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My dad was an over-the-road trucker in the 80's. Since he had been a mechanic his whole life, he saved a LITTLE money by doing all the work on it himself (but
by michaelcampbell 3y ago
My dad was an over-the-road trucker in the 80's. Since he had been a mechanic his whole life, he saved a LITTLE money by doing all the work on it himself (but a lot of truckers do).
Even then, the joke was:
"A trucker from <midwestern state> won the lottery. On the news he was asked, 'What are you going to do with all that money?', to which he replied, 'Ohh, I'll probably just keep trucking till it's gone'".
- stevenwoo 3y agoIt sounds like he was there after deregulation started making things worse for workers. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/10/901110994/big-rigged https://www.npr.org/2020/08/10/901110994/big-rigged