Yes, Randy, I have heard of those places that you need two or three shoehorns to get into. My experience has been directing drivers back to docks. Some had it, others did not. One of our docks had a square-cut apron on the leveler, and it was right next to a dumpster. I tried to keep the maximum clearance possible between the dumpster and the dock (push the dumpster over with a forklift). Usually, it took several tries for the driver to get set right so that I would not cut a piece out of his trailer with the corner of the apron (I did that once, when I thought he was set right). To complicate the maneuvering, there was hydrant out in the yard, with posts around it. Most drivers saw that it was easier if they went around it clockwise; one or two could make it counter-clockwise, but most had to go back, turn around, and come back if they tried it that way. Most of our loads in 53 footers came in in the morning, and the driver would be waiting for me in the driveway when I came to work. I would tell him which dock to go to, stop at Security on my way in to say it was all right to let the rig in, go to my desk for my clipboard, and go to the dock. Once in a great while, the trailer would be spotted just right by the time I got out to the dock. One afternoon, a load came in just as I was ready to go home. The driver apparently had had little experience, for it took him more than half an hour to get to the dock. The local drivers, with their forty footers, had no problems.
Watch out for the crazy people on the highway.
Johnny
Good Thursday morning ,everyone. Very pleasant here this morning, with temps in the mid 50s. Supposed to have a high in the mid to upper 60s before the next cold front comes in later tonight. We're getting very light rain right now; but, later on, especially tonight, may have a slight risk of severe weather, with the thunderstorms coming in. Probably happen around 2, 3 a.m. in the morning.
Coffee, juices, hot water for tea are ready. Also have chocolate milk, and strawberry milk.
On the warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, grits, oatmeal, and toast.
Everyone have a good morning, enjoy your breakfast, keep safe and take care.
Good morning, Paula, and thanks for breakfast. At present, it is sunrise in Carolina, 43 degres and fair, with a projected high in the 60s. The weather has turned off nice, and I wonder what it's up to. I think I will walk the bar and gather meself in a corner with a morning paper and some of the goodies. Everybody stay safe.
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
good morning
matt is on time for school although it is foggy outside.some area schools have 2 hr delays.rain this afternoon then cooler.Time for a nap then we have errands to do in town.Cw thanks for breakfast.tonight will be friday.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
A little snow early this AM, but decent now. Looking at 40's in the next couple of days.
Early day tomorrow. Have to be at work at 3AM for some maintenance. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Johnny, Randy & others -
I've had the privilege of working with some guys who really knew how to handle a rig - especially into and on a construction site, such as backing down a railroad track well in a building - and a few who didn't. Most of the good ones learned it on the farm. But most OTR drivers that I see now in this area - mainly 53 ft. reefers - are scary. It seems like they just got their CDL's and have barely learned how to go forward - only - on the Interstates (mainly).
The simple test that I use to tell them apart - not the men from the boys, but maybe the beginners from those who have a clue, so to speak - around here is to watch them making at right-turn at a local intersection. It's around a 100-degree angle - a little more than a square 90 - from a 3-lane "collector" road here (1 lane each way plus center left-turn stacking lane) onto a 5-lane arterial (2 lanes each way plus left-turn lane with a concrete mountable median). The trick is that the traffic signal pole is - of course - right there at the curb radius. Often the tractor goes onto the median, and the trailer tires go up on that curb. Occasionally the trailer rubs the traffic signal mast arm, or there's a low-speed collision with another turning vehicle. Once every couple of years the traffic signal pole gets taken out. But the good ones move left as they go across as far as they can, and then make their "cut" to the right. It takes a little longer (it only seems) to get set up and a lot more effort at the wheel, but it's a thing of beauty to see when done right.
Safe trip, Randy.
- Paul North.
Looks like a semi slow day in here. Everybody must be like me: feel like you'd rather go back to bed and sleep some more. Nice day for it, with the rain. Humidity is going up, getting ready for that heavier rain system coming in later tonight. Nice and muggy outside.
The meal for this afternoon and evening: sloppy joes, fries, BLTs, grilled cheese, ham & cheese sandwiches, Philly steak & cheese hoagies, and there's vegetable beef soup, cream of broccoli soup, and beef stew.
Everyone have a good afternoon, and take care.
Morning all! Another Beautiful day here, Almost 40 degrees and calm. Too bad I am stuck in classes all day. Spring fever is definitely starting to set in.
