INSMNCS: John Cain

[VFR800]

I cut her some slack.

 

Unlike Wife 1.0, Wife 2.0 is nearly perfect. Loyal. Faithful. Good cook. Keeps the house looking great. all the right stuff. Rarely complains (I was gonna say never but show me a woman who doesn't bitch now and again).

 

Hard to come by.

 

Oh, and she likes cars. How many guys do you know whose woman lets them have a 69 year old motor grader, an equally old Ford tractor, a Camaro, a jet boat, and 14 Z cars? When I go racing she comes along and provides full support, makes sure we all have a bite to eat, and a beer at the end of the day. She follows along with the notebook and stopwatch, keeping lap times and all the other data.

 

Yeah, I think I better not do the Henry the 8th thing.

 

Now Wife 1.0 is another story.  If I ever see that bitch again it will be too soon.

 

 

Well 1st let me say congrats for having gotten a good woman (even if 2nd time is the charm) cause they seriously are few and far between.

 

The volume of women numbers wise as opposed to the numbers of the ones that are not either psycho,clingy,materialistic money chasing whores or sluts is at a massive disparity.

[Racer X 69]

never

 

It's "If I never see that...."

 

Never say never.

[Racer X 69]

Well 1st let me say congrats for having gotten a good woman (even if 2nd time is the charm) cause they seriously are few and far between.

 

 

 

 

Thank you.

 

 

The volume of women numbers wise as opposed to the numbers of the ones that are not either psycho,clingy,materialistic money chasing whores or sluts is at a massive disparity.

 

That describes Mrs. Racer 1.0 perfectly. A crafty Shedevil she was. Didn't show her true colors until a couple years into the marriage.

 

 

Bitch.

 

[VFR800]

I'm happily single.

[Racer X 69]

When the warehouse guy doesnt understand you need more than 1 layer of wrap. Om glad I caught this before it flopped over

 

Hauling van freight sucks. Saran wrapped pallets of stuff falling over, load locks that are only as strong as the flimsy wall of the trailer . . .

 

I preferred freight that had to be held down with chains and straps.

 

Jewell Boom To Thetford Mines Quebec by Racer, on Flickr

 

 

Of course I couldn't drink it if it tipped over.

[VFR800]

[VFR800]

[VFR800]

Anaheim, California, in 1958

 

[Royal Sierra]

 

Hauling van freight sucks. Saran wrapped pallets of stuff falling over, load locks that are only as strong as the flimsy wall of the trailer . . .

 

I preferred freight that had to be held down with chains and straps.

 

Jewell Boom To Thetford Mines Quebec by Racer, on Flickr

 

 

Of course I couldn't drink it if it tipped over.

You probably make bank too. I'm getting tired of hand trucking 1,000 cases a day

[tr8er]

This is the only pineapple pizza I could get behind.

[EastBay521]

You probably make bank too. I'm getting tired of hand trucking 1,000 cases a day

I dont know about outside of California but here in the bay area I dont see how drivers around here can make a living. Just about everyone I talk to is scraping by. Especially the owner operators, theyre pretty much working just to maintain their rig. Ill stick to fixing them.

[Royal Sierra]

Here in Portland, everyone needs drivers. When I left Coors, the union told me coke, pepsi, sysco, fsa and a couple others need drivers. Thats just a few.

[KoHeartsGPA]

You probably make bank too. I'm getting tired of hand trucking 1,000 cases a day

You work at Columbia Dist, right?, I'm delivering there in the morning, 7am....

[Jesse C.]

Aztec Bowl, San Diego CA in the early 2000's

 

[EastBay521]

Here in Portland, everyone needs drivers. When I left Coors, the union told me coke, pepsi, sysco, fsa and a couple others need drivers. Thats just a few.

From what I hear from the drivers there is alot of competition. Mechanics on the other hand there is a shortage of

[a.d._510_n_ok]

[flatcat19]

There's too many mechanics in my shop. Come get some.

[flatcat19]

Well, if you were to add all the half asses to create one we might be a person or two short.

[Rjawm]

 

 

Actually made me LOL IRL

[Royal Sierra]

You work at Columbia Dist, right?, I'm delivering there in the morning, 7am....

Used to work for the other coors distributor which is General in Oregon city

[Racer X 69]

You probably make bank too. I'm getting tired of hand trucking 1,000 cases a day

 

I was grossing about 70 to 80k annually.

 

But I was only home once or twice a month. After 5 years and 800,000 miles I had enough.

 

Now I build airplanes.

 

 

 

Ill stick to fixing them.

 

I did that for 30 years. Worked at an electric utility fixing trucks, heavy equipment, cars and pickups. Union job. Made the best money in my life. Got a great pension waiting for when I get tired of a daily 8 to 5 routine.

 

This is what I used to work on:

 

Digger Derrick by Racer, on Flickr

 

Double Elevator On 3 Post Lift by Racer, on Flickr

[Royal Sierra]

Budweiser is highest paid of them all as far as beer goes and I pulled 60k last year. Food companies make more which I MIGHT go to depending how much I get raped for on child support.

[hobospyder]

i woulda stuck with the trucks, building airplanes ain't all it's cracked up to be

[EastBay521]

 

I was grossing about 70 to 80k annually.

 

But I was only home once or twice a month. After 5 years and 800,000 miles I had enough.

 

Now I build airplanes.

 

 

 

I did that for 30 years. Worked at an electric utility fixing trucks, heavy equipment, cars and pickups. Union job. Made the best money in my life. Got a great pension waiting for when I get tired of a daily 8 to 5 routine.

 

This is what I used to work on:

 

Digger Derrick by Racer, on Flickr

 

Double Elevator On 3 Post Lift by Racer, on Flickr

Thats bad ass. None of the dealerships that i have walked through around here have lifts.

[Racer X 69]

Thats bad ass. None of the dealerships that i have walked through around here have lifts.

 

It was awesome to put 40,000lbs of truck up on a 3 post lift and then walk under it. I rarely used a creeper. We had frame stands so you could support the truck and pull the axle housing out. The older GMC trucks they had were riding on leaf springs. The hangars and springs would fatigue, then fracture and fail. And the spring perch on top of the banjo housing would wear through and crack. I changed out and repaired a few. The original spring hangars were riveted in, so they had to be cut off. Then new hangars and spring packs went on. The cracks on the banjo housing had to be ground down, then welded up, and then the perch area welded with hard facing rod and ground flat again.

 

Big job, usually took two mechanics a couple days. Running the u-bolts down was the last step. Something like 600ftlbs of torque with a 1" drive torque wrench. Thing weighed about 50lbs. One mechanic would hold the socket on the nut while the other would pull the wrench. We would trade places every ten pulls or so. By the time we were done our arms felt like they were going to fall off.

 

What a workout.

 

The last 10 years or so I was a hydraulic specialist, and worked almost exclusively on manlifts like the one in the second picture. The best part of every routine service was the 'test flight' to check for correct and safe operation. Working second shift I usually tried to time the test flight with sundown and go up to enjoy the day's end.