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Flames destroy semi north of St. John - St. John, KS - St. John News (http://www.sjnewsonline.com/features/x767795447/Flames-destroy-semi-north-of-St-John?img=3)

This was a cluster from the word go.

More importantly, did the flames ruin the Donut Smell in the car in some sore Karmic disharmony and retribution? Where were the Wondernut Twins today?

Now if it were a powdered sugar truck...mmmmmmm.

Lol @ mike... Yeah six hours I think I would be a tad bit cranky myself. Did it overheat? What caused the fire?

I hated directing traffic for 15 seconds....

I hated directing traffic for 15 seconds....

Me too


Flames destroy semi north of St. John - St. John, KS - St. John News (http://www.sjnewsonline.com/features/x767795447/Flames-destroy-semi-north-of-St-John?img=3)

This was a cluster from the word go.

What about the street department, didn't they have road blockers in your state? I feel with you , six hours stupid questions about "Where can I go now? Is the road closed? I have to ride this way, my house is over there!........"

lol @ patch... yep I'm sure that's what they was saying last week on my way to work I was stopped by a snail pace of a train after waiting approx 20 minutes for this train to pass we could finally go just as I was about to cross over the tracks the arm came down again....I was so aggravated... made me twenty five minutes late for work... six hours is a long time to be standing in the heat too :(

I feel with you , six hours stupid questions about "Where can I go now? Is the road closed? I have to ride this way, my house is over there!........"

Funny, different country, same complaints.

I also directed traffic for close to 6 hours on a major wreck. Unfortunately for us, the wreck happened at a major intersection near a school, and the intersection was the two busiest routes for school traffic. I swear to God, I was ready to kill the next soccer mom with a cell phone stuck to her ear who tried to go around my car.

Go around your car?? That's kind of rude but that's what happens when you yack on the phone and not pay attention to the things happening around you I'm the soccer mom that they get mad at bc I come
To a complete stop until they signal. Lol

Go around your car?? That's kind of rude but that's what happens when you yack on the phone and not pay attention to the things happening around you I'm the soccer mom that they get mad at bc I come
To a complete stop until they signal. Lol


You cant imagine how terrible people are. They think everything applies to everyone else and who are we to inconvenience them...

Yep, who'd have thought that the police car blocking both lanes of traffic meant to try to squeeze past it by using the bike lane and driving the passenger side of the car up onto the curb to get around it?

Yeah.... I think she would have gotten a ticket...lol that's crazy

Or the one we get heaps at the moment "The GPS says I have to go down there"

It's enough to make you want to rip it off the dash and throw it over a fence

Yep, who'd have thought that the police car blocking both lanes of traffic meant to try to squeeze past it by using the bike lane and driving the passenger side of the car up onto the curb to get around it?
I was at a structure fire once, blocking the road, lights going, me on the road waving cars away, even had the message board on the back of the car saying "ROAD CLOSED", not to mention the 10 or so fire appliances.

One woman drove straight at us and asked "is the road closed" - met with blank stare

"why are you closing the road?" - reply:
"its part of industrial action, we are going to close a main road a day until we get our payrise"
Met with suprise from the what you would call a "soccer mum" with "Ok, good luck, we support you"

THESE PEOPLE ARE BREEDING!!!

Go around your car?? That's kind of rude but that's what happens when you yack on the phone and not pay attention to the things happening around you I'm the soccer mom that they get mad at bc I come
To a complete stop until they signal. Lol


You cant imagine how terrible people are. They think everything applies to everyone else and who are we to inconvenience them...


I also directed traffic for close to 6 hours on a major wreck. Unfortunately for us, the wreck happened at a major intersection near a school, and the intersection was the two busiest routes for school traffic. I swear to God, I was ready to kill the next soccer mom with a cell phone stuck to her ear who tried to go around my car.

Was it the Gummy Bear truck hitting the Root Beer delivery truck?? I dreamed about that accident closing the schools from about 3rd through 5th grade. "Mom, don't even try for hours. It's closed. I'll call you when I clear a path."

