Trucking can be like a bad marriage...

See how I come back to life when I'm away from that job....amazing....

I may even go out tonight...but probably shouldn't....
I'm animated in real life...as I am on here...but in real life...the consequences can be a bit different...

 

36,000 + views...wow...
A lot of people are reading this stuff...
It must really resignate with randomn non trucker types who relate it to their own situations....

I've tooken a little break though...for as I stated in my other marriage thread...I'm more interested in quality and substance than volume....

I don't want to become the Rush Limbaugh of this thread, where I just say things to get ratings...

Whatever I express through writing, I want it to be genuine and passionatly felt...whether right or wrong, I want it to be real...

And I just feel I need a break, to gather my thoughts...and see what direction I want to go in next...
I want to really get some things done, instead of just talking about it...
People respect you more, listen more, when you actually accomplish stuff...

Anyhow...I wasn't going to post, until I saw those numbers...and I was like 'woh'...
I've shared a lot on here, but have a ton more to share...but want to do it in a different format...possibly a book or several...ebook...and if those work, then maybe a print book...(ye right)....

But I must be willing to take a chance, like Steve Jobs did, or Bill Gates...
If you look at their younger photos, they both kinda looked 'geekish'...the kind no one would invite to parties....now look at them, what they did, and how they have forever changed the world, literally...

I have to put Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, right up there with Albert Eistein in reference to people who have helped change the world in modern times...

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, and so forth....

But like myself, Bill Gates kind of seems to be under appreciated...for some reason, he's become the 'bad guy'....

But I like ole Bill...but probably would have hazed him had we went to school together....he just has that 'haze me' look to him, when he was younger...

The type you'd take into the bathroom and give a swirly too...



That's where a bunch of ya would drag some poor soul into the male bathroom and dunk their head in the toilet and flush it...

Good ole fashion harmless hazing...
Now days you'd probably go to jail for that and be sent to guantonimo bay, Cuba and interogated by the FBI...and Homeland Security....

Anyways...I wasn't even suppose to post..and now look...like a flood gate of thought...it just comes so naturally....I can't help it...

We'll chat again soon...

 

Swift driver wipes out...almost wipes me out...less than 30 minutes ago on I-10 in Texas...mm 375....

Scary...they were driving East...I was headed West...

It's raining out, roads slick...when suddenly I saw East bound truck look as if it were trying to turn around in medium...
To my horror, I realized they were out of control, had jackknifed, and headed straight for me....

Had their truck kept going...well....the ghostchildd might have really become a ghost this afternoon....

I'm in the truck with the 'yikes' above it....

I stopped as soon as I safely could, and ran back to assist...
Driver was ok...not even a scratch....and my adrenaline was flowing...

No other truck or car that witnessed it bothered to stop or see if driver was ok...

Don't ever challenge my premise of new school drivers being cold and heartless....

They could watch you die, and just keep on driving by listening to their satellite radio or chatting on cell phone...

Say what you want about me...but I stopped....

And was prepared to do whatever, to make sure the driver was ok...

Why? Cause I genuinly care about people....on here and in real life...

And if that had been any of you...I would of done the same...

And for that I'm ignored and treated like a monster on here....

Anyways....this just occured...as I was driving away I saw emergency vehicles approaching...

I told driver all that mattered was that he was ok...I comforted them, shook their hand...

I don't play around when it comes to makeing sure others are ok....

I know who I am, even if those on here don't....

A caring kind loving soul....

Anyways...gotta call some people and let them know what occured...later...

(It's dangerious out here...you can loose your life in a split second...it's no game or joke when your on the road...stay alert)

 

Thanks guys, for your support....B,U,Z...

Anyways...one more thing to add...
If you look at the skid marks...you can see how at the last minute whole truck just stopped from entering Westbound interstate...and went back the other way...

All that momentum just suddenly stopped....that's freaky...what made it do that?



Was it an Angel??

