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TK THE TRUCKER
Joined: 11 Jul 2004
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Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: NBC's Today Show truck ride along |
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| I didn't even know about this until I got home and my mother DVR'd it for me. Apparently the Today Show does a "Dangerous Job" segment and on Wednesday Meredith Viera did one on truck driving. First she went to a driving school and then rode along with a driver. What's really great about it is she rode along with a Marten driver ! Check it out if you want...... http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24755012#24755012 |
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4roses
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
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Location: BrokenArrow, Oklahoma
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| That was rather good ... I had to laugh a few times because it brought back memories. .... :wink: |
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Windwalker
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Location: Holiday, FL
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| That was FAR BETTER than some years ago when another news person rode along with a guy from Maine to California... And showed all the things he did wrong wtih his log book and even to using drugs. The industry NEEDS far more of this. The public has no idea what the real job consists of, or how dependant they are on us. |
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Mr. Ford95
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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Location: Orange, VA
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| NBC's Nascar pit reporter Lindsay Czarniack? out of their NBC4 affiliate in DC did a ride along with one of the Nascar haulers last year as part of NBC's pre-race show for the following week in New Hamsphire. It was only about 4 minutes but it was pretty good and she was a good sport about it. She is a tomboy in a super model body. |
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flood
Joined: 16 Jan 2007
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Location: tennesse
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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| nice to see something good for a change |
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Soladad
Joined: 18 Dec 2005
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Location: Garland, Texas
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| Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Like 4 roses said it brought back a few laughs along with good/bad memories and a few smiles. |
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gmh
Joined: 08 Dec 2007
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Location: Southern Maryland
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| Mr. Ford, Lindsay is one of the best things about local tv when I'm on hometime. :mrgreen: |
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silvan
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Location: Working at Wal-Mart.
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Windwalker wrote: That was FAR BETTER than some years ago when another news person rode along with a guy from Maine to California... Yeah, I remember that one very well. They found the worst strung out supertrucker skank boy they could, and got him to admit to everything on camera for posterior. "Oh yeah, when I'm tired after driving 400,000 miles a week on 12 logbooks with 48 different licenses, I just swallow twelve bottles of these pills, and drink a few gallons of tequila, then I'm good to go for another eight days straight."
I'm blowing it out of proportion because I don't really remember everything the guy actually said, but it was at that extreme. He was owning up to all kinds of mayhem right on national TV, and making us all look terrible at a time when hands like that were just '70s throwbacks, and not the norm. |
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