This Trucker Fights Back

[T2 Trucker]

Either way, I'm soo busted, i think ill just shuddup

Keep talking. Everyone loves a slut

Baby steps for me.

Any steps are good steps providing they're forward. I know you're a virtual stress ball right now, and I hate that for you. But I do know you're not a defeatist.

Who in here can't attest to getting disproportionate with themselves from time to time ?? I know you can enjoy a smooth stretch of highway. It's awaiting you once you get through the 'S' turns. Keep steering, Beth

Hey-How are you! Beckster dropped in to see how you are doing? I am still on the wagon. Did gain about 6 pounds but am losing it at the local gym. Gotta love that elliptical! Havne't been in the hospital for an asthma attack in three years! Hope you are staying well!
See Ya!

*super hugs* I'm all atwitter here. Probably the least expected name I excepted, yet the most pleasant surprise *beams*

elliptical ya say ?? That sounds like something from a Jack Horkheimer, Keep Looking Up! stargazer segment on PBS.

Nice to see you're doing this great so late into the journey. You should consider re-posting a B&A to inspire those who never say your story. It will always be worth repeating, imo.

Also, that's very cool you and the hospital only meet during work hours, not for unscheduled 'save my life' moments. Nothing but proud of ya, beckster.

It is wonderful to see you back journaling again, Randy, even if it does mean it's winter. There is snow in Pittsburgh today. Yuck.

Kisses and hugs...

Nicole

Wow, did we just make out ?? Well thanks for that, Nicole.

ah well, winter is the perfect time to surround ones' self with a support team. I mean if I can fuck up in the summer, what chance do I have in the winter ??

I can't think of a better place for a resto job. I dunno about you, dear, but I got work to do. If I lose 15 from now until April, I'll be the happiest man on here - unless, of course, we make out again .

btw, how's the pups ??

Damn Randy, And I thought there was a lotta sugar in my neck of the woods...

I genuflect in your presence...

Gotta be the name.

"Get up, Get up. You're worthy, You're worthy". (in a Steven Tyler voice over - minus his stellar physique) *chuckles*

meh, I dunno, bro, the Class of '06 had a tight life on here.

The chicks just clown the living shit out of me because I'm too desperate to risk ignoring them. They know it. I know it. And now you know it.

It's just an 'anything goes' thread with one rule: Let's have fun while doing the unfun.

 

[wishes]

Keep talking. Everyone loves a slut

Everyone male you mean

The chicks just clown the living shit out of me because I'm too desperate to risk ignoring them. They know it. I know it. And now you know it.

Oh, I thought it had to be because you had 'trucker' in the name which signified 'anything goes'

I was only aiming to make you laugh and destress, nothing like toilet humour for that!

 

[T2 Trucker]

hey potty mouth...

Everyone male you mean

No, I mean everyone except the Religious Right and metrosexuals.

Oh, I thought it had to be because you had 'trucker' in the name which signified 'anything goes'

Yep. It's worse than I thought. Global stereotyping. Sheesh

You know us truckers have helped out countless needy women five dollars at-a-time. Our generosity adds up, yanno

 

[wishes]

wow $5 - you are generous!

Wheres mine?!!

 

[Korrie]

yea, lol talk about a cheap date!

 

[2Skinny]

There is certainly a lot of cheeky testosterone on this website now. I luv it.

 

[T2 Trucker]

Wheres mine?!!

Standard rule is: You have to bang on the cab door after dark if not prearranged on the CB radio - which some of the (dare I use) 'classier girls' used.

I always hated hearing that knock in the middle of the night. It's kinda scary and you never get use to it. The trick was not to move so they couldn't tell you were getting up, otherwise they go away rather quickly.

yea, lol talk about a cheap date!

For them, yes. One crack rock = 5.00. That's all they wanted. They sure didn't want it for toothpaste or deodorant. I never bought a date on the road - ever. I have, however, given female daylight panhandlers with kids in tow some loose singles. I usually cut them off right quick on their rehearsed speech, too. It was harder on them to beg than it was for me to peel off a couple bucks and spare them the indignities.

There is certainly a lot of cheeky testosterone on this website now. I luv it.

<------ *points out the wall-mounted, single sheet, disposable TeriCloth machine*

 

[Curvie Girlie]

Keep talking. Everyone loves a slut

Wow, did we just make out ?? Well thanks for that, Nicole.

No, I mean everyone except the Religious Right and metrosexuals.

Solid gold! You funny bastard! Love ya!

 

[T2 Trucker]

Love ya!

*applies Chapstick™*


An enjoyable day. I cruised over to State College, Pa. (home of the Nittany Lions *rawr*). The stores were nearly empty and the traffic was nil. I had set out - per interwebs instructions - to seek out a specific earbud gel for my Skull Candy's™. All three stores listed on the WWW. didn't have what I looking for. Wasted days and wasted gas.

