Just down the road - Lemmy Today

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35173283 [https://lemm.ee/post/35173283]

My Irish mind can’t comprehend such long distance drives
It’s amazing that there are lots of animals that live out there. It looks so inhospitable.

I once drove coast to coast. Started in San Diego California, drove a couple hours on I-15 up to Barstow to meet I-40, and then passed this sign:

Two and a half days later we pulled into Raleigh. I slept through most of New Mexico and all of Arkansas, I was at the wheel through Arizona, half of Texas (we switched at Amarillo), and some of Tennessee into North Carolina, my cousin was at the wheel otherwise. It’s the farthest single trip I’ve done by land.

I was just at the one off of I-10 in Alabama not too far from the FL/AL line yesterday. I splurged on 4 BBQ sammy’s, a bag of beaver nuggets, a small meat & cheese tray, a bag of homemade chips, a chocolate pie cup thingee, and a cup of coffee all for the low, low price of $64 smackeroos! That place was craaazy busy…
My wife got a job there, didn’t work a day. I have never heard of such a shitty employer in my life. Put it this way, HR spends the entire day on the phone calling applicants and begging them to come in.
They have these kinds of signs on the NJ turnpike. I think the closest one is 8 hours away in Kentucky
Oh goodie! Only 12 more hours!