Enjoying these threads.

My personal drug of choice is Airplane Mode. With Airplane Mode all my problems stop bothering me.

When I was in driving school a former student rolled in to the lot in a rental car. The instructor introduced him to us and he told us his story.

He asked us if we knew the name of a successful regional chain of restaurants nearby. Most of us did. He told us by location which of them he had stood up for the owner. If I remember it was four and they had been opened one after another over several years. They were his baby and his life for that time. He had been working every waking hour for years. Made very good money doing it. Then the last store was running and he went: Nope. I'm done.

He sold most of his stuff after he gave some of it to his adult kids and jumped in a truck. He was on home time by direction of management because he hadn't taken any in nine months or so. He told us that the best part of driving for him was shutting his phone off when he pulled out onto the road and not turning it on again until he stopped. He said the dispatchers don't like it, but screw 'em, safety first, right?

People find they need different things at different points in their lives. I can absolutely relate to the idea that shutting the phone off is the closest thing to nirvana you're likely to find.

 

I can't shut my smart phone off. I get about 4 health and welfare checks a day. It is my deal with my church pastor as well as several friends of mine. If I don't reply (yep) I get a cop knocking on my door. This actually happened to me last year. I passed out missed a check text and the cops had to get my landlord to let them in. I was carried via ambulance to the ER. I have a bad problem with epilepsy and am trying to stay as independent as possible. Now most people that have my phone number also know I monitor facebook. Because of this I get few texts most of this traffic is put in facebook. If you are getting calls and texts to such a degree that they become a PITA then YOU need to put a stop to it. On the android system it takes 2 taps to block a number. Make sure people know this. A cell/smart phone is a tool. learn how to use it and also learn how to stand up to the people that bug you.

 

Looks to me like you do have a problem. It is hell operating a business through a cell phone. I know several fleet owners that do it.

 

Honesty is not the best policy. Never admit to a trucking company you used weed, even if you only used it once 25 years ago. If you do, they won't hire you.

 

You might be right about that, I don't know. But it's hard to believe that we could have a ex coke head in the White House and somebody can't get hired because they smoked a joint 25 years ago

 

This is a good idea. you can tell when it dosn't come out of gear smoothly, you know it isn't going to go is as easy either, a double clutch will fix that easily.

 

Many ex-coke heads are and have been in the White House. Even Eisenhower probably did his share of "stay awake" pills during WWII.

 

Good point