jormagund

Well I guess that blows. You're still making a lot more doing your 380 miles than I do at my wage slave job. Got a message on my machine yesterday that I had missed this orientation for NETTTS that noone seems to have seen fit to inform me of beforehand. I might have to defer two weeks till the next class start but they told me to call monday and I might still be able to start when I wanted to. I hope I can since yankee candle shuts down for the week of the fourth and I was looking forward to a week of just classes and not work and classes. Whatever happens is not ultimately a big deal and if nothing else next week i'll look for a job that's closer to home than YC and doesn't leave the heavy scent impression. Yankee candle employs its own drivers but apperently it's damn hard to get in there.

Well, breath of a thousand camels, and all that.

I dont know why, but it seemed to me when ever I had like 4 days to run 1200 miles I would wind up running like 700 miles the last day.

Out at Jubitz in portland I had this swift driver with this old ratted out pete pull in next to me, his stack ligned right up with the vent window on my sleeper then he set that thing up on high idle about 1700 rpm, I was lucky it was so loud or I would have probably died from smoke inhalation. I literally had to get out of the truck in my underwear while the fans were running because I couldnt breathe.

Bummer, been right there, hanging out at a repair shop sucks. Atleast you didnt come in on a hook though.

Hmmm, I've been thinking about getting Irish citizenship for a while...

It's funny, a few of my firends have had kids recently and I find myself wondering if I could continue to do the work I do and raise a family. It's pretty wierd to think that something I want to have will eventually cause me to leave something I've worked hard at and really enjoy.

Kick starters have gradually been eclipsed over the years. I don't know offhand whether any bikes in production today still have them. Actulally come to think of it, there's Royal Enfield, which makes reproductions of WWII era bikes so at least there are those. I wouldn't be surprised if there are others, and probably some dirt bikes. But I'm not really anything resembling an expert, i've actually only been riding for a year now.

I'm not sure about that. Soccer violence tends to be more about the dire conditions of the lives of the combatants than the sport itself. The stuff that goes on in South America is not much different than our own gang violence, and much of what happens in Europe is about racist/nationalist factions and other extremists looking for an opportunity to mess with lots of people at once. Although they may pretend it's about the team, hooligans and groups like barra brava are all about themselves. The fans in Chicago who try to burn down their own city whenever the Bulls win a title scare me far more than the predictable and avoidable soccer violence.

I'm in no hurry to get the LP i guess. I just need to have it in time to start practicing behind the wheel.

You need a satalite dish in your truck! And yeah I'm not sure if I can even do anythning about this but I'm still pretty perturbed about it right now.

I just vouched for you in the PVD group, so I really hope you're not a serial killer or anything. At least give me a running start if shit goes south, you owe me that!

Ford Escort the car. Bad Stretch of 91 north between Springfield and Chicopee. New England has all kindsa things in it to make one straddle the fence as to whether it's a good place to live and work.

All sage advice. I don't know what the rest of the country's like, but I can't imagine how annoying it must be to drive a truck in RI. I used to drive 24 ft rentals frequently in a past life and I spent most of my time screaming and swearing.