The other day when I wrote my Garbage can turkey thread, I didn't go into the history of it. Last year when we lived in Central WY, my wife and I had our first chance to make our own Turkey Day Dinner. Being the Italian that I am, I made the turkey. I didn't really know how to make it since I never have made one before, but being an Alton Brown fan, I fol
Heres the recipe that Im using, the aromatics are the second half of the ingredients: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_8389,00.html I made the vegetable stock from a recipe on allrecipe.com...think it was just called "basic vegetable stock" or something like that.
Last year, I can't remember if I wrote a blog or not about it; but I made a Thanksgiving Turkey for Marcie and I. Last Turkey day was the first since we got married. Before that, we had thanksgiving at her family's or when we lived in Vegas for a year, we had a make-shift buffett in San Diego. Last year, I followed an idea from Alton Brown (chef on Food N
Well yesterday was officially, I think, my last day of training with the company. After my training in CO, I was given a rental car a couple weeks ago and sent home. Then I went down to Denver to get some more training and take some final company tests last week. Took the company car home for the weekend and then headed back down Monday to take the CDL test up in C
And yeah, Ziggy, go on and convince yourself that your car was severely vandalized by a random stranger at the bus station. For one, I said the car could have been keyed there. I never said I knew where it was keyed. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 class="mb-Bo
Ever occur to you that it was someone you know who keyed your car? In your location that would mean what...your trainer or your roomate. Maybe they didn't like you as much as you thought, eh? I mean, very few vandals are going to key an absolute stranger's car. Man, you surprise me every day Sabrina wit
Well I just finished training with the company I was hired on to. I trained in the MTNs of CO for about four days, leaning a bunch more than I thought I would. Im doing very well with slow speed manuvering as well as backing up in tight spots. Still need to improve, but thats always a goal to improve on something. I was scheduled to come home today, but I was doi
Honestly, trucking was the worst job I ever had in my life. I never worked so hard for so little return, got lied to so often, put in so many hours, suffered so many deprivations, than when I was a trucker. Well I agree with this to a point. Trucking is one of those jobs that you either love or hate, t
Since she's informed me that she was going to 'have a talk' with you in regards to having you do the same (blacklist and delete any future responses from me) it was only reasonable for me to assume that this comment... Well she hasn't talked to me, but since all you seem to bring is pessimism, words of
If only that made sense. Plus, I never have deleted comments (despite your insistance that I have)...so right now I can't figure out how to do that, and I have better things to do than put up with your crap as you work at your trinket website.
Tomorrow is my graduation, per se from trucking school. Over the last few days, we spent more time in the simulators and the trucks and I've greatly improved with shifting and such although I still have a bit to go...but thats to be expected. The last two weeks have been very intense...lots of studying, lots of homework and groupwork and stuff. I've done well on th
You'll learn pretty quick that seasoned drivers don't think very highly of rookies these days. The reason for that has been demonstrated in this thread. They come out of the schools thinking they know it all, won't listen to those who have done it for years, and don't actually know shit. I never once sa
Whatever, Ziggy. As usual, you know it all.It's going to fun watching you discover what you do NOT know, once you're out there. No...its just that you as usual are telling me what Im going to be doing. Despite the fact that I know what Im going to be doing because I was told so. Somehow, you think your inf
If it were only that simple...bwuahaha.Of course they're going to describe the job to you in the most glowing terms possible, Ziggy, and for your sake, I hope they're telling you at least some truths.As I'm sure you'll learn once you get out there, the best laid plans of mice and men and dispatchers often go belly-up, leaving you
Otherwise known as 'sissy wagons' lol...but they are MANLY sissy wagons! I figure if it gets my foot in the door and gets me a job...Im happy with that. Plus...I feel sort of lucky. Only job the company had open in the entire state, plus its dedicated. Ill be home nightly, and work only five days
Well, yesterday and today were the same pretty much. Yesterday I started the day by sleeping in because of a schedule issue we had. Then I went in for lunch and then headed out to the simulators. They are pretty interesting. About 90 grand each...screens in front and around you, plus all the gauges you regularly have on a truck. We did a few simulations with weather, obstacles, unexpected things...etc. Then we went outside and went over the pre-trip inspection. For those of you
Wait till you start filling out logbooks. (err, logbook. *winks @ Mason.) Won't need to run illegal as Im salaried...don't get paid by the mile. And learning to back up is major, major fun! Yes it is. As is learning how to chain/strap/tarp a load, Not in the flatbed division at the moment. If I was...then I would be learning how to do that...just going to be dri
Not quite as easy as it looks, it it? Well I don't think I thought it was easy. Im getting the hang of driving...but the extra stuff...dear lord! Pre trip is lengthy, then the TIVs, plus post trips, plus four point checks...etc. Lots of gubment stuff to keep aware of.
Today, we finally got to get in the truck and head off on the road. We had some time in the simulators yesterday getting used to the shifting. Our school even has rather large textbooks that accompany their training course so we have lots of homework to do each night, but thats ok. Unfortunately, they had to cram 3 students to one trainer, something which
Well I haven't written much lately (not that I do anyways) because I was getting ready to go to a truck driving school with the company I signed on for. They put me on a bus and that was heck just dealing with the ticket. The first ticket was for the wrong town as my departure. I went and called, and got no help. Greyhound actually told me that if I tried to get a
Dispatchers lie. Didn't I tell you that? Well yes, outside of the following, some of which you already know: 1. Dispatchers are not recruiters. Recruiters also do not work in departments that deal with travel arrangements for their drivers. 2. The problem was with Greyhound, not my company.
I guess I don't understand why you think its funny, especially since we paid off quite a bit of debts last year. Isn't that the goal? Besides, you said all....how many did I tweak?
I feel bad for my recruiter. Over the past two weeks, I have been going back and forth with my recruiter with the company I signed up with and she has been doing a great job of getting things squared away for me. She has helped tremendously with getting things resolves as well as getting back to me quickly to let me know how things are progressing. <
However, the problem is, you guys aren't exactly doing it in hindsight. You asked what you should do, we offered our best advice, got blasted for it, and now you're talking about hindsight. Did we ask for advice in buying the trailer before we bought it? I know I didn't, and I don't think my wife did either
As an example, let's assume that the bike costs $300 per month and has a $20 per month insurance on it. Say it cost $15,000 to start and you owe 50% (these are all just numbers, yours will vary). If you sold the bike for $11,000, you would pay off the remaining $7500 and have $3500 to pay off other debt with. On top of that, y
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