"RAMBLIN MAN"("RAMBLE ON")(55)
When I Am Driving The United States Of Americas RoadsI Have Come Across A Lot Of Signs On The Side Of The Highways..That Sometimes...Just Dont Make Any Sense
And This Goes For Inside Of Buildings And Anywhere Else
Yet... They Are There...For What Reason?...I Couldnt Know...But Yet... Some Group Of Human Beings Decided That A Certain Sign..No Matter What It Says..Has A Reason To Be There
I Must Beg To Differ
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"Keep Your Eyes On The Road"
Now...How Are We Supposed To Keep Our Eyes On The Road
If We Are Reading Your Stupid Sign?!!
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So As Not To Push The Water(Below The Ice) Ahead Of You
Thats One Truck Driving Job I Wouldnt Do
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You Guys Have "Truck Trains"
Pulling Up To Ten Or More Trailers At Once
Whereas Here
They Can Pull Only Three......................
Are 53 Foot Trailers
But The Triples Are A Lot Smaller
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And On Both Sides of You
There Are Concrete Barriers............
Heres Another Sign Ive Seen In Pennslyvania
And I Wonder As To Why It Was Put up
"Watch Out For Fog"
(I Mean...We Do Have Our Eyes Open When Driving)
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Plus I think in one of your other blogs you mentioned that you had parked or pulled into a rest area and saw a sign like the one I posted.
When They See These Signs
Must Wonder... About Us Americans
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Cause I've seen several on highways.
Usually
Its UPS..Or Federal Express
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I also several that had the number 53 on them which meant they were 53 footers.
I don't know why but for some reason or another I've always been fascinated by Semis.
13'6 Means How High The Trailer Stands From The Ground
101 Means The Width In Inches... Inside The Trailer
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Some will have the length and some won't.
I've also seen cabs with no sleeper in them does that mean that they generally make deliveries local or sometimes non-local?
"Day Cabs"
Meaning..They Go Home At The End of The Day
Meaning..They Get Paid By The Hour(In Most Cases)
Meaning...They Do The Speed Limit
Meaning...They Block Up The Road For Us That Need To Go Faster..As We Are Paid By The Mile
Meaning
Most Sleeper Trucks...Dont Like "Day Cab" Drivers
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On survey crews, I ve had vehicles go by me 50 mph at arms length
Couldnt make that many bridges.
Ive Been Driving For 14 Years Now
And Theres No Amount Of Money They Could Pay Me To Do That Stuff
Okay Then
Why Cant They Fly The Stuff In?
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And we have to remember , theres probably some not so wild roads they haul on, TV shows tend to dramitize some things for the viewing audience.
It is a dangerous, scary job though, and the is a number of those out there people aren t aware of.
Just Opened A Bridge
That Is Now The Longest Bridge In The World
26.4 MIles
And Ive Been Over Lake Pontchartrain Bridge..In New Orleans
Almost 24 Miles Long
So Why Cant They On Some of Those Lakes?
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40 Tons..(Spanning Some 64 Odd Feet)
Over Frozen Water?(That If The Ice Breaks..Its By By Baby)
Theyre Crazy
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I Was Just Giving you a Hard Time
(Theres nothing else To Do
But
Those Shows Are Dramatized And Go way Overboard
Being on Pavement Is Dangerous Enough
When Hauling 40 Tons Altogether
Going Down Steep Grades... That Are 5 Miles Down
Cant Use The Brakes Too Much Because The Brakes Will Over Heat
Just Short Stabs At The Breaks
Then...If You Lose Brakes.. Its All Over For The Driver
...If Your Lucky To Not Be Doing....At Least A 100 Miles An Hour
Maaaaaaybe Youll Reach Those So Called "Runaway Ramps"
If That Happened To Me..Id Be Dead Long Before I Reached The Bottom... From A Heart Attack
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If you and I ever get into an arguement , its going to be over who s going to be allowed to buy the next beer,
Its going to be a Good Canadian Beer,
Beer???
Back In The 70s here In The USA
They Had a Beer Called
"Maximus Super"
And let Me tell You
It Made us totally Crazy!!
Maybe Thats why They Pulled It off The Market
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We Used To Drink That Stuff I Mentioned
Along With Smoking Pure "Angel Dust"
Those were The Days
Most of Them Are Dead Now....................
"No Parades"
Apparently..Someone... At Some Time... Attempted To Have a Parade Go On The Highway I Would think
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When I Was In The Army Back Then
At The Bases PX
The beer Was 3.2 Percent alcohol
So
What did we Do?
We Drank A helluva Lot More..Thats all
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You See The "Stairs In front of You
Do We Really need a Sign There That Says "STAIRS?"
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CAtch you later,
See Ya Later
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When I went Through A Small Town In Iowa..On A Side Route To Where I Was Going
There Was A Small Town Meat Market There... With A Sign On Top Of It
(This Owner Had Style Id Say)..His Sign Read
"Charlies Meat Market"
"You Cant Beat Charlies Meat"