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  1. 09-06-2011, 05:53 PM #1
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    Zero to pissed off bear in 2 seconds

    As if this holiday weekend didn't suck enough for me, as I got to spend 3 1/2 days in lovely, picturesque(?) Odessa, TX, at about 0730 CDT this morning, a very mad bear flew out of the sleeper of my truck to find this:
    You will see in the 4th picture the RR corner of the flatbed responsible for all of this fiberglass-burger.
    Obviously, he failed to check his right-side mirror before making the (unnecessary) right turn into my hood. (He had a straight shot out of the parking lot WITHOUT turning).

    So, a night in a hotel before the inevitable rental car, taking all my stuff out of the wrecked truck, and going to get another truck.

    (and I just got all my antennas ground-strapped!!!!!!)

    What a fscked-up weekend.
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    A bear wrecked the truck ???
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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    Ouch!

    My sympathies
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    Freakin' moron. He'd probably be unemployed if it wasn't for the fact that there's a big driver shortage right now. The fact that you were in Odessa, in the armpit of Texas, definitely added insult to injury.

    BTW, it's looking more and more like I'm going to be back on the road again before the month is out. Maybe we'll meet up at a truck stop somewhere.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    The fact that you were in Odessa, in the armpit of Texas, definitely added insult to injury.
    You are far more charitable than I.

    Sorry to hear of your plight, Kevin. I have noticed a very serious fall-off in the competence of a lot of OTR truckers in the past few years. At least you are OK. And some of the hotdogs we have here humping containers to and from the Port of Baltimore are even worse.
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    Blessed Bowl Movement! Hopefully not literally. :)

    Glad you and your radio gear made it, even if the truck didn't.
    May Karma provide a comfy rental with a kickass audio system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
    <snip>May Karma provide a comfy rental with a kickass audio system.<snip.
    Not to ruin the flow of good karma, but my freekin luck Swift will wind up renting me a freekin Smart car xD
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    WTF? Are you saying a cop did this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KG4CGC View Post
    WTF? Are you saying a cop did this?
    Freakin' breeders don't know no gay slang, Kevin...
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
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    So I ran back and read it again. A flatbed took off your bonnet probably passing unsafely?
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