How do you guys stay awake?

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  1. REO6205

    REO6205 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    You're not answering my question.
     
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  3. trucker41459

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    "Myth" refers if there is certain scientific reason behind it. I wonder if chewing, this motion, keep you awake, or certain flavor on toothpicks keep you awake. So sorry again if the word is used here poorly.
     
  4. TripleSix

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    Back in the days of “performance enhancing trucker drugs”, they would soak toothpicks in the speed of their choice, and would be hopping up and down, grinding their teeth into oblivion, eyes bulging Rat Fink style, hardwired to drive 3-4 days straight without a rest.
     
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    Give that a listen
     
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  6. Last Call

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    WRONG !!!!...
    See descriptions that like are what give us bull haulers..a bad name...
     
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    You earned your own bad name.
     
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    Thanks for the vote of confidence...lol
     
  9. REO6205

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    The "good old days" of paper logs, trucks without a speed governor that would really fly, and a couple of hundred whites in a baggie tucked down between the dog house and the bunk.
    The "good old days".....not.
    I remember looking for a job in Yakima and being told that I'd get hired if I could make two rounds from Okanogan to L.A. every week....solo. If I wanted the job, that was the deal. The boss said "I bid it too cheap and I need two trips to make it pay".
    LOL...The boss supplied the whites and after a while when the whites didn't work any more he'd either fire you or hook you up with some Black Beauties. I never saw any toothpicks but this was back in the 70s and maybe the drug culture hadn't evolved enough. He had a lot of employee turnover :rolleyes:
    And no, I didn't work for him. I'm allergic to Benzedrine.
     
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  10. Last Call

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    Ahhh the good old days....
    There were lines on mirror and lines on his face... she pretended not to notice he was caught up in the race.....
     
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