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??

Newbie - Looking at Stevens
 

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.

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.

Well, my father came from Lowell, Mass and everytime my brothers and I would go there to visit relatives we thanked GOD he had the fore sight to leave and never look back. Even to this day he says it was a nice place to leave....
No offense CFM/Lebron but it is what it is... The northeast has one thing going for it, (the fall colors) and as I have said before all jobs suck in one way or another...... Even UPS Frieght as I am watching the tides change here daily, Last week I was in the top 90% this this week after a few more layoffs it could be possible that my range may drop some, oh well no big deal it is what it is.
$500 a month mortgage payment is not to shabby Jed dont let that one go, mine here in Florida is a whopping $705 with taxes and insurance included, I can make that one working anywhere, so I am not going to sweat the little stuff like getting laid off, Hell I'd just collect unemployment for the summer and hang in the pool with the kids. Life is way to short to worry, if you have common sense and a little work ethic it will come around to the good side at one point or another..

Timberwolf

Timberwolf-Why am I not invited to come down to the pool. :sad: I promise I'll just pee a little bit in it. 8)

Fair enough, but you could not pay me to live in Florida either.

The reason your job is going under is because most of the economy there is based on construction and tourism. The housing bust, slow economy, and high gas prices are killing that state...hence all the layoffs of police, teachers, etc. And despite a low cost of living and tax rate, not too many businesses want to move to Florida and have a category-5 hurricane come ripping through their HQ.

Seems that most of you chuckleheads took what I wrote the wrong way. I was not belittling those who live in small towns, heck I was born and raised in Ada, Ohio...which for those of you who don't know is where all the offical gameday NFL footballs are still manufactured to this very day. My point was that if there's no industry where you live, then MOVE to where the good-paying jobs are. Why did Timberwolf leave MA for Florida? I'm assuming because of more opportunites, nice weather, lower taxes, etc. If I had to move again, it would be to Texas. Lots of diversified industries and plenty of cheap land.

Oh and btw, my house is paid for and my combined taxes, utilities, and insurance run me $400/month. No layoffs at my barn because the economy here is very stable with MIT, Johns Hopkins, biotech, software, banking, and many defense companies in the nearby area. In fact, last month we just hired two guys in the city.

For some that is not possible. They could have good reasons of why they want to stay in that area. Alos with the housing market the way it is right now, moving could be very unprofitable(one of the reasons why I decide NOT to sell right now)

Hey Young ZW rule number 1, only momma gets to pee in the pool not even I get that pleasure, but occasionaly when no one is looking I do make bubbles....
Lebron, Florida Sucks wind I am only here for my daughter as this is where the ex moved after our divorce, I grew up in a small Colorado Mountain town My father left Mass as Lowell is a very hard town to raise a family in, he did not want that for us. as a kid I hated Idaho Springs, Colorado with a passion but now i look back and wish I could raise my kids there....
You are so right about Florida it is a destination no Frieght leaving here unless it is citrus or flowers They say my job is ok but I only believe half of what I hear, (you know the check is in the mail) things at our barn have changed since ratification. Good thing I live way with in my means only $58,000 more and my home is paid for, but regardless I can survive on $500 a week and what my wife brings in if need be....
I am a disenfranchised American and have been for sometime now, So I just do my job and come home to my family as in the end they will truly be the only ones standing next to me....
Just for the Record Western Mass and the Cape have some awesome sites, Just like every thing else in life there is good and bad....

Timberwolf

LOL, Jed you really need to get your meds adjusted. :wink:

let me say first that i do get upset when i and the people of my area are classified a certain way. the same as if a black man gets classified a certain way. moving on, the reason alot of people do not leave an economically depressed area is because like me, family or wifes family. i was born and raised in this area and really have no plans on leaving. when a guy can go drive a truck and make 35,000 a year. that may be good to him, that is what we are trying to say. Please do not put him down because of that. there i asked nicely, lets move on to bigger and better things.

I think the fact that I edited some posts in this thread should be hint enough. :wink:

i think that it is horse**** that you feel the need to edit my posts but lebron and colts fan can me for the area that i live in, because he is ignorant to what the area is like. you have said before not to get personal with the attacks, well in my mind that is personal. kinda like attacking someone because they are black, jewish, catholic, etc. you get my point. yah i cuss, probably too much but until the rules go for everyone then to hell with it.

