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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 6d

Look, I'm not SUPER well versed in the occult arts, but I get the feeling the truck stop sage and crystals probably isn't bringing the vibes or energy you want it to.
#WitchCraft #LongHaulLife.

A display at a truck stop showing off various types of sage bundles wrapped up for sale for $12

A zoomed out picture showing more of the truck stop around the sage bundles

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 6d

Listen, I have a lead foot myself and aren't a huge fan of speed cameras, but COME ON guys...this is embarrassing.
youtu.be/v7XgD7zuVdc?...

Speed cameras caught vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers over 20 times

YouTube video by Global News

youtu.be

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 6d

Haha exactly lol. If it's legal it rolls :P

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 6d

Had a weird one tonight, but a good lesson I should try to remember. #LongHaulLife
(Copied it into alttext lol)

I've been trucking for almost a decade now, and I've had a handful of interesting, idiotic, insightful, hilarious and just plain unnecessary conversations on the CB. It's helped me avoid major backups, and got me out of some trouble once or twice. Tonight it almost got me in some real trouble, of my own making admittedly.
Been running up US 29 and I-64 from North Carolina to Virginia and I seem to get every idiot with misaligned headlights, or just forgetting to turn off their high beams. Normally I'm pretty patient about these kinds of things and I'll flash my markers and headlights on and off a few times and people usually get the message. If it gets really bad I'll generally start slowing down some people will pass me, and in worst case scenarios I'll either hit the shoulder and stop completely, or grab the left lane and let them pass me on the right.
Tonight I've just been having bad luck, and in a moment that I'm not super proud of I grabbed my microphone and basically yelled into the dark about "Can no one in the f-ing state install a headlight?!" And some other such nonsense. Well the truck behind me that was just running super bright fog lamps took offence to that, started flashing his high beams and we got into a bit of a pissing match on the road and over the ol' CB. I insulted him, his truck, his skill, gave him the finger as he passed me just before we hit I-81... I was in a rage. He fed it back to me just as harsh, calling me names and telling me that he only just got his truck back after 2 weeks and didn't realize the lights were out. We kept going back and forth, exit numbers and an invitation to a fist fight came up at one point and after a little bit until he gave me trouble for brake checking him. Now I don't normally break check people, but I guess it must have seen that that's what I was doing as I was hitting the shoulder to get him to pass me. I took a second to think about it, and in a much calmer voice basically told him that that isn't no…

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 6d

Good luck!!!

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 6d

Haha, yeah, I'm pretty sure the Cornwall yard pulled the flap (and bracket) off the yard truck to get me out of there haha. Had to bobtail after dropping a trailer there, and it was blitz week lol

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 8d

Had to go rescue a load when one of my co-workers stopped working. Essentially we're drawing into my trailer's pump, and using that suction to offload.
He was lucky that I was in the area.
#LongHaulLife

A hose going from trailer a, connecting to a valve at the top of trailer b, with a second hose going off of screen

A zoomed out shot of my truck and trailer, with one hose leading into the pump house from underneath, and another hose leading towards the customer silo

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 24d

After about 10 minutes of Googling I'm really irritated that they've made it illegal for me to sell my kidney in most of the modern world.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 24d

After about 10 minutes of Googling I'm really irritated that they've made it illegal for me to sell my kidney in most of the modern world.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 28d

Not everything needs a reaction.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 29d

I just got passed by a champagne colored Subaru with a surprisingly large bumper sticker that read "PRE-MARITAL SEX IS STUPID AND RISKY"
Imagine having that be the take you want to be publicly known for.
#LongHaulLife

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 29d

Ok but Skate not Masturbate is objectively hilarious.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · 29d

I just got passed by a champagne colored Subaru with a surprisingly large bumper sticker that read "PRE-MARITAL SEX IS STUPID AND RISKY"
Imagine having that be the take you want to be publicly known for.
#LongHaulLife

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Sep 6

Still can't get over the tiny lil knife my boyfriend, @starlightserpent.bsky.social gave me. It's way sharper than you would expect.

A very small knife on a small key chain sitting on a small leather holster. The handle is green wood, with brass accents. The blade is iron with small flourishes. A normal bottle cap is next to it for scale.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Sep 6

Honestly, one of the nicer truckstop shower I've seen, at the Irving BigStop near Lewiston Maine.
Boy howdy, my inner crow wanted to steal the Bigstop shower keychain. #LongHaulLife

A large white shower stall with a large shower head.

A large metal tag that says "Irving BIG STOP" with a symbol for a shower.

A large metal tag that just reads BIGSTOP.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Sep 6

Years later I see things like this and I'm glad I actually paid for your music when I was younger.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pulled over at a rest area in Northern Vermont that was so dark and so quiet that turning my truck back on and pulling onto the highway almost felt repulsive and like an act against the night itself.
#LongHaulLife

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wasps swarming our drop lot and customers is a sign that summer is ending, thankfully. You got to get real comfortable with the wasps when hauling what is essentially liquid sugar. They seem to understand that if they sting us here, poison appears, and for the most part leave us alone. #LongHaulLife

A wasp sits on the head of a banjo, with a blurred out truck in the background.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 27

This, uh, this doesn't make me feel better about eating them, McDonald's.

A 10 piece chicken McNugget pack with a picture of a car with the license plate reading "BUDDIES" with various chicken McNuggets wearing different hats at outfits inside it and the words "your 10 McNuggets were specifically delivered from this gaggle of buddies on the road trip across Mcdonaldland

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 25

It keeps getting heavier!

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just started dumping down rain soon as I got to work. I still need to get all my shit inside my work truck :( #LongHaulLife

A Chevy dashboard showing rain falling on the windshield

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sad I wasn't able to go to Ottawa #Pride this year. I was working yesterday, and just got too burnt out from work to go today. My friends seemed to have a blast though. I'll definitely make time for it next year.

A very tired white man sits in a pickup truck holding a small pride flag.

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 25

The pain of going from Toronto to a small town is there is no good shawarma here. :(

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Aperture Flash Flies Again @apertureflash.bsky.social · Aug 25

It was so bad! I stopped playing because of it, and my fingers went soft!!!

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