Far OT: A styrofoam peanuts story

[Ken G Kopp]

After retiring from my "regular" job, Rose (N7HKW) and I got
into an OTR "18-Wheeler" for a million miles and five years.

One incident involving Styrofoam peanuts comes to mind.
We were called into a California border inspection station
for what was supposed to be a routine inspection.  The lady
on duty ordered me to open the doors of the truck's trailer so
she could see that we were hauling what the waybill said.

I told her that the trailer was loaded with bulk blown-in Styrofoam
peanuts and she really didn't want me to do that.  Her response
was to -order- me to open the doors.  Said "OK, but you'll regret
it."

It was windy that day .....

73!

K0PP
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[Tox]

Awesome :)

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote:

> After retiring from my "regular" job, Rose (N7HKW) and I got
> into an OTR "18-Wheeler" for a million miles and five years.
>
> One incident involving Styrofoam peanuts comes to mind.
> We were called into a California border inspection station
> for what was supposed to be a routine inspection.  The lady
> on duty ordered me to open the doors of the truck's trailer so
> she could see that we were hauling what the waybill said.
>
> I told her that the trailer was loaded with bulk blown-in Styrofoam
> peanuts and she really didn't want me to do that.  Her response
> was to -order- me to open the doors.  Said "OK, but you'll regret
> it."
>
> It was windy that day .....
>
> 73!
>
> K0PP
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[Mark Bayern-3]

Ken, assuming you had already been on the scales, she knew trailer
must be empty. :)

Mark  AD5SS


On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote:

> After retiring from my "regular" job, Rose (N7HKW) and I got
> into an OTR "18-Wheeler" for a million miles and five years.
>
> One incident involving Styrofoam peanuts comes to mind.
> We were called into a California border inspection station
> for what was supposed to be a routine inspection.  The lady
> on duty ordered me to open the doors of the truck's trailer so
> she could see that we were hauling what the waybill said.
>
> I told her that the trailer was loaded with bulk blown-in Styrofoam
> peanuts and she really didn't want me to do that.  Her response
> was to -order- me to open the doors.  Said "OK, but you'll regret
> it."
>
> It was windy that day .....
>
> 73!
>
> K0PP
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