Trucking can be like a bad marriage...

Discussion in 'Road Stories' started by ghostchild, Feb 4, 2009.

If you could do it all over again would you...

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    Have stayed with the 1st company you started with?

    14.6%
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    Became a lease or owner operator when you first started?

    14.6%
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    Left the industry long ago?

    15.3%
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    Tranfered into the admin part of trucking?

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    Would change nothing about your trucking career.

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    none of the above..but...

    23.6%
  1. zebcohobo

    zebcohobo Vincent Van Gopher

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    Yeah I'm a Watchmen fan from the comic book days. This is fun. I'm going to have to do a hollywood workup for you.
     
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  3. ghostchild

    ghostchild Road Train Member

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    A hollywood match for me?

    Oh gosh...I suddenly feel shy....

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    Hide me, someone please hide me....(smile)

    Your my last post of the night...can't wait to get home so I can stretch out...

    It's cold here...I'm cold...and it's raining out...

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    You have a wonderful night...
    I'm going to cuddle up with my teddy bear and watch a cheap horror flick I got for like $2.50 you get what you pay for...terrible acting...terrible effects...oh well...

    I feel warmer knowing you and certain others are out there...

    goodnight...
     
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  4. U4EA

    U4EA Road Train Member

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    That's a really cool pic - the 'submerged' effects are interesting. Despair - almost like a fish captured and destined for the home aquarium market; never seeing the freedom that the open ocean offers...

    Ahhh - the Watchmen. Best graphic novel ever! I first read it in the mid 90's and still have the copy on the headboard of my bed.
     
  5. ghostchild

    ghostchild Road Train Member

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    Cool...Mr B is next...whenever I get around to it over the next few days...

    Right now In Tennessee....Been raining since last night...from desert terrain, to high plains, to this...jungle...

    The South is basically a jungle...(no not the people)...the terrain...the broad leaf forests...the dense brush...
    If in an airplane...and someone said 'your in Brazil'...most couldn't tell the difference...

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    Brazilian Jungle...but this is how the South, in N-America looks like also...


    I often wonder what kind of wild animals roamed in these forests say....1000 years ago?

    This has been the least fun outting of them all...it feels like it's dragging...like no matter how many hours I drive...at the end of the day it's only 300 miles...

    That's a symptom of the mind not being properly 'stimulated'...

    There's a union I could join down here...it cost though...but they off load cars and trucks from the ports...

    Pay is good...but you start at the bottom...may only get a few calls a quarter until you move up...but I also have my cdl....

    I have the money to join them now...maybe I'll plop it down there, before I go broke again...and look at it as a future investment...cause once in...my seniority level will only go up...and 1 1/2 from now...I would probably be glad I joined...vs not...

    The main thing is to save while I still have a bit of heart left to do this...

    I could even try to save enough to get re certified as something...warehouse operator or something...
     
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  6. Bumpy

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    :biggrin_2556: Oh oh.......:biggrin_2559:
     
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    Bumpyi49...(Ralph the sheep dog) is a regular type of guy...we punch in at around the same time every day...and we both drive trucks...

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    From there our simularities kind of end...and that's what makes our relationship so...well...so special....

    For instance....

    'Hey bumby, can I have a hug??'...

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    'Umm...you can let go now...that's not what I meant'.


    As you can see...Mr B is very tolerant, loving and understanding with me...


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    His simplicity brings a certain calm balance to all our lives, and this thread...

    He obviously has a big heart, to go along with his muscles, and the ability to learn about others, to listen, without 'judging or condemning'...he's secure enough in himself to do that...


    'Hey...Mr B...how about that hug now??'

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    'umm...cough cough...gag...ok...you can let go now'....[​IMG]

    Ok...so he's a little rough around the edges...most blue collar country or rural fellas are...I can work with that...I can work with that...

    To be honest with you, a lot about them is still a mystery to me...
    I just know they display a certain inner toughness, and kindness and curiosity that keeps them coming back for more, and I love it...

    Well do to time constraint...I couldn't make this match as detailed as i would of liked...or give two runner ups...but maybe I'll follow up with it in a few days when I have more time...

    In the mean time Bumbyi49...thanks for being out there...


    Ok...one more time ya'll...maybe if I disquise myself as a little old lady...

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    'Oh bumpy darling baby...I'm in need of a hug...you see I'm trying to raise money for the 'hug a old lady' foundation and............................







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    Like I said...he's a little rough around the edges...but he's coming around...he's my big loveable sweet teddy bear...:biggrin_2555:

    Just poken at ya guy...
    Glad to make your aquaintance....
     
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  8. Bumpy

    Bumpy Road Train Member

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    Your too much...I am (guessing) 20 years older than you,still,I have forgotten many of the "clips" you show,and most are from my time period..

    I will be seeing 3 of my 5 grandchildren here shortly,and I will show them your post...I do hope though,they do not start calling me Grampa Ralph..:biggrin_2556:

    I can live with your assessment of me...I do remember seeing that cartoon...little did I know..40 years ago.....while watching it....I was starring in t..:biggrin_25525::biggrin_2559:
     
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  9. zebcohobo

    zebcohobo Vincent Van Gopher

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    I loved that cartoon. They don't make good cartoons like those anymore. I think your assessment of bumpy is spot on. Man, it's perfect. I love it.
     
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  10. ghostchild

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    Hello everyone...and thank you for being out there....

    Anyhow....I took this photo in the hot parched Arizona desert, a few days ago....
    I felt sorry for this flower, weed and or plant...

    So I watered it...I figured the water would give it at least another 2 weeks of endurance...

    It's amazing how long these desert plants can last in such scorching heat...
    And me being the sentimental hippie-child I am...I try to save them...

    (I was the hippie- child before I became the ghostchildd)

    And this flower...in the desert heat, reminds me of so many people out there...
    If only they could be nourished... and replinished...with love, understanding and kindness...




     
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    ghostchild Road Train Member

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    Things don't feel right in the Universe...like something big is coming...

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    But I don't know if that Universe is external or internal...but something just feels odd...


    U4EA...earlier I told you I'd show you the Nikes I got...I never got around to it until now...and I know you reminded me of it earlier on the other site...well here ya go...

    http://underworldrealities.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=137156325

    I believe I was in Texas, running or jogging on a trail by a rest area...

    Anyways...haven't been writing much on here lately...
    Things just feel odd...I feel like something odds going to happen to the world soon and or is happening now...just weird energy...

    But it could be my own inner world...time will tell...
     
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