:roll: Read your PM. I meant what I said.

My only question to JED is why does he have an Avatar of ...RICHARD SIMMONS...holding a GEE-TAR ?

why does ridge runner roll his eyes like a little girl would do, kinda childesh. big jeep, you don't know who Angus young is? what a moron.

He's rolling his eyes like everyone else is because somehow, you don't seem to be getting it.

If you want to be banned, simply say the word. We'd like, though, for you to settle yourself down and remain. Have you looked at what you're getting all up in arms about? You're mad because several posters have said you live in a small, job-stagnant market. So what?!? When has that ever become a personal attack?!? Step back, take a few deep breaths, and get yourself a grip on things.

:arrow: :arrow: :arrow: Check it. :roll:

8)

By the way, your comment about Big Jeep being a moron because he doesn't know who Angus Young is, was pretty uncalled for. I don't know who he is either and I don't really don't give a damn who he is. He looks like Richard Simmons humping a guitar.

The point being, the only one launching personal attacks here is you. Bag it or be done.

Simple, eh?

Here it is again, by the way. :roll:

now calling someone a moron is a personal attack. and if any of you dipshits think that look like richard simons then yall need to get to the eye doctor. my five year old rolls her eyes less that all you pansi asses on this board. why would someone who thinks they are somewhat in charge of something act like a little 5 year old girl is beyond me. and if any of you dumb (EDITED) would re-read some post you would realize that i was being insulted.

Which you did and were asked several times to settle down.

There's another one. :roll:

And another. :roll: :roll:

Debatable, but on the line. By the way, I hope you don't use that potty mouth when you're around your 5-year old. :shock:

And there she goes!

:roll: :roll: :roll:

We'll see you back in a couple weeks under a new name. Please do so without Richard Simmons as your avatar. It upsets the straight people. Have a nice day.

geesh twightlight flyer...i think that was kinda harsh, the whole upsets straight people thing. kinda doing to jed what you claimed he was doing to others. you must be some kind of dickhead or something.

Hey Jed, that was pretty slick. IP Check, as if the identical sentence structure and grammar usage wasn't hint enough:

:roll:

Got anymore I should be looking for?

Well, at least your bigdaddy login didn't have Richard Simmons as an avatar. :wink: And I stand by my comment...it scares the straight people. That was a dig at Richard Simmons, in case you have your undies in a bunch. You've really gotta be paranoid to think it was a dig at you.

:roll:

Or you may just need to come to the realization that your Avata resembles Richard Simmons , and revisit the snellen chart yourself :wink: :lol:

Boy, do I feel :oops: . I just spent 20 min. replying to a PM jedfxg sent me in an attempt to salvage this guy. Guess I should have come to this thread first :lol: Oh well, I guess it isn't the MOST un-productive thing I have ever done. :P


Ridge


P.S. :roll: :wink:

Well heck, Ridge. You can just post the PM here. He'll see it and when he gets a new login, maybe he'll understand it. :wink:

How will we survive without the Richard Simmons avatar? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Richard Simmons humping a guitar...

...the stuff that nightmares are made of. :shock:

After reading the posts above..... no need to throw good money ( time ) after bad. Just in case he does visit here again:





:roll: :roll: :roll: :P

LOL...And I thought I was the only one who spotted that syntax structure of his.


Some folks don't realize that their writing method can be recognized.

stan, you are a pretty smart tanker yanker. cant figure out how you knew it was me.i think that twilite flier better think twice befor messing with me. if my avator looks like richard simmons,then yours looks like a care bear,
signed,belpre128

:D

well you know Angus young 4 hit wonder; singer of ACDC....

Last I heard he goes both ways with the boys and girls hence the band name ACDC.......Hmmmm food for thought
So to link him with Richard Simmons or possibly Elton John would not be to far gone....

Timberwolf

4 hit wonder? Ehhh.......no. Not so much.. Keep counting.
Angus Young lead singer? Ehhh......No. Not so much.. Lead GUITAR.
Band name being AC/DC because they are bisexual? Ehhh......Not so much.. Idea came from the back of their sister Margarets sewing machine as she was making Angus an outfit.

I'm just sayin...........Maybe you got them confused with ABBA???

Do alittle research before you talk out of your a**
AC/DC BIO