Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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VOICES 8 | Overdrive | November 2015 Wendy Parker chronicles her journey on the road with her owner-operator husband, George, in the George and Wendy Show blog on OverdriveOnline.com. Scan the QR to read more from her on your phone or tablet. Love letters to cities and states Late September and early October on the road were challenging, to say the least. Running I-75 through Ohio is like navigating a 300-mile continuous strip of construction sites, populated with blind people driving at about 700 mph. After sitting through the fi fth acci- dent scene in 200 miles, I felt com- pelled to compile the snarky "Dear cities and states" posts I make on my personal Facebook page, because if I didn't fi nd something to laugh about, I was going to jump out of the truck and strangle someone. Dear Louisville, In your furious drive to destroy every single roadway leading into and out of your city, I'm afraid you missed one. 7th Ave. is still intact. If you hurry, you can obliterate it before supper. Sincerely, Survivor strip of construction sites, populated pelled to compile the snarky "Dear Dear Cincinnati, In the time you have been working on I-75 through the city, glaciers have formed, melted, made canyons in the Earth and reformed as glaciers again. Civilizations have come and gone – the Swatches you keep time with are antiquities. For the love of God, give up and start over. It would be quicker to plow a highway out with a team of hamsters harnessed to a yoke made of Play-Doh than to wait for you to fi nish this mess you've made. Sincerely, I Hate You " If I'd been there, I'd have called the [Michigan] governor and said, 'You can rest assured that, should I suddenly develop superhuman strength, I'd pull up this stretch of roadway and flog your torso and extremities thoroughly with it. That way, you can get as much enjoyment from this 'road' as I just did. " — James, via OverdriveOnline.com " And then people wonder why their freight gets damaged. " — Texas Jester, via OverdriveOnline.com " I didn't see the state of Arkansas pay to get my trailer fixed – $3,600 in damages. " — Jan Johnson, via OverdriveOnline.com Dear Indiana, I-70 between Spiceland and the Ohio state line in many ways resembles the scene of a bomb blast. To demonstrate what it feels like to travel this ribbon of disaster, place your- self in an industrial-size clothes dryer with a cinderblock, three large rocks and a rabid raccoon, and turn it on for an hour. After sustaining what I'm certain is irreversible kidney damage, a deviated septum and three chipped teeth, I fi nally gave up on making it across alive and dictated my last will and testament to my attorney over the phone. Sincerely, A Very Damaged Taxpayer Dear Detroit, I have no words, mostly because I left 99 percent of my cognitive skills in a pothole nine miles outside of town. It does bear to be noted that one of the main roads leading into your fair city is named "Dix Highway." Also, you people need Jesus. Sincerely, I Can't Even