So I'm starting to come to grips with the fact that I have something of a man-crush on two different dudes. That agriculture guy from Alabama was pretty cool and the portly governor of New Jersey makes me grin every time he's in the news. Setting all that aside though, the next little tidbit made it even more amusing. Something doesn't add up with respect to the chick whining about how she doesn't get paid enough (just before she contradicts herself and says it's not about the money). Either she's lying about her identity or she's lying about her pay. Heh. Now that I think about it, maybe the NEA should quit bitching about layoffs and larger classes. Just follow Ms. Wilson's advice and advocate for a per-pupil pay scale. Then each teacher could blather on about some boring subject to a room with 80 kids in it and be a millionaire in no time, while the school districts could whack a bunch of teachers and balance their budgets. Everybody wins.
Also tangentially on the subject of budgets... construction. Oy. I guess it's the same deal every year but I swear I've never seen so many orange barrels in my life. The stretch of I-90/I-39 from Rockford to Beloit is all done now. That's pretty nice. Damned near everywhere else in this country though... oy. Ohio turnpike - under construction. Indiana turnpike - under construction. Chicago Skyway - under construction. I-90 in Illinois - under construction. I-90 in Wisconsin - under construction. I-94 in Wisconsin - under construction. All of this on the heels of yesterday, and yesterday on the heels of last week. Looking ahead to tomorrow, I haven't been to Minnesota in a while but I recall that there was a shitload of construction around Minneapolis the last time I was there. So I imagine there's more of the same in store for me in the morning.
I made it up to Baldwin, Wisconsin today before deciding to get off the road and park for the night. There's a T/A right before the Minnesota state line, but I'm pretty sure it's a small one. If I got there and it was full, I can't really think of any other options that I would have along my route. Not in the mood to gamble tonight. I'm pretty sure I'll have less than 60 miles to go from here, so good enough. After a little over ten hours on the road, nothing sounded quite as good as an Italian BMT with double meat. I saw a little truck stop on the north side of the freeway and it had a SubWay. Excellent! And it had nowhere for me to park. Bogus! In hindsight, I realize that I should have pulled into the fuel island and grabbed myself a sandwich before heading over to the truck stop on the other side of the freeway. It didn't occur to me at the time though, so I settled for provisions from the friendly Hindu folks that run the Mobil station instead.
7am appointment tomorrow. Boo.
Hey Joe, next time you plan on stopping in Baldwin or Menomonee area post on here and if it worked out buy ya a beere and supper. Tonight your only 30 minutes from me. The supperclub behind the Mobil has pretty good food there.
ReplyDeleteCould not figure out how to leave a name with previous post, sorry. Dave
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ReplyDeleteBe friend, don't tempt the man named Joe. Our friendly transportation specialist has his work out bench and weights riding with him to work on his six pack abs not six pack of beer.
Now if the Swede SJoe is around that's a whole different story.
Liked your post today Joe, some good stuff in there.
Buy the way I concede the my Diamondbacks are playing like d-bags and not DBacks. We will be lucky if we get one game out of three with your 2nd place Tigers next month. So I've got the tab the next time you are down PHX way.
J.T.
On the technical side of things, you can click the radio button labeled "Name/URL" and put anything you like in that box. A URL isn't required. It's just for people who want their names to link to their websites.
ReplyDeleteNow, a point of clarification. While J.T. is correct in noting that my Swedish buddy tends to be the one looking for trouble most of the time, I have no illuions regarding six-pack abs. If we can go from a half barrel to a quarter barrel, I'll be content.
I saw that Supper Club as I was leaving this morning. I hadn't really paid much attention to what the sign said last night. I just saw a cheesy yellow marquee with "Club" and assumed that it was a titty bar.
I'd be glad to join you for a bite sometime. I'm not much good at planning my stops in advance, but I'll keep an eye out for another trip up I-94. One point of order though - J.T. breaks the rules sometimes, but it's my preference to pick up the tab whenever someone takes the time to drive out to a truck stop and get me, especially if the Swede decides to join us. Consider it an insecurity issue or something along those lines.
On the baseball front, I'm looking to get home right after those raaacists from Arizona leave town. If my hometime request goes the way it does most of the time, I might be around in time to catch one of the games. My cap will have a 'D' on it, but I don't think it will be the red one.
I had meant to post something the night before when I saw you were coming to the Twin Cities, but naturaly I forgot. The TA in Hudson is small and fills up early.
ReplyDeleteI kinda figured that about the T/A. Usually the last stop before a major city is quick to fill up on a weeknight.
ReplyDeleteThe post is wonderful, thanks a lot.
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