Probably wouldn't have worked. Women lose 50 IQ points when they turn their cell phone on. Another fifty is lost when the are on the hunt for their precious little snowflake. Agititate it with PMS and a teenage daughter and your basically screwed.

You cant imagine how terrible people are. They think everything applies to everyone else and who are we to inconvenience them...

That's exactly why I always worked graveyard shift in uniform. I actually liked dealing with street people and night denizens, but I couldn't stand John and Jane Citizen. The night people knew that if they got out of line or really pissed me off, something bad would happen to them. Day people are oblivious and believe they're entitled.

Once a year when we have the Neanderthal event called the Rose Festival where the Navy comes up the Columbia to spawn. During that week, I often was forced to work OT on days for various events that usually involved directing traffic around something. Add sleep deprived to hating directing traffic and the stupid people that came around and there was usually at least one IA complaint per festival.

When I got promoted, the chief asked me what I thought would be the best thing about being a detective. I told him that I never, ever had to work another G*****N Rose Festival.

Women lose 50 IQ points when they turn their cell phone on.
That's not gender specific. Men turn into morons immediately too. But I see a whole lot more women driving around with a cell phone in their ear than men even after we passed a hands free device law.

One afternoon I was walking my dog by an elementary school and out of 5 women I saw pulling out of the lot with their kids, four were talking on a cell phone. A couple looked kind of pissed off so you could add that to their inability to drive safely.

I still can't understand why people have to be that "in touch" with the rest of the world. I bet they don't talk that much on their home phones.....

THESE PEOPLE ARE BREEDING!!!

And at a rapid rate.

Did you know traffic cones are simply road decorations? That's right just move those suckers to clear yourself a path. Hope it didn't set you back too long from your busy and important life.


That's exactly why I always worked graveyard shift in uniform. I actually liked dealing with street people and night denizens, but I couldn't stand John and Jane Citizen. The night people knew that if they got out of line or really pissed me off, something bad would happen to them. Day people are oblivious and believe they're entitled.

Once a year when we have the Neanderthal event called the Rose Festival where the Navy comes up the Columbia to spawn. During that week, I often was forced to work OT on days for various events that usually involved directing traffic around something. Add sleep deprived to hating directing traffic and the stupid people that came around and there was usually at least one IA complaint per festival.

When I got promoted, the chief asked me what I thought would be the best thing about being a detective. I told him that I never, ever had to work another G*****N Rose Festival.

Don't even get me started on events. The one town I work for has one about every weekend in the summer and also on some weekdays. For some they call our whole department out. There are about 10 of us but 7 are part time and have at least one other job, some more. We get an earful if we say we can't work them.

To answer the questions in order.

The donut smell is or was in the Under Sheriff's Explorer.

Cause of the fire is unknown. However, since it was at the front of the truck,
I would bet on a split fuel line or a crack in the fuel pump.

Normally we call Ks Dept of Transp for long term traffic control. HOWEVER, the troopers
were working the accident and THEY decided we could handle it. LOL

To answer the questions in order.

The donut smell is or was in the Under Sheriff's Explorer.

Cause of the fire is unknown. However, since it was at the front of the truck,
I would bet on a split fuel line or a crack in the fuel pump.

Normally we call Ks Dept of Transp for long term traffic control. HOWEVER, the troopers
were working the accident and THEY decided we could handle it. LOL

we just admitted a Pt that got trapped in a semi on fire with 40% 2nd and 3rd degree burns..... OUCH!

Greg's rants on this subject has me in stitches.... road decorations cracked me up...:)

I was officially asked last year to stop throwing large items at cars while directing traffic. I've put a maglite through a window, cracked a windshield with the same maglite another time, and dented a front fender with a traffic cone (the one that got me asked to throw lighter items).

Now I hold an old set of Crown Vic keys in my hand as I direct traffic to throw.

I was officially asked last year to stop throwing large items at cars while directing traffic. I've put a maglite through a window, cracked a windshield with the same maglite another time, and dented a front fender with a traffic cone (the one that got me asked to throw lighter items).

