what to do when "calming down" doesn't work?

That's what I'm talking about. Separating the Living from the Dead.

 

Well, since we are continuing the hijack, take a look at this:
http://ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm?CFID=21023338&CFTOKEN=28315465
Now THESE are folks who RIDE!

 

Didn't mean to thread jack, I was just stating what worked for me. It doesn't matter if you're local or OTR, you will wind up psycho if you don't have an escape. That's why I GET OUT OF THE TRUCK. I can turn wrenches. I've done an Inframe before. But when I go home, I am going away from the truck. I am not spending my time off with the truck. That's like the Lone Ranger sleeping in the barn with Silver. Not happening.

 

Laughing works I will be conducting a seminar on how it works and why it works who it works best for. Now get back to work and think why or how it works. Just kidding guy. Use your imagination more, it,s your choice to be interesting. Punk Rock is great for getting aggression out, I suggest The CLASH ,S 1st album or the SEX PISTOLS if your stuck in the truck and struggling like most of us. I,m back with the Chicago Railyard gig again,biggest turn over driving job there is. If your at work 128-134 hrs a week, best to learn a few tricks to deal with it all. Take a couple minutes to look at the sky,it changes constantly, punch the trailer, changing a light stab the bad light with a screwdriver to get it out, etc I never take anger out onto the road, or onto others. Hang on to your SPIRIT. Picture a 9 yr old you looking at you today, what would he think. If that 9yr old you says that cat is pretty cool, then there,s no problem.

 

Not so sure about that not happening! I heard he had a "thing" for Silver!

If your thread doesn't get hijacked a bit, it is almost insulting here!

 

Not this guy. Maybe the other guy who did the movie with Depp.

 

I'm dead serious about the bike too.

When I was younger, I would love wearing out speedbags and heavy bags, or going to the batting cages, or to the gun range. Like I said, I noticed that an awful high percentage of drivers rode. Coincidence? Couldn't be. You know how drivers can't ever agree and will argue about the nutritional value of ancient cornbread? It's different with the bike. I'm naturally paranoid and my own worst enemy and so I did like Big Don suggested and went through the motorcycle safety course. That's actually difficult for an OTR driver to do. Every time, I went home, the classes were always booked weekend in advance. An entire year went by. Another year almost went by until I finally paid for a class 2 months in advance and made sure that I was at home. Rain or shine, no refund. Guess what? It rained. Of course it rained.

We went into a classroom and they showed us this video.
They said, "Tomorrow, you all will have to do this." Some people actually cheered and clapped. Wow, guess the others in the class had high expectations, because there's no way in hell the average joe is going to go to a weekend class, and make a 900 lb bike ride look like ballet. That's like telling someone in truck driving school that at the end of the course, they will be entering the national truck rodeo. (Any of you guys ever enter a truck rodeo?)
Could you imagine Swift Academy sending a student to the national rodeo? Not Swift, Swift Academy. "I am here representing Swift Academy. I have 100 hours behind the wheel."

"C'mon Six, there's a chance..."

Says someone who never entered a truck rodeo.

"Well, I know a guy that..."

Video games don't mean squat. Neither do RC toys. Neither does second hand talk.

Anyways, we went from the classroom to the parkinglot. They had these little 250cc bikes out. I got a Honda Rebel 250 with no mirrors and no tailights. All the bikes there had been dropped a thousand times. The biggest problem that most of the people had which is natural to any veteran driver is looking where you want to go. Didn't have a problem. My problem came with the slow speed stuff because you were supposed to slip the clutch and ride on the friction zone. All my life, slipping the clutch has always been a bad thing. Bad. Now they're telling me to slip the clutch???
Quit calling unclean that what I have cleansed.

Well, I passed and they gave me a certificate of completion. Take the certificate to the DMV, and they will put an M next to all the rest of the letters that you already have. What difference does the M make?

A few years back, we were pulling blades down to Garden City,KS. A driver, friend of mine text me info on an 05 Streetglide going for $2500 on Craigslist. "Do you think it's legit?" Let's go look at it. We can jump in with a pilot car and go see it. "But I don't have my M endorsement." I do. Want to test ride at a dealer? Want to rent a horse? Gotta have that M.
Craigslist...I bought 5 of them off craigslist that year. Deals that were too good to be true but were TRUE.

Examples?

 

Make sure to get the "happy ending special" lol