Help me get 3 posts to 1000 ! :)

Yeah yeah... I could just reply to myself three times, but that's just embarassing.

So....challenge me with deep, complex, soul-searching questions demanding a thoughtful response. :P

...or not... your call!

Three to go!

I'm a trucker and I'm always interested in other people's perceptions of the job and of truckers.

I'll explain:

I did a lot of traveling with the family by car growing up. Very long cross-country trips, and I loved trucks! Big, wide-eyed awe of them and the people who drove them. When I got a little older, my Dad and I would chat with truckers on CB radio on these trips and I loved it. I always thought of them as nice, good-natured and very "real."

As I got older, I developed a slightly better grasp of what that "realness" was - I relate much more the blue-collar hard working life-wise person than I do to the white-collar life. I also have an appreciation for how much the trucking industry holds this country together! AND, when it comes to labor, I'm UNION.. :D

Yep, you have to live in the real world if you want to be a trucker and you can be afraid of work. Thanks for your kind words about us. :)

doing up so early?

... I work at a place called Meadow Lake Village. It is a large, pretty high-end retirement community that includes independent condo living, assisted living, and a neighborhood of planned housing, all managed by the company which plans activities, events, dining and all sorts of stuff for neighbors and residents.

I am part of the Concierge team, but I work the night shift at the front desk. So my biggest responsibility is to be on -call in case of emergency. All condos have emergency pull cords in the rooms and alarms if a phone is off the hook - those go to my pager and I respond in case a resident is having a medical emergency. So I had to be CPR certified for that part.

In addition, I do some light security around the premises at night. All in all a very quiet job. It works for me because I am in graduate school, and when there are no emergencies I can do homework here (they are ok with that, because its usually very quiet on my shift.)

One more to go hee hee! :)

:woohoo:

I think I'm off to bed. It's 3:15 on the west coast. Shouldn't have had that coffee earlier...