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[Tobin S.]

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[Suich]

1. Very nice, Tobin!

[Tobin S.]

2. Thank you very much

I had to make a minor correction there, but I think it still reads pretty much the same.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. A trucker with the soul of a poet

Maybe you should try your hand at writing short stories drawing in part on your experiences with the beauty as well as the assholes and bastards, addicts and self righteous bigots, the cigarettes, the parties, and the rest.

[Tobin S.]

14. Thank you

I've got a lot of these little true stories, and I have tried my hand at trucker fiction, although I only have a few stories too show from it.

[Flaxbee]

4. Thanks, Tobin. Always enjoy your writing.

It does seem that the space in-between is where the magic happens, the little things that really make life memorable.

Hope you and Jen have an enjoyable weekend.

[Tobin S.]

15. You're welcome

Jen and I are doing great.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. That's really beautiful, my dear Tobin...

Thank you for letting us see that beauty.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. Judging by your heart count...

we know who is the most loved person on DU, my dear Peggy

[Tobin S.]

16. Thanks Peggy

I think you know a thing or two about beauty.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. K&R for the Milky Way reference alone...

I remember the first time I really got out in the boonies (early 20's). It was Ink's Lake, TX. I stared at the sky until I fell asleep at 5 AM. I did this the next night, too. Laying on a sleeping bag in the dirt- it was great.

[Skittles]

8. hey Tobin

when I was on a work TDY in Wilkes-Barre PA, I invited a big-rig trucker who was stretching upon wakening while parked in the hotel/supermarket parking lot to join me at the free hotel buffet breakfast. We had a blast!!!

[JDPriestly]

9. You say it beautifully. That's not just true for truckers.

It's true for everyone.

If you really don't like doing your job just to do it, you need to rethink what you are doing.

[Sherman A1]

10. I have great respect for truck drivers

deal with them every day in my work. They are generally a pretty good bunch, doing a job that isn't all that easy. They are part of the background of society that just makes things work for the rest of us.

[Denninmi]

11. A man who appreciates life.

Well said and beautifully written.

[Tobin S.]

17. Thanks Dennis

You were up too early for Saturday!

[Denninmi]

20. Well, meant it.

Six am is no problem. I get up between 3:30 and 4:00 weekdays to get to the gym by five.

[In_The_Wind]

12. I never felt so powerful as when I was working OTR. Assholes and Bastards are

a very real part of working in the truckin' industry.
I pity the poor, hard working, honest truck drivers who's paychecks are ~ robed by the companies employing truckers and pilot cars.

There are trucking companies still owing me monies for successful OTR jobs I've done. [img][/img]

The best days of my OTR life didn't come from working hand n hand with police up in Thetford Mines (Quebec, Canada) moving a 20 wide load for Landstar, or even the load with a stretch trailer (overhang was not to be believed) going to New Orleans.
It was on the deadhead from Montana to home, my last long OTR escort.

imo: America, in all of it's splendor is truly beautiful.

Your words

It's not in getting paid, although that is essential. No, the beauty in trucking is what you do in between.

are perfect.

Thank you, Tobin S.

In The Wind
Joani

[Tobin S.]

18. Thanks Joani

You are truly due travel money.

[In_The_Wind]

19. 10 4

love turning off the CB and turning up the tunes all the way back home again

If I didn't truly love keeping the roads safe for everyone, I'd quit.

Here is a random thought that newbie escorts always ask:
Why is it ~ the bigger the load, the smaller the road?

[Callalily]

13. Thank you for the reminder

to stop and enjoy the "in between" times!

[lunatica]

21. Where I work

there are "assholes and bastards, addicts and self righteous bigots", but I can't jump in my truck and leave!