Now I hold an old set of Crown Vic keys in my hand as I direct traffic to throw.

Another reason I liked working graveyard. I always directed traffic on that shift with a burning road flare. People give you plenty of space when you're wielding one of them.

Another reason I liked working graveyard. I always directed traffic on that shift with a burning road flare. People give you plenty of space when you're wielding one of them.

Scares the bejeezus out of 'em when those things land on the windshield.

In the academy here, the directing traffic practical (some street intersection in Phoenix) is the only time they are required to carry live ammunition and a duty firearm. Not sure what that says about our drivers.

Another reason I liked working graveyard. I always directed traffic on that shift with a burning road flare. People give you plenty of space when you're wielding one of them.

I've thought of that, but we have really crappy road flares that spit molten crap everywhere. I tried it once and burned a hole in my pants and my leg.

I've thought of that, but we have really crappy road flares that spit molten crap everywhere. I tried it once and burned a hole in my pants and my leg.

I did the same thing, but I got to where I could hold it out far enough to avoid that. Holding it out also makes cares keep their distance.

My second ever IA complaint was for cracking the windshield of some woman's who tried to drive around me.

I was officially asked last year to stop throwing large items at cars while directing traffic. I've put a maglite through a window, cracked a windshield with the same maglite another time, and dented a front fender with a traffic cone (the one that got me asked to throw lighter items).


And all they do is tell you to throw smaller items? Sign me up!

Not that I agree that you was wrong b/c I KNOW this would be a pet peeve of mine as well but who pays for the cracked windshield and fender?? lol...:skep: as if the job is not hard enough you have to deal with dummies that make the job a thousand times harder yeah I crossed that fence yesterday while at work I have to deal with them too... look on the bright side you have the option of removing them lol...:toetap05: I think my BIGGEST pet peeve is when someone knows how to do my job better or they don't respect my opion of the matter and I'm the one with the education on the matter... that REALLY gets under my skin

Honestly I don't know who paid for the items. 2 of them got arrested for DUI, the third got a ticket (the windshielf one I literally had to dive out of the way, wile "dropping" the maglite). None of them sued me, and I didn't get any reprimands from the county (former agency) or the city (current one), so I have no idea if the person paid for it, left it, or got the county/city to pay for it.

I was officially asked last year to stop throwing large items at cars while directing traffic. I've put a maglite through a window, cracked a windshield with the same maglite another time, and dented a front fender with a traffic cone (the one that got me asked to throw lighter items).

Now I hold an old set of Crown Vic keys in my hand as I direct traffic to throw.

When I started in the early 80's I had an officer in my squad who had a handfull of pepples in his hand while directiing traffic or when he was the stop officer on traffic check points. The pepples make no damage but they pay attention to the driver when they hit the windshield.

Honestly I don't know who paid for the items. 2 of them got arrested for DUI, the third got a ticket (the windshielf one I literally had to dive out of the way, wile "dropping" the maglite). None of them sued me, and I didn't get any reprimands from the county (former agency) or the city (current one), so I have no idea if the person paid for it, left it, or got the county/city to pay for it.

Well if two of them had DUI's I would hope the city didn't pay either...I hate when people drink and drive to me that is the most irresponsible thing that a person can do.

My first ever citizen complaint was when Phase 2 of FTO. I had been on the street for 3 weeks. I was directing traffic for a parade. A car pulled up and demanded that I move because they had to get to work. I looked at the thousands of kids in the parade and then back at the driver and asked him if he was an idiot. Apparently I was the rude one.

That same day I got my first lecture from an FTO about excepting gifts from hooded men in a white windowless van.....thats completely a true story but for a different thread.

A car pulled up and demanded that I move because they had to get to work. I looked at the thousands of kids in the parade and then back at the driver and asked him if he was an idiot. Apparently I was the rude one.

Geez, all you did was ask him a legitimate question.......

Again, that's why I liked working graveyard. Night people in the areas of town I worked wouldn't blink an eye at something like that.