Indy Vs Cops (Possibly a repost)

Please note, there is both somewhat coarse language and inferred even more coarse language!

Strueth! I am a trucky and I was talking with people whom I thought would understand my ways! I prefer not to use "language" in mixed company.

An Encounter With Texas Police

Remember that you have to view this in the context of a laid back (I think Americans call it "kicked back") Aussie truck driver (that's me) travelling around the Southern States of the United States of America.... in a car, mind you, not a truck. I hasten to add that this is meant in no way to belittle the Officers in question in any way.  These pair of blokes were great! It just was what I thought was a very funny encounter!                          This story involves being pulled over by a couple of enthusiastic young Police Officers...(maybe Highway Patrol, or something... I dunno!) about half an hour or so East of Houston on I-10....... I think it was.                          I will recount it to the best of my memory, complete with the language used..... as I said, I am pretty bloody laid back and all of what was said by yours truly was said with a grin. There is slight embellishment, but not very much!                           It will take a bloody lot longer to recount here, in text, than it took to happen!                          Incidentally, I had been warned that you do not do what you are advised to do in Australia, if you are accosted by the Police. That is, in Australia, should the coppers "wheel you in", you get out of your car/truck/whatever and wander back to meet them about half way. It is a sort of a courtesy thing as they are usually none too impressed if you sit and wait for them in your vehicle. I understand that in USA, the trick is to sit and wait, with your hand well and truly exposed so that they know you're not about to shoot at them! Strueth! I sure as hell would hate to be a copper in your country, working under that sort of duress!                          Okay! So the scene goes something like this......                    NOTE:- I was driving a hire/rental car with Montana plates! This piece of information will be relevant a little later in the story!                          I had departed Gadsden, Alabama, fairly early in the morning. As I was fresh, and your roads are so bloody good, I made pretty good time and I was somewhere out where they were doing all those roadworks on the Eastern side of Houston in October, last year. My guess it was about half an hour or so outside the city limits.                          The time was probably about 2 or 3 AM and I was starting to feel a little ordinary.... not exactly tired, but sure as hell not as fresh as one would want to be. I had been looking for a parking bay (rest area..... is that what you blokes call it?) for some time, so that I could have a bit of a snooze to freshen up, before tackling the last little bit into town. Every time I saw an entrance to one, the signposts alerting motorists of the entrance were way too close to the exit, and I was at risk of being run over by the truckies! Not a good idea!                          Anyway, someone had told me that those dual 70/60 MPH signs meant that at night, heavy vehicles had to reduce to 60 MPH, whilst ordinary cars could remain at 70. This being the case, I had set the cruise control at 73, figuring that the Troopers would allow about 10% as happens here!                          Next thing I know, the disco lights went off behind me! I reckoned that they would be more....... accommodating if I stopped ASAP, so I pulled over, immediately!                          I kept my hands on top of the steering wheel (as advised) and sat and waited for the lads to walk up to me! One walked up each side of my car, 40,000 watt torches blazing, looking inside the car! I thought to myself..... Strueth! These blokes don't muck about! This would never occur in Oz, unless you had been either a maniac or had given them a hard time! Now, me? I had complied immediately, so I was a tad perplexed!                          At this time I hadn't seen a face due to the very bright torches!                          The following conversation ensued! Try and read what I type for the conversation,  phonetically!   Cop #1  (Words to the effect of) "Good morning, Driver" Me "Gerday, mate! Owyagoin'?" Cop#1 "Scuse me?" Me "Shit, mate! All I said was owyagoin'? Errrrr.... Owareyamate? Orright?" Cop#1 "Scuse me?" Me "Awwwww! Shit! How-are-ya-going-mate? This bloody accent of mine is gonna get me into shit... I can see that!" Cop#1 A grunt, then, "Could Ah see yah larsence, please?" (at least that's what it sounded like to me) Me "Ay?  Oh! You want my licence, mate?  Ummmm. Mate, it's in my wallet, which is in my hip pocket.  I'm gonna have ta get outta the car. Don't shoot!" At this point I think he worked out I was a vacationer from..... somewhere... and he started grinning when I mentioned the bit about not shooting! As I was getting out of the car he said, "Do you real-arse (that's what it sounded like to me ... took me a while to work out he said realise) you were doing 74 MPH on a 60 zone?" Me "Well, your speedo's dead accurate!" Cop#1 "Huh?" (I guess this perplexed him because I assume few people admit when they've....made an error!) Me "That's exactly what I was doing! I though that the 60 meant for heavy vehicle only at night, and that cars could still do 70" Cop#1 "Nope! Tha's fur allah traffic!" Me "Well! I'll be f***ed! Mate!  