re: Why I would want to live in the late 1930's

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That doesn't mean street_pizza wouldn't appreciate it.

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csb time.

I was driving a flatbed for Deaton Trucking. I hadn't been home for two weeks. I was on I-59S late on a Friday night, running two logbooks and no sleep in the last 30 hours. I expected to spend a night at home, but I got a message to load at SMI Steel.

I got loaded around 2AM with a load of tiny I-beams going to Quincy, IL. After I tarped it up, I went over the scales and some pimply 16 y/o told me I was underweight by 2%, and to go park on the side of the road, untarp, and he'd inventory the load. Turns out SMI steel had rolled the steel too thin.

While I was retarping the load, I was so exhausted I had fantasies about laying down on the gravel and catching a few minutes of sleep. I had the strange sensation of watching my hands doing work without consciously thinking about it. I started thinking there were many people in the world who would love to have my job to provide for their family. My final conclusion was, "Hey, things are shitty now and they may get worse. Quit your bitching and relish the fact that you are still sucking wind." When you boil it all down, can you appreciate just taking a breath?

Errbody needs to see the elephant.