My first load 52 years ago. Trucking ain't the same, but has really changed

My '82 Western Star originally came with the White version of the REYCO. It was equally as miserable, and a Pete cutoff solved that issue.

 

Yall really making me feel old..,,lots of comments id have to quote….just for few stories off top of my head….
Suffice to say the last 50odd years has been interesting to say the least
BUT I’d go back to the mid 70s in a heartbeat

 

you got that right, even being 70 is becoming scary. Medical Disabilities are very
scary . Take away your mobility to move or do things you used to do, but NOW cant. I was just at my Physical Therapy and this young man and his wife i believe, possibly in there early 50`s, Him 400 Plus pounds, her 300. I felt very sorry for both of them because the road ahead of them is not going to be pleasant. Very scary for them . Pray for them.

 

25 years ago, it was actually rare to see a person who weighed 400lbs. Now, you see 400 lbs every day of the week. The couple you speak of were probably in their early 40s.

 

Less than a century ago, they would have been literal circus freaks.

 

Some folks in America could probably go months without eating.. maybe years.. maybe it's a prepper thing..

 

your right Six, I have been demobilize for the last 3 weeks , On Pain Meds then, now off . Things that have been going on in my mind. DEATH !!! This is very scary now. I been on those Oxycodone crap, Read the side effects, Severe Depression, I have that, and im not doing good right now with that drug. I had to stop it last week because of what it is doing to my mind. Then i cant sleep, so back on it , Im not doing well .

 

Hate to hear this type of news, hand. What can you do to improve your situation?

 

Well, you didn't grow up in the Badger, where obesity was a household thing. My ex-gf had a sister, over 500, and couldn't move on her own, my parents in the 60s had some friends, a family of 4, all over 400 EACH. Hey, can't lose weight with things like deep fried cheese curds,Johnsonville sausage, and of course, they are called "the Brewers" for a reason,,and you know, they're happy.