getting old!

[fubr]

Fubr .JR called this am, Looks like there will be an addition to the family......

DAMN I am not old enough to be grandpa!!!!!!


on a side note, I found a group called drive by truckers and I am downloading there audio and it is pretty cool stuff if you like southern kick ass rock.

[bols2dawaLL]

Hey congrats Grandpa -LOL - i think
Grandkids rule ( kinda like rental kids - hehe ) - spoil the shit outta them - send em on back to mom and dad

[mdeven]

fubr,
Shit sneaks up on you, don't it?
A friend of mine, that I hadn't seen in almost 10 years stopped by the other day.... He said "Damn you look old".... SHIT.... I'm not that old dammit....
Mark

[fubr]

yeah man it is good thing, even if I did not agree with the terms what good would it do me, so I might as well enjoy and support him right???

by terms I mean he see's no need to be married, he has lived with her for 4 or 5 months in her moms house........oh well. It will be my turn one day to make room for em

[Bandit5906]

For good old trucking music you can't beat Joey Holiday or TC Bush; Red Simpson is good also. They were all at the Tennessee Truck Show this year and for free also.

[mdeven]

Gee, every girl I ever dated wouldn't have sex in Mom's house....
She's a good woman make him keep her!
Mark

[sukh77]

Congrats fubr.

[Ohms]

atta boy fubr.. roll with the punches man... contrats bro

[fubr]

everybody else is bitching at him, I figure hell he is my buddy why not be the one person he can come to and not hear a bunch of bitching. He is old enough to make his own bed..

[Bandit5906]

He is your buddy, but forever you are still the parent and he looks to you for guidence (even if he resists), IMHO!

[mili]

He omited the fact that his son is 12 and the mother is his school teacher a gorgeous blonde :)

mili

[fubr]

so much for you keeping a secret. I'll be damn if I ever confied in you again .... :)

[smilingjack]

hahahahaha
.
Congrats fubr
.
be 'em camper fill it was gas and wish 'em bon voyage
.
write when you get there

oh yeah I a my graduand's have 6 kids of the own

[fubr]

what a novel Ideal!!


hmmmm

[fubr]

Congrats fubr.
Man I am glad your back posting!!

and thanks.
you and everbody thanks for the replies. :)


going rocking chair shopping this weekend.

[Bandit5906]

so much for you keeping a secret. I'll be damn if I ever confied in you again .... :)

You knew you could not trust him: expect to see pics all over the intrnet now. Prolly even photoshop you into them!

All kidding aside: Congrats and no one here will remember that you are a GD (or old enough either)!

[smilingjack]

I told mine:
get into college
get a job and apartment
enlist in the service

Damn, the all got into college,
took me 10 year to pay then off.
should have to the enlist in the service

[Bandit5906]

Mine put the student loans in my name! I was real proud until I got the bill(s)!

[smilingjack]

hahahahaha

(CBS4) WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. Many baby boomers are choosing a life on the road over retirement. A shortage of truck drivers has prompted the American Trucking Association to recruit retirement age boomers.

Ken Fulton and his wife, Leah Serrano, hope driving a big rig will be a good mix of working and travel.

They're students at United States Truck Driving School in Wheat Ridge. They were lured into changing careers by the prospect of making more than $100,000 a year to travel as a truck driving team.

"Our children are grown up and now we get to be on our own and see the country," Fulton said.

"That's what we're interested in, we want to see everything that we read about," Serrano said.

At the driving school, the majority of students are still young men but the number of baby boomers getting their commercial drivers license is increasing. Across the country, the trucking industry has looked to "boomers" to fill a shortage of drivers.

"We've trained anywhere from senators, we've trained lawyers, we've trained doctors," said Jennie Knoll from the U.S. Truck Driving School. "Sometimes they want to get out of that particular field and just go, get behind that wheel of that tractor trailer and just drive."

With the trucking industry eager to attract more baby boomers, life on the road is getting more comfortable. Some trucking companies are giving their trucks bigger sleeper cabs and truck stops are adding amenities like nail salons and healthier menus.

Those comforts and the money are a draw for new husband and wife driving teams like Fulton and Serrano as they graduate and receive their driving school certificate.

Now they hope to find a new way of life in the cab of an 18-wheeler.

"You get to experience the whole world while you're going down the road," Serrano said.

The American Trucking Association predicts the shortage of truck drivers will reach 111,000 in the next 8 years if the industry doesn't recruit more people.

[mdeven]

SJ, that's no shit.... Have you seen some of those sleepers? They're friggin' apartments with a CAT up front....
There's one truckstop I frequent that gives out cards (like trading cards) with rigs and thier owners.... Some of them are unbelievable.... You have to stay on the road to pat for the damn thing....
Mark

[lefty]

Have you seen some of those sleepers? They're friggin' apartments with a CAT up front....

Peterbilt was toying with the idea of putting in a toilet in the deluxe models. Not sure if that ever came to be.

I know several guys who have Satellite dishes. Hell, one of them was my HU card supplier there at the end of it's days.

Rolling real estate........

[mdeven]

I've seen 'em with showers, full kitchens, plasma TV and auto-tracking sat dishes....
Mark

[DSS_Auditor]

Congrats on the grandbaby!

I wish I could be so lucky, at 55, I just had my first child little girl..

