I never made it home for Xmas ~ Riverside 91 fwy (Calif) woes!

[Don Mare]

Riverside 91 fwy (Calif) woes!

I tried to see my folks for Xmas - turned around after 2 hours - usually its 45min all the way there.

this has happened before - the 91 is the worst! - I think that the "fast Track" express lanes made things allot worse - it just dumps the whole world ahead of other cars and the other lanes just crawl at 1 to 5 miles a hour with the annoying bobbing head _neck pain_ from braking so much! -

I had to pee after 2 hours - so I pulled off where there was a Mc Donalds and a few others - ALL were closed - I was forced try to pee in a plastic bottle while inside my car - ended up missing the bottle a little and wetting my self! - Sucked! -
I still had 30 miles left to go to get there - when I returned to the On - Off Ramps the East Bound was a parking lot - the West bound was full speed -

I hit the road home -

I used to own a Sail boat - so I know when I travel from 1-5 miles a hour and have 30 miles to go I may be out to sea for 6 to 15 hours -

I have a bad neck to start with and I always avoid ridding as a passenger at all times - because i like to be the one on the brakes so I do not excite my messed up neck - so my neck pain today reach a 10 on a scale of 1-to- 10 - despite the fact I was the one on the brakes! because of constant 2 hours of moving 100 feet at a time then hit the brakes!

Now theres talk about putting these express lanes into use on all the Los Angeles bound Fwys,,, Well--they may as well just install road blocks.. because thats whats going to happen ... I don't know who sells us down the river with these "express roads" but it needs to stop.. before the whole world is forced on to alternate routes - BTW the 91 Fwy has no real alternate routes or side streets to Riverside Ca from Long Beach.. its hill country -

well I'm home - been alone all day "Christmas" just venting here I guess??

Sad day - I did not need this - I'm pretty depressed to start with and I'm not on meds - but really-really need to be.. shoot! feeling sucky!

Don

[HighTower]

Originally Posted by Don Mare

I had to pee after 2 hours - so I pulled off where there was a Mc Donalds and a few others - ALL were closed - I was forced try to pee in a plastic bottle while inside my car - ended up missing the bottle a little and wetting my self! - Sucked! -

being a field service tech (on the road a lot) I have been in the piss in a bottle situation too often. It helps if you have a "Mickeys Big Mouth" bottle (that is unless you are very hung or have a hardon)

That was some good words of advice on the "daughter-boyfriend" thread. I hope Dads listen to that. It's actually not my biggest worry in life. My daughter is very level headed ( how she got that from 2 high strung parents, is beyond me). I know teens are gonna have sx, and I just hope they use it responsibly.

[timmer]

I spent 5 hours on the road today as well but traffic was light, thankfully.

Its been about 20 years since I've had to pee in a bottle while driving. Me thinks I ought to have one in the Jeep, just in case.

Hope tomorrow is better for you.

FYI - My company is based out of Cypress, CA and I go there every now and then. I am truly amazed at the traffic there and how anyone in their right mind would want to live there if it takes an hour or two to just to get to work.

[Chris S.]

Originally Posted by Don Mare

I'm pretty depressed to start with and I'm not on meds - but really-really need to be..

Just FWIW, if you're depressed and need meds, find a way to get them. IMO, NOT taking your meds is like not treating any other ailment, i.e., a really bad idea. Best of luck, CS

[Ron Garson]

So now we know Don.

You're one of the lucky dudes who needs a "bigger" bottle!



Seriously, I'm sorry to hear about your bad journey, and I hope that things have improved for you since then!

[HighTower]

Originally Posted by Chris S.

Just FWIW, if you're depressed and need meds, find a way to get them. IMO, NOT taking your meds is like not treating any other ailment, i.e., a really bad idea. Best of luck, CS

+100% on that advice, Don. Don't let this get out of hand; there is no shame in having your brain chemistry balanced by medications. All of our chemistries are a little different and you can eventually find the best treatment that works in your case; but for God's sake don't keeping putting it off!

BTW, Ron
that was one of the funniest come backs I've seen in awhile

[JMPRO]

I remember before the 91 freeyway was there. If you needed to go to Riverside you just got on the Santa Ana Canyon road and you were there in a short time, 15- 20 minuets tops. Today its a nightmare. If I need to go out there I will only go on a weekday and wait till about 10 in the morning to leave and try to be back before 3 . Caltrans and all the political rangling has made that highway an awful mess. Get rid of the express lane and widen the freeway although I don't really think anything can fix it. It was a bad design when it was originally built and has only been bandaided ever since.
JMPRO

[e-merlin]

As a trucker, I always kept a modified laundry detergent bottle as an emergency back up in case nature couldn't wait. However, I don't condone indiscriminate disposal of said emergency backup.

