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This is fun. I grew up on the other side of the world (albeit a "western" culture), and was also amazed by garbage trucks from the day I remember. The whole lif

This is fun. I grew up on the other side of the world (albeit a "western" culture), and was also amazed by garbage trucks from the day I remember. The whole lift/squash mechanism, their bright orange color (in our parts), the ease by which they lift the containers, the colored control lights/buttons on the side which the cleaners use to operate the lift, the blinkers. And made funny noises. It was something straight out of the toy shop, in full size! I wanted to be a waste collector when I grow up. My parents were keen to make fun of me because of that once I enrolled in PhD studies. Same goes for fire trucks, I had multiple fire engine toys. But a fire truck is a rare thing to see in action in person, so I guess that's why it was easier to relate to the loud trashcan on wheels :-) .

neuronic 7y ago
It's a bit unnerving how much this resembles my own experience. Never got that PhD though, stuck with a Masters :)
- salex89 7y ago
  Don't worry, I dropped out from it :D . My mom said:"So, you actually might become a garbageman at the end". Slavic parents...
  - rsdsaf 7y ago
    My Latin-American (Italian background) parents told me the same thing growing up.
krisoft 7y ago
I'm a full grown adult and I'm working on self-driving cars. For a special project we had to put amber flashing lights on one. Just like the ones they had on garbage trucks where I have grown up. Totally unreasonably, but I was giddy with excitement when I first turned the lights on. That was probably the closest I will ever get to my childhood dream of becoming a garbage truck driver.
- edm0nd 7y ago
  I'm just throwing this out there but you can buy a used garbage truck online right now if you wanted to. Some start at ~40k.
- TremendousJudge 7y ago
  well if you help program self-driving garbage trucks, you'd technically be a driver for _every_ garbage truck
- reaperducer 7y ago
  I was giddy with excitement when I first turned the lights on. I know that feeling. I once worked in a place where we occasionally had to drive on airport property, and the company trucks all had giant yellow light bars on top. It was awesome.

neuronic 7y ago

It's a bit unnerving how much this resembles my own experience. Never got that PhD though, stuck with a Masters :)

salex89 7y ago
Don't worry, I dropped out from it :D . My mom said:"So, you actually might become a garbageman at the end". Slavic parents...
- rsdsaf 7y ago
  My Latin-American (Italian background) parents told me the same thing growing up.

krisoft 7y ago

I'm a full grown adult and I'm working on self-driving cars. For a special project we had to put amber flashing lights on one. Just like the ones they had on garbage trucks where I have grown up. Totally unreasonably, but I was giddy with excitement when I first turned the lights on. That was probably the closest I will ever get to my childhood dream of becoming a garbage truck driver.

edm0nd 7y ago
I'm just throwing this out there but you can buy a used garbage truck online right now if you wanted to. Some start at ~40k.
TremendousJudge 7y ago
well if you help program self-driving garbage trucks, you'd technically be a driver for _every_ garbage truck
reaperducer 7y ago
I was giddy with excitement when I first turned the lights on. I know that feeling. I once worked in a place where we occasionally had to drive on airport property, and the company trucks all had giant yellow light bars on top. It was awesome.