Sorry Ridge....but I can not let this one pass!!!


Squire Young...Iffun yousa was a reader of words....and these here forums...yousa would know that Squire FeederFred is a RETIRED UPS line driver...of over 30 years, and that his part time fuel delivery gig is to prevent boredom.......iffun yousa was a reader of words and forums.....yousa woulda known that. :| [/u]

 

I guess I should have been more exact: The name calling is starting to rear its' ugly head. It needs to stop before it goes too far. Also it is starting to turn into a pi$$ing match.

All I'm asking if to turn this thread around before it gets too far out of hand. If it don't, I guess we will do what everyone thinks we do best. (Just saying). :wink:

 

why is it that every argument with a buster brown guy turns into how much money he/she makes??? just curious. is that all they have to live for is their pay and to try to degrade others for what they make? who gives a shit about your retirment there feederfred. i am glad that you are happily retired, best of luck to ya...honestly...i mean that. but why do you have to get on here and let everyone know about your "comfortable" pension. just be happy with what you got and maybe try to help others out. like i said to some 26 cents might be good money. you do not know where i live and you do not know where youngzw lives...i do, i live about 30 minutes from him. to alot of people in his area and i know for sure in my area that would hold true. it is not about the money but the quality of company that i believe was in question. when will anyone on this board understand that??

 

Close your eyes, don't even "Sneak a Peek."

 

jedfxg- anyone in our neck of the woods that even has a job has to consider themselves lucky with the economy the way it is around here :sad:

 

Why hold yourselves to such low standards?

 

Colts- its not that were holding ourselves to low standards or do we think anyone should hold themselves to low standards. We are just simply stating that for some folks .26 cpm driving a truck which has the potential to get them, say $600+ per week, is what they consider decent money. It pays their bills and puts the food on the table.

 

I don’t understand you guys in these one-horse rustbelt Mayberry towns complaining that there’s no work. If the tonsorial parlor or Stevens are your only options, then maybe it’s a hint and a half for your a$$ that’s it’s time to boogie on down the line to greener pastures.

 

EDITED. Way over the line.

 

Jed...you got snookered into rageing by LBJ/CFM.

As for the area where you live...I have seen several places around Point Pleasant and Gallipolis Oh, as well as across the river into West Virginia, that looked quite comfortable to live around, and in. If I had to move again..I thnk I would chose that area over anyplace in MA..especially given that the majority of the people up there look at folks like you, me and ole LBJ/CFM as scum of the earth...for the job we hold..."truckdriver".

LBJ/CFM can crow all he wants about "local" work and "LTL" work. He doesn't get treated any better than you or I by management or the customer he serves. He is dependant on there being enough junior drivers below him on the dispatch board, to ensure that "He" gets his hours. Once they lay-off enough people below him..."He" will be here crying about what a bunch of scumbags management at his terminal are...because he isn't making any money. He won't be making any money, because all the senior drivers above him will be getting "theirs" and not concerned in the least that "He" is not getting his!


Coltsfan is a rookie, didn't like his short experience on the OTR gig, and took a "local" gig to get off the road. I seriously doubt he makes much more than you do...given that he lives in Indiana, where decent paying jobs, are just as lacking as they are in Ohio.

The economy still has a ways to fall before it gets better. Even "senior" people on "local boards" are sweating their paychecks right now.


As for FeederFred..he put in his time, has taken his check and walked into retirement... He and his wife are living in a very decent area....the Tahoe region is incredible...even if the ground has been shaking a bit to much the last few weeks...and he has a decent part time gig, just to break the boredom of retirement...which I for one, don't blame him a bit. It just happens, that the non-union "PTG" that Fred is working..pays very well, even for a part-timer. I'm sure that once the economy has regained it's footing, Fred will go do what his orginal "PTG" intent was...delivering high end RV's to dealerships and their customers. If it happens...more power to him.