An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

As I drive through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my job and realize there's nothin' left
'Cause I've been truckin' and haulin' so long, that
Even DOT thinks that my mind is gone
But I ain't never punched a dispatcher that didn't deserve it
Me be treated like a rookie, you know that's unheard of
You better watch how you load and where you roll
Or you might be violatin' the vehicle code
I really hate Samsara, but I gotta log
It's a dog, it seems my location's in a fog, fool
I'm the ol' hand the little rookies wanna be like
Jammin' gears in the night, throwin' tarps in the daylight

Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the trucker's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the trucker's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the trucker's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the trucker's paradise

Look at the situation they got me facin'
I can't live a normal life, I got loads I'm chasin'
So I gotta be down with the road team
Too much recruiter lyin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm a truck drivin' fool with money on my mind
Got the wheel in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm an old school trucker, diesel-blooded mutha-#####
And I don't take crap so deal with it sucka
Fool, the next load's nothin' but a mile away
I'm livin' life on the road, what can I say?
I'm workin' here now, but will I be here next week?
The way things is goin' it looks bleak

Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?

Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the trucker's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in the trucker's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the trucker's paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in the trucker's paradise

 

Nice lol, Collio would have been proud

 

No kidding! And how ironic is avatar is a penguin lol

 

Well I’ve been stuck in West Palm Beach FL all week with injector issues - still nice and warm down here lol. I’m not ready either for the fluffy stuff, run the south young man lol.

 

i wish i was up in Minnesota and Wisconsin more often with my company. It’s my favorite area of the country to be in outside of winter

 

I read somewhere years ago that the requirements to claim "free range" were something ridiculous like one single small door opening out into like a 10' x 10' area (from something like the gigantic warehouse pictured above). In other words, almost pure marketing B.S. Which seems to be par for the course nowadays.

I haven't raised chickens (yet) but I have been looking into it for years. My understanding is that the quality, nutrition (and taste) of the egg is directly proportional to the amount of nutrition the hen received. Which makes sense to me, and is largely why we want to keep our own chickens (we eat a lot of eggs). We do have a nice little garden going, and we have been making compost and collecting rain water for over 2 years now. Baby steps.

 

That’s the one draw back to the Genie loads, most rental places are not open on the weekends.

My dad and I both worked in the landscape supply business at a huge 35 acre stone yard. We would get all types of boulders in on pallets wrapped in wire cages. Customers were always wanting to pick single boulders out of the cages and that was a pain in the ###. So my dad had the idea to break a couple of pallets apart and spread them out on the ground in an open section of the yard. The called it the “Free Range Boulder” section. There was no upcarge like free range eggs though.