Johnny - Remember that truck wreck up in North Salt Lake last June where the trucker dropped that huge tank in the interstate and it caused a 6 hour traffic jam? I had an opportunity to meet that trucker about a month later, and he has got to be the worst driver I have ever seen. There were 2 of those vessels coming to my job site, and then 2 more that were even bigger and heavier. I am glad that the heavy haul outfit out of Casper was hired move the other 2 vessels. That whole wreck was pretty funny though, the news stations were calling it an underground water storage tank. Not sure why we built concrete piers to hold it up 10 feet off the ground then!!
RJ
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Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Well matt and I watched the semis on 24 while waiting for the maw to crawl along with their train of boxcars.rain has arrived in nw ohio.Cw thanks for supper.time to get things around for friday.
CShaveRRPaula sez it's "a semi slow day in here"--was that a pun?
No Carl, it wasn't meant as a pun. Just a statement. But with all the semi truck talk around here, I'll admit it could have been taken as a pun!
Paula, thanks for the breakfast of grits and sausage.
Carl, I was going to ask Paula if that was a forty-footer, a fifty-three-footer, or a twenty-five foot pup.
‘Twas a pleasant day here–in the low thirties early in the morning, with little wind (that made for pleasant walking), up into the fifties by afternoon, and an occasional sprinkle of rain. Snow is expected in the mountains tonight.
Mookie, Ricki and I have at last gotten a new mattress after about thirty years. Friday, we contracted for one to be delivered Tuesday, and yesterday morning Ricki said that it was more comfortable than the old one, but it is too far off the floor; it seems that the manufacturers of inner-spring mattresses now use much taller springs than they used to since the taller springs last longer. We had not bought a new box spring since the old one was not worn out, but we then ordered a low-boy box spring (lower than our old one) which was brought out today–and the new combination is only about an inch higher than the old. I like being able to put my feet on the floor when I sit on the edge of the bed.
Good evening everyone. Sorry I haven't been here for some time but I'm busy at work and also the refrigerator at my house went kaput. That meant US$1,400 out the door to get a replacement refrigerator; mind you, the old refrigerator has been in reliable service for our family for over 35 years!
SG - Know the feeling. The old 'fridges at my aunt's cottage (actually two cottages) were there for years!
Watch the door when you come in - we're expecting high winds all day. I've gotta hang around anyhow, so I'll get started on the usual breakfast this morning.
Good Friday morning, everyone. Larry, thanks so much for fixing breakfast this morning!
Except for about a half hour, I've been awake since 2:57, when it started lightning, then the thunder started, along with winds blowing at about 50, 60 mph. The whole system as blown out of our area, and is in the central eastern part of the Commonwealth now.
For some strange reason, I cannot get my homepage to come up this morning. It keeps timing out, reason given: "ISP taking too long to respond". At least trains.com is listed in the pulldown address bar, so I could get in the door here.
Everyone have a good morning, and once again, Larry, thank you for fixing breakfast this morning!!
Rain???? Yes indeed, we got about two inches of rain here in Aurora last evening and it ended at about 9:00 p.m. after which it was all about draining it away. Out basement sump pump really got quite a workout last night and is still running hard to keep the basement dry. Darned good thing that rain wasn't snow....wheewww, it would have been about 20 INCHES!!!!!
the wind is turning to come out of the northwest.colder air coming for this weekend.matt is on time and off to school.going to take a nap then will help unload the groceries when mamma gets home.
Jim, you're lucky. We were in the rain belt, too (Lombard was singled out in the flood warning last night). I'm home from work today because our anti-flooding precautions were too little (and too late) for this storm. I'm taking a break now until Pat goes to work, then it's back down with a mop. No major losses, thankfully. We, too, could have gotten two inches or more (I guess it was an inch and a half at O'Hare).
The temperature dropped below freezing last night, and we got a very light dusting of snow. Wind is now hard out of the north, and the temperature should be falling through the day (that's a sure sign that it's still winter--these "upside-down" days just don't happen with the summer weather systems).
This should be my 7500th post. Must be time to get back to work!
Barbara & I had to make a trip to Galesburg Thurs PM. We hit the brunt of the storm. Minor flooding on IL17. We came back a different way.
Say Paula. Have you ever made Brunswick Stew?
The large line of weather that slid across Indiana {at an angle}, did so during the night and didn't seem to cause much trouble....here. Thankfully.
I've been fighting dry throat and uncontrollable coughing, aches and all the rest for a few days now. From the family Dr., we have 10 days worth of antibiotics and decongestant meds....Just maybe, as the day rolls on I might {might}, feel like we're turning the corner...Not sure yet. Not fun.
