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In reply to the discussion: Truck drivers are getting worn down. [View all]ariesgem
(1,634 posts)82. I retired last year as an ORT driver.
Walmart use to be my alternative to park/rest overnight when the truck and rest stops were full. I would also stock up on supplies. Right around the time I retired, some of the Walmarts were starting to ban this practice by putting parking boots on the trucks. Glad to see they're truck friendly again..
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Thank you for keeping our lives going! At great expense to yourself. Gratitude and respect.
emmaverybo
Mar 2020
#2
From a nurse: THANK YOU SO MUCH. The supplies we can still get ahold of are
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2020
#57
Thanks again for everything you are doing for all of us!! I mentioned a couple of
bullwinkle428
Mar 2020
#70
You are simply a hero...if we survive this it will be because of YOU, your friends and
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#81
Back in the 60's a trucker picked me up when I was hitchhiking home from school.
rickford66
Mar 2020
#90