Woe is me!

[rufusthereeferman]

Well here it is, the first day of April 2010, anf old Rufus is sitting on his hands. Got the crap beat out of me in '08, and had to get rid of the truck. My other business, I thought, would take care of things. But then '09 hit and several of my customers went belly-up. Couldnt get paid, so I couldnt pay [my] bills. So down goes Old Rufus to the unemployment center. First time in my life I've ever gotten "the dole". So is Rufus down? Hell no!!! I'm healthy as far as I know, and looking for a new venture. Gotta be something fun that I'll enjoy getting up in the morning to do. No more trucking, as tempting as it may be somedays. That industry is just too wrenching to even hope to make a good living at. but rest assured, Rufus is on the rebound!! ;D

[Jimmy]

Glad to see you hung on as long as you could. I did the same thing. I just couldn't stand to leave my little baby girl on Sundays and then come home on Thursday or Friday with only have 50 bucks left out of the load and sometimes it ended up 0 and then I would have to ask the wife if it was ok to use the debit card to eat on till I got back home. Thank the Lord she had some money to put in there every week as she was the one that supported my kids and home. Sure the hell couldn't depend on the truck to live off anymore !

Now I am venturing out with something new for the next 5 years since that is the lease we signed. Can't be no worse than trucking. I struggled for the last 5 years in trucking, but everyone likes coffee and also they like to eat since I will be installing a full kitchen in the next 6 months

The wife already has a coffee shop attached to one of the other Cafeterias we now run and I am starting something on my own.

Good luck and blessings in whatever we all decide to do

Who knows, I may return in 5 or 6 yrs when the kids are a little more grown up and then I won't have to see the sad look when my baby girls used to cry when I left. By then, they will probably be saying, I wish dad would hurry up and leave ;D ;D ;D ;D

[oldsixpack]

i is still around ...where yall at?

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[Jimmy]

Well a little update to add......I ventured out to start something new in which I thought would be better than trucking. Well, the coffee shop I built only lasted 4 months, so I would venture to say that I really did better trucking ! Ended up losing 40 grand and I did get out of my 5 yr leasing by leaving all equipment and my buildout there by handing over the key and signing a release agreement. Luckily that did happen or I would have had a judgement on me for about 165 grand....all in the end to say....TRUCKING WASN"T THAT BAD