:shock: Mercy me, finally we all have something to anticipate - get the lead out Doc :!:

 

Fine thing coming from someone who ain't gonna post no more!!! :P

Trust me my friend it'll be a slow work in progress, I doubt I'll get as good as Mr. Hefner but maybe I'll be as good as Helen Gurley Brown!!! :shock:

 

Riding the Dog




A recent conversation with a recruiter brought up the subject of transportation to orientation. Driving the POV would be out of the question, flying was one option, renting a car and taking a bus was the last option. Well flying isn?t too bad but horrible nightmares started flowing back from bus rides past!!!!

A date just recently had me riding the Dog from Harrisburg, PA to Wilson, NC and all it took was 20 and half hours. First mistake, I should have taken Amtrak. The bus left Harrisburg 30 minutes late did a stop in York, PA and I was supposed to switch busses in Baltimore for a bus going to Richmond. Which was great it would put me in Wilson at 04:30 AM, wrong when we arrived in Baltimore the Richmond bus was full. The ?Coach Operator?, which Greyhound drivers prefer to be called, told me and two other riders to get back on the bus we just left and go to DC, things were looking rather bleak.
Upon arrival in DC at 10:30 I found the information minister of disinformation and was told there was a bus leaving at 12:40 for Wilson, great I thought I?ll still be home by 06:00. I wandered off to get something to eat, talked to the XYL on the phone and wandered around a bit. At 12:30 the disinformation minister found me and told me he was wrong about the bus schedule and that I would have to wait until 06:50 for the next bus, in the mean time another bus bound for Richmond was just backing out. ?That?s just terrific!? I told the minister ?I just missed my last chance tonight to get home!? He just shrugged his shoulders and walked away, I really wanted to beat his ass just for fun!!

Resigning myself to the fact that I?m spending the night in the Greyhound terminal in DC I found a bunch of seats in a sorry waiting room. I didn?t spend much time alone as a gaggle of folks gravitated towards me, a hippie, a young dude traveling from Montana, a college kid and a 40 year old chick from Long Island who had more problems than any human being I know and a couple of other colourful characters!!! Since I wasn?t going anywhere I was the dedicated guardian of the luggage as these folks wandered about. I spread out my sleeping bag so the ladies could get some rest; the guys had to fend for themselves including me..

To be continued........

Hmmm bussing at its finest!!!!

 

From the Red Cross archives

On a rather warm North Carolina spring day I was chauffeuring the Disaster Chairperson around downtown Wilson and I pulled up next to an older Trans Am with two rather attractive young ladies occupying the front seats, oh before I forget, the T/A had a ?T? top.
I made the mistake of saying something about the young ladies in the car and the next thing I knew the Chairperson undid his seatbelt and climbed over me to get a better ?look?. Just a brief reminder, he is deaf and legally blind. The young lady in the passenger seat started laughing extremely hard and I noticed an odd yellow stain appear in her white jeans and also noticed a yellowish liquid occupying the seat with her and I started to laugh as the driver of the T/A slammed the gas and pulled the best left hand turn I had seen in quite a long time. Burt Reynolds had nothing on this chick.
The Chairperson asked me what had happened and I told him that the young lady in the passenger seat found your stunt humourous and pissed her pants.
It did make the rest of our day!!!!

 

For the rest of the Greyhound "NIGHTMARE" see the somewhat unofficial Doctor Who site, the address is a post or two up the page

 

:?: Does that 'yoyo' ever need lubricating, Doc?
And by the way, I figure 'what the hell' - won't be the '1st time' - right?
Anyway, remember there was a thread 'Trivia'....can't remember where it was located and don't feel like spending hours looking for it....so I'll just throw some 'trivia' questions in here...which incidently, is approaching 8,000 views...pretty cool :!:

Truckstop Trivia: If you remember these truckstops, you'll be telling your age for certain:

Name the city and state for each:

Key Truckstop

Cigar City Truckstop

Smoke City Truckstop

Charlie's Truckstop

Roadrunner Truckstop

Truck'n'Travel Truckstop

Peartree Truckstop

T & R Truckstop

I-10 Truckstop

Tiger Truckstop (Texas)

Cee Gee's Truckstop

Evergreen Truckstop

Original Burn's Bros Truckstop

Pantyhose Junction

Tomahawk Truckstop

MountainView Truckstop

Just a few for starters, don't want to tax the ole brain too much :!:

 

Uh, would that be Tampa FL.

Phoenix, AZ

Amarillo, TX

Birmingham, AL

The brain fade is really bad today.....

Oh by the way.... It'll be 8,000 before the anniversary date. Going to have to come up with more humour to keep this thread going!!!!

 

The thread finally broke------8,000


:rock: arty:

 

:!: :!:
Well, who would have ever thought this thread would reach 8000 and 14 pages??? Mercy me :?:
More stories to come - guaranteed :!: And by the way, what about the rest of the truckstops on the trivia list?

 

Years ago, roughly 20 or so, I was headed westbound on I-80 in Wyoming. It was a typical winter day in Wyoming..blowing snow, snow/icy roads and limited visibility. As I exited the tunnel in Green River, I immediately spotted a Roadway upside down in the center median...and there to my total surprise, the driver was on top of the upside down tractor attempting to drape 'iron' over the drive axle. I got to a stop, jogged back and as I stood under the driver, yelled up and asked him if he was alright. 'I'm alright', he replied. I then responded, 'driver, I don't mean to laugh but what the hell are you doing draping 'iron' over the wheels after the fact'?
He smiled, 'well, got to get them on before the Highway Patrol arrives so as not to get that $1000 fine for not have them on'.....This has to be the strangest (and in a way, funniest) sight seen over the years..