Here goes . .

I am a 65 year old unemployed printer with very little opportunity in my field. It seems that the technology has passed me by and the training is more than I wish to undertake.
I will retire at the end of this year and although there is some money comming in, I think I want to get an A class CDL and endorsments so as to work in your field.
For 35 years I owned a small print shop and now the kids are gone and the grandkids are all teenagers, I'm spending way too much time with Sandy, my wife of 43 years.
I am still healthy and strong with no problems other than a Lymphoma that is in remission since 2005.
What do you think?? I am interested in your opinion and/or advise, however I may not take either.
Steveo

 

I am WAAAY past mid-life. I backpack in the Grand Canyon about 5 times a year and use that to get solitude. I'ts just that Sandy thinks I should start helping with the vacumning . . oh oh, time to get out of the house
Steveo

 

What makes you think you can drive and operate a 80,000 lb truck with 18 wheels for 11 hours a day after being a printer

That is not a rude question and I take no offense.
What makes you think "just being a printer" is so much easier than driving a truck
A 40" press runs through 15,000 sheets of 25"x40" paper per hour (# 200lbs per 1000 sheets), that is a lot of weight to load and unload every day.
Multi-tasking including keeping track of up to 6 printing units at a time and controlling (or at least trying to) 8 to 10 different functions on each unit at the same time. Keeping the machine productive for 10 hours per day (we work 3 tens) Oh, and the press is rated at $350 per production hour, so we have to stay productive.
Remember . . what one man can do, another man can do. I believe that driving a tractor with doubles is a difficult and physically demanding job. I also realize that I might not be able to do it. Then again maybe I can.
That being said, I take issue with you're assumption that my past precludes me from accomplishing something new.
No offense intended to you when I say that your comments are myopic.
Steveo