The Coffee House

[tirediron]

More like "hungry"

Forgot your seal meat on white with extra mayo on the counter at home?

 

[SquarePeg37 7]

eh - people drive like morons 99% of the time regardless of the weather.

 

[limr30 3]

I'm an excellent driver.

 

[limr30 3]

Time for Wapner.

 

[SquarePeg37 7]

Same. It's everyone else...

if they are going faster than me they are a maniac, if they are going slower than me they are a moron

 

[limr30 3]

Same. It's everyone else...

if they are going faster than me they are a maniac, if they are going slower than me they are a moron

 

[jcdeboever]

I'm an excellent driver.

OK Rainman.... LOl

I just seen that movie, new in wrapper, bought the VHS from the goodwill for .25¢

 

[davidharmier60]

Dave got 6 and better than .75 hours today.
Wasting a little time. Checks are today but not at precisely 12. I figure about 12:15 I'll go in.

I mostly had fun in snow in an 18 Wheeler.
Not always but usually. There was talk today of some freak winter storm we might catch a bit of. Lordy I hope not!

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[smoke665]

I'm an excellent driver.

Based on what standard??

 

[smoke665]

. I follow behind semi trucks in snowy, inclement weather. They drive the proper speed for road conditions, normally.

Not me 25+ years in Trucking, can't even guess how many drivers I hired and fired during that time, but I remember I could count on two hands the only ones I would have trusted with my loved ones. Because of the weight I'll let a truck clear a path but I'm staying way back, so when the cowboy in the seat loses that rig I've got lots of room.

 

[jcdeboever]

. I follow behind semi trucks in snowy, inclement weather. They drive the proper speed for road conditions, normally.

Not me 25+ years in Trucking, can't even guess how many drivers I hired and fired during that time, but I remember I could count on two hands the only ones I would have trusted with my loved ones. Because of the weight I'll let a truck clear a path but I'm staying way back, so when the cowboy in the seat loses that rig I've got lots of room.

Agree

 

[JonA_CT]

My favorite is when people apply their brake going uphill on snow covered roads.

I live at the bottom of a hill that doesn't lead anywhere useful, so I always have to go up.

A couple of weeks ago, I nearly got stranded on a street because a school bus was going up the hill at 7 mph. 1st gear is a non-starter in the snow, and I simply can't go that slow in 2nd.

 

[smoke665]

Here in the south people are bad about running up on stop signs/lights and slamming on their brakes at the last min. Unfortunately they don't change when it gets slick, so invariably you see idiots skidding through intersections.

 

[SquarePeg37 7]

. I follow behind semi trucks in snowy, inclement weather. They drive the proper speed for road conditions, normally.

Not me 25+ years in Trucking, can't even guess how many drivers I hired and fired during that time, but I remember I could count on two hands the only ones I would have trusted with my loved ones. Because of the weight I'll let a truck clear a path but I'm staying way back, so when the cowboy in the seat loses that rig I've got lots of room.

I completely agree. My ex used to run an air freight company. They had drivers with names like CrackHead Greg and Curbie. The truckers are the absolute worst drivers out there. I can't remember the last time I saw a trucker not on his phone while driving. The other day there was a guy driving a food delivery 18 wheeler on 495 while talking on the phone and trying to light a cigarette while juggling a coffee. He was not paying even the slightest attention to the road. I usually avoid that road because it's a bypass around Boston and there are always too many trucks on it.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary attended Bob Bondurant's School of High Performance (racing school), when he was in Ontario, CA.