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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Bonnie and Clyde

Okay, Veronica,
this page is created to tell your story....
come on comment the funny story....

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  1. WELL, HERE GOES:

    TIME GOES BACK TO TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 2009, AT 4:00 AM. CJ AND I TAKES OFF FOR WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. WE ARE IN A DOOLEY PULLING ONE OF THE CHOUEST'S YACHTS. BEFORE LEAVING CJ WAS TOLD NOT TO STOP AT ANY WEIGH STATIONS. WE PASS THRU LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, AND ALABAMA HAVING SOME "QUIET" CONVERSATION AND JUST LAID BACK SPENDING TIME WITH MY HUSBAND.(HEHEHE) WELL, AS WE CROSSED THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA LINE WE PASSED A WEIGH STATION. THIS STATION WAS ON MY RIGHT SO I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE STATION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I SAW RED AND BLUE LIGHTS GO ON. I TELL CJ THAT WE ARE ABOUT READY TO BE STOPPED BY A STATE TROPPER AND SURE ENOUGH THE SIRENES CAME ON TOO. THANK GOD THAT THERE WAS A REST AREA TO PULL OVER IN. A VERY NICE WOMAN TROPPER CAME TO US AND TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT ESCOURTED US BACK TO THE WEIGH STATION. NOW IF YOU THINK IT IS EASY TO FOLLOW A STATE TROPPER PULLING A YACHT YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN. BY THE TIME WE REACHED THE WEIGH STATION MY KNUCKLES WERE LOCKED IN PLACE ON THE DOOR HANDLE AND I HAD TO PRY THEM OFF. FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS I SAT IN THAT DOOLEY AND CJ WAS "HELPING" THIS TROOPER TO MEASURE THE YACHT. THE OUTCOME OF THIS WAS NOT VERY NICE. FIRST OF ALL IN LOUISIANA THE DOOLEY WAS REGISTERED AS A PRIVATE TRUCK BUT SEEMS LIKE FLORIDA LAWS THIS DOOLEY WAS A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. I COULD HEAR THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN CJ AND TROOPER DAVIS (BY THIS TIME IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS) CJ: "TROOPER DAVIS THIS DOOLEY IS USED STRICTLY FOR HAULING THIS PRIVATE YACHT, HOW CAN IT BE A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE?" TROOPER DAVIS: "MR. GISCLAIR DO YOU OWN THIS VEHICLE OR YACHT?" CJ: "NO, MAME." TROOPER DAVIS: "MR. GISCLAIR DO YOU GET PAID TO HAUL THIS YACHT?" CJ: "YES MAME." TROOPER DAVIS: "MR GISCLAIR IS THAT NOT A COMPANY UNIFORM YOU ARE WEARING?" CJ: "YES MAME." AND THEN THE TROOPER LOOKS AT CJ FUNNY AND CJ PROCEEDS TO SAY "I GUESS IT'S A COMMERICAL VEHICLE." THE OUTCOME OF OUR THREE HOUR DELAY WAS 4 CITATIONS TO THE COMPANY. THE YACHT WAS A FOOT TO LONG AND A FOOT TO WIDE FOR FLORIDA INTERSTATE. WE WERE TOLD TO GO TO THE NEXT TRUCK STOP AND GET A PERMIT BEFORE WE CAN TRAVEL ANY FURTHER. SHE SAID IT'S A VERY SIMPLE FORM TO FILL OUT JUST ANSWER EACH QUESTION. SO CJ AND I WERE TALKING THAT WE WOULD GET OUR PERMIT, EAT SOME LUNCH AND BE BACK ON THE ROAD AND WOULDN'T HAVE TO STOP AGAIN UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT. AFTER GIVING THE CITATIONS TROPPER DAVIS CONTINUES TO ASK CJ FOR HIS LOG BOOK. WELL, OF COURSE, THERE IS NO LOG BOOK BECAUSE YOU ONLY NEED A LOG BOOK FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND "IN LOUISIANA" THIS IS A PRIVATE VEHICLE. WITHOUT A LOG BOOK SHE PROCEEDS TO SHUT HIS DRIVING DOWN FOR 10 HOURS. HERE IT IS 12:30 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WE ARE SHUT DOWN FOR 10 HOURS. OUR PLANS JUST CHANGE AND CJ FIGURES WE GO GET THE PERMIT, FIND A HOTEL, GET SOME REST, AND GET UP 10-11 HOURS LATER AND TAKE OFF AGAIN ABOUT 2:00AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. AND BY THE WAY THE TROOPER GOES ON A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE IN FLORIDA CAN NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT. YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER 1/2 HOUR BEFORE DARK AND CAN'T START DRIVING UNTIL 1/2 HOUR AFTER SUNRISE! SO HERE WE GO BACK TO ALABAMA BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER IN FLORIDA UNTIL WE GET THAT PERMIT. THE NEAREST TRUCK STOP IS 15 MILES BACKWARDS! GET TO THE TRUCK STOP, GET THE FORM, FILL OUT THE FORM, AND HAVE THE GIRL FAX TO THE PERMIT OFFICE. CAN'T TAKE VERY LONG TO GET THIS PERMIT SO THERE IS A RESTAURANT IN THE THE TRUCK STOP SO WE DECIDED TO GET A BITE TO EAT. ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER CJ GOES TO SEE IF HIS PERMIT WAS FAXED BACK TO HIM. "NOTHING" GET THE NUMBER TO CALL AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 4 TO 5 HOURS BEFORE THEY CAN FAX IT TO HIM.

