doing...just new to all the issues with street riding. Oddly angled railroad tracks, bad roads, bad drivers, SWIFT TRUCKS, .... , and having 85 horsepower under my crotch instead of 10. That bike is a 1995 Suzuki Katana 600, all factory except for ther paint and windshield tint. I bought it exactly that way, but im going to get it repainted in a year or two, because the paint wasnt done right and has the durability of..a freightliner. When i paint it, the bottom will be gloss black instead of flat black. Also planning on polishing the wheels soon, theyre the wrong color!

He said it in a reply he made after the first one.

 

Yeah, I ramble now and then... should know better, since I've had work published in our underground rag (The San Diego Reader). Narratives, the lot, all about skateboarding, rock climbing, sailing my old Laser to the islands offshore, etc. I guess it boils down to sheer laziness here in this forum---can't be bothered with anything except spelling. But I'll make a note of it, 10? Here goes...

That wasn't so hard... I used to have a Suzuki GS750E back in the day, black with a quarter fairing and Dunlop Sport Elites. A really good bike; rated by the mags and pros as the best superbike for 3 years, the Suzuki GS750E was eventually superseded by the Honda 750F, which was also a great performance bike. My Suzuki had a big ol' dirt bike sprocket on the rear end, so it was super fast off the line but I sacrificed some top end speed...

We have some excellent roads for riding here in Dago County---not in the city, with all that buster-##s traffic, but out in the mountains and desert. All of the "S" highways are killer, CA79 is scenic but ya hafta watch the traffic, especially on weekends... Lyons Valley Road is primo, pure rice rocket heaven on weekdays. My all-time favorite has to be S-2, though; I love flyin' down that road and not seeing any four-wheelers for miles and miles and miles...

A good ride here in Dago County: from San Diego to Borrego Springs and back in a broad loop, about 100 miles each way... really cool on a weekday when there isn't much traffic once you're out of the city. There are a couple of decent restaurants out there in Borrego, so you can stop and have lunch or whatever... half a dozen service stations en route as well, so refueling is no problem if you're low at the outset.

As far as dirt biking goes, I like Lark Canyon out in the McCain Valley Recreation Area (BLM land with a network of trails) and Carveacre Road on Lawson Peak (the gnarliest dirt road in the county, with ruts waist-deep, a real test-piece for 4-wheelers but fairly easy on a dirt bike). Then there's the desert, with Glamis and the Imperial Dunes as popular seasonal destinations... cool but crowded on weekends and holidays, and I like ridin' with friends when nobody else is around.

Lark Canyon is great that way... during the week, you can have the entire place to yourself. Lark is also higher in elevation, up around 3600-4000 feet, and there's usually a cool breeze blowin' across the mountains... a great place to camp, with a million stars overhead at night. I go there all the time, just less frequently in summer when it can get hot despite the elevation, 10?

Some roads here in Dago County are downright dangerous, with fatality wrecks (cycles and 4-wheelers) occurring on a weekly basis... CA67 and CA78 are notorious in this respect, and so is old CA94. Great roads when there's no traffic, but those time slots are hard to find nowadays. Early Sunday mornings are your best bet on those roads---when there's traffic on 'em, they're deadly. Okay, that's my little spiel on cycling here in Dago.

I never posted a picture of my old cat last night for those drivers in that pet forum. Guess I'll do that now, because I'm not the kind of guy who makes claims without backin' them up... photodocumentation works best, which is why I posted all those other pictures on this site. That way, when I meet some classic character out there on the road, especially one with a laptop computer, I can show that driver pictures of the islands, local crags, etc., etc. Okay, I'm gone, "Adios!"

 

1) It is still unclear to me who's error it was regarding the cigarettes; i thought when people buy cigarettes, they specify brand/type and watch the person get them from the shelf.......i wouldn't know specifically because i don't smoke, but from my observations that's what i've seen.

a) Even if it were the clerk's fault, i think speaking with the mgr would have been the better move.

b) the best move would be not to smoke at all to begin with......

2) Yes, i was primarily a vert skater even though i consider myself just a skateboarder in general---even into slalom, longboarding, freestyle etc. i'm not as into street as i find skating in or on public buildings rather bizzare, but i'm still open minded to it. Unfortunately, i can't skate anymore due to lack of time. i will keep the Extreme park in mind and may bring my board(s) with me when i go OTR again. You should check out FDR in philly if you come out this way. You can google it and you should be able to find parking on nearby streets even with a 53' trlr.

3) As far as being cheap with atlases, i am using the same one a company i worked for gave me in dec. 04. It's falling apart, but still works for me.

 

10-4, "The Extreme" is the bomb, and you can park right there by the sonofab*tch. Kinda nice knowing some crackerhead ain't breaking into your truck as you enjoy a little time off...

As for that cigarette issue, I know there's some sort of law involved there... I don't smoke either, unless I'm hammered, but I once witnessed a curious incident related to cigarette purchase right there at the fuel desk of the Hook in Anthony, TX.

Some wanker in a 4-wheeler came in and asked for some "grits" (that's what we call smokes in this neck of the woods, that and "nails," which is short for "coffin nails"), and the gal at the fuel desk gave him a pack. The wanker paid for 'em and walked out the door...

Turned out he had the wrong kind---don't know if he was buyin' them for someone else or just never bothered to look at the pack. He came back into the store and asked the clerk to substitute another brand/length/flavor/whatever the f___, right?

The clerk politely told this wank that she couldn't do it... something about tobacco sales being final, especially if the purchaser walks out the door? I don't know, all I know is the d*ckhead hurled the first pack at her and told her to get another...

Now, I'm not big on seeing some f_____ punk treat women this way, but I had literally just walked through the door when this clown hurled the pack, and I wasn't sure what was going on...

The hurled pack never struck the fuel desk clerk (I saw that part as I came through the door, 10?), and I gleaned the rest from drivers waitin' in line after the punk left with his second purchased pack.

In this day and age, unless you walk in on some d*ckhead pointing a pistol at a clerk, ya can't just step up and drop the c*cksucker, or ya might find yourself being hauled away in handcuffs...

To this day, what I still don't understand is why the clerk bothered selling a second pack to this d*ck... if I were a gal, I would have hollered for the manager and called the cops. If I had been working the register myself, I probably would have leapt the counter as I delivered a flying sidekick to this punk's head...

Anyway, my point is that there's some sort of law involved... I had literally just crawled out of my sleeper and was headed inside for a cup of coffee and a shower, so I can't tell you what that law says, how it applies to tobacco purchases, etc., etc.

I just don't like seeing punks bothering women... if it had been a man at the counter, the punk wouldn't have had the nuts to hurl the pack, I reckon. If anybody ever did that to my niece while I was present, I'd pound that ####### into the pavement, law or no stinking law...

That's my $.02, and no, I'm not "SuperTrucker" or "Flyin' Hook Rambo..." But I have been in one or two scraps in my time, and I still have all my teeth, "10-FO'?" Hard to eat corn on the cob without 'em... especially on Memorial Day.

Going back to skating, "spacewalking" was my favorite freestyle maneuver (could do it for half a block), and downhill runs at speed were also cool... but I too consider myself to have been primarily a vertical skater, as you can see from my choice of avatar. Hey, that was my first 4-wheeler, 10? "Adios!"

 

Ain't no big deal anyway. Just find someone there who will buy the brand you want in exchange for whatever you have. Never hurts to ask.