About Me
Farm boy, trucker, police officer and insurance adjuster. Now, at 61, a new career in the oilfields. Change can keep us young (or kill us!).Recent Entries
How times DO change!
Just a week after telling me that they wanted me to think about becoming a driver-trainer for new drivers the company let me know that the raise that ... read more
The bad isn't so bad and the good is pretty good.
The wife is healing nicely, thus far. After two weeks in bed she graduated to a wheelchair and has been back to her favorite hobby: cooking.&nbs... read more
One of life's little surprises
A few hours after my last entry I received a phone call from my son-in-law advising that my wife had fallen on the stairs at their home and was enrout... read more
Standing job offer
After work today I went by one of our competitors and talked with my old pusher and operations manager from Native. They were in a meeting when ... read more
Who let the dogs loose?
Shortly after we returned from our cruise my wife was out walking our bishon when a neighbor's pit bull and mastiff broke through his completely inade... read more
Mexican cruise
We took a five-day cruise to Mexico, returning six days ago. We traveled with my best friend and his wife. He was injured in a... read more
Cancer scare
A week ago last Friday my wife went for a mammogram and they confirmed three lumps in her left breast, the reason for the test in the first place.&nbs... read more
Ample proof no employer is perfect
One of the reasons my new employer was hiring drivers was in anticipation of a large account they had just secured, after three months of sales calls.... read more
Glad I left old employer: update
I was unloading waste saltwater last night/early this morning at the disposal site behind my old employer's terminal and one of their trucks was there... read more
End of formal training
My formal training for the new job ended yesterday and I'm to start the night shift Thursday evening (this now being early Tuesday morning). The... read more