I mean that should of been my time...I wish I had a dashcam to show how close it was, and how at last minute all the momentum of Swift truck suddenly changed...I mean just look at the mud trucks, it came right to edge of roadway and diverted...why??

I'm telling ya'll, there's something to this 3 horsemen stuff...I don't claim to know exactly what it is yet...

And second...young guy came running across interstate, who also witnessed it...he called 911...

But when he came running over from where he worked...(there was some type of cement plant cross the way), he had two dogs in tow....

And to my horror......they were unleashed and running freely in the medium....

So I grabbed them by their collars, and wouldn't let go...which is why I didn't take more extensive photos...cause I was baby sitting the dogs...

I told the young latin chap, that it wasn't wise to allow to hyper dogs to run freely between two busy lanes of traffic on a interstate....

Fast forward....as he was leaving...I said 'watch your dogs, hold them by the collar'

And he said 'ahh...their smart dogs'...

At that moment here comes semi truck blarring down road, like in the movie pet cemetery....



And right on que...black dog tears off towards Eastbound lanes to chase truck....

I thought I was about to witness a second incident...dog's tearing towards big truck, looks as if it's going to run under trailer and get squashed by rear tandems...
But dog diverts at last minute..(but I still thought dog was going to slide under truck cause it was running so fast)...and somehow avoids getting squashed....

I think something was looking out for the Swift driver, me, and that dog all in one scoop....

I don't know...I'm still trippen over it...
When I saw that truck heading for me...I just thought...'well this is it'...

I mean there's nothing more scary than a 18 wheel wall of steel sliding towards you sideways, like a giant gillateen...it will wake you up...

Also, had it not been raining...truck would of probably flipped...the moist ground absorbed a lot of energy and allowed truck to stay upright....

Anyways...hopefully no more excitement for the day...at least not that kind...
I think one of these is in order...



A dashcam....which records in 10,20,30 minute loops...
That way...next time something like that occurs, I'll have it on video...
And or other odd situations that happen out here...
They happen much to quick and sudden for hand held camera...and when they do
occur, your to busy trying to avoid whatever it is, to have time to take photo...

Be safe out there, whether at home or on the road, and we'll chat again soon...

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(Swift...can we talk...hah....can we talk??...ok, what have I ever done to ya??...I've never been one to bash ya, or participate in those 'swift driver' jokes...so why?...hah...why must you almost take my life today??....oh well...I'm glad your ok driver....and please pay more attention next time so that you don't drift into the medium....thanks...)

 

Gohstchild, I didn't want to leave your post unresponded but couldn't do it earlier... So now here it goes... I don’t see how me agreeing with Bumpy is throwing mud at you (??). I think he gave you a very positive, caring, heartfelt opinion with good intention and I would have said almost the same thing. I'm sorry you interpreted that so negatively...
You said "all you have ever done was put me on a platform." ???? Really?? How? When? I missed that...
But in fact, I don’t want to be put on any platform ...cause I don’t want to fall down…. And those who put me there, can also throw me down…

 

Looks like you had a lot of excitment today.... What about that for a "change" to your otherwise "boring" routine....

Even with the camera, sometimes things happen soooo quickly that one doesn't even have time to press the buttom and starts recording.

I am glad you escaped this one and nobody else got hurt.

 

You were the fourth horseman...but ya stopped coming around....
So I guess I did it in my heart...

All I could think to do was grab cell phone and camera...

As I ran back towards accident...I didn't know what to expect...
I took first aid long ago...but forgot most of it...



Wasn't sure if I was going to have to give mouth to mouth to that Swift driver....(what....what?)....

I definatly was not looking forward to it...but if it came down too, would have...

Or worse yet, what if they were bleeding or something, broken leg....
I just didn't know...nor did I care...I was the first responder...so I would of done whatever...

But when i got there, they were sitting up in seat...just relieved that it was all over....and so was I...

 

A gift of sorts...for me horsemen....

Odd, yes...

Artistic, very much so...I think, I hope...

I created it tonight...it's fresh off the press....

