What truck stops to avoid?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ambushiz, Jul 25, 2017.

  1. Florida Playboy

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    I know there used to be a Denny's restaurant in back of the building that's closed. Also, the truck repair shop on the other side of the fuel pumps is closed for good. It's sad as the place seems to be a shell of its former self.

    When will they raze it completely and rebuild? The parking lot is huge and has plenty of parking.
     
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    Pleeeeeeenty of places to park in Memphis that aren't truck stops.
     
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    Please call the cops whenever you hear something like that as it could very well be a case of human trafficking.
     
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    They are talking about cocaine and weed lol
     
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    Please explain how you buy drugs over the CB in West Memphis without getting a pair of silver bracelets? I'm genuinely curious, because even if I were to want some drugs really bad, there ain't a snowball's chance in hell that'd I'd trust the guy on the other end of the radio wasn't a cop.

    Or... you go to see Mr. Channel 23 and he busts a cap in your head when you show up with the money.
     
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    Poor guy ain't never had that real deal. Got that good white, good green.


    And the wm guys are cops. No way that's a legit dealer over the air next to a #### dot station
     
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    A local news station there did a story about them a while back.
    They're not cops, they really are the real deal.
     
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    You selling burritos? A burrito with that good green sauce really sounds good!
     
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    Oh ok.

    Now that got sorted. Im thinking of the one whose proper name back in the day is Baltimore Plaza which is about a few hundred yards on the east bank beyond the Ft McHenry Tunnel on 95.

    Jessup is a different and a bad place particularly at night. I no longer fuel there. I don't like how the local thugs seem to stand around near the fuel desk eyeballing everyone. If you find one there, take a look at shirts near the waist and see if its printing a gun shoved into the belt. Especially if it is a longer shirt and dark in color. (I do the same thing but have a holster designed for that work plus a cover over it)

    It's a shame, Jessup at one time way back in the 80's was a pretty happening place, the worst it ever got was a bunch of brats in the basement slamming the games down there. I saw the slow change there over the years. If you were outside in the truck parking at night, take a look down the block about 200 yards you might see vice activity until the law shows up to clear em out a few times a night. When they do, be very careful not to get between trailers as they scoot between and under them trying to get away.

    I can go on but Im happy we got updated on what you all call Baltimore these days. I suggest one of the better stops further out on the edge of DC and other side of Baltimore, it's way better considering.
     
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    That #### was hilarious. I was listening to see if they'd have a clip of me... I always harrass them and ask if they have any Flintstone's vitamins.

    I can just see news 13 doing a special about the newly discovered drug that truck drivers are using... "Now truckers are abusing a drug code-named Flintstone Vitamins."
     
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