Good ole bar talk

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  1. BigTennOTR

    BigTennOTR Medium Load Member

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    So i stopped on interstate 80 in Nebraska, exit 312...theres a huge pilot with a bar! Good food....alot of parking....

    Ole man sat down next to me...been out here 50 years...could of listened to him talk all night! Just a great dude! Its nice being able to meet some people out here that you can have a good.conversation with!
     
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  3. Boattlebot

    Boattlebot Road Train Member

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    Heated discussion about autos vs manuals at thE bar I chilled st tonight. Hand been out there 46 years acording to him.

    We agreed on one thing. Mega suck haha
     
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    BigTennOTR Medium Load Member

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    This guy was.named chester....70 years old...been out 50 years and had a pete with 4.7 million on it...and still looked good...told me if i was ever on the 44 find the hoods truck stop and he might be in there....really nice guy....you can learn alot from some of them....and i hope he has 30 more years out here .....70 years old and loves it he dont ever wanna quit...
     
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    Sounds like a lonely guy,,,,
     
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  6. STexan

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    Yeah but the Guy you'll typically get stuck with in that bar is loud, obnoxious, full of crap, racist, and can't handle their liquor and you can't wait for them to get escorted out.

    3 evenings in that bar and 2 were like that for me. No more. Drunk truck drivers are the worst drunks to be stuck with at a bar, IMO
     
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  7. Chinatown

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    Hope not. Some of those old salty drivers have outlived their families or their children went out on their own and prefer to keep it that way. Long haul trucking is a lifestyle that many enjoy and would rather do that than fish or collect stamps or some other hobby during the golden years.
     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    Perhaps, but to put 5 million miles on, I'm sorry, that's ALL they did. And that's fine, sad, but fine. To me, there's so much more to life than barreling down an interstate. For MY retirement, I bought an "Interstate", only the Honda type, and I'm going to go all the places I could never go with a truck. That's what's great about America, you can go either way. :thumbup:
     
  9. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    I'm thinking about buying a Boss Hoss Motorcycle. Probably go with an automatic transmission. Got spoiled driving automatic transmission trucks.
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    This one is 485 HP V-8 Engine
     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    You'd have the BOSSEST HOSS in China, Fo' sho'. (might have a tough time finding enough clean air to feed that V-8)
     
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    They like those big Harley's in China. They ride Goldwings also, but the Harley is the king.
     
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