For me horsemen...

http://underworldrealities.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=139710242

The meaning of it will have to be derived from within thy own Universe...

goodnight...

 

Hellooooo!! from Texas...a little Stevie Ray Vaughan to get us rollen....

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I gave a truck stop paster $20.00 this morning...just cause he cared...and had enough guts to ask me to attend...

One of my top 40 favorite songs here ever....Rock on Stevie Ray....rock on....

If I ever get a 4th horseman, this will be our theme song...

Coming soon....The 4 horsemen...and their Ghost rider...

Performing at a town near you....

 

To all the non driver types...I want to riterate what it can be like out here while otr, and alone...

Unless you've done it, you may or may not grasp the magnitude of being alone...

Most people are never alone...
I mean even in the Navy, while on a ship, although your away from 'home' or your 'loved ones', your not alone...



Ships hold anywhere from 20 to 5000 crew members...so your never alone, even though your gone....

But as a truck driver, your literaly 'alone'...for weeks or months or days at a time...
Some can handle it, most can't...

Not everyone can handle traveling through unfirmiluar terrain and land and people, culture and customs...

I mean it's one thing when your with your buddies, or family while traveling...the comrodity helps keep moral and self-esteem high, or at normal levels...

But when your alone, you have to derive that from elsewhere...when you walk inside that store or truck stop or wherever...you have no ones hand to hold...your on your on...

With todays culterally homogenized society, for the most time it's no issue...cause all the commercial spots are the same...

(that's done deliberatly so you feel at home wherever you go)

That's why all McDonalds look the same, all Arbys look the same, all Wal-marts look the same, all TA truck stops, all Loves, and all Pilots and so on...

Being firmiluar with a place makes you feel more at ease...so whether in Oregon or New Jersey, the truck stops try to have a uniform look to them so that regardless of which on you walk inside...you fell 'at home' or firmiluar with it...which they think helps relaxes you...and I'm sure it does...



And it's a marketing ploy that works, and works well...

But not all roads lead to Loves truck stops...sometimes in your route or journey, you may find yourself way off the beaten path...where bikers dwell...or (let me see if I can cover everyones stereotype fears)...

Where bikers dwell, or inner city folks dwell or latinos dwell, high mountain rugged communities dwell, ect ect...

In other words, 'normal' soroundings vary for each induvisual...
Some may feel totally at home and at ease downtown Miami, while others shudder in fear at the thought...

And others may feel at home venturing through Montanas back roads, while others would feel totally out of place...

But in otr driving, your enviornment is constantly changing...but the one constant is whatever the enviornment, you face it alone...

You may have cell phone ear set wrapped around your head...but when you step out that truck, you still physically alone, and have to face who evers infront of you alone...

And you either whither, or learn to stand tall...

And everyones different, so you never know what their reactions going to be towards you....

For instance...if your 'black'...5 white people may treat you wonderfully, but that 6th one may treat you with contempt...

Or if your white, 5 A-Americans may treat you splendid, but that 6th one treats you with contempt...Or latin or A-indian or Asian or mixed ect ect...

Most places you visit are commercial in nature, so most display a level of proffesionalism...

But sometimes you may find yourself way off the path, where that store doesn't really care about you or your money...


Everyones brave and rowdy when sorounded by friends or family...but try being that way when your all alone...and facing 5 emotionally hostile people...

Again, usually stuff like that doesn't occur except in the movies...where you find yourself sorounded by 5 men in a dark alley...



For some a nightmare...for others a fantacy.....

Then again...others might find themselves uptight in this enviornment...



It would never be this up in your face, but point being, they all have day jobs...cops, mechanics, cashiers...they all have day jobs...and it can sometimes spill over...

But as a driver, alone, you have to deal with it all...and I use 'driver' in a generic sense, cause we're all different...what scares one, delights another, and vice versa...

But also the good thing about being a driver...is that if you don't like a place...it's soon left behind in your rear view mirror...

Anyways...just had to get some daily writing out of the way...