Where have all the Old Timers gone?

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  1. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    Late 2014 is when I started driving. I remember a few of the older guys where I worked saying it really went to hell in the last 5-7 years. 07-08 my dad hung the keys up for a few years. Didn't buy a truck again til 2016ish sometime around there
     
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    We are all at the restaurant counter, ogling the waitress and talkin bout how fast them trucks will go.



     
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    1976…. The whole industry has been run into the ground . It’s embarrassing. I still have a truck and active numbers but haven’t done a load in almost 4 years . Mainly because of wife’s health .


    Guys used to drive because they wanted to or grew up around it . Now it’s because there’s no other blue collar job in their crappy town……

    it’s called the Cascadia effect.
     
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    Still trying to figure out the smart phone thing......
     
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    Leads me to wonder if I’m one of the last that does this because he wanted to....
     
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    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Those were the worst thing to happen to mankind IMHO.
     
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    Never did anything else ……it’s not a second or fifth profession for some of us …..
     
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    You and me both.
     
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    Remembering payphones and the frequent "colds" sometimes makes it easier to accept smartphones.
     
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    Most of my "Old timer" friends are up at Pantyhose Junction in the sky.
     
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