So many 18 wheelers

steve58 · November 17, 2021, 03:28:25 PM

So my wife and I are moving soon and we just loaded up a U-Haul 15 footer and made Trip #1 down I-81. I have never seen so...so...many...18 wheelers on the roads. The interstates were packed with them and the truck stops and rest stops were literally overflowing with trucks.

Gusington · November 17, 2021, 05:13:58 PM

So the supply chain is recovering?

solops · November 17, 2021, 05:18:40 PM

Quote from: Gusington on November 17, 2021, 05:13:58 PM
So the supply chain is recovering?

No. The supply chain is clogged up with 18-wheelers. There is a Fritos shortage in North Houston and a Coffee Mate shortage in Kerrville TX.

Dammit Carl! · November 17, 2021, 07:02:18 PM

An aside, but cab-overs are the sexiest of the big trucks.

-Dad was a trucker pretty much all his life, so I've a fondness for truckers, but no desire to do that as a job.

Gusington · November 17, 2021, 08:20:05 PM

About 10+ years ago when I was unemployed I came very close to getting my CDL and seriously considered becoming a trucker.

Jarhead0331 · November 17, 2021, 08:28:10 PM

Quote from: Gusington on November 17, 2021, 08:20:05 PM
About 10+ years ago when I was unemployed I came very close to getting my CDL and seriously considered becoming a trucker.

A Jewish trucker...oye vey. :hide:

Silent Disapproval Robot · November 17, 2021, 08:31:03 PM

A Jewish trucker with Short Round shoes!

Gusington · November 17, 2021, 10:04:08 PM

Well I never did do it. There is a certain romance to it at certain points in your life.

Sir Slash · November 17, 2021, 10:36:34 PM

My mind just went back to CW Mc Call and that, "Convoy" song. ;D "Breaker, breaker. You got the Jewish Rocket here. Any Bears down the road"?

W8taminute · November 18, 2021, 11:49:33 AM

Quote from: Sir Slash on November 17, 2021, 10:36:34 PM
My mind just went back to CW Mc Call and that, "Convoy" song. ;D "Breaker, breaker. You got the Jewish Rocket here. Any Bears down the road"?

That's an awesome song and movie!

I had an issue of Dynamite, one of those magazines you could get from the book club thing in school during the 70's, that translated all of that fancy new C.B. radio talk to English. Stuff like "You've got a bear with ears down the road" meant police car with a radar detector.

Gusington · November 18, 2021, 12:29:56 PM

*Ahem* that's Jewish Missile...

Sir Slash · November 18, 2021, 11:15:55 PM

( In my best Henny Youngman), "There's a difference between a Jewish Missile and a Jewish Rocket? I take it he's talking about size and length and not about going-off prematurely". ::)