Conquer Club

Dukasaur wrote:I'm stuck at the world's most boring truck stop, in Carlisle, PA, because the trucking companies have decided that New York State is too high-risk to jeopardize their equipment. There's no way to get from Pennsylvania to Ontario without passing through New York, unfortunately.

Well, I suppose I could double the length of my journey and go all the way around through Michigan, but that would be ridiculous.

There's not even a good restaurant here, just a goddamn Denny's. Whoever designed the Denny's menu should have their kneecaps broken with an icepick; everything on it is disgusting garbage, totally deepfried to the point of 100% moisture loss, so that it's a bit like eating beef jerky without the beef. And the waitresses constantly fight, accusing each other of not doing their jobs while not doing their jobs. And I don't mean little snide remarks under their breath, I mean full-fledged explosions of "you lying tramp" loud enough for the whole place to hear. It's a bit like being a kid again and trying to focus on your breakfast while your parents fight.

The sign at the door says "Please wait to be seated". On the first day I dutifully waited for 15-minute increments. Today I got smart and learned to ignore the sign. I just walk in, grab a menu, and sit wherever I want. Then I randomly choose some inedible crap from the menu and flag down the nearest dysfunctional waitress and implore her to serve me. When she says, "that's not my table" I point out that I've been waiting 38 hours and can survive not much longer. Other than being a slight exaggeration, it's basically true.

Carlisle, PA. Can't beat it!

I can't get any real weather reports from Williamsport, Corning, Rochester, or anything else along my way home. I google "Williamsport weather report" and I get Philly. I don't give a f*ck about Philly. It's two valleys over from Williamsport and not even part of the same climactic region. I want to know about the mountain roads between Williamsport and Corning, and between Corning and Rochester. After Rochester I'm home free; the NY Thruway gets priority plowing and from the Canadian border I can basically walk home. But nobody anywhere seems to be able to tell me what the I-390 looks like, or the dangerous sections on the north end of US 15.

BigBallinStalin wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:I'm stuck at the world's most boring truck stop, in Carlisle, PA, because the trucking companies have decided that New York State is too high-risk to jeopardize their equipment. There's no way to get from Pennsylvania to Ontario without passing through New York, unfortunately.

Well, I suppose I could double the length of my journey and go all the way around through Michigan, but that would be ridiculous.

There's not even a good restaurant here, just a goddamn Denny's. Whoever designed the Denny's menu should have their kneecaps broken with an icepick; everything on it is disgusting garbage, totally deepfried to the point of 100% moisture loss, so that it's a bit like eating beef jerky without the beef. And the waitresses constantly fight, accusing each other of not doing their jobs while not doing their jobs. And I don't mean little snide remarks under their breath, I mean full-fledged explosions of "you lying tramp" loud enough for the whole place to hear. It's a bit like being a kid again and trying to focus on your breakfast while your parents fight.

The sign at the door says "Please wait to be seated". On the first day I dutifully waited for 15-minute increments. Today I got smart and learned to ignore the sign. I just walk in, grab a menu, and sit wherever I want. Then I randomly choose some inedible crap from the menu and flag down the nearest dysfunctional waitress and implore her to serve me. When she says, "that's not my table" I point out that I've been waiting 38 hours and can survive not much longer. Other than being a slight exaggeration, it's basically true.

Carlisle, PA. Can't beat it!

I can't get any real weather reports from Williamsport, Corning, Rochester, or anything else along my way home. I google "Williamsport weather report" and I get Philly. I don't give a f*ck about Philly. It's two valleys over from Williamsport and not even part of the same climactic region. I want to know about the mountain roads between Williamsport and Corning, and between Corning and Rochester. After Rochester I'm home free; the NY Thruway gets priority plowing and from the Canadian border I can basically walk home. But nobody anywhere seems to be able to tell me what the I-390 looks like, or the dangerous sections on the north end of US 15.

Here. This will keep you company:

nietzsche wrote:How often do you guys shower when it's very cold like these days?

tzor wrote:This wasn't a good time for roads. Very local roads weren't plowed at all and a few trucks got stuck trying to plow them.

The main local road was plowed but it still had a solid layer of snow on it yesterday and it took the rain storm today to make it mostly clear.

The state road was passable this morning but OK today.

The large county road is half snow covered and half plowed.

The interstate was closed for a long time, but as of this evening, it's beautiful.

Of course, this evening, we had dense fog.

Army of GOD wrote:

tzor wrote:This wasn't a good time for roads. Very local roads weren't plowed at all and a few trucks got stuck trying to plow them.

The main local road was plowed but it still had a solid layer of snow on it yesterday and it took the rain storm today to make it mostly clear.

The state road was passable this morning but OK today.

The large county road is half snow covered and half plowed.

The interstate was closed for a long time, but as of this evening, it's beautiful.

Of course, this evening, we had dense fog.

Almost none of the roads near me are plowed. It's superbly infuriating.

Metsfanmax wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:

tzor wrote:This wasn't a good time for roads. Very local roads weren't plowed at all and a few trucks got stuck trying to plow them.

The main local road was plowed but it still had a solid layer of snow on it yesterday and it took the rain storm today to make it mostly clear.

The state road was passable this morning but OK today.

The large county road is half snow covered and half plowed.

The interstate was closed for a long time, but as of this evening, it's beautiful.

Of course, this evening, we had dense fog.

Almost none of the roads near me are plowed. It's superbly infuriating.

Good luck "carpooling" to campus tomorrow bro

tzor wrote:The roads were finally in a good condition today.

Metsfanmax wrote:

tzor wrote:The roads were finally in a good condition today.

It took me over an hour to make it the four miles to the LIE from my house this morning. When I came back later today, the roads were totally clear.