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That was around 1978 though.
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70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
Yeah, man Old school trucker, lol.
70NPORT
Old Man with a Hat
I have yet to see a trucker with a turban, but that sounds funny as all hell.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
When I was working down your way I would see them daily on 295, and there is only 17 miles of highway between you and me.
I take it you haven't been to Pakistan, Afghanistan, or any stan??? LOL!
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Thanks for Reminder #431 of the 1,000 reasons I retired early...
Stan, did you drive regional or coast to coast routes?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Northeast Regional.
Reason #1 of 1 why I am in Florida now.
Reason #1 of 1 why I am in Florida now.
Geez, a lifetime on I-95! There should be some kind of a Presidential Lifetime Not Losing Your Mind Award for that!!!
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Reason #154.
Funny how I can recall every bit of evolutionary change over 35 years. Saw construction, reconstruction, re-reconstruction and re-re-reconstruction.
During reconstruction, I would watch layers peeled back like on an onion to the the original designs. Like during an archeological excavation, I'd see how the 4 lane asphalt was buit over the three lane which was built over the two lane concrete. Jersey barrier back to double gaurd rail to single guard rail to the original concrete poles connected by a cable. Through the trees, see dilapitated motels with unbelievable vintage remains of neion signs. I'd see small areas of tall grass and remember that's where yet another PITA toll booth was. I'd remember the Micky-D service plazas when there was just a Ho-Jo's and an Atlantic gas station. One thing never changed. What a pit of hell the Cross-Bronx is.
I will go to my grave never forgetting 1978, though...
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Wow! That was a hell of a storm!!! Did you get caught in it?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
LMFAO.
Of course! That's why I will go to my grave remembering it.
Those not living in their cab 24/7 waiting to get dug out, worked 16 on, 8 off for a week sleeping in the cafeteria because all vehicular travel, except for essential services (like us - food) were banned for a week. A co-worker who could only communicate by payphone while in the cafeteria spent days listenening to his wife describe their house being destroyed and finally being swept out to sea. I was there when she said "I have to get off the phone now. The National Guard is at the door now to get me (by boat)". I'll never forget the look on his face. I'd swap (steal), while out on deliveries, cases of milk from my trailer, for baskets of bread with other drivers when delivering at the same store, then I would drive by my apt. complex and drop it off for my wife to distribute throughout the building.
The saddest thing for me is that for the rest of our careers there, the experience of the Blizzard was THE common bond between all us drivers who were there then, and most of them are dead now. That part is hard on me :-(
Of course! That's why I will go to my grave remembering it.
Those not living in their cab 24/7 waiting to get dug out, worked 16 on, 8 off for a week sleeping in the cafeteria because all vehicular travel, except for essential services (like us - food) were banned for a week. A co-worker who could only communicate by payphone while in the cafeteria spent days listenening to his wife describe their house being destroyed and finally being swept out to sea. I was there when she said "I have to get off the phone now. The National Guard is at the door now to get me (by boat)". I'll never forget the look on his face. I'd swap (steal), while out on deliveries, cases of milk from my trailer, for baskets of bread with other drivers when delivering at the same store, then I would drive by my apt. complex and drop it off for my wife to distribute throughout the building.
The saddest thing for me is that for the rest of our careers there, the experience of the Blizzard was THE common bond between all us drivers who were there then, and most of them are dead now. That part is hard on me :-(
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polara71
Old Man with a Hat
I remember a double barrel shot in 78, both a couple of (roughly) 14 inch storms two weeks apart. As a kid making money shoveling they were great, as a truck driver....... I guess they were hell
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Good memory. Yes. The storm of the season had hit the Northeast and everybody went "whew, glad that's it for the rest of the year" and then just two weeks later BLAMMO!
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Both in February . As a 12 year old boy I had never seen snow like that, then we got two, it was classic, until 96.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
I'll take your word for it....out of respect
I'm lucky I wasn't living on the East Coast then...
I was stationed at Ft Bliss, Texas then.
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polara71
Old Man with a Hat
No snow there .........
Not while I was there. They have had snow flurries from time to time I guess. The Franklin Mountains are there and I've seen snow on the top of the mountains....elevation 7,192 ft.
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