Drivers don't look like drivers anymore

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by 2old, Aug 5, 2018.

What kind of hat do you wear?

  1. Cowboy

    23 vote(s)
    3.8%
  2. Baseball cap

    316 vote(s)
    52.8%
  3. No hat

    199 vote(s)
    33.2%
  4. Tilley

    6 vote(s)
    1.0%
  5. Sombrero

    21 vote(s)
    3.5%
  6. Sock or Ski

    5 vote(s)
    0.8%
  7. Crash helmet

    29 vote(s)
    4.8%
  1. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    There was a thread here on TTR about some older gentleman in a bathroom dropping his pants and drying his crack with the hand blow dryer. It was great, do what you need to, don't worry about anyone else.
     
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  3. 2old

    2old Heavy Load Member

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    Had I known someone was taking pictures, I'd a wore my spenders... thanks alot!
     
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  4. bradd

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    tbh idc, I noticed folks my age to be very nervous and socially awkward.

    Older folks and drivers seem to be better at holding a conversation than most folks I meet back home.

    BTW I cannot count the number of times I've seen naked old men blowdrying themselves in the change room at the gym. FAR TOO MANY!
     
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    Spincycled Bobtail Member

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    Not only do they look different ,act different ,and dress different nowadays ,how many weirdos were walking around the truck stop trying to scam people and pounding on their doors? Like crack hoes etc, back in 1973 ?
     
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  6. skellr

    skellr Road Train Member

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    Not just the pounding on the doors, which is bad enough, but it's when you hear them pulling on the handle try to open the door before you get up is what gets me.
     
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    2old Heavy Load Member

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    That stuff was going on back in the 70's as well. Maybe not as (frequent) as now but, there were places that it was hard to get a good night sleep. The 76 truck stop in Calumet Illinois comes to mind.
     
  8. Bucky

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    Now 61 years old, I started driving in 1978. I typically wear work boots and jeans, a clean non frayed ball cap and a shirt with a collar. In winter I will probably have a watch cap on if I am outside the truck. My belief is the motoring public does not have much love for us, so maybe if I look halfway respectable I can help push that aside maybe just a little bit. No tailgating and as much courtesy as I can provide to the four wheelers goes hand-in-hand with this theory I have. Yeah I know, mr. Goody Two-Shoes.
    I know how I like to present myself but on the other hand, I'm not too concerned with what others wear. I have enough trouble taking care of my own s**+ without worrying about what others do.
     
  9. 2old

    2old Heavy Load Member

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    Stuck for the weekend
    Being stuck for the weekend in a truck stop used to be my biggest fear. Honestly, I did everything I could to avoid it, and, as you know, there are those times when it can't be avoided.

    I didn't have a TV. I could have bought one but opted not to. No video games in those days, though even after they were invented I didn't care for them. I was never one to sit in the drivers lounge either but, I did get pretty good at pinball. I drank a lot of coffee and sat in the restaurant and dumped quarters in the jukebox. Sometimes I'd drop the trailer and take a ride. But I was usually so aggravated by the fact that I was stuck for two days that it spoiled my chances of enjoying much of anything. I do have a couple of good memories though. Lake Tahoe turned out to be a good weekend, and St Louis was good too. Tacoma, Fort Wayne, Amarillo and Albuquerque were good party towns. At least I knew where to go and pass the time.

    Then, early Monday morning I was sitting in front of the shipper waiting impatiently for them to open. The time seemed to drag on endlessly.
     
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  10. PeteW9

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    A bunch of whiny, complaining men who have too much free time on their hands... Just drive, take your breaks and be safe...
     
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  11. tucker

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    I’m surprised this thread hasn’t been locked up yet.
     
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