WHY I LOVE THE CB!!!
So today at about 5:30pm was driving on 401 (the main road btwn Detroit and Montreal) on my way home, as always freaking crowded (ask me why :roll: ) when heard a voice over the radio asking for directions to some particular place, knowing pretty much everything that runs and exists in my area I just jumped myself on the radio starting to ask the other voice "what's your 20 driver?", got a quick answer from him also got it right away that he was American by the accent, he was initially interested to know where to get into the 401 collectors to finally get off at Morningside, still about 10 miles from his place where he was at that moment, anyhow, I started to list some of the main exits before the Morningside exit telling him where he should move into the collectors from the express lanes where he was at that moment, while talking over the radio he mentioned he was from Houston, TX, and he had a pretty strong JR Ewing accentanyhow, while both driving east bound my exit was supposed to be about 3 exits before his BUT as I know myself as in no way a freaking asshole I asked him again about his 20, after that I took the decision and over the radio I just said "he big Texan guy, I'll take you there, I will wait for you just south of Morningside, don't forget to turn right, that's south, on Morningside" he said big THANK YOU, being a 4-wheeler I got off 401 to Morningside about 5 min before him, then I got on the radio with "hey big Texan, as soon as you turn right on Morningside you will see a Sunoco gas station on the right side, I'll be there waiting for you to take you right to your place, what color is your truck?" he said "white cabin with a very shiny tanker trailer" like the ones that carry milk, but he was an 18-wheeler, anyhow, as soon as I saw him down on Morningside I got off the gas station while talking to him, he said "you stay in front of me" which I did, then I took him all the way to Lawrence Ave, left on Lawrence, than thru some residential street, Manson, turn right on Manson (telling him that Manson is right after a Toronto Public library), I got on Manson before him, lots of traffic lights and he got red after I passed one intersection, we kept contact over the radio, waited for him on Manson St, then took him right to 2 Manson St where at the dead end street was the entrance into a big plant with fully secured gates, security guards at the gate, he thanked me again, of course I asked him "what a hell you're doing up here on the Memorial Day weekend?" he said that he had no choice, he had to do this run but right after the unload straight back to Texas, also he said this was his very first trip to Canada!!!, anyhow he got inside the plant, the gate closed behind his truck, I honked my horn, he waived his hand as in thank you very much, then I realized I had a very detailed 2003 GTA mapbook (I got 2008 mapbook in my car plus the Garmin so no need for the 2003 anymore), I turned back, drove right by the gate and when I saw him outside his truck just called him, he came by the gate, gave him the mapbook telling him where to look into it to get back to 401 and then US, we shook hands wishing him a very safe ride home and Happy Memorial Day, he thanked me again, a 30 yo young fellow in semi shorts and t-shirt... and that's it, I felt nice by helping a hardworking fellow road warrior
Sorry for the long post
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Originally Posted by bunny
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