What if it Snows?

BennysPennys · Jul 19, 2024

JolliRoger said: ↑

As an aside to rethink my past.
Actually, I found to be on time, do a good day's work, keep my own observations mostly to myself, worked well enough for the time I put in at a place.
But when blatannt changes were made, I was gone. 2 weeks notice and at the new place.

Drove W P, MS to Indy on weekends till graduated HS May 53...

6/53 to 5/54-Bryan Bros Pkg- Hire promise was run a route a year for me and I will put you on the road. Hired 2 other drivers in that time and me still on route.
Caught the Greyhound to Canton, MS, got hired, gave them 2 weeks notice and was asked "Why, what is the trouble?"

7/54 to 7/55-Riddell Trk Line- Fired.. Boss was out working to elect a governor. Tire contractor asked why we sitting. My statement was: "Boss is out politicking, and we are sitting here going broke." He relayed out of context to boss, boss called me in and stated: "When I did not have confidence in his being able to operate an provide me a job, I could go then."

8/55 to 10/57-J.T. Garrard - Caught the Greyhound up to Starkville and talked with Jimmy Garrard. No need now, but if you want to hang around, you can stay in the bunkhouse and run any extra that comes up. So I settled in, did a couple of short 100 milers, a man he was expecting to come on board declined the offered truck, so I took it and rolled. Traded at $.05 a loaded mile, pd Friday if in, keep the discount but do not bump the ticket. Went and come, took care of the truck, customers and customer cows...Got a new truck and in it 's1st year put 118K on it.

Then fleet was going to R195 IH, 5 and 2, 20" tires. Fleet commonality. I was in a V195 IH, 8 sp RR, 22" tires, would shake 40K down flat ground on a flatbed at 70MPH all day long. We did not run that fast, but it had the power to walk 55 to 60 loaded all over SE. I could run till 4 AM, sleep till sunup. and do it again. Good truck, good loads and trips, making money. So I told Jimmy, "When my 195 comes in, write my check, I will be moving on." It came, they wrote and I left. (Jimmy later told on me.. I tried to starve him to death first, then decided to just run him to death. Neither worked.)

10/57 to 5/58-Beneke Corp- Garrard Truck Leasing had: Johnston Furniture Co, Beneke, Jet Dog Food, and Alabama Metal Products trucks leased out.
(J.T.Garrard as J.T. "Gah red" and Garrard Truck Leasing as "Jah rard". No connection, no kin, just different pronunciation.)
Pulled a few odd runs for Jet and Johnston and then got on Beneke. Ran East (VA, NJ, NY, and as far up as Maine for a few months.
Was then teamed with a short little fellow Edgar Barnett to run west as team. Weekly turns to SD, LA, or SF and load back in 100 miles of Columbus.
Draft number was coming up in late May 58, so just joined up with US army for the good life for 3 years....

Married, family, finance companies, equipment companies, own company, retired....
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I guess I have had life way too good, could do basically whatever I wanted as long as I didn't tell Fat Jokes around or about Jackie Pressor or drunk Irish harp jokes about Bill McCarthy, I was golden.

Cattleman84 · Jul 19, 2024

@BennysPennys

How's that wallet treating ya?

BennysPennys · Jul 19, 2024

Cattleman84 said: ↑

@BennysPennys

How's that wallet treating ya?
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@Cattleman84
very well, I am going to apply some mink oil on it for its first anniversary, the kangaroo inside leather still looks brand new. if I could change one thing it would be to make the credit cards slots a tiny bit wider, it's a little tuff to pull cards out as kangaroo is very grippy.

Dave_in_AZ · Jul 19, 2024

So's we stopped awhile ago at an indigenous Love's inside OH-HI-OH.

I put up the one windshield curtain to block The Orb, and immediately passed out.

Just woke up, soaking wet, and full on panicked we were late for delivery.

Turns out we're not late for delivery, cause delivery is Monday morning several hundred nautical miles from here.

The OM was like," We almost suffocated and DIED."

I tried to tell her of mitigating circumstances, like you can actually see the sky and it's not taining.

So you can see how I would not recognize that we're in OH-HI-OH.

hope not dumb twucker · Jul 19, 2024

okiedokie said: ↑

This^. The only person you have to impress is yourself. The place I'm working at is epitome of upside down. CYA
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I know the feeling.

Chinatown · Jul 19, 2024

austinmike said: ↑

HAPPY FRIDAY !
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Looks like my morning breakfast, except I use the raisin bread with a glass of white Chardonnay wine + a multi-vitamin.

Opus · Jul 19, 2024

Chinatown said: ↑

Looks like my morning breakfast, except I use the raisin bread with a glass of white Chardonnay wine + a multi-vitamin.
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That's a balanced diet right there

Judge · Jul 19, 2024

Forgot the huge plate photo,
Just do the pot.
I’m going to go be still.

okiedokie · Jul 19, 2024

hope not dumb twucker said: ↑

I know the feeling.
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It's truly Murphys law. It's like being assimilated by the Borg.

MACK E-6 · Jul 19, 2024

Dave_in_AZ said: ↑

We have started the main engine.

These moar temperament climates cause longer warm up times.

This wastes fuel, causing negative impact to our ROI, and harms the children.

#Global warming for the win.
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But, but...

What about the snakeheads, the buzzards, and the manatees??

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