8/18/2005: Truckin' in Amarillo [updated: in Oklahoma City]

Undertoad · 08-18-2005, 11:45 AM

Presented as a series I guess, and sort of self-documenting. This might have made our WTF thread instead, but lookie I've put it here.

Trilby · 08-18-2005, 11:50 AM

What's your problem? I travel like that all the time!

Snob.

Bullitt · 08-18-2005, 12:11 PM

Paint doesn't take kindly to duct tape, esp. when melted from the Texas sun

Hobbs · 08-18-2005, 12:15 PM

For those who scoff at the multiple uses of duct tape....

All that's missing in these pictures is a ciggy hanging out of the drivers mouth and a dead deer head sticking out of the back of the car. Ahh, perfection.

BigV · 08-18-2005, 12:29 PM

I wonder....

I imagine she's making good on her threat to leave ("and I'm takin' my STUFF TOO!"). They look like they've been driving a while. Her left shoulder is sunburned. I can't make out the plate, but it doesn't look like Texas. Maybe Florida or Georgia. She's seen some setbacks (bunged up fender, car broken into through left rear quarter window), but she's doing something about it. The optimism and determination displayed here is admirable.

Good Luck to you. I hope everything turns out better.

LabRat · 08-18-2005, 01:42 PM

I would love to hear the story that lead up to these pictures. The sunburn might not be from this trip, coulda happened before, who knows. If the story is she's leaving her hubby tho, I am interested in the reason for a ring still on her left hand. I'd have pawned it for $$ for a U-haul myself...

wolf · 08-18-2005, 01:44 PM

She's probably saving the ring for her first month's rent and crack order at her destination.

barefoot serpent · 08-18-2005, 02:09 PM

I guess The Joads are still on the road...

Perry Winkle · 08-18-2005, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

can't make out the plate, but it doesn't look like Texas. Maybe Florida or Georgia.

I think the assumption is that the Amarillo -> road sign is refferring to Amarillo Texas thus either in Texas or somewhere east of north Texas. So probably either Oklahoma or Texas as far as I can guess.

Hobbs · 08-18-2005, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grant

I think the assumption is that the Amarillo -> road sign is refferring to Amarillo Texas thus either in Texas or somewhere east of north Texas. So probably either Oklahoma or Texas as far as I can guess.

Oooo, good catch. Oklahoma it is.

Hobbs · 08-18-2005, 02:52 PM

OK, How flippin bazaar is this? I found these pics on http://www.okroads.com/dandm/i44ok.html. What are the odds of me typing in Exit 120A and coming across these? I love the internet!!!

Quote:

Interstate 44 East approaching Exits 120A-B -
Interstate 40 - 1/4 mile. The interstate lies just
past the North Canadian River, which Interstate
44 is about to cross here.

Neurotica · 08-18-2005, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grant

I think the assumption is that the Amarillo -> road sign is refferring to Amarillo Texas thus either in Texas or somewhere east of north Texas. So probably either Oklahoma or Texas as far as I can guess.

I'm with you. I'd bet money that that's an Oklahoma plate. (Can't you see me swelling with pride over the actions of my fellow Oklahomans?) Here's a very blurry example of an older Oklahoma plate, before the state seal(?) was added to the middle. I didn't bother to blur the numbers because it's from a bunch of junk that someone dumped on our property.

Anyway, plates don't mean much, of course. But the fact that Exit 120A on Hwy 40 to Amarillo is in Oklahoma does. Oh, great. I just confirmed that I share a state with these people.

Neurotica · 08-18-2005, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

They look like they've been driving a while. Her left shoulder is sunburned.

Actually, a lot of people in Oklahoma look like that all the time. Sunscreen is frowned upon (or so you'd think), and Overtanning Syndrome is rampant here. People with the wrong skin tone to get that bronzed look just end up looking red and freckled all the time.

It makes perfect sense. Your skin can look ugly and sunburned all the time, and later you can get skin cancer. It's win-win!

Neurotica · 08-18-2005, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hobbs

OK, How flippin bazaar is this? I found these pics on http://www.okroads.com/dandm/i44ok.html. What are the odds of me typing in Exit 120A and coming across these? I love the internet!!!

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Why must my internet be so slow?

You beat me on both the tag confirmation and the road/exit confirmation. *kicks dialup connection*

barefoot serpent · 08-18-2005, 03:05 PM

OK... that makes the Grapes of Wrath reference even more poignant.

But as a wise person once said:
Before you go making fun of someone; maybe you should drive a 100 miles in their car...

08-18-2005, 11:45 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/18/2005: Truckin' in Amarillo [updated: in Oklahoma City] Presented as a series I guess, and sort of self-documenting. This might have made our WTF thread instead, but lookie I've put it here.

08-18-2005, 11:50 AM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	What's your problem? I travel like that all the time! Snob. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-18-2005, 12:11 PM	#3
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Paint doesn't take kindly to duct tape, esp. when melted from the Texas sun __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

08-18-2005, 12:15 PM	#4
Hobbs Professor for the school of ass-clownery Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Surprise! Posts: 404	For those who scoff at the multiple uses of duct tape.... All that's missing in these pictures is a ciggy hanging out of the drivers mouth and a dead deer head sticking out of the back of the car. Ahh, perfection. __________________ That's it! Send in the chimps!

08-18-2005, 12:29 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I wonder.... I imagine she's making good on her threat to leave ("and I'm takin' my STUFF TOO!"). They look like they've been driving a while. Her left shoulder is sunburned. I can't make out the plate, but it doesn't look like Texas. Maybe Florida or Georgia. She's seen some setbacks (bunged up fender, car broken into through left rear quarter window), but she's doing something about it. The optimism and determination displayed here is admirable. Good Luck to you. I hope everything turns out better. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-18-2005, 01:42 PM	#6
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I would love to hear the story that lead up to these pictures. The sunburn might not be from this trip, coulda happened before, who knows. If the story is she's leaving her hubby tho, I am interested in the reason for a ring still on her left hand. I'd have pawned it for $$ for a U-haul myself... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

08-18-2005, 01:44 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	She's probably saving the ring for her first month's rent and crack order at her destination. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-18-2005, 02:09 PM	#8
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I guess The Joads are still on the road...

08-18-2005, 03:05 PM	#15
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	OK... that makes the Grapes of Wrath reference even more poignant. But as a wise person once said: Before you go making fun of someone; maybe you should drive a 100 miles in their car...

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