If you could!

[Muler]

Thanks Muler !...at least you understand..And I know all about the "Jimmy vs. you crap" and I don't understand it. I am trying to not beat myself up over it, but when a 20 year old daughter comes to you (after you have worked a zillion hours a week to send her to that "great" college) and says "But Dad, you weren't THERE when I needed you"...How do you answer THAT ???

That is a hard pill to swallow. She will some day come to understand. When you are young it is easy to ask where were you. But as she gets older and it becomes clear that you had to work so she could have a better chance at life. And just maybe if she is able to give her children a better life because of her education then she will understand. It was a hard choice for every father to make but it had to be made. Good Luck and remember as long as you have tomorrow you can always make it better. YOUR BROTHER ALWAYS!

[Guardrail]

You were there... You just changed your name to Benjamin.

Guardrail

[autocar65]

If I could look back over the years, I would have stayed where I was, instead of falling for the lure of the "not so easy" money.

Indeed. I could have retired at a limestone quarry in 2009 withe 30 years.

Personally, I had older men telling me that I was crazy for leaving that job. They warned me and I didn't listen. Today I tell younger men that there is a balance between work and family and trucking will tear that apart. But they don't listen any better to me today than I listened back then. That little house that cost $1200 in 1975 looks pretty good to me today.

[Muler]

How many wanted to go to college? How many got into trucking because they started a family? YOUR BROTHER ALWAYS!

[Walleye]

How many wanted to go to college? How many got into trucking because they started a family? YOUR BROTHER ALWAYS!

I went to Tech School,....Got sick of working on the road in my chosen career and someone told me about a delivery driver position with a liquor distributor that would let me live at home instead of motels so I applied and got my first driving job,........

Driving wasn't something I was intending on staying in, It was just a way to be home.

I make a good living but if I had to do it again I would have went to dental school,.............

[autocar65]

How many wanted to go to college? How many got into trucking because they started a family? YOUR BROTHER ALWAYS!

College? Yes. Family? Yes. Today is my oldest Granson's 16th birthday, he is bigger and better looking than me!

[Muler]

College? Yes. Family? Yes. Today is my oldest Granson's 16th birthday, he is bigger and better looking than me!

Yes my oldest is in college and he also is a fine young man. They are truly a gift from God. YOUR PROUD GRANDFATHERING BROTHER ALWAYS!

[Muler]

I went to Tech School,....Got sick of working on the road in my chosen career and someone told me about a delivery driver position with a liquor distributor that would let me live at home instead of motels so I applied and got my first driving job,........

Driving wasn't something I was intending on staying in, It was just a way to be home.

I make a good living but if I had to do it again I would have went to dental school,.............

My grandson is gong to be going to medical school and I am glad he has followed the path he wanted to.