The day 6.24$ changed my life

Hello everyone,

I was practically born in a sleeper behind my father, doing milk runs stopping at every producer in dead end rural snowy roads... It was those days in the early 80's, he was getting paid in loose so he got only the ####ty runs no-one else wanted. At that time he was so miserable that he made me promise I would never reach the " rock-bottom " he called " going on the Trucks "... Ugly 80's...

So I did just that, worked 22 years as a Mechanic, Automotive, Industrial, Heavy, Forklift, Small Engines... Spent my life fixing everyone else's problems and somehow a couple of years ago I got tired of it and didn't know at all what the heck I would do with my life... Became a gamer and spent the last 3 years playing MMO's and stuff till my fingers came off and everyone knows these don't lead anywhere good...

Then on a Tuesday morning about a month ago I was zapping on Steam at the weekly deals and saw American Truck Simulator on sale for 6$ and went: I already own a setup for simulation racing, what's the worst that could happen... lose 6$...

( To all of you out there thinking: Not another sim driver that thinks life as a trucker is easy... ) NOT AT ALL... But it got me hooked to the diesel fuel in a major way, re-ignited the glow-plug and shot some Ether down the throttle body in a not so orderly fashion ( Remember I was telling you about early 80's trucks... I was always the one shooting the Ether, my brother was too chicken for the backfires that frizzled you toupet...)

2600$ Later my course for my Class 1 license is paid and done and to the best of my knowledge, 6.24$ will effectively have changed my life... And now you understand my name, pleasure to meet you all.

Fixer Qc

 

After a while of course it gets repetitive so that's why I practice real stuff in game, hauling haz mats, bi-trains and my favorite is playing shunter in the Ports around the west coast, I am getting very decent a backing bi-trains which will come in handy when I get on real ones...

Unless I find the deal of a lifetime I will stay employee, I am running away from problems ( mechanic ) not towards them...

 

DEF systems are the best thing that happened to the environment in a long while but as far as truck reliability goes, they literally pissed in our tanks.

 

I would have to say a hope story, overcoming mental illnesses, that sort of thing...