I didn't mind, tho. Still romancing my social size publicly is a good thing. Let me tell ya, what an easy town to wreck the living shit of a 1800 cal day. Luckily, I went late morning and mingled around till early afternoon. This left zero chance of stopping at any eatery. I really entertained the thought of going to Ye Olde College Diner for a 'sticky and coffee'. Any locals and alums just know how sinfully correct it is to divulge in a sticky. I mean if you're gonna fuck up a day, this is the most forgivable reason to do such.

Instead, I turned up back at home, bundled up and walked for 90 minutes in 28 degree temps with a windchill of about 'brrrrr'.

See, nobody can vote me off this game - other than me. And I'm winning a prize bigger than 500,000. Easy choice.

 

[Korrie]

wow, wtg on turning down the tempations randy! i'm proud of you and a walk in that weather?? nothing gets you down once your determined huh?? **high five**

sorry they didn't have the part you were looking for

 

[Phoenyx]

Instead, I turned up back at home, bundled up and walked for 90 minutes in 28 degree temps with a windchill of about 'brrrrr'.

28 degrees??? That's just asking for a frozen bird right there.

I've found that when looking for certain things its just better to bite the bullet and order it online. Especially since having to drive around looking for stuff annoys the crap out of me.

 

[bethann1156]

Any steps are good steps providing they're forward. I know you're a virtual stress ball right now, and I hate that for you. But I do know you're not a defeatist.

Who in here can't attest to getting disproportionate with themselves from time to time ?? I know you can enjoy a smooth stretch of highway. It's awaiting you once you get through the 'S' turns. Keep steering, Beth

Thanks Randy. I think I am coming out of that curve finally....I posted on my diary...and will try to check in more often.

I have not caught up with everyone's diaries, but am stopping by to say hi to my WLF friends.

 

[lena410]

i was thinking of skipping exercise today...came here and changed my mind thank you

must have been a nice walk... i bet you were walking faster then usual i love walking even when its cold. it clears up my head. the downside is...i usually catch a cold.

anyway, i'm glad you didn't sin with the sticky (i'm trying to figure out what that is but i don't think we have that in my part of the world). we do have other sins though...

 

[T2 Trucker]

nothing gets you down once your determined huh??

Just rum, usually. And Christmas, as well. Those two have an overpowering hold me. Both for different reasons.

I've found that when looking for certain things its just better to bite the bullet and order it online. Especially since having to drive around looking for stuff annoys the crap out of me.

Solid advice, for sure but the eye candy PSU main supplies is worth the 'shipping cost' To be honest, I can't believe I got skunked on the gels. That's just evil odds against in a town with 140,000 iPods floating around.

Thanks Randy. I think I am coming out of that curve finally....I posted on my diary...and will try to check in more often.

I have not caught up with everyone's diaries, but am stopping by to say hi to my WLF friends.

Yeah, I'm probably the worst on here for visiting diaries. I still don't know why. Probably has something to do with my sick timing and smarmy ways. Weight loss is serious business in its deepest form. I have know my role where others are concerned.

You, I'd just like to cootchie cootchie coo and let ya know what a great forum friend you've been on this journey so far.

i was thinking of skipping exercise today...came here and changed my mind thank you

must have been a nice walk... i bet you were walking faster then usual i love walking even when its cold. it clears up my head. the downside is...i usually catch a cold.

anyway, i'm glad you didn't sin with the sticky (i'm trying to figure out what that is but i don't think we have that in my part of the world). we do have other sins though...

Truth be known, Lena, you put it right back on me. I was busy most of the afternoon helping my neighbor lady hang new drape hardware and stuff when I came back home and read this.

I really had every intent of taking today off. Well you co-erected me into dedicating my last hour of sunshine to a worthy cause. I hit the deck for a full 60 minutes. Thanks for the pump, Lena

The food in question is a Grilled Sticky Bun. Here's a story already written to save me the trouble. Grilled Stickys are serious business, as you'll see.

It is inevitable that sometime during your stay at Penn State, someone will insist that you have to go to the Diner and have a sticky. So inevitable that even I did it, which says a lot for my Penn State spirit (or the alcohol consumed at the time).

A sticky, for the uninformed, is known in the outside world as a sticky bun. Except stickies are rectangularly shaped and grilled rather than baked. Yes, that's right, tossed on the grill. Often consumed warmed smothered in melted butter. Or with vanilla ice cream. When I was a student, having a sticky at the Diner ranked in the top 50 Things You Have to Do to Graduate from Penn State (sandwiched between climbing Mount Nittany and feeding a squirrel). I think it is still just as vital to the Penn State student diet as chicken cosmos and Rolling Rock.

Stickies can be bought almost anywhere in town these days. On restaurant menus, they announce in bold letters: Diner Stickies Served Here! Not just any sticky, of course, but Diner stickies.

