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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rocks, post: 2407736, member: 13406&quot;]I don&#039;t know how trucking was in America 10 or 20 or 30 yrs ago.&nbsp; I did ride with truckers in another country in the early 80&#039;s and it was very <b>wild!!!!&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>No HOS, no logs, no rest areas, no truck stops, no rules, no regulations (practically no enforcement).&nbsp; Just drive and drive, and when one thought they couldn&#039;t drive any more... they would take some pills and keep on driving....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/icon_eek.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":shock:" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; or sometimes they would park near a restaurant on the side of the road and rest some.&nbsp; No sleeper berth, just a long and wide seat that could be used as bed.&nbsp; No heating (well, in a tropical country there was not much need for that anyway)...&nbsp; But no A/C&nbsp; either...&nbsp; I was young and had more endurance than nowadays... But it was then when I fell in love with the road. :smt049<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/transport/Road.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":Road:" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; We used to meet others living that same way of life.&nbsp; There were gypsies, <b>real gypsies</b>, dressed in typical gypsy clothes, traveling in bands on horses with their whole family&nbsp; (like a caravan) and camping on the side of the road, and reading palms, and stealing money...&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/roundies/biggrin_25511.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":biggrin_25511:" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; as that is &quot;normal&quot; in their culture.&nbsp; We met other &quot;crazies&quot; like us, back packers, just going from east to west, to north, south and back...&nbsp; They would spend years or their whole lifes living that way.&nbsp; And we would cross each other on the highways and cities and share the stories...&nbsp; That was <b>A GREAT</b> time in my life.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/roundies/yes2557.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":yes2557:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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