I didn't know! I honestly thought what I said!" I got my licence out and handed it to him. Me "You ever seen one of them, before, mate?" Cop#1 "Hell, no! What all place does this come from?" Me "Mate, that's an Aussie licence!" Cop#1 "What's this class farve sea?" Me "Ay? What the hell are you on about?" He then showed me the endorsement, "class 5C". Me "Oh! That? Mate, that's a road train licence" Cop#1 "Y'all drive trains on the road in Oars-trail-ya?" Me "What? Oh!  Strueth, mate!  Those are big trucks with many trailers all hooked together to the one prime mover....errrrr... tractor!  Some gross over 120Tons... errrrrr ... about 240,000 lbs, or so!" Cop#1 "Dayum!"  He then handed my licence over to cop #2!  For the first time I noticed what they looked like!  Both were reasonably young blokes. Cop #1 was white and the other bloke was black. Cop#2 "Dayum!  Ah ain't nevah seen wunna doze befowah" (I am trying to imitate a Texas accent, rather than trying to differentiate between the two coppers, or belittle either!  Bloody hard to do, in text!  This is what they sounded like to my ears, un-used to listening to Texans! My warped sense of humour went into over-drive and, after I said it, I realised that the next words I uttered weren't the smartest words I ever said in my life! Me "Strueth!  What are you blokes?  The bloody black and white minstrels?" "Ooooops!  I didn't mean that how it sounded!" Well, blow me down, but they both roared with laughter! Cop#2 (the black bloke) "You Arsie's are crazy, man!" This next bit is what really got to me! Cop#1 pointed to the car (remember the tags on it). Cop#1 "Y'all drive that car allaway heeeyah from Oars-trail-yah?" Again, I said what was probably not the smartest thing I ever said in my life! Me "Don't be f***ing stupid!  Whadderya bloody think I am?  Bloody superman?" Again, they burst out laughing! Cop#2 Something along the lines of......"Awwww. man! You crack me up!" At this stage, I was starting to sigh in relief, because I had realised that I had made a monumental faux pas, or three!!! Cop#1 "Whar all did ya jus' come from?" Me "Gadsden." Cop#1 "Whar all is that?" Me "Up near Birmingham, Alabama". Cop#1 "Y'all drive straight through?" Me "Yeah, mate!  I am an Aussie!  We've got a bit of 'go' in us, you know!" Cops#1 & #2 "Dayum!" Cop#1 "Whar all ya going from heeyah?" Me "Houston" Cop#1 "Whar all in Houston?" Me "Buggered if I know, mate!  I could drive there, or explain to you, but I haven't a clue what the address is!  I can give you a phone number where I will be". Cop#1 "Nevah mind.  How long y'all staying in Houston?" Me "Matter of fact, I will be there a day, then I am flying out the next morning." Cop#1  seemed to want to do most of the talking, although the other bloke kept laughing his head off!  I guess he had never heard an Aussie (as relaxed as I) talk , before!!!  Perhaps he was too busy laughing to ask me questions! Cop#1 "Whar to?" Me "Ay? Whadderyasay?" Cop#1 "Whar y'all goin' to after Houston?" Me "Ahhhh!  Mate, I am flying to San Francisco." Cop#1 "Y'all got any drergs in t' car?" Me "What????" Cop#1 "You know.  Drergs!  Lark pot or marrywarnah!" Me "Oh!  You mean drugs? Shit, no, mate!" Could this say something about San Francisco, perhaps, or at least how it is perceived? Cop#1 "Pop the trernk, please!" Me "Ay? Oh!  You mean open the boot?"  (Aussie's say "Ay" a lot, you may notice!) Cop#1 (sotto voce) "Whatever!' Me "Sure, mate!  Here ya go!" Then I remembered that I had all these blister packs of Zantac that I take for a hiatus hernia and I thought to myself, if these blokes see all of them, they are gonna get a bad impression. Me "Errr! Mate!  I forgot to tell you........... I take these Zantac and I have a shitload of them in my bags!' At this point I though the cop#2 was gonna piss his pants, he was laughing so hard! Cop#1 "Go on!  Close the dayumed thang!  Y'all are mad!" Me "Thanks, mate! To an Aussie, that's a compliment!  We're all bloody lunatics!" (A little poetic licence here). Well, that was the end of BOTH of the Troopers!  I realised at this point how hard the cop#1 had been trying to keep a straight face because he lost it completely!  He started laughing until he seemed to be having a hard time getting breath! Once he regained his composure, he held out his hand and shook mine.  Then the other bloke did the same! Cop#1 "Y'all have a nice stay in Houston and enjoy the rest of your visit to America! Man!  You're nuts!  Get outta here, and remember, that's 60 MPH for ALL traffic, at night!" Throughout all of this, the trucks had been slowly driving past, checking out the scene!  I wonder how often they saw a motorist get his hands shook by a couple of Police Officers??  In all my years on the road in Australia I have only seen it happen once or twice! In retrospect, I now realise that I could have gotten myself into all sorts of strife, through the fact I had a hard time understanding them and  because I was so bloody naive, but it turned out well in the end!