The Diner, then, is the best place to get them. Let me tell you about the Diner (side note to psugrowler and any other Penn Stater who may not have been around lately -- you better be sitting down because what I'll be describing really is the Diner). Ye Olde College Diner is a 24-hour, well, diner. It's a hole in the wall restaurant along College Avenue and it is decorated to look like an old-time diner. It has formica tables and cheesy cushioned booths and faux cherry wood (at least I think it is fake) panelling on the walls. There is a bar and stools where old men come in to drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and scope out the waitresses. We went there for breakfast the other day with my mother-in-law, and she thought it was a quaint place.

This quaintness is hiding the real Diner -- the one with the wooden tables with 50 years worth of names carved in and the wooden booths that rocked and allowed many people to be squeezed in and the wait staff that isn't so scary after you've been drinking for 6 hours. This is the Diner where you go at 2 am when the bars close and you have the munchies.

My early morning trips to the Diner consist of coffee and french fries. Everybody else I'm with orders stickies. (And yes, despite my advanced age, I still hit the Diner after the bars close, only not as often as I used to.) One time I was at the Diner with a guy I had been dating for about a month, and before the waitress came over, he said, "Sue, I'm not going to let you order french fries tonight. You're going to have a sticky."

"No, I'm not having a sticky," I replied (what witty dialogue at 2:15 am, don't you think?). "I don't like them."

"Have you ever tried one?"

"No. I don't like them." (I began feeling like guy from Green Eggs and Ham, but this time I knew I was right.)

"How do you know?" asked my date (sheesh, you'd think I'd remember his name, after this special occasion).

"I don't like sticky buns," said I. And that is the truth. I can't stand sticky buns or cinammon rolls or anything overly sweet. I gag if I have to eat jelly, for heaven's sake. Chances were pretty good I wasn't going to like the Diner Grilled Sticky.

But my date brought out the heavy artillary. "You can't graduate unless you eat one."

Oh dear. He was right. The big sign that hung in dorm rooms and in the Student Bookstore's window said it, in blue ink, "Eat a Diner Grilled Sticky." And I had just enough beer in me to be paranoid about this.

"I'll take a bite of yours," I compromised.

Nope. It had to be my own sticky. On my own plate. In front of me. A la mode.

I didn't like it, as predicted. I choked it down, then promptly went back to my dorm room and marked that off my list of graduation requirements. Next day, my date and I agreed to stop seeing each other. He couldn't be with anyone who didn't like stickies, he said, and well, I couldn't be with someone who made me eat that thing.

However, as a good PSU alumna, I regularly drag any and all company to the Diner and insist they order a sticky, while I order french fries. Without fail, everyone has loved those gooey sticks, and without fail, it is a most welcome gift whenever we visit people. You take your hostess a bottle of wine? We arrive with stickies in a box! My husband loves them. My kids love them.

For me, though, it isn't the stickies. It's the Diner at 2 am.

 

[Curvie Girlie]

You did good, kid. Thanks for the explanation of the sticky--I had no idea!

 

[T2 Trucker]

You did good, kid. Thanks for the explanation of the sticky--I had no idea!

I have no doubt you'll encounter a PSU alum at some point that you can lay the sticky talk upon. You'll get insta-cred (not that you needed validated that way, you understand)

 

[Curvie Girlie]

LOL! I have no idea what Penn State's reputation is like. The University of California, Santa Cruz is known for its good ganja, though course, in actual truth, I was too busy studying. You know I got 5 A+s throughout my 2 years there? A lot of it was manipulation and cunning, figuring out what my professors likeed in a writer and exploiting that....but, I still managed to KEEP IT REAL

 

[T2 Trucker]

Well I never knew who Peter Tosh nor Bob Marley was until I hung out at 'The Wall' at PSU. Seriously, we use to skip high school just to hang with the hippies, go to the head shops and smoke dope.

They schooled us about thai-sticks to Freak Brothers comic books and everything in between. I doubt these were 'A' students. Just a hunch.

PSU made the infamous 'Top ten party schools' list a few years back. Locally that didn't sit well. The admins are still trying to squash and/or downplay it. Hell, what college doesn't have drunks with an education problem ??

 

[Korrie]

Just rum, usually. And Christmas, as well. Those two have an overpowering hold me. Both for different reasons.

sorry to hear your still not doing well w/ christmas...maybe you could try to find a way to rise above the issues so you can begin to like it again?

 

[Curvie Girlie]

The admins are still trying to squash and/or downplay it. Hell, what college doesn't have drunks with an education problem ??

My uncle (who is WEIRD, damn, he's like a family secret ) was tying to tell me that UCSC was deemed a top party school one year. I told him I didn't know about that, I was too busy studying. I swear he's a narc.