She came to the medical center where I work and I had to give her immunizations... ouch, 5 shots! Kid will grow up to hate the old man.... lol

[mdeven]

Did it hurt you just as much?
Mark

[DSS_Auditor]

LOL, not really, my way of getting her BEFORE she has the chance to get me!

[smilingjack]

hahahhah

The truck drive schools call the "condos on wheels"

Look at some of the race card drivers semi the rig has been built and a extruded frame and the a a 10' camper built on to them, air cad, kitchen, double bad, shower, hot water, regfrg

[woods]

hahaha, schoolteacher. mili is funny sometimes

congrats man, lucky for me i have many.. many years till i need to worry about that. let me get my kids raised first.

ehe

[mdeven]

LOL, not really, my way of getting her BEFORE she has the chance to get me!

Life lesson.... This one's for free.... If you want more, buy my book....
You missed a golden opportunity.... You should have said YES, printed this thread and used it as ammo in the future :D
Mark

[Bandit5906]

I've seen 'em with showers, full kitchens, plasma TV and auto-tracking sat dishes....
Mark

Y'all forget about the APUs (Aux power units): many states have no idle laws and with the price of fuel it makes sense to invest $5000.00 in one if your truck did not come with it. Pays for itself in less than a year and it is much quieter than running the truck all night even if it is legal to do so.

I don't know any OTR guy or gal who doesn't have one of them.

[smilingjack]

$ 5000

I and have a $1,500 using the produce 220 volts at 8 KW

I get a $500 power unlit that produce 120 volts 5000 WATS

[Bandit5906]

APUs are not generators. Sure you can get a cheap generator and find that it will not do the job that an APU will do. The APUs are diesel and the exhaust comes out the stack.

Many noobs bought generators and thought they would do the job: they do not. They have scrapped or e-bayed them for a good APU which will last where the generator will not last, makes a lot of noise, shakes the unit to death, won't run all the electrics + heater or air conditioner.

$5000.00 is a good price (some cost more, btw) for something that is designed to fit your truck and has a great guarantee and doesn't need a separate fuel source.

If you were a driver you would understand, IMHO!

[fubr]

lets see,,,, I would piss in a bottle in a truck but no way am I shitting in one.
Showers I have seen, not worth the trouble when A box of baby wipes will get you to the next real shower.
$45 a year, maybe but work your ass off and be gone all the time...


APU!, Fuck the no idle laws, The engen does not produce enough bad shit to hurt nothing and it uses even less fuel to idle for 10 hours than most would think,,How many gallons a hour on idle LEFTY?....

the big condo's are nice but you live in it to pay for the thing and mostly like was said it is government(FEMA) full time or nascar drivers rigs....

maybe I covered it all if not I will be back..


OH AND my buddy woods, dont fool yourself man, It is not that far off..

Way back to the top..MArk, Yes he needs to keep her, Her mom is hot and if it dont work out he could be his sons own grandpa :)

[mdeven]

Way back to the top..MArk, Yes he needs to keep her, Her mom is hot and if it dont work out he could be his sons own grandpa :)

Be careful.... I'm starting to get a pretty strange mental picture of you :D
Mark

[Bandit5906]

fubar;

OTR here(non-team) and I saved almost $7500.00 this past year with my APU! As an O/O my bottom line counts for me! Fuel is way too expensive even if you are using 20% bio-diesel. Nothing to do with laws and emissions, but what I wind up with in my account is what I care about. My Cummings uses about 1.2 GPH and the APU uses about 1.7 gallons per 7 hours. At $3.00+ per gallon it all adds up.

[mruk69]

He omited the fact that his son is 12 and the mother is his school teacher a gorgeous blonde :)

mili

That explains his love for Southern Rock.
Congrats, to you and your family.
Oh and remember to lock all of your porn channels. :D

[fubr]

fubar;
OTR here(non-team) and I saved almost $7500.00 this past year with my APU! As an O/O my bottom line counts for me! Fuel is way too expensive even if you are using 20% bio-diesel. Nothing to do with laws and emissions, but what I wind up with in my account is what I care about. My Cummings uses about 1.2 GPH and the APU uses about 1.7 gallons per 7 hours. At $3.00+ per gallon it all adds up.


o/o is good for alot of people, the ones who drive for a living....and yes in that case every penny counts! man over a single year there are alot of things that make a big difference. I dont see how you guys do it, Drive all the time that is. I could never be a truck driver! I did pull shimmy shakers for awhile but also had to get my ass out and put them on blocks and taker the people wheels off so they would feel more "at Home"

For good old trucking music you can't beat Joey Holiday or TC Bush; Red Simpson is good also. They were all at the Tennessee Truck Show this year and for free also.
truckin music?. the band drive by truckers I have yet to figure out the name, they sing nothing about truckin. only drinking wisky and homemade ice cream..

[Bandit5906]

truckin music?. the band drive by truckers I have yet to figure out the name, they sing nothing about truckin. only drinking wisky and homemade ice cream..

There is only one thing else that matters and maybe that is now only in my dreams or thoughts.

[dRaNo]

Congratulations old man! lol, all the best to you and your family. I'm sure the kid will be poppin smart cards by the time their 2. Make sure you get em a nice colorful unlooper for the crib. Congrats bro.

[fubr]

lol I got him a ird in the closet for when he is old enough