A bunch of useless crap
Published on September 13, 2006 By MasonM In Blogging
I'm in NE Georgia to pick up a press heading to Minneapolis. Being a piece of machinery designed to be indoors, it has to be tarped to prevent water damage during transport. The thing is 4 feet wide by 6 feet long by 11 feet tall. And it's pouring rain.

I hit rain yesterday and it hasn't stopped yet. We can't load the thing in the rain as it would get rather wet which would not be a good thing. I am also not entirely interested in tarping something in the rain. Those big tarps are hard enough to handle and work with when they're reasonably dry, and become very slick and nasty when soaked.

When I got into this area after sitting in a three hour standstill while waiting for a large and nasty wreck to be cleared from the highway, I called the guy at the rigging company to see if they had an indoor facility for loading this thing. Nope. That clinched it, we just can't load the thing today.

So now I get to sit around until tomorrow in hopes that this rain will stop or at least slack off enough to allow us to load this thing so I can be on my way.

Ya win some, ya lose some. I should have slept in.

Comments
on Sep 13, 2006
Too bad you definately couldn't have slept in! Hope the rain holds up soon.
on Sep 13, 2006
Reply #1
Too bad you definately couldn't have slept in! Hope the rain holds up soon.


Yeah. Bad thing is I got up extra early so I could get up here for an early loading. The rain made traffic terrible and there were a lot of wrecks holding things up. These GA folks just don't know how to drive on wet roads at all. If it snows here everything shuts down.
on Sep 13, 2006
I guess that means more Quality time with Socrates.
on Sep 13, 2006
I guess that means more Quality time with Socrates.


He is not going to complain is he!   
on Sep 13, 2006
Well at least when you get to Mpls. you'll have smooth sailing! the weather here in Mn. is awesome, about 70 degrees, sunny, clear, mild breeze. So that should help, after ya get outta Ga.!

Least you can catch a few zzzzz's, watch a movie? take care
on Sep 13, 2006
Reply #3
I guess that means more Quality time with Socrates.


I suppose so.
on Sep 13, 2006
He is not going to complain is he!


No, he doesn't seem to have any objections.
on Sep 13, 2006
Reply #5
Well at least when you get to Mpls. you'll have smooth sailing! the weather here in Mn. is awesome, about 70 degrees, sunny, clear, mild breeze. So that should help, after ya get outta Ga.!

Least you can catch a few zzzzz's, watch a movie? take care


Yeah I'll be glad to get out of this rain.

I've been kicking back watching some old X Files episodes on DVD. With all this rain coming down a nap doesn't sound like a bad idea.