What truck stop are you at tonight?

[freebirdrfd]

Why can't i find the thread that we had going by the same title? Now that i'm going back driving again, It would be nice to use it again..

[GMAN]

Did you do a search or check the archived threads?

[freebirdrfd]

Did you do a search or check the archived threads?

Yes sir i did. Maybe i was doing something wrong, But i couldn't find it.

[freebirdrfd]

Feel free to delete this thread now that Robertt found the other one for me.

[kimmy]

I am at the Ambest in Big Cabin,OK.I'll be leaving here wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy early like 1 am tonight.I have to be in Dallas 6 am.I told my dispatcher it'll be there between 6 and 8 tomorrow.Thank god I have a fast trk,LOL.I won't speed or anything stupid but once I hit that 70 mph mark,you bet your sweet azz ill be doing every bit of that,LOL.I don't know how drivers can drive a 62 mph trk without having to pull over and take a nap,LOL.

[robertt]

I am at the Ambest in Big Cabin,OK.I'll be leaving here wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy early like 1 am tonight.I have to be in Dallas 6 am.I told my dispatcher it'll be there between 6 and 8 tomorrow.

You going down 69/75 or I-35 down thru OKC to Dallas? Your up in my old neck of the woods,(Big Cabin). I'm from a little town called Grove about 30 miles NE of you on Grand Lake.

[golfhobo]

Hobo gets out his dusty Atlas.... and dreams of times gone by.

[robertt]

Hobo gets out his dusty Atlas.... and dreams of times gone by.

True Story, (I know, that usually means it's not, but it is).

I went to Batesville Arkansas in August for a Dirt Track race. We went to check in at the Motel, (Ramada Inn), and we were met by the female desk clerk's. You know the kind with the lip rings, eyebrow rings, cheek ring wearing neck tatoo kind of person that normally works at the front desk of an establishment. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, just kind of the set up).

So we get checked in and I asked her, "Is the track right off of Rte 25?". She then replies, I don't know what that means. So I ask again, "The Racetrack? Is it off of ROUTE 25? She say's, "I still don't know what that means".

So then I say to her, "Is the racetrack off of the road, hwy, rte #25?" She then started laughing and said, "I have a GPS, I don't know about any of that stuff means!"

[golfhobo]

robertt said:

True Story, (I know, that usually means it's not, but it is).

I've NEVER had a problem believing YOUR stories.

I went to Batesville Arkansas in August for a Dirt Track race. We went to check in at the Motel, (Ramada Inn), and we were met by the female desk clerk.

BATESVILLE???? Wasn't that the town in Psycho???

You know the kind with the lip rings, eyebrow rings, cheek ring wearing neck tatoo kind of person that normally works at the front desk of an establishment. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, just kind of the set up).

I spent much of my youth as a night auditor / desk clerk for a major (smaller) hotel chain. I have no tattoos nor piercings.

So we get checked in and I asked her, "Is the track right off of Rte 25?". She then replies, I don't know what that means. So I ask again, "The Racetrack? Is it off of ROUTE 25? She say's, "I still don't know what that means".

So then I say to her, "Is the racetrack off of the road, hwy, rte #25?" She then started laughing and said, "I have a GPS, I don't know about any of that stuff means!"

I REST MY CASE in all other threads about GPS and the "dumbing down of trucking!"

But, your story shows that it is not JUST trucking and truckers who have lost the ability to think for themselves.

[robertt]

I REST MY CASE in all other threads about GPS and the "dumbing down of trucking!"

But, your story shows that it is not JUST trucking and truckers who have lost the ability to think for themselves.

I was dumbfounded.

You ought to see my old dusty "truckers" atlas. I think it's from the late 90's. I have duct tape for my front cover and the spine is all tore up but it still works, (the map) I pulled it out last week, (the map), and my wife about laughed me out of the house

[golfhobo]

I was dumbfounded.

You ought to see my old dusty "truckers" atlas. I think it's from the late 90's. I have duct tape for my front cover and the spine is all tore up but it still works, (the map) I pulled it out last week, (the map), and my wife about laughed me out of the house

My oldest Trucker's Atlas is from 2004 (large letter edition.) I started driving in 2005, and picked it up from a trucker for 10 bucks. I still use it (at home.) Just recently bought an '09 LAMINATED edition for about the same.... but, I need my glasses to read it!

My "classic" edition, is a 1984 regular road atlas. I guess I bought this about the time I got married after I got out of the service. I was doing alot of travelling with my young family. It HAS no "cover!" I only know the year, because I THINK I can still translate roman numerals!

I would LOVE to be able to quote here the "instructions" to 4-wheelers on how to MERGE onto these new INTERSTATE highway "thingies!"

[robertt]

i only know the year, because i think i can still translate roman numerals!

GOOD ONE!

[golfhobo]

Oops.... I made a funny and didn't even know it. I wasn't "joking" about how old it was with the roman numerals thing. It's just that... you know.... atlases show the YEAR on the front cover. Mine is missing the cover. INSIDE.... all there is is the copyright box which, as with other things, still uses roman numerals. An "L" is a 50 isn't it? MCMLXXXIV = 1984.... right?

Can you imagine what an atlas would have looked like during the Roman Empire?? LOLOLOL!

[kimmy]

I'm at the receiver in Lenexa,KS.I was going to stay at the star truckstop in Olathe,KS but I get there and drove on by after seeing how full it was.I did'nt even bother to try and find a spot.Thank god this place will let me stay here.I was thinken I would be deliving to a DC since they did'nt answer the phone.But it's a store.I'll know better to stop at the star anymore.That was my first and last time.

[freebirdrfd]

I'm hoping to make it down to the RT.95 South Carolina area and sleep late sunday afternoon/early evening. I have to be in Jacksonville for 7am Monday, and in Lakeland Fl. for 7pm. Monday.

[freebirdrfd]

I'm at the Petro exit 105 off of 95 in Kenley N.C.. I'll be leaving around 9:00 to head south.

[freebirdrfd]

I'll be sleeping somewhere on 95 in North Carolina late tomorrow morning. Heading to Jacksonville and Daytona for Monday morning. Then reloading out of Charlotte Tuesday.

[freebirdrfd]

Leaving the house tonight for 3 stops in South Carolina, and 1 stop in North Carolina for Monday. Then Reload out of Charlotte Tuesday morning with a load gong back to Massachusetts.

[sanchez498]

Petro In Portage Wi.

[freebirdrfd]

I wish that more people would use the thread. We could be in the same truck stop eating dinner and not even know it. I would update more often, but i have a hard time getting a signal when i'm on the road.