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    Only one thing dumber than a truck driver

    And that's someone who wants to be a truck driver. And yet, here I am, teaching them what I know about same.

    I just finished my first day of paid work in over two years and feel GOOD! Tired, but good.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Mazel tov! Glad to hear you are again g'fully employed. I am counting on you to do the job well and put some good, responsible truckers on the road. There are too many young assholes out there, especially around here jockeying containers to and from Baltimore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by W3MIV View Post
    Mazel tov! Glad to hear you are again g'fully employed. I am counting on you to do the job well and put some good, responsible truckers on the road. There are too many young assholes out there, especially around here jockeying containers to and from Baltimore.
    Thanks, and I will do my best. And as for those container jockeys, that has more to do with the fact that they're paid by the trip than anything else. That's always a recipe for bad driving behavior.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    When do you get to the ham radio section?

    BTW Congrats on the FT job. Not having one sucks elephant dicks for a nickle a herd.
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    Only one thing dumber than a truck driver
    A Swift truck driver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K7SGJ View Post
    When do you get to the ham radio section?
    Kind of funny you should ask that. The boss took me and another new hire instructor down to pee in the cup (an occupational hazard of being a truck driver), then we went to pick up a rental tractor over at Ryder. On the way there, we passed the San Diego HRO store and I said "oooooh, the candy store." Both my boss and the other instructor told me that they were interested in getting licensed. The other new instructor even has a bunch of Gordon West's license courses. I told them I'd do whatever I can to help them get their tickets.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    This is kind of interesting. One of my ideas for my "retirement job" was truck driving (Another is bicycle vending of some sort)...

    What is it that sucks about driving?
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    Quote Originally Posted by KC2UGV View Post
    What is it that sucks about driving?
    The regulations (necessary, but a PITA), and the other idiots on the road.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ6BSO View Post
    Kind of funny you should ask that. The boss took me and another new hire instructor down to pee in the cup (an occupational hazard of being a truck driver), then we went to pick up a rental tractor over at Ryder. On the way there, we passed the San Diego HRO store and I said "oooooh, the candy store." Both my boss and the other instructor told me that they were interested in getting licensed. The other new instructor even has a bunch of Gordon West's license courses. I told them I'd do whatever I can to help them get their tickets.
    Hmm. Might be some bonus $$ in there.
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