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A NEWS UPDATE FROM THE ROAD, I AM STRANDED IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY ON ANOTHER ILL FATED TRIP TO COLLECT ROLLERMATICS <br
MY TRUCK BROKE DOWN ON ME FOR THE LAST TIME AND I GAVE IT AWAY TO SOME FARMER IN EXCHANGE FOR A 40 MILE RIDE INTO TOWN SO I CAN CATCH A GREYHOUND HOME TONITE! <br
HAVEN'T BEEN IN PADUCAH SINCE 1975, NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED MUCH! MY GREYHOUND LEAVES TONITE AT 10 P.M. BUT DOESN'T ARRIVE IN CINTI TILL 11 A.M. TOMORROW, WERE TAKING THE SCENIC ROUTE THRU NASHVILLE AND GOD ONLY KNOWS WHERE ELSE. AS LONG AS SOMEONE DOESN'T START STABBING ME TO DEATH IT SHOULD PROVE TO BE A MARVELOUS TRIP! I'M NOT GONNA SIT IN THE BACK! <br
THE TRUCK DID IT TO ME FOR THE LAST TIME AND I HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO DITCH IT WHEREEVER IT BROKE DOWN IF IT EVER DID IT TO ME AGAIN! THIS TIME THE OIL SEAL BLEW! GOODBYE TRUCK, SEE YA AROUND, LIKE NEVER!! <br
I AM GOING TO PICK UP THE LAST OF THESE ROLLERMATICS IF IT KILLS ME AND WEEK AFTER NEXT I AM OFF FOR 4 DAYS AND AM RENTING A TRUCK AND MAKE MY JOURNEY DOWN HERE AGAIN AND ALSO BACK TO BUFFALO TO GET THE LAST OF THAT LOAD THEN I AM DONE! NO MORE WASHERS FOR ME THAT I PICK UP. NO MORE ANYTHING THAT I PICK UP! AND BRIAN (OLD APPLIANCE NUT) I DO PLAN ON SWINGING BY TO SEE YOU IF IT'S OK, FOR THAT KDS-17 IF NOTHING ELSE, YOU CAN'T SCRAP IT!!! I WON'T LET YOU!!! AND WALT, WE WILL HAVE FUN AND I WILL HAVE A BIG TRUCK THIS TIME SO I WILL TAKE ALL THE DRYERS YOU WANT TO GIVE ME!! AND I WILL HAVE YOUR WRINGER OFCOURSE, BUT AFTER THIS LAST TRIP I AM DONE!!!!
CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT ANY MORE TRUCKS HERE AND ALL I HAVE IS A JEEP WRANGLER AND A MOTORCYCLE SO MY PICK UP DAYS ARE OVER!!! <br <br
ALL I CAN SAY IS EITHER SOMEONE UP THERE DOESN'T WANT ME TO GET THESE MACHINES OR MY HIGHER POWER HAS ONE HELL OF A SENSE OF HUMOR TO WHICH I AM THE BUTT OF LATELY <br
I AM KILING TIME AT THE LIBRAY WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO STAY OPEN TILL 9 P.M. TONITE, AT LEAST IT SAYS THAT ON THE DOOR. HOWEVER, JUST CAUSE I AM IN TOWN THEY HAVE CONVENIENTLY DECIDED TO CLOSE AT 6 P.M. TONITE AND THE GREAYHOUND STATION DOES NOT OPEN TILL 8 P.M.! HOW NICE! WISH THEY HAD A BATH HOUSE IN THIS TOWN, I COULD HAVE LOTS OF FUN WHILE I WAIT
I WILL NEVER DRIVE ANYWHERE THERE ISN'T A CLUB BATH CLOSE BY!
THANK GOD THERE'S ONE IN CLEVELAND WHEN I MAKE MY BUFFALO TRIP <br
I WALKED ABOUT 8 BLOCKS TO THE LIBRARY FROM THE GREYHOUND STATION AND HAVE YET TO SEE ANYTHING OPEN EXCEPT A COSTUME SHOP! MAYBE I SHOULD RENT A COSTUME AND ENTERTAIN PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHILE I WAIT IT OUT! I HAVE A FEELING THOUGH WHEN THIS LIBRARY CLOSES UP AT 6 P.M. THE SIDEWALKS WILL ROLL UP AS WELL! <br
OH WELL, I'M USED TO THIS SHIT NOW! I WILL HAVE THOSE ROLLERMATICS IF IT IS THE LAST THING I EVER DO! WITH MY LUCK GETTING THEM LATELY IT JUST MIGHT BE, HOPE I HAVE A WILL MADE OUT, THINK SO! WHO DO I LEAVE ALL THESE DISHWASHERS AND WASHERS TO? YOU GUYS OFCOURSE, IF I CROAK GETTING THESE MACHINES YOU CAN HAVE EM ALL, JUST COME TO MY HOUSE IN OHIO AND CART EM OUT THE DOOR, NOBODY WILL MIND A BIT! BUT YOU GOTTA TAKE THE DOGS TOO! AND WHOEVER TAKES DUKE HAS HIS HANDS FULL, LET ME TELL YOU <br
OK, I'M OFF TO EXPLORE THE LIBRARY FOR A BIT THEN MAYBE JUST MAYBE I CAN FIND SOMEPLACE OPEN TO GRAB A 2 HR. BITE TO EAT! DON'T WANT TO BE LATE FOR MY BUS HOWEVER, I'M SURE IT WILL BE PACKED! I MEAN WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS GOD FORSAKEN TOWN ON A FRI NITE!!!! <br
TOODLES FROM LOVELY PADUCA <br
PETE
 
