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Hammer Lane Legends

153: Trash Panda Express

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7611 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, 153: Trash Panda Express; the guys are joined by returning guest Matt from episode 115: Charged at in the Dark, to share some more stories that he's gathered on the road. Matt, has 27+ years experience in the industry, 18 of which have been with his current company, Estes Express. When he joined us last time, Matt shared some great experiences, including being charged at by what he thought was some creepy creature. This time Matt shares more stories from the road, some of which happened since being on the show, and others that he recalled from previous years. Including being relocated out of his room due to a "stinky neighbor" moving in unexpectedly. This was a blast to have Matt back on the show, and we hope that you enjoy this episode!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Merkel

0:02.0

Medias

0:05.0

He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car, across the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.

0:21.6

The only people who pulled over were truckers.

0:24.6

He said, we're going 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 spun around.

0:43.3

You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.

0:48.3

And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood

0:52.3

and it shot through my window,

0:54.7

just like a spear, and stuck in the back of the cab of my truck.

0:59.4

That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.

1:08.1

Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends. I am Brian Merkel.

1:27.7

I'm Brian Shipper. On my phone again, right? Yes. Yes. If you have a crazy and wild story that you would like to share with us from, did I say welcome to Hammer Lane Legends? I did. Yes. This is what happens. Welcome to Day's recording of Hammer Lane Legends. There you go. That's it. That's it.

1:27.1

Anyway, if you've been crazy and wild story, you would like to share with us from the road. If you'd like to have a conversation with us about your experiences on the road, go ahead and get a hold of us. You can get a hold of us at HLL Podcast at Protonmail.com. That's HLLL Podcast at Protonmail.com. or go to the Hammerlane Legends website, hit the contact section.

1:28.8

You can get a hold of us that way.

1:46.1

Either way, podcast at protonmail.com or go to the Hammerlane Legends website, hit the contact section.

1:50.4

You can get a hold of us that way. Either way works for us. Just get a hold of us and share your story. Ship or tell them about the voicemail line. The voicemail line is a short story of anything

1:54.8

crazy, wacky, or insane you might have seen on the road or in your daily travels there. You can leave

2:00.4

us a voice message at 515-585-M-E-R-K, 515-585-6-3-75.

2:09.0

Short story, 5-10 minutes at the most.

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