Ok - due to some small demand.. I figure, what the hey - I will tell you a story of being on the road and being female..... hehehehe...
A few years ago, I was with a truck company driving 18-wheelers cross country..I was in Oklahoma City (a big hub for truckers, being the main stopping point before going West) and was at a truck stop waiting for my co-driver (who was inside making a phone call.)
So I am sitting in the truck, listening to the CB radio - and all these guys are talking about how they get "flashed" (women lifting skirts and such) by cars as they drive along. Well, I had been on the road a while, and have been hearing about this stuff for quite a few months... and it got to the Women's Libber in me.
"Ok you guys," I say on the radio. "I hear a lot about how you have women flash you and how you get to *see the sights* and I am feeling a bit offended by this!! After all, *I* never see anything - there is no equal time for women out here!"
The radio goes real quiet for about 2 minutes... long time in CB land.
Then there is a little chatter and someone asked where I was heading.
"I am off to Shakey - got to be there early." (Shakey being L.A. - the earthquakes giving it the nickname)
So I go out on the road - Interstate 40 going Westbound - when I hear someone on the radio calling me...
"Hey there, SouthWest (the company truck I was driving), pull over in the hammer lane for a minute!"
I am confused, but do it. There are only 2 lanes going West... I am in the left and I look back and see a convoy of about 15 trucks in the right lane...
And then they start pulling up... the first pulls up next to me and the trucker behind the wheel pulls his shirt up and flashes his chest at me!! I was ROLLING with laughter!! Gasping, I get on the radio, "I ain't never seen Anything Like That Before!!! Woweee!!" I almost drove into the median from laughter.
Every truck after that was similar... the driver would pull up his shirt and grin a big toothy grin at me.... and I had tears in my eyes from gaffawing.
One or two had flash cameras... but I just about fell out of my seat.
That is when I knew I was a real truck driver... I had been initiated.
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Defender for the Light -
Goodness knows there is a lot of Dark out there!! - Where are my matches?
Wandering Joke of the Laughing Hyenas
Laughter can be a Mighty Weapon - when wielded with pizazz and accuracy! What Ho!!