144: The Narrow Road

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In episode 144: The Narrow Road; Brian and Shipper have a great conversation with Rooster a Marine veteran from the mid-west. Rooster life is truly an incredible story of overcoming the toughest scenarios. In his time serving with the Marines, Rooster served two tours shortly after 9/11. In dealing with the difficulties of transitioning back into civilian life, Rooster fell into drugs while working to support his family. Only by a miracle did he find his way out of addiction and into trucking. Rooster truly has a wonderful story of triumph over trouble. So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride with Rooster!

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0:10.0	He put it and parked through over the driver's door
0:16.0	ran out the side of the car,
0:18.0	crossed the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:21.6	The only people really pulled over were truckers.
0:24.6	He said, we're going to Hodge, and he didn't slow down.
0:27.6	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic, but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.
0:36.6	I noticed his plane was really low.
0:39.3	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it sput around.
0:43.3	You know, 30 seconds more he could have hit us.
0:46.3	I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
0:53.3	and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.
0:59.6	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:08.2	Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
1:09.7	I am your host, Brian Merkel. And I'm Brian Shipper. And I know. It's like my mind went blank for a second. I can. It just does that to me. If you have a crazy and wild story, you would like to share with us from the road, or you'd like to have a conversation with us about your experiences from the road and stuff like that. You us, you know, contact us. Get a hold of us at HLLPodcast at Protonmail.com. That's HLL
1:33.1	l Podcast at Protonmail.com. Or go to HammerlaneLegons.com. Click on the contact section.
1:40.0	You get hold of us that way. Either way, get you hold of Jack and Jack will get you,
1:43.1	you know, on the show and we'll have a conversation. And that's what the show is all about, having a conversation with drivers about their experiences on the road, their life on the road, things that they've done, things that they're doing, wherever they're going and whatever they're doing. It's just, it's great. You've heard the show. If you haven't heard the show, listen to the show, you know? You know what I'm saying? And then, you know, you'll, you get the hint.
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