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  2. WELL CJ'S DRIVING IS SHUT DOWN FOR 10 HOURS ANYWAY AND HE CAN'T DRIVE AFTER DARK SO HE TOLD THE GIRL THAT WE WOULD BE BACK TOMORROW MORNING TO PICK UP THE PERMIT. SO WE FIND A HOTEL ABOUT 10 MILES "BACKWARDS" FROM THE TRUCK STOP. WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE OF THIS MONSTER IN BACK OF THE TRUCK SO WE SETTLED IN THE ROOM. TO SAY I DIDN'T GET A WINK OF SLEEP THAT NIGHT WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! THE CLOCK FINALLY GOT TO 6:00 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING, GET A HEAFTY CUP OF COFFEE, AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO PICK UP THE PERMIT AND OFF WE GO. YEA, RIGHT!!!! GET TO THE TRUCK STOP AND HE HAD A FAX SAYING THAT TWO ITEMS WERE MISSING FROM THE FORM. HE FILLED OUT THE ITEMS AND FAXED IT BACK. SURELY, THIS CAN'T TAKE LONG! NOT!!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER 2 HOURS! WENT GET BREAKFAST AND SAT DOWN TO WAIT! HEAR THE FAX GO OFF AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I SEEN CJ JUMP UP SO FAST ONLY TO FIND OUT THE COMPANY'S CREDIT CARD WAS REJECTED. WHAT?????????? NOT CHOUEST'S CREDIT CARD!!!!!! CALL AGAIN AND THEY COULDN'T READ HIS HAND WRITING ON THE CARD NUMBER. GAVE THE NUMBER OVER THE PHONE AND WAS TOLD IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PERMIT IN AN HOUR TO CALL THEM BACK. YOU GUESSED IT!!!!!!!! AN HOUR LATER NO PERMIT. WELL, ALL IN ALL WE FINALLY GOT THE PERMIT AND TOOK OFF ABOUT NOON. STOPPED AT THE WEIGH STATION WHERE OUR TROUBLES STARTED AND I GUESS THEY REMEMBERED US AND WAS TOLD TO GO ON! THANK GOD! WE ARE FINALLY ON OUR WAY! NOT!!!!!!!! NEXT WEIGH STATION AGAIN AN AGENT CAME TO CJ'S WINDOW AND THINKING WE WOULD BE ONE STEP AHEAD OF THIS JOKER, CJ PULLED OUT THE PERMIT AND THE CITATIONS. WELL, AGAIN I'LL CALL HIM A JOKER, THIS GUY BELIEVED THAT THE YACHT WAS LONGER AND WIDER THAN THE CITATION SAID BECAUSE APPARENTLY HE KNEW TROOPER DAVIS AND DIDN'T THINK SHE MEASURED CORRECTLY. OK, JACK, JUST DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. AFTER REVIEWING EVERYTHING HE DECIDED THAT IT WAS OK BUT HE COULD WRITE CJ A TICKET BECAUSE ON A "COMMERICAL, OVERLOADED VEHICLE" YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE 4 RED FLAGS ON EACH CORNER OF THE TOW. YEA, YEA, YEA!!! WE HAD TO GO TO THE NEXT TRUCK STOP AND GET $55.00 WORTH OF RED FLAGS. AND WE'RE OFF!!!!!!!!!!!! LIFE IS WONDERFUL, FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING TO IT!!!!!!!!

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  3. hahahahahahaa
    only you guys!!!
    C.J. has any one ever told you you are an....
    Only you, Veronica, only you!!!
    Now the grandkids can play granny and Pop in a different way than laying on the sofa snoring...

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  4. breaking the law... breaking the law.... next time launch the damn thing in Grand Isle and sail it over there!! Look out Coast Guard here comes Capt Calvin! Maybe your dispatcher will have to go on the naughty mat this time! You didn't sleep?? Was it hanky panky keeping you up? Bonnie and Clyde ride again causing havoc in the sunshine state.

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  5. Aunt Ronnie, that sucks! I am glad you are both back here.

    Lil, thank you for calling this morning. After Abby spoke to you, we had to go to the youth center to turn in money for the telethon (4-H). Ab & Jess were on TV!

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  6. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS: THANK GOD MOM WENT WITH DAD, BECAUSE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE GOTTEN EAR FULL!!! DAD MAY HAVE BEEN PUT IN JAIL.

    THANKS MOM FOR KEEPING DAD OUT OF TROUBLE!!!!

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  7. I'm sure it wasn't at the time, but that is NOW a funny story. Only you and C.J., Ronnie....only you and C.J. What, did Chouest use C.J. as a scape goat!!! LOL!!!! I think someone over there said, "Let's send C.J. with the Duly and the yacht and if he makes it through, we'll go next weekend. HaHaHaHa!!! Poor J., better be careful, I hear some of them Chouests' are unscrupuleous (sp? LOL). Ya'll have a great day and week!
    Love to all,
    Rosie

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