A bunch of useless crap
Published on June 22, 2007 By MasonM In Blogging
No, there's no weird animal sex thing going on in my hotel room.

As we have a big safety meeting tomorrow I am checked into the hotel for the night. Good chance to get some rest away from the truck before starting a hard run to Utah. I have to be there Monday in time to unload at an Air Force base and then reload for El Paso. Whew.

I went and picked up the load this morning. It's a snow broom truck. Yeah, it's summer. I picked up a snow broom. Go figure.

On my way back down from picking it up I passed by a farm with a big sign that read "Hare To Ewe Wool". I assume they raise animals and use their hair to create various yarns. I made a point of noting their location and will go back there when I am bobtailing so I can park and check them out. I may have found a source for some alternative yarns for knitting.

For now I am chilling out in the hotel enjoying a few cold ones and considering ordering a pizza. And doing a little knitting. It's going to be a hard run to Utah so I may as well get all of the relaxation time I can now. Oh there was one weird thing today. In the 11 years I have been trucking I've never been pulled for a random drug screen. Until today. I've just been lucky up to now as most drivers get tested once a year or so. I dutifully reported to the medical clinic, pissed in the plastic cup, and went about my bidness. While I was there I did manage to pick up a pair of shades to replace the ones I stupidly left in the bar in Knoxville. Another $85 bucks, but they're well worth it. When ya wear them all day every day ya want something comfortable and of decent quality.

Comments
on Jun 22, 2007
! I didn't know what to expect from that title of yours! Glad there's no animals in there!!

That would be cool if that place is a source to buy wool. They probably have some interesting ones too - local places usually do.


Have a safe run to Utah tomorrow!
on Jun 22, 2007

! I didn't know what to expect from that title of yours! Glad there's no animals in there!!



That would be cool if that place is a source to buy wool. They probably have some interesting ones too - local places usually do.





Have a safe run to Utah tomorrow!



Thanks. A person on one of my knitting forums lives around here and is gonna check the place out.

I'll get to Utah when I get there. Not gonna kill myself over it, but it's gonna be a hard run.
on Jun 25, 2007

I have heard that some rabbits can be shorn for their hair.  But never seen it.  It must take a lot of them to get enough to make a desent skein (?) of yarn though.

Enjoy the trip as at least the scenery will be different for a change.

on Jun 25, 2007

I have heard that some rabbits can be shorn for their hair.  But never seen it.  It must take a lot of them to get enough to make a desent skein (?) of yarn though.


Enjoy the trip as at least the scenery will be different for a change.




Yeah rabbit is pretty common actually, Angora for example (there's also an Angora goat). Not sure how many it takes though.
on Jun 25, 2007
be safe mason, and about the ciggie thing, yer gave yer lungs a break now give em another one.

elie