good morning friends and neighbors I hope everyone survived St. Pat's day without too bad of a hangover. Some folks are overachievers when libations are on the menu . The blizzard kind of threw everyone off their stride .Apparently they are not too organized for bad weather at work . Monday I knew day shift had been canceled , but had no word on second. About the time I start getting ready to go to work , I looked out and could not see the big yellow road sign across the highway . there was almost zero traffic so I decided to call in. I did not want to crash the truck and spend a couple hours stuck someplace with a huge tow truck bill to pay. At first the boss wanted me to at least come in and get the shift started , I respectfully declined , shortly thereafter he let me know that second shift had been called off so it did not matter . Somehow they had a communications breakdown . The info did not get out in a timely fashion.
Wandering the Hinterlands
Stories and observations from here in flyover land
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Monday, March 16, 2026
A week ago it was 70 degrees F here , today we are experiencing a blizzard. Schools all over the area are shut down . Nearly whiteout conditions today. I might have to consider calling in to work. I hate to think what it will be like on the roads at midnight when I'm on my way home after work. They already called day shift off .
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Younger sister hooked up with a dude we called "The couch Tumor " He was a lowlife that had never done anything useful in his life (Hint his best job was working at a carnival ). One day he saw me on the Harley and told me how lucky I was . I told him luck had nothing to do with it at all, and I decided I wanted the bike and put in the time , and overtime that I needed to do to make it happen, and if he would get a job and show up every day for ten hours he could have one too I got stinkeye for that. Last I heard he is still riding a davenport .
good morning friends and neighbors I hope everyone survived St. Pat's day without too bad of a hangover. Some folks are overachieve...