33 degrees...compared to upper 40's late last night. Wind chill now 23. Wind, but dry. Better weather on the way late in weekend and beginning next week. Seeing Robins consistently now....Could be mowing the yard in one month...This season, I want to get a roller to pull behind my tractor and do a job on the yard before the mowing starts. Getting rough especially from the dry spell we had 2 seasons ago. And it hasn't been done for years.
Quentin
(mumble, mumble!) (grumble!)
I petitioned Congress to repeal winter, due to lack of interest. All I got was a busy signal. And now they are predicting 2-4" snow for our area.
And today is the day my old, old recliner leaves to make room for the new chair. I am heartbroken, along with a sore posterior, backache and numb nerves from sitting in that old lopsided wreck - but it was still great for napping - you just didn't sleep too long in it. It took up 1/2 of our postage stamp living room, so we will gain some space with the new wingback, but ....
A dark (literally) day in the Mookie household.
What's for lunch?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
We got an inch and a half of frozen slush underneath the 3" of snow we got. Mook, I think I want a flamethrower for lunch. It'll make quick work of that slush...and hot dogs!
Dan
MookieI petitioned Congress to repeal winter, due to lack of interest. All I got was a busy signal. And now they are predicting 2-4" snow for our area
J....you better not fool with Mother Nature....That little snow will just be a warning.
Congress seems to have a lack of interest in Anything;
except spending money; OURS!
Started the day off around 5:00 with a temp. in the mid
50s.......now down to around 45.
Saw another Robin this morning out in the back yard,
he was wearing a scarf!
Mook, any plans for a Memorial Service for the "Old Recliner"?
Do you at least need "Taps" played for it?
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Mutt: Since it is the old Lazy-Boy Big Man's chair, we will need a surgeon for the poor two guys that need to get it out of the house and on their truck to cart it away. That is why I am letting them take it now. Driver and I would have to have rope and tackle and lo-boy to get it out to the curb and then another surgeon for the garbage man. I want to keep it longer, but common sense tells me to get it out now!
And when common sense talks...you best listen.
Sun trying to come out - maybe not such a bad day after all. After dark is when it will stink!
Here in Louisville, when I went to the grocery this morning, the temp was down in the mid 40s, probably about 46 degrees, and the breeze was quite strong. Made me wish I had taken my gloves with me, standing over at the bus stop!
Following is the menu for the rest of the day: For Dan, hot dogs and a couple of flamethrowers
For the rest of us: Cod, perch, salmon patties, rolled breaded oysters, scallops, Talapia, haddock, halibut, flounder; fries, hush puppies, breaded fried mushrooms, mac & cheese, baked beans, corn on the cob, cole slaw.
Desserts: apple, blueberry, cherry and peach cobblers; chocolate pie and pecan pie; chocolate cake w/white icing, yellow cake w/chocolate icing, yellow cake w/caramel icing
Everyone have a great afternoon, stay warm, keep safe and take care!
Bailed out of work early - of course, I was there over 4 hours early. Just as well - if we get the wind they've forecast I'll be out chasing trees and wires down.
Up to 47 right now - that wind will make short work of a lot of the snow that's left. Probably flood a couple of basements, too....
Got some chili for those dogs?
MookieMutt: Since it is the old Lazy-Boy Big Man's chair, we will need a surgeon for the poor two guys that need to get it out of the house and on their truck to cart it away. That is why I am letting them take it now. Driver and I would have to have rope and tackle and lo-boy to get it out to the curb and then another surgeon for the garbage man. I want to keep it longer, but common sense tells me to get it out now! And when common sense talks...you best listen. Sun trying to come out - maybe not such a bad day after all. After dark is when it will stink!
Ummm, if we ever have to replace CW's recliner, it probably will take a total
rearranging of the living room....
first floor, shouldn't need block and tackle though.
(several strong people though)
(Mook, surely it's not a original Lazy-Boy from the 1940s?!)
I see that somebody is trying to rename this place; it's hard enough to
remember where it is now without changes, wish they would quit
doing that!
locomuttI see that somebody is trying to rename this place; it's hard enough to remember where it is now without changes, wish they would quit doing that!
MMM - decisions, decisions - yellow cake/choco or carmel....might have to sample both....I really do like yellow cake - next to chocolate or even near it.
Mutt - it is from the early 80's Chair was delivered. Two young men hefted the old one up and carried it out to the street to put it on the truck. I had trouble just moving it across the living room closer to the door. New one is very comfy, tho!
BC/Mutt - I just realized that the heading had changed. I wasn't even aware of it, since I never look at the title line. I always go straight for the note.
Q - are you feeling a little better? Driver & I are both much better. Only cough once in awhile - kind of a dry cof....
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