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

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  1. mdmgolfin

    mdmgolfin Road Train Member

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    I was a junior in high school in 2010. I might be the youngest one on this thread. All yall are old farts!
     
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  2. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    I need a bigger sleeper so I have enough room for my rocking chair and cases of Geritol™ :D
     
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    I drove a school bus in 83 at 16. Hop on the bus parked at my house in the AM make my route go to class then drive it back home
     
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    I can just see you sitting in front of your truck on your rocker yelling at everyone they are too close
     
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    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Come on now. If I’ve driven 2-sticks I’m sure you have to remember them. :biggrin_25523:

    Of course the ones I’ve been in were the easy kind, Macks with 1-5 on one and low, direct, and reverse on the other.
     
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    Cake of a tyranny. A lot better then the old tri-plex 1-5 main and 3 spd compound but better than today's autos.
     
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    The only ones I've seen were on YouTube. The oldest transmission I have driven was a Mack 5 speed, it was the transmission I learned how to float gears, mainly because those old transmissions couldn't be forced to shift, you learned to float or you didn't shift it.
     
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    I’m one of those new aged old drivers, had a chauffeurs license in 87’ and drove locally over the summer, worked in a different industry until 2015 and then got a CDL, closing in on the first and only million lol.

    I’ll be 60 this year and yeah some of the new old driver are well, just special…
     
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    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    Senior in high school......in 78....
     
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    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    Wearing a bad pair of shorts, white Uneck T shirt, black socks, and wingtip shoes. "GET OFF MY LAWN!"
     
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