Generally speaking, I like what I do. I enjoy being on the move and having a schedule that keeps everything interesting. Each day a different place. It keeps away that boredom that causes me to do things like seek other jobs due to simple tedium. But the hours genuinely suck. I work more than ANYBODY else I know. Typical work weeks are 80-100 hours if...
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dr_lizardo:
Thanks. Sfik can always be bought; 130-140K for a nice Kenworth or Pete. From what I gather from the older instructors here truckers used to be a much more highly regarded group of people than they are now. Culture changes and there's not much you can really do about it, except to be gracious and professional yourself.
dr_lizardo:
That's pretty much what I've thought about whatever they govern your speed at, just get up to that speed, set your cruise control, and go. Some guys are real committed to using the gearbox though. I woud imagine that it might be rather disconcerting at first if you've always been using downshifts to slow down, to then rely on the automatic transmission to do that for you, and to not know exactlly what it's doing and not be in direct control of it. On the other h and if you have to stop real quickly maybe it would be better to have the transmission taking care of those downshifts.
dashiznit:
Bald is good ...on guys! And thanks I need all the luck with the house I can get!
obeypabst:
Woah. That is nice. A gift to yourself for being "good"?
Do you spend lots of money being a truck driver?
I spend money like a jackass.
Do you spend lots of money being a truck driver?
I spend money like a jackass.
if:
Damn, how big is your truck if you have room to mount that?
Have you seen that television commercial for the car that can parallel park itself?
Yeah. Is this really a good idea? I mean, we already have more than our share of people on the road with no fucking clue what they are doing. A car that can perform what is frankly a very basic maneuver for you seems to condone ignorance. As if it doesn't...
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Yeah. Is this really a good idea? I mean, we already have more than our share of people on the road with no fucking clue what they are doing. A car that can perform what is frankly a very basic maneuver for you seems to condone ignorance. As if it doesn't...
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dr_lizardo:
I've gotten pretty decent at parallel parking the big rigs. Which is a bit of an Irony considering how I never used to try parallel parking a car if I could avoid it.
I am not at all confident that technology will not eventually eliminate my career. It seems that man is well on the way to making himself obsolete. What will there be for people to do when machines can do everything better and more cheaply than we can? Yes, I am something of a luddite.
One of the videos we saw in class was about future technology, and there was a brief bit showing some guys developing robotically driven trucks. It struck me that what those men were doing was basically working to put the equivalent of all the people in a medium sized city out of work.
I'm only counting on maybe ten years before technology wipes out my job. Subsequent to that I'll probably go back to school and be a college professor, or something like that.
I am not at all confident that technology will not eventually eliminate my career. It seems that man is well on the way to making himself obsolete. What will there be for people to do when machines can do everything better and more cheaply than we can? Yes, I am something of a luddite.
One of the videos we saw in class was about future technology, and there was a brief bit showing some guys developing robotically driven trucks. It struck me that what those men were doing was basically working to put the equivalent of all the people in a medium sized city out of work.
I'm only counting on maybe ten years before technology wipes out my job. Subsequent to that I'll probably go back to school and be a college professor, or something like that.
There are days when I've been working almost forever. Began my Thursday at 6am and was just finishing up my drive by half past midnight. Was getting pretty difficult to stay alert during those last couple of hours.
Now that I'm not rolling, I can't fall asleep. Sucks. And makes tomorrow that much worse.
Now that I'm not rolling, I can't fall asleep. Sucks. And makes tomorrow that much worse.
Wow, so many cool Halloween photos out there in SG land.
I myself dressed up as a truck driver. Didn't get any treats however.
I myself dressed up as a truck driver. Didn't get any treats however.
obeypabst:
There are only like 5 things you can do in Findlay, Ohio.
1. Eat boring ass american cuisine. Hardly ANY ethic food joints at all. Taco Bell is considered "ethnic".
2. Buy things at the mall or Walmart.
3. Drink lots of beer.
4. Do lots of drugs.
5. Fuck lots and make lots of babie.
Seriously though, no culture, no diversity, nada. Just lots of white blue collar people passing the time by. Lots of people watch LOTS of TV.
Findlay bores me.
1. Eat boring ass american cuisine. Hardly ANY ethic food joints at all. Taco Bell is considered "ethnic".
2. Buy things at the mall or Walmart.
3. Drink lots of beer.
4. Do lots of drugs.
5. Fuck lots and make lots of babie.
Seriously though, no culture, no diversity, nada. Just lots of white blue collar people passing the time by. Lots of people watch LOTS of TV.
Findlay bores me.
So I extended my time at home, somewhat against my better judgement. Now I have an extremely long day of driving ahead of me... and I'm even procrastinating about that because I'd really like to get an eggplant and sun-dried tomato omelette at the Modern Diner. And "fall back" sucks by the way. I mean... one extra hour of sleep once a year isn't enough...
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obeypabst:
How was that omelette?
1. Thank you to the girl who pulled up along side my cab on I-71 north last night. She turned on the dome and had her hand up her skirt. Nice. The rest of you gals need to start doing that too. Or show your boobs... that works also. Be nice to your hard working truck drivers.
2. What is up with Iceland resuming whaling?...
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2. What is up with Iceland resuming whaling?...
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dashiznit:
Call back! I did get your message and we can yak about VTM! Let me know which version is best and you think would play well on my dinosaur aged computer (it's fossilizing as we speak! ha ha) Oh and the blackberries aren't for everyone...I use mine religiously though so it's good for my needs. You can help me pick out a radio for my self xmas gift too though since you seem to be the specialist in that area! Oh and hey...if the trucker is cute I'd flash him too! Some of us chic are pretty cool like that 
chloe:
thank you!!! 
Yeah, not much going on lately aside from the status quo. So I haven't posted about it to spare you the tedium of reading the same old "drove to X then to Y then to Z" post. And here I am about to do that again anyhow...
Got a day or two off coming up this week. But I have nearly 1400 miles to drive...
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Got a day or two off coming up this week. But I have nearly 1400 miles to drive...
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Holy CRAP, when did it become winter? I left Ohio on Saturday and it was like... 70-something degrees. Cool at night but I wasn't running my heater or anything. Went to Tampa, Florida then Memphis, Tennessee. Came back to Ohio yesterday near Cleveland and it's 30 frickin' degrees fahrenheit. Good thing I keep my winter Carhartt jacket here in the truck. Brrr...
obeypabst:
Fuck Ohio.
Woah.
Woah.