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I haven’t written anything here on my blog for a long time but this series of posts on my FaceBook thing makes a pretty good one, I reckon!  LOL

Indy Rosser 59 minutes ago<---- wonders if he is losing it or ummmmmm if he is a ghost or something! Public Friends Friends except Acquaintances Only Me Custom Close Friends f1 See all lists... Commodities Relocation Specialist Oakhill College Family Acquaintances Go Back

About 10 minutes ago I started the hot water running in my kitchen sink. Now, where I am sitting is only 10 foot away and I am FACING the sink as I type this.

About 2 minutes ago I realised that I had forgotten to turn the sink off. 

I AM a single minded person and when I am typing or the like I become totally unaware 

of my surroundings ... think Asperger's ...... but I am probably only a little symptomatic of it as typical Asperger's folk are usually super smart - but I digress ... which is probably another trait! LOL

Anyway, I looked up expecting to see water cascading everywhere to see the faucet turned OFF with the correct amount (and temperature) of water in the sink.

Now there is ONLY me here - so, either I had a guardian angel or something or somebody do it for me, I am dead and haven't realised it yet, or I am going somewhat insane because I am ADAMANT that ***I DID NOT TURN THE BLOODY THING OFF***

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Julie Davis Oooo!!! I LOVE a good ghost story, Indy!! Get out your cam & start snapping some pix, and let's see what you get.

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Indy Rosser Qué? A cam ???

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Indy Rosser I can assure you that I am feeling very discombobulated at the moment!

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Renee Spann Parker You are super smart....

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Kirk Smith Lucky is all i can say lol

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John Geiger ghossssssssssssssssst run

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Indy Rosser Indeed, Kirk - in this small space an overflowing sink is ummmmm ugh!

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Suzi Worley Can I get out from the kitchen cupboard now?? It's a bit squishy in here!! lol....seriously Indy...that is truly weird...you must have someone looking after you!!!

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Indy Rosser Not really, Renee but I can tell you that for a few moment I DID wonder if I were dead like in that movie about the kid with the extra sense ......

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Indy Rosser I have the hair standing up all over my body at present Suzi

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Julie Davis Take some still pix with your camera - see if you get any orbs or shadows or anything. I'm going Ghost Hunting at the St. Augustine Light House next month - and they've got documentation by Ghost Hunters on that place. Can hardly wait!

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Indy Rosser I only have a digital cam and it is out in the truck! The truck is a couple of hundred yards away. 

Don'tcha think if there IS a ghost they ain't gonna wander around waiting for me to take happy snaps of them???

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Julie Davis http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=st+augustine+lighthouse+ghost+hunters&tnr=21&vid=&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DU.4825508169383955%26pid%3D15.1&tit=GHOST_HUNTERS_RETURN_TO_ST._AUGUSTINE_LIGHTHOUSE_PART2 (Check out this video - this is where I'll be next month)

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Indy Rosser MORE hair standing up at the neck watching this,Julie

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Indy Rosser Heh heh! I wonder if there IS a ghost here if it has been the cause of my computer locking up whenever I am NOT using it! I have run every diagnostic I can get my hands on and even tried to restore to a MUCH earlier time and it won't - with diagnostics all coming back clean!

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Jeremiah Jones I have been a paranormal investigator for over 12 years now...these things fascinate the hell outta me...and i live in a house with 2 entities....

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Indy Rosser Well, I dunno a lot about them, Jeremiah! I understand some strange stuff, lemme say, because I am very Celtic but I really dunno about this bloody tap business because I am absolutely positive I didn't touch it!

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Indy Rosser Bwahahahahahaha! If there IS a ghost in this place, I hope that letting off a couple of insect "bombs" later won't affect it/him/her!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Maree Rogers You are only losing it if you are lying in bed and you are surrounded by water, Indy lol

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Indy Rosser Bwahahahahahaha! Then I should invest in some "floaties" Maree coz I can't bloody swim!

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Indy Rosser <----- wonders whether a "ghost" just "inhabits" or haunts a place, or follows a person around? If it is the latter I have had someone covering my back for I dunno how many years now ..... saving my backside from disaster .... like the time I blew a steer tyre on the LEFT hand side of a cab over Kenworth with 2 decks of cattle on (for those who DON'T know, that is extremely top heavy AND a very "moving" load) going around a RIGHT hand bend on a dirt road at a speed where I could NEVER have controlled it on my own.

I wasn't going fast for 2 INFLATED tyres, but I was WAYYY too fast for 1 inflated and 1 catastrophically failed tyre!

Just one of dozens of examples! Maybe I have a ghost looking after me! 

I should make this thread into a post on my blog! LOL

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