Hope next week goes better, Don...

[HighTower]

Originally Posted by e-merlin

As a trucker, I always kept a modified laundry detergent bottle

Now here is a guy that's endowed. Twice the space of a Mickey's!

[Twanginator]

It's a "urine bomb" no matter what you use to fill it with.

I'm on the other coast and I refuse to drive on I-95 (aka "Die 95") on obvious holiday driving days. We go to SC for Thanksgiving every year. We drive up on Tuesday and back on Friday just to avoid the 250 mile parking lot.

[Just-Jim]

My brother fought the 91 Christmas Eve from Buena Park to get to my parents in Corona. I can tell you he was not in a festive mood when he arrived. I would not have blamed him for not showing up.

I grew up with the 91 nearly running through my backyard. I hate that freeway and only get on it to visit friends and relatives about once a year now.

[blacklinefish]

So this was totally unrelated to weather? Wow, that's some messed up traffic. Sorry that had to happen to you.

[Guitarzan]

Originally Posted by Don Mare

I had to pee after 2 hours - so I pulled off where there was a Mc Donalds and a few others - ALL were closed - I was forced try to pee in a plastic bottle while inside my car - ended up missing the bottle a little and wetting my self! - Sucked! -

For good humor, try this routine sometime at about 7:25 am in a boxed deerstand with a low roof on a really cold fall morning when you have 3 layers or so on. Whizzing while sitting or in a slightly slumped posture is harder than it looks.

[Guitarzan]

Originally Posted by Just-Jim

My brother fought the 91

I grew up with the 91 nearly running through my backyard.

West coasters have a habit peculiar to them of referring to a highway as "the 91." The first time I heard it was from southern Californians transplanted in Oregon. It's like southerners saying "fixing to," no one else does it.

[e-merlin]

Originally Posted by Twanginator

It's a "urine bomb" no matter what you use to fill it with.

Only if you throw it out the window. If you dispose of it properly at a rest stop (or other place that accepts urine) it's not a urine bomb.

[XKnight]

I just remembered why I didn't move to LA when I had a chance.

[furrfurrfurr]

Sounds like a song waiting to happen, Don

[Post Toastie]

A word to the wise,use a gatorade bottle.Holds 32 oz and has a big opening.I learned that from a Private Investigator.

[Twanginator]

Originally Posted by e-merlin

Only if you throw it out the window. If you dispose of it properly at a rest stop (or other place that accepts urine) it's not a urine bomb.

OK. Valid point. And another good reason to use a Gatorade bottle. No one's gonna think twice when they see you walking into the men's room with a 32 oz. Gatorade...with a foamy head on it.

[LGOberean]

Sounds like a song waiting to happen, Don
furrfurrfurr

+1. That thought occurred to me just from reading the title of this thread. The OP and other comments only strengthened my conviction that this experience should be turned to song.

Sorry you had this depressing experience during the holidays, but redeeming it by turning this story into song lyrics seems like the way to go IMHO.

Just change "woes" to "blues" and I think you've got your title/hook, i.e. "Riverside 91 Fwy Blues."

[mudbean]

Originally Posted by Guitarzan

West coasters have a habit peculiar to them of referring to a highway as "the 91." The first time I heard it was from southern Californians transplanted in Oregon. It's like southerners saying "fixing to," no one else does it.

Ah, the 91 ... welcome to my world.

Yep, the full name would be "The 91 Freeway" - but we shorten it to the 91 or the 10 or the one-ten or the six-oh-five or ...

However you say it, it spells T-R-A-F-F-I-C.

mud

[cowboytwang]

Originally Posted by XKnight

I just remembered why I didn't move to LA when I had a chance.

I remember why I moved away 23 years ago.

[HighTower]

Originally Posted by mudbean

Yep, the full name would be "The 91 Freeway" - but we shorten it to the 91

That idea about a song just looking for words is perfect! THIS deserves a good song. BTW in the east we just always refer to the highways as I-95, I-64, I-40, etc, ......
Has anyone heard from Don?
I'm getting worried, depression has taken it's toll on too many gifted people.

[Just-Jim]

[It's like southerners saying "fixing to," no one else does it. [/quote]

...or vittles, fellers and cement pond...