And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
He tried to get hired at Swift but couldn't pass their driving test! :-)
ReplyDeleteHe tried to get hired on at Swift but DID pass the driving test. Not as difficult as it would seem. Think how you'd pull it out, then push it in.
ReplyDeleteThe worst part of truck driving was trying to back into a tight space on a busy street. Much better to deliver at night or before 6 am.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know it's a "HE" says Gloria Steinmen.
ReplyDeleteHe's not centered in the bay.
ReplyDeleteAnd I thought I was hotshit for parallel parking that 76 Lincoln.
ReplyDeleteUsed to deliver to a Safeway on Bay Street in downtown SF similar to this. But had to blindside it in.
ReplyDeleteTry doing that into an alley....about as narrow...off of Broadway, in downtown Los Angeles...during rush hour. What a pain.
ReplyDeletethe longer trailers were easier to back than the pups.
ReplyDeleteThe farther the axle is from the hitch the easier it is to back up. Semi trailers are easier than short cargo trailers.
ReplyDeleteWhat skills? My wife can drive a van that good.
ReplyDeleteWay easy! Backing to the drivers side is nothing.
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