What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    So we got empty and have arrived at the shipper for our RETURN TO THE COMMUNIST STATE.

    I turn the corner........and Truck 2 has beaten me here by 10 minutes for his load to RETURN TO THE COMMUNIST STATE.

    Now we have to wait for him to get loaded.

    So wrong on so many levels.

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  3. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    Did a cat nap set you back?
     
  4. Cat sdp

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    reposted.......but makes you think


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    June 4th, 2019 marks the 15th anniversary of the Killdozer's rampage through Granby, Colorado.

    Sit down kids, and let me tell you a tale. A tale about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.

    Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby, Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin's shop. In the process, this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. He petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself. Denied.

    The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin's business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this.

    His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back. Over the course of a year and a half, Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with 3-foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems, and enclosed bulletproof glass.

    On June 4th, 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand.

    He burst forth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business. Over the course of the next several hours, Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself.

    SWAT teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.

    In the end, Marvin's Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.

    Today, we celebrate Killdozer Day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.

    From notes left behind after his passing:
    "I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."

    HAPPY KILLDOZER DAY!
     
  5. homeskillet

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    "Hundred Mile Toilet"

    If I need to take a dump and I see that, I'll lock up tight enough to go another hundred miles.........

    Kinda reminds me how gas station toilets used to look, in the period after uniformed attendants, but before c-stores.
     
  6. homeskillet

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    At the beer plant, waiting for the yeast hauler to move.

    And now it's TAINING. BIG TIME.

    FML. It's only water, but I'm not in the mood to get wet today. Oh well.
     
  7. Cowboyrich

    Cowboyrich Road Train Member

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    Do you remember the name of the movie about that? It was good, title escapes me right now.
     
  8. homeskillet

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    No sooner do I finish typing the above gripe, the yeast driver finishes disconnecting in the lashing tain.

    He gets in his truck, starts pulling up, I follow him up onto the loading pad, then....

    The tain stops. The sun comes out.

    I type a gripe on WIIS, it gets fixed......
     
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    Reason for edit: Tain violation
  9. Opus

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    I think you found the secret sauce
     
  10. Opus

    Opus Road Train Member

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  11. homeskillet

    homeskillet Road Train Member

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    I didn't find the secret sauce.
     
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