Sometimes we just happen to be in the right place at the right time!!
Listen to the studio verson of “The Extra Mile”
One of our favorite things to do on a night off is Kareoke!
We all know that life on the road can be difficult at times. When the truck stops and we have some free time, we like to fill it with activities that are fun! We go shopping, sight-seeing, and sometimes just network with some of the people we meet in the truck stops. So, beware of the Keystruckers cause we always have a camera handy!
Tiki
We love taking pictures of trucking dogs! This is Tiki, a long-haired Chihuahua that loves everybody! She is the friendliest Chihuahua we have ever known!
The Cook!
This guy makes some of the Best fried chicken around! His chicken can be found at the Gordonsville truck stop in Gordonsville Va. , just down the road from the walmart distribution center.
- The Races!
Ocasionially, we like to enjoy the local sites or activities of the town we’re in! This was taken in Fultonville NY at the local race track. It’s located across the river from the TA truck stop and within walking distance!
Learning how to GEOCACHE!
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I have been out on the road with different people through the years, {that sounds bad} But trucking has been a part of my life growing up and is again now. I really don’t care if you are a man or a woman it seems to me you tell others how to treat you. Yes there are some piggish men out there but there are just as many women out there with a chip on their shoulder looking for someone or something to blame. There are some women out there that think the whole trucking world should conform to her needs. It just doesn’t work that way.
If you are being treated with disrespect let them know, if that doesn’t work walk away.{I know easy to say harder to do}
But I have found you get treated badly when you put up with it, and don’t stand your ground. I can say F%$##@$%&* you with just a look and I LOVE to use it.
Women and Men in Trucking A Guys Perspective.
I myself have heard just about enough about how we guys out here on the road are a bunch of sexist pigs.
Yes this career is definitely geared toward males and we are the majority of the workforce. I don’t mind sharing the road or other amenities with females because they bring a different light to us out here on the road. If I see a woman out on the highway I give her just as much respect as a male because she is, like me, a driver.
When I hold open a door for a lady at at truck stop, it’s just because of the way I was raised. I don’t have any hidden meanings when I extend this courtesy because when I have a guy walking in close behind me I’ll hold the door for his also. This doesn’t mean I want anything from them in return. A nice thank you (which I get from all the guys) from a woman is always a plus. It just means that they appreciate the thought. Sometimes words don’t even have to be spoken. A smile from her will get me to nod my head and smile back. Just about the same thing with guys happens too. It’s common courtsey to do these things for one another. I do not dicriminate as to what a women looks like. Any shape or size or any color skin don’t matter because I only see a female.
Some females think however that if a “gentlman” opens a door for them and they reply that it’s an open invitation to start a conversation and ask them back to their truck for a quickie, so they don’t acknowlege them at all. If I get snubbed after I either hold or open a door for a lady I really don’t let it bother me. If she didn’t appreciate my southern upbringing or my good manners, then shame on her and I’ll remember her as a “difficult and bothered” person, but I’ll still open the door for her next time.
If some guy or guys out here engage in sexist talk on the radio about how a certain girl looks or how they would love to do them or whatever, you can count on me not being in on the conversation. I rarely have my radio on unless I need to converse with a shipper/reciever on a certain channel or there is a backup of traffic.
I think that is the norm these days anyhow mainly because a lot of drivers like myself are just “tired” of the stupidity being spread out over the airwaves. There is nothing but stress and strife aired out over the citiziien’s band radio anyway’s so I really don’t need to listnen to that crap anyhow.
Another thing about women on the road. They don’t have to prove anything to me or anyone else. If they, like all the other drivers, just get out here and do their job then all is well in the world. Letting what other people think about you bother you is not being productive. I have the mentality that out of all the people I see today I will probably never see again anyways so who really cares whan anyone thinks of me. But, there is one important factor in this. If I act respectfully and show respect towards the men and women I share this profession with then I will not be remembered. But, if I act like a bastard and complain about women all the time, then someone might remember me in that way.
So, if you are a woman that has classified me and my friends out here as just sexist pigs who want nothing more from you than to degrade you and get in your pants then you don’t know me and about 95 percent of us men. If a few of us got out of hand why do you have to classify all of us as assholes?
I’m just saying….
Jim (keystrucker)
Ok, Now It’s Jan’s Turn!
Jim and I were talking last night about the woman Vs man thing and I told him how a friend had mentioned that she’d like to hear the Man’s side of story so Jimmy made the post above!
He was raised in the south and has a habit of saying sweetie and honey alot, but he was raised that this is how men should treat women and that it was a compliment and respectful thing to do. I too feel that this is a good thing and I appreciate the sweetie, and honey when the door gets opened or when they are just saying Good Morning Honey! I have never read anything else into it cause there is nothing else to read!
I don’t ever want my husband to stop being courtious to anybody just because a few may percieve his gestures as perverted. We were all raised in different parts of the country and in different ways. Being a Trucker really opens your eyes to this. We must be more open minded and possitive. Also many of these drivers out here have been alone for so long they actually have lost any and all social skills they may have once had. I smile and say good morning to everyone I see almost every morning and if someone takes it the wrong way, so be it! I still feel good about myself.
The longer you are out here, the more you actually understand!
Thank you Jim for giving us your point of view…I have spoken and written often that women need to get over this discriminatory towards male driver attitude….IMO 99% of the brother drivers out there with me are decent, patriotic, courteous gentlemen of the road and should be treated as such…and 99% of brother drivers don’t have a problem with lady drivers being lady drivers.
I have been traveling these roads one way or another since 1972 and I can count the face to face confrontations I have had with male drivers on one hand and have fingers left. The CB is another matter all together…but I do not tar everyone with the same brush.
We need to find ways to give each other the respect we all deserve as truckers…if that is showing common courtesy by saying thank you for someone holding a door open then dang ladies, do so…you can hold the door for a brother driver later on.
Another thing…if you lady drivers are so afraid that you cannot smile and wave at another sister driver going by, then you need to work on it. A wave or a nod or a smile won’t hurt you nor threaten you going down the road at road speed…or for that matter saying hi when spoken to first by a sister driver face to face. I don’t know how many times I look over to see a sister driver looking back at me…when I wave and smile, they glare at me, or stare at me when I say good morning or whatever on the fuel island…dang get over yourselves!
Remember the golden rule: Treat others as you wish to be treated. Now being courteous might not matter to you, but it danged sure matters to the rest of us.
Ya’ll be safe out there!
Sandy Long aka Lady Godiva