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 After
my career as a corporate trainer went down with the
Towers on 9/11/2001, I was forced to look for
alternatives. This journal describes my one-year
experience as the driver of a big rig: The training,
travels and travails of the adventure of a lifetime.
How I Came To Drive A Truck
Basic Training
JumpStart
Training Engineer Week 1
Training Engineer Week 2
Testing
I Get My Truck
The Lonely Road
My First "Real" Day
Never Forget
Parking Lot Nightmare
Repair Hell
Eaters of the Dead
Unload That Barge, Tote that Bale
Mt. Shasta
My First Ticket
An Angry Woman
Routine
Rolling For Dollars
An Indelicate Subject
North of Montana
In Hot Water
A Dull Boy
Undertow
Donner Party Favors
One Lumper or Two?
Have Some Madera, M'Dear
Gratitude
Unfinished Stories
The First Rule of Trucking
To Team or Not To Team
"I've Said Too Much"
The Scent of a Trucker
T'was The Night After Christmas
Expensive Hobby
Bordering on Sanity
Resolution
The Nature of God
A Smooth Operation
Weight of a Rainbow
Gary, Indiana
Goodbye, Larry
From Sea to Desert
Meet Eric Idle
Show Business
Midnight at the Oasis
Stormy Weather
Big Waits
Hellish Detergent
Donner and Blitzkrieg
Mayfly
High Speed Chicken Feed
Surely, Mr. Feynman Was Joking
On The Roof
Within the Rainbow
The Efficacy of Repair
An Average Week
Irony, He Wrote
Blue Volvo
Bathroom Breaks and Other Delays
I Think, Therefore I Amble
Time Jump
Michael Comes Too
Levels of Awareness
The Homecoming
Miracles
The Spirit Trail
Justice
Man vs. Machine
Options
Another Lean Week
The Shoes
It's Pat!
Workman's Comp
Surgery
Lite Duty
Unfounded Fears
Back to Work
Utilization
A Little Gift
Reprieve
A Mediocre Week
Accident
Tuck and Run
Fallen Comrade
Remedial
Resignation
End Of The Road
Photo Album
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