Well I made it out
#701
01-18-2008, 09:03 AM
Orange Andy, I'm sorry if you mentioned this before, but do you run reefer?
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#702
01-18-2008, 10:18 AM
Originally Posted by Orange Andy
Orange Andy, I'm sorry if you mentioned this before, but do you run reefer?
 I almost got into that myself.
#703
01-18-2008, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by merrick4
Originally Posted by Orange Andy
Orange Andy, I'm sorry if you mentioned this before, but do you run reefer?
I almost got into that myself.With you liveing in South Fla I would think hauling cars would be a good thing for you ??? I see a lot of car haulers running in Fla all the time !!!!
#704
01-18-2008, 10:07 PM
Originally Posted by merrick4
Originally Posted by Red Clay Rambler
Yo no puedo hablar perfectamente pero mas veces yo puedo hablar que quiero decir. :lol:
My wife grew up in Lima mostly, her family is middle-class in Peru, which would be considered upper-end poverty level living here. We would also like to retire to Peru someday, beach property is still cheap there but I bet that will change. The US dollar is also widely used in Lima, along with their currency. Most food, housing, clothing, taxis are cheap except in the few large dept. stores/malls in Lima which are like ours. Lima has a few nice areas and ALOT of extreme poverty in many areas. Where in Ecuador is your wife from and how did you meet? I remember one time I was using the word "cargar" which of course is to carry, but my Boston accent slipped in and I dropped the "r" and said "cagar" which is to defecate Anyway my wife is from the capital, Quito. And we were actually introduced by a Peruvian. She was a supervisor where I was working, and basically she just introduced us. Best thing that ever happened to me. At the time, I was sort of new to Florida and was somewhat down on my luck and starting over again, and she was recent to this country and spoke little English and was starting over again too. By that I mean she studied in her country but I've met doctors from other countries that basically need to start over here. She started working at a broker/dealer basically as a copy clerk for like $6 an hour. But as mentioned above she went on to get numerous licenses and is doing quite well. I am very proud of her. How about you, how did you meet your wife? Can't imagine a heavy Latin population in Tenn. A lot of Peruvians down here. A lot of them have money too. As a matter of fact a lot of the Spanish have money here. . Unfortunately I think there probably is a little Tennessee accent in my Spanish, but I try really hard to be neutral with my pronunciation. What is weirder is that some people are starting to hear a little Southern accent in my wife's English. :shock: I have had to be careful with "cagar" vs. "cargar" also. Another time, a hot Mexicana on my route asked me if I was "casado". Sadly, at the time I thought she was asking me if I was tired. (cansado) :x Missed opportunity there!!
#705
01-18-2008, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Clay Rambler
Another time, a hot Mexicana on my route asked me if I was "casado". Sadly, at the time I thought she was asking me if I was tired. (cansado) :x Missed opportunity there!!
#706
01-19-2008, 12:18 AM
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Originally Posted by Red Clay Rambler
Another time, a hot Mexicana on my route asked me if I was "casado". Sadly, at the time I thought she was asking me if I was tired. (cansado) :x Missed opportunity there!!
#709
01-24-2008, 09:57 AM
Originally Posted by Red Clay Rambler
I met my wife online back in late 1999, flew to Peru to meet her and we married about a year later. (I was specifically looking south of the border) My wife also was well educated, fluent in English and had a very good career in Peru working for the same university that she graduated from, teaching computing and working in the administrative offices also at times. Like your wife, mine also had to swallow her pride with her first jobs here, cleaning and nanny work for awhile until we translated and circulated her resume and it took off for her. Today she is a paralegal for a small law firm and recently her bosses offered to pay her way through a night law school here. I'm very proud of her also. Sounds like you and I did good. Alot of guys who marry women from third-world countries struggle with language, education, acclimation, etc. in their marriages.
Unfortunately I think there probably is a little Tennessee accent in my Spanish, but I try really hard to be neutral with my pronunciation. What is weirder is that some people are starting to hear a little Southern accent in my wife's English. :shock: I have had to be careful with "cagar" vs. "cargar" also. Another time, a hot Mexicana on my route asked me if I was "casado". Sadly, at the time I thought she was asking me if I was tired. (cansado) :x Missed opportunity there!! .That's funny about her having a Tenn accent. We live in Florida so mine doesn't "pahk her cah". However there was a kid in her class and I guess people were having a hard time understanding him but she understood him fine and it turns out he was from Boston. Again congratulations and I wish you and you wife continued happiness and prosperity. So been home for like a week or so now. Beautiful weather, in the 80's today but I'm bored. My wife went to Mexico last night for a few days for her work. I went and met the shipper today. I think I am on the wrong track. Freight out of here is cheap and thinking of bypassing the broker doesn't seem like it would help that much. He was telling me they pay about $1600 to Mass. That comes to $1.20 or so. I was talking with my friend and he told me you can always get cheap freight out of here, the thing is to find good freight coming in. This has me confused. It's a lot easier to get good freight coming in then out. I didn't think that would be the problem.
#710
01-24-2008, 12:02 PM
Some areas have been so cheap for so long that even the shippers know...I think I told you about the asparagus wholesaler down there.
Remember, it's a different deal for a guy driving his truck than it is for a small company with drivers. You can tailor your schedule to fit freight to a large extent. Nothing good headed to FL this week, do some other loads until you find a decent one. When you've got trucks and drivers, you have to get people home for TAH, you have to get trucks home for scheduled maintenance, etc. On any given day from any given area finding that good rate to FL might be tough. I wouldn't be headed to FL from here anytime soon, I'll tell ya that :shock: At least it's warm there...I'm freezing my ass off. Some vacation :roll: :lol: |
