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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, June 19, 2017 7:03 PM

He hasn't even gotten out of the Iowa-80 truck stop over there at East Jesus (*Walcott), IA yet. Mischief

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, June 19, 2017 9:29 PM

BaltACD
 

In areas of 'crack downs' the locals are virtually never the 'Angels' they believe they are.

In the imortal words of Pogo, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

 

 
BALT:  That is usually the case here except on I-85 south of ATL airport it is the Alabama drivers.  Have had them go by so fast can only identify plate not the numbers.  Now don't report me to Sessions.
 
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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, June 19, 2017 9:36 PM

blue streak 1

 

 
BaltACD
 

In areas of 'crack downs' the locals are virtually never the 'Angels' they believe they are.

In the imortal words of Pogo, "We have met the enemy and he is us."

 

 

 
BALT:  That is usually the case here except on I-85 south of ATL airport it is the Alabama drivers.  Have had them go by so fast can only identify plate not the numbers.  Now don't report me to Sessions.
 
 

They are simply in a hurry to get back to what they believe is the better state.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 6:03 AM

Good morning

Mother nature has cooled us off.Have a meeting for the historical society in Deshler tonight.We'll see what csx can roll by afterwards.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 12:48 PM

Deggesty
 

They are simply in a hurry to get back to what they believe is the better state.

 

But half the time they are fleeing Alabama.

 

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Posted by rvos1979 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 5:26 PM

mudchicken

He hasn't even gotten out of the Iowa-80 truck stop over there at East Jesus (*Walcott), IA yet. Mischief

 

Balt:  Most of the time, yes, until I have to go around a 58mph Prime driver.........

Mud:  At least I don't drive for Swift, they'd roll it over in the parking lot.........

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 6:47 PM

rvos1979
mudchicken

He hasn't even gotten out of the Iowa-80 truck stop over there at East Jesus (*Walcott), IA yet. Mischief

Balt:  Most of the time, yes, until I have to go around a 58mph Prime driver.........

 

Mud:  At least I don't drive for Swift, they'd roll it over in the parking lot.........

I hate the I-81 'Swift' driver at 60.0001 MPH trying to pass the Schnider driver at 60.00000 MPH - with neither willing to concede this wont work before the next state line 100 miles away.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:01 PM

BaltACD
I hate the I-81 'Swift' driver at 60.0001 MPH trying to pass the Schnider driver at 60.00000 MPH - with neither willing to concede this wont work before the next state line 100 miles away.

Ya get the same thing with four-wheelers.  There's a line of cars for as far back as you can see, but they won't do a bit over 65.001 MPH to pass that other driver going 64.999.  For gosh sakes, punch it and get by!

Almost as much fun are those who are putting along at a not-to-terrible speed, but slower than you're running (traffic usually average about 72-73 around here).  So you pass them.  Suddenly, there they go past you - heaven knows they don't want anyone to pass them!  Then they settle in again at their previous speed, so you pass them again.

Note - I've usually got a pretty clear run for quite a few miles once I get on the Interstate, so I set the cruise control.  Then the previous thing goes back and forth, as I cruise along without touching the cruise control...

My uncle once related a story of driving through the mountains on an Interstate.  Two semis - clearly rivals - were battling up and down the hills, side-by-side, with a miles-long traffic back up behind them.  Neither was willing to concede, apparently, and there may have been contact between them...

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:08 PM

JoeKoh

Good morning

Mother nature has cooled us off.Have a meeting for the historical society in Deshler tonight.We'll see what csx can roll by afterwards.

stay safe

joe

 

Joe, if you want it, I will try to send a little heat your way tomorrow (MC might want some of). It was close to 100 today, and we expect it to rreach 100 tomorrow. St. George, in the SW corner of the state, is having temperatures over 100.

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 12:27 AM

It was only 99 here today. You can keep the extra heat.

Willing to bet that the heat had something to do with BNSF's 7 car derailment in Boulder today near MP 27 on the Front Range Sub in front of the Valmont power plant... Looks like the POD was at the west switch. News media and fire dept./police was fixated on a car of plastic pellets as being hazmat (not) all the while a tank car with molten sulfur was upside down in the pileHuh? wedged between an empty gon and a railbox....

http://www.9news.com/news/local/hazmat-responding-to-train-derailment-in-boulder/450697467

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 8:00 AM

mudchicken

It was only 99 here today. You can keep the extra heat.

Willing to bet that the heat had something to do with BNSF's 7 car derailment in Boulder today near MP 27 on the Front Range Sub in front of the Valmont power plant... Looks like the POD was at the west switch. News media and fire dept./police was fixated on a car of plastic pellets as being hazmat (not) all the while a tank car with molten sulfur was upside down in the pileHuh? wedged between an empty gon and a railbox....

http://www.9news.com/news/local/hazmat-responding-to-train-derailment-in-boulder/450697467

 

MC, do those people not know what a placard is for? Or, were the placards on the sulfur car obscured?

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Posted by switch7frg on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 11:46 AM

Wink It sounds like you are talking about  the 6% grade up to Sunset Point on I 17 N. Sign at bottom of hill says " all trucks use right lane". That sign seems to be mearly a suggestion to some (truckers). If they don't, there is a trooper waiting  at the top of the hill just before the Sunset Point turn out. The trooper  gets his info from an  old "unmarked car" AZ. state police. Some of the "drivers" get a little hostile which don't help them. Our grandson works at ADOT.  

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