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It's not nice to talk about your sister that way.
Haha, not my sister. My wife's brother's wife. Unless I screwed that up. I'm very bad at family trees.
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It's not nice to talk about your sister that way.
Haha, not my sister. My wife's brother's wife. Unless I screwed that up. I'm very bad at family trees.
Breaker breaker .... Is this 1977 again?
When I was in high school — late 90s — my dad got his CDL and began driving long-haul for a company that is don't think had a good reputation. As a newbie, he was given a subpar cab and his trainer stole his bonus check. My impression was it wasn't what he thought it would be. Owner-operator was the way to go, if you could get there.Driving a truck was actually my fallback, and may still be. I like to drive, I handle large vehicles well, and I don't mind long stretches of being alone. Money is good after a couple of years, but working conditions can be widely variable. Still could see myself doing it if the bottom falls out of what I'm doing now.
Train operation is rather interesting - a huge exercise in physics, especially in hilly terrain.When I was in high school — late 90s — my dad got his CDL and began driving long-haul for a company that is don't think had a good reputation. As a newbie, he was given a subpar cab and his trainer stole his bonus check. My impression was it wasn't what he thought it would be. Owner-operator was the way to go, if you could get there.
He ended up quitting and driving tow trucks for a bit. Later, he bought a party bus and drive that for a while before selling the business.
Like him, I have that wanderlust. But I'm really curious what life as a train engineer is like.