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| 02:20.29 | your_dog | howdy quol |
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| 02:22.03 | Quol | howdy your_dog - what's up |
| 02:22.37 | your_dog | not too much, just thinkin' about going to bed :) |
| 02:22.48 | your_dog | how're you? |
| 02:23.25 | Quol | not bad - just finished my day here - wife and kids are all in bed, so it's now my time to unwind a little :) |
| 02:23.37 | your_dog | ahh kewl :) |
| 02:24.49 | your_dog | has menoman gone to bed? :) |
| 02:25.48 | your_dog | it's quite cool here tonight |
| 02:25.55 | your_dog | i think it's about 52F |
| 02:27.05 | Quol | it's cool over here also...this summer has been cool for us up here - not that fair since we only get a couple of months of summer up here :) |
| 02:27.47 | your_dog | hehe |
| 02:28.35 | your_dog | i got back from about a 3 week trip a few days ago, went all over the country... |
| 02:28.39 | your_dog | glad to be back home :) |
| 02:29.38 | Quol | always nice to be home isn't it..noting like sleeping in your bed |
| 02:29.49 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:29.59 | your_dog | i have a few pics on the net from the trip, care to see them? |
| 02:30.36 | Quol | sure |
| 02:30.48 | your_dog | http://www.wblogan.net/jhlogan/trip/ |
| 02:31.14 | your_dog | this was a trip with my dad, btw :) |
| 02:31.20 | your_dog | he's the driver of the truck |
| 02:31.21 | Quol | ip/ |
| 02:31.21 | Quol | <your_dog> this was a trip with my dad, btw :) |
| 02:31.26 | Quol | oops |
| 02:32.06 | your_dog | hehe |
| 02:33.14 | Quol | taht you in the pics? |
| 02:33.37 | your_dog | i'm the one standing in front of the truck in one of them |
| 02:33.48 | your_dog | it's the only one with me in it |
| 02:34.31 | Quol | ahh - that's the one I am looking at - the one with the flatbed and the concave peices of something on it? |
| 02:34.39 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:35.00 | Quol | your truck? |
| 02:35.01 | your_dog | that was a natural bottom culvert on the flat bed :) |
| 02:35.10 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:35.17 | your_dog | or, the families truck actually |
| 02:35.37 | Quol | my dad used to drive trucks...always enjoyed riding with him |
| 02:35.52 | your_dog | *family's |
| 02:35.59 | your_dog | yeah, it's pretty fun |
| 02:36.09 | your_dog | 'til you have to spend 3 weeks in one with him ;) |
| 02:36.19 | Quol | he used to do cross country mostly, but then when i was born he switched to local city stuff |
| 02:37.00 | your_dog | my dad ran produce from the carolinas to california and back before my sis was born, then he came off the road and went in the dispatch office |
| 02:37.45 | Quol | yup - hard to be away from the kids - I respect my father greatly for doing that |
| 02:37.53 | your_dog | yeah |
| 02:38.11 | your_dog | he went back on the road about 2 or 3 years ago |
| 02:38.19 | your_dog | we've owned that truck for a little over a year now |
| 02:38.37 | your_dog | course, his youngest child is now 17 :) |
| 02:38.40 | Quol | so - youdrive now I guess..carrying on the family trucking business? |
| 02:39.25 | your_dog | i can't drive without a licensed driver in the vehicle :-/ |
| 02:39.49 | your_dog | and you have to be at least 21 to drive a rig out of the state you're licensed in, so i can't yet :) |
| 02:40.00 | Quol | is that what you want to do though? |
| 02:40.27 | your_dog | i definitely want to get my CDL, but i dunno if that's what i'm gonna do |
| 02:40.39 | your_dog | he said he's taking me on trip to discourage me from driving a truck :) |
| 02:40.43 | your_dog | *trips |
| 02:41.13 | Quol | ya - tis a hard life |
| 02:41.19 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:41.21 | Quol | i saw that with my dad alright |
| 02:41.38 | your_dog | it's a shame that so many people have such a low opinion of truck drivers |
| 02:41.47 | your_dog | considering they haul just about everything we use everyday :) |
| 02:42.12 | Quol | yup - but then again it's the same with farmers to I guess |
| 02:42.20 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:42.36 | Quol | without these people doing these jobs - nobody would eat or be able to buy anything usefull :) |
| 02:42.37 | your_dog | i must say though, a lot of the bad image truckers have is their fault |
| 02:42.44 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:43.11 | your_dog | dad said the difference between truckers when he came off the road 17 years ago, and now is just amazing |
| 02:43.33 | Quol | ohhya - for sure |
| 02:43.47 | Quol | I remember my dads first trucks, and now they are so different |
| 02:44.09 | your_dog | yeah |
| 02:44.10 | Quol | used to have no radios or anything - seats that bolted straight to the floor- no shocks or anything |
| 02:44.12 | Quol | bruttls |
| 02:44.15 | Quol | *e |
| 02:44.24 | your_dog | yep :) |
| 02:44.39 | your_dog | but i'm talking mainly about truckers attitudes, they've really gone downhill |
| 02:44.43 | your_dog | and their driving skills |
| 02:45.09 | Quol | ya - standards have slipped in that regard I guess also |
| 02:45.27 | Quol | with all these overnight trucking schools and all |
| 02:45.58 | Quol | america is the inventors of fast food, and just about fast everything :( |
| 02:46.01 | Quol | :) |
| 02:46.06 | your_dog | i hate to see the "NO TRUCK PARKING" signs at stores like Wal-Mart, but i understand why they do that. so many truckers today are so nasty, they just throw their trash out in the lot :-/ |
| 02:46.13 | your_dog | yep |
| 02:47.08 | your_dog | i'm sure you've heard of "Swift" right? |
| 02:47.17 | Quol | ya |
| 02:47.39 | your_dog | dad said that they take a driver that's been driving for 3 weeks, and put him to training a new driver |
| 02:48.09 | your_dog | he also said that there's nothing swift about most Swift drivers :) |
| 02:48.36 | Quol | heh - yup, that's what I was refering to with the "overnight" driving schools |
| 02:48.43 | your_dog | yeah |
| 02:49.15 | your_dog | it's amazing though, seems like 99% of the truckers are still WAY better drivers than most of the 4-wheelers |
| 02:49.43 | your_dog | amazing, and sad :) |
| 02:53.17 | your_dog | well, i better hit the sack |
| 02:53.31 | your_dog | g'nite y'all :) |
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