Have a safe and uneventful trip home. I'm sorry you're having to deal with all this, but happy you are overall doing so much better! I know you will get it all taken care of in time!
 
Maybe if you chased Maytags and not Frigidaires... (ducks an

Have you considered selling your story to Hollywood? I can just see it now.. <br
'National Lampoon's Appliance Roadtrip <br
RCD
 
Where's our hospitality.....

were there no members along the trip home to get together and offer a friend a place to stay and schedule a few rides/meets to get our boy home safely <br
I hate to think that anything woud happen to him and we didn't offer!..... <br <br
Peter....let us know you made it home safe, please!....next time post a cell phone number so we can find you, or anyone else for that matter, this is what were here for, a comforting friend in the middle of the night!
 
i posted it to get a laugh out of you guys!

it's so crazy i laughed too, actually i had fun! they had a festival going on down by the ohio river and a hot air balloo
ascension, found a great mexican restaurant and treated myself to a grand dinner, then settled in for my 12 hr. bus ride! <br
what a wild bunch that was! you have no idea what a greyhound station is like at 2 a.m. and it seemed like we pulled into one every hour! with 3 hour lay overs! finally rolled into cinti at noon and caught a cab home and did my laundry in my rollermatic, showered and made it to work on time at 1:30 p.m.! <br
it was an adventure to be shared, that's why i posted it! my whole life is like that! like i said my higher power definately has a great sense of humor <br
am going back next week in a rented truck to get my washer and dryer (come hell or high water) and to drop off title to the truck i gave to that farmer! <br
glad you enjoyed i <br
pete
 
I'm glad you got back safely!! Please tell us about what you saw at the bus station at 2AM. I've never been to a bus station.
 
Wow you do have all the fun!

~I'm glad you got back safely!! Please tell us about what you saw at the bus station at 2AM. I've never been to a bus station.

OMG if it's anything like NYC's Port Authority Bus Terminal, trannies (T.V. and T.S.), druggies, pimps and their girls, homeless, mentally-ill/off, and so many dejects and rejects your head will spin! and mind you these are the NICE people! *LOL*

Mind your business and mind your wallet (pickpockets)! As far as the restoom goes, touch NOTHING and beware of yellow liquids, brown spots and snot everywere. I'm just sayin'. One sits down only in an extreme emergency.
 
But what went on in the bus? Were there black women singing hymns? Did the toilet water spill down the aisle? Did somebody threaten to piss on you? Did the entire bus smell worse than the worse gas station bathroom you have ever been in? Did anyone get "friendly" with you?
 
i will answer the bus station questions soon here!

suffice it to say it was an "experience" at the least. and funny, couple days later they were doing an article on greyhound bus travel on the web somewhere, some news site or something. just caught it out of the corner of my eye! didn't have time to check it out, didn't need to, i had just got a good dose of first hand experience several days before!

but i did chuckle over the comment that most greyhound travel luggage has the logo "glad" or "hefty" on the sides of it! never saw so many different types of garbage bags filled with people's stuff and slung over their shoulder or dragged on the floor behind them like marlo channing's mink in all about eve!
 

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