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If I was having a hard time finding a job, and I really wanted employment, I would join the military........................are you qualified?
 
Rhea went AWOL from the Marines, Check.

There is not much else in her life that she hasn't gone AWOL on either.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
And that is why they have Log Books Rhea. Your working time in the USA, if they haven't changed it recently, is a total of 13 hrs per day.

That includes both Driving and On Duty time.




Which in theory is a good idea, but Not. Companies pay their drivers to get their equipment and loads to the destination on time and a return trip.

Not to abandon the rigs and loads at a truck stop parking lot and go in search of pool halls. After your 13 hrs of driving and on duty time, you have a lot of Off Duty chores to do. Staying up late gambling at a Pool Hall isn't one of them.

Plus, most of the larger companies have their equipment on GPS these days. There is no way that you can get away with what you are suggesting.

You pretty much have to be a serious wizard in order to keep 2 log books going and technology these days make it almost impossible.

Unmanned weigh scales that take a bar code reading off your front fender etc.

Besides, Rhea is looking for pay cheques that don't require any real work. You have to be a responsible person to take an 80 K lbs plus rig and load cross country without killing someone. I seriously doubt that Rhea has that in her.
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You are correct, I never thought it would be that difficult to be able to get in a night of pool on the road. I have a class A but it's only for driving bucket trucks to and from downed power lines. My hat is off to you fellas who really make this world work-the long haul big rig truckers. in my travels I've worked with and/or met many truck drivers and each one was a wealth of information and had great stories from the road. Thank you for your service.

As for Rhea, if she can find a skill she can at least get steady work in most of the country. Welding, electrician, carpentry, truck driving. find an apprenticeship, invest a few years to learn a trade (of course, play pool at night and increase your skills) then when you are fully qualified, hit the road.

Think ten year plans and not six months.
 
truck driver

I believe Robert Frost drives truck and plays around in tournaments. Don't know how he does it or if he still does it this way.
 
Driving truck in Canada is a bit different than in the USA. We pretty much can go East and West. You guys can go in all 4 directions.

If a person was an Owner/Operator you could make that work ok.

I used to use Load Brokers on occasion once in the USA.

A driver would pull out his note book and start calling the Brokers.

As in, "I'm in Yakima Wash, and need a load to get me to or close to Dallas by the weekend".

"A load of apples you say, right on, I'll do it".

Cool, pool tourney in Dallas this weekend.

You would do it from a Truck Stop that did Com Check. The Broker would ask where you were and if you accepted the load, they would wire you 12 or 1500 for fuel and road money. These days, with all the Truck stops also having VLTs, that might be a dangerous thing for some.

You don't drop 1$1500 in someones hand while they are standing beside a bank of machines.


Jimmy Baxter was an owner before he started making cues full time. He had a set run on where he had to pick up and drop off at times but had a bit of lee way for days off once he got to where he was going at either end of the road.

I should know, we both had a blast one year at the VNEA Tourney.

My small opinion is, there are Keeper jobs and In Betweener jobs. It never sounded like Rhea was into staying in one place for too long.

That would put her in the In Betweener market re jobs.

If a person can't blow into town and get themselves a job as a waitress in a pool hall or small cafe, bar, etc, then you aren't looking too hard.

Pull off a few pay checks plus tips and one can move on down the road.

There's a time to work and a time to play. You can't move on if you blow your wad before you leave town.
 
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shearing the sheep

A guy i ran around with for many years used to drive for Yellow Freight and his 3 times weekly run was from Co. Spgs to Salt Lake City. He layed over 3 days a week there in Utah. He played pool action regularly in both places. Gave him 2 cities many miles apart to shear the sheep in. He probably did this for 30 years until he retired from driving. Hes getting nice retirement benefits off that job.
 
I thought the idea was being free on the road, not being directed here and there by a boss.



Jeff Livingston
 
Hey Gene, this is Dave Hughes in Denver. Hope you are recovering well from your operations! I agree with you 100% on the Rhea story. I give her a lot of credit for just going for it! Yes it is hard teaching players to match up. Its just something that guys from our generation learned from the get go. I personally like this women's spirit and courage. Only wish some of the players that I took on the road loved the game like Rhea obviously does. Have a great new years Gene!
 
Retirement benefits from which job; trucking, or shearing sheep?

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crabbcatjohn said:
A guy i ran around with for many years used to drive for Yellow Freight and his 3 times weekly run was from Co. Spgs to Salt Lake City. He layed over 3 days a week there in Utah. He played pool action regularly in both places. Gave him 2 cities many miles apart to shear the sheep in. He probably did this for 30 years until he retired from driving. Hes getting nice retirement benefits off that job.
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