Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[greybeard]

Got onto I-20 East and it turned into a danged parking lot. I mean just that... zero movement... after about 30 minutes of that I hit the breakdown lane to get to the next exit so I could move over to 80 East, which parallels I-20 and I could see no back up and vehicles flying east bound. Get over to 80 and start heading east, get just past the next I-20 connection and come to another parking lot. Posted speed is 55... why is THIS road stopped as well. You'd think they had the president coming through or something... Waited there for 15 minutes and at that point was already late for the lab appt so called the number and left a msg that I wasn't going to make my appts due to the blocked east bound roads.

Banged a 180 and started heading back the way I'd come and just for grins, headed to the I-20 connector I had most recently passed and no back up there so continued to the actual overpass and the east bound lanes were clear, so jumped back onto I-20 E and headed to the VA. Got there 45 minutes late for the labs and just about right on time (15 min early) for the actual appointment. Got both accomplished.

Just one of several reasons I don't bother with the VA at all. No matter how much it might save me, those trips into Houston would make me ready & wishing for the graveyard.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Latestarter, why is it every time i get or read a post from you, there is a great big ad pop up that has some delicious food on it...what's up with that ? I have quit smoking as of a year ago in august, and i certainly don't need anymore weight gain....the ads drive me crazy !

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

@Latestarter's revenge.

 

[Latestarter]

That is too funny! I stopped smoking in Sept 2010. I had tried numerous times prior without success. Finally a very smart person said to me stop trying to "quit"... Your whole life it's drilled into you to never be a "quitter" so if that stuck, you'll never succeed. She said I should decide to stop and go from there. It worked. Now unless the topic comes up, I don't even think about smoking and find it hard to imagine why I started in the first place. Wasted a LOT of money over 40 years...

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Niooooo tell me it isn't so....is this pay back for the posts i made yesterday ?....i m sorry...........well kind sorry

 

[Rammy]

No your not.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, she didn't seem real sincere.

 

[Latestarter]

Just back from the airport with DS. Stopped on the way home for a "real" (as you can get down here) Philly cheese steak sub. It was actually quite good and not all that far off the track form where I had to drive anyway. Been a long time and I really enjoyed it.

 

[Bruce]

You gonna get him up at sunrise and work him until sunset??

Have a really good visit with DS.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

No your not.

Yeah, she didn't seem real sincere.

Dang yankee... you caught me...both you and Rammy......