A few weeks ago Tobin talked about getting a new job and went out on an interview... sort of...
I guess he has given up and is back doing what he doesn't love: trucking.
Tobin S. (7,380 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018727075
It was a tough day for a trucker.
We had some snow and the temperature when I started work was negative 2. It never got over 14 degrees today and the wind was gusting. Three hundred miles in that crap in a thirty year old truck that rides like a hay wagon. When a gust of wind would broad-side the truck it would come right through the door and window seals. I had to strap and tarp three loads out in that. I could hardly move when I got home today.
Tomorrow is going to be even colder. The high temperature won't get out of the single digits. There is a wind chill advisory with wind chills expected to feel like 24 to 30 below zero at times when the wind gusts. At least it's not going to snow.
Spring can't get here soon enough for me. My wife knew I had a tough day and brought home some of my favorite beer. A hot shower, two beers, two ibuprofen, and a warm supper loosened me up considerably. I'm 42 and it takes almost everything I have to get through a day like today. I work with guys who are older and I don't know how they do it. I know a few of them come into work wearing the same dirty clothes they wore the day before. I don't think they take them off when they go home. One guy who is around 60 says on a normal day after work he'll get a bite to eat, sit down in his easy chair, and then the next thing he knows its 4am and time to do it again.
It could be worse, I guess. I could be out on the road most nights instead of here with my wife. I could be unemployed. But it's hard to look on the bright side when it's going to be six below in the morning.
Now, I am not going to make fun of Tobin. He is a hard working American just trying to get along in this life. The fact he has a job and a loving wife who waits for him at home... say... wait a minute...
... Tobin is a conservative!
Job
Family (with a partnet who isn't the same sex)
Home
Drinks beer
Trucker!
He's the perfect mole.
CaliforniaPeggy (113,714 posts)
6. Oh my dear Tobin...
It sounds awful. I know you're being careful..........but be careful, OK?
I wish spring would arrive for you folks too.
denbot (4,387 posts)
8. Yeah, I hear ya.
I started out on the IL/WI line late this after noon. I fueled in Gary IN and even doubled gloved I could barely stand it. How you chain down loads in this crap is beyond me.
Headed to Jersey, but had to pull over into an over crowded reststop after only 400 miles. Felt my rigg wiggle a bit, and decided I had pushed it too far as it was.
Don't have to be at the Costco DC till early Friday, so hopefully the roads will shape up and the snow will hold off till I can get my candyass back to Los Angeles for a few days of rest.
Another trucker mole!
Scuba (43,792 posts)
10. And Republicans think you should keep doing this until you're 75.
In OBarry's O'conomy you will have to til you are 85.
CanSocDem (2,198 posts)
11. I thought you were on the verge...
...of putting the 'dirty work' behind you. You just have to stop showing them how valuable you are as a driver.
BTW- are you having any trouble getting winter fuel?
There is DUmpmonkie logic. Become less of a valued worker so you won't have to work so hard.
