Made a Bold Move

[chrisom]

AP Report: "First Mexican Truckers to Enter US Interior in Days"

Since we're talking about trucking, I saw this article today. Isn't this what Ross Perot tried to warn us about? First our "leaders" ensure our maufacturing jobs go away, then they let other nations come up and take what jobs are left? Who was Clinton's pitch-man for NAFTA? Oh yeah... Al Gore. Well surely he's looking out for our best interests, right? And our bailout dollars are paying to move GM to Brazil?

AP Report: "First Mexican Truckers to Enter US Interior in Days"
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0 ... -Trucking/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Globalism Is The Problem, NOT The Solution"

[somethin'else]

Strong move that's gonna take some serious powers of concentration and dedication, Mike. Keep it going ! All for living tomorrow, man, all for a better tomorrow.



Amazing you can stay healthy on the road!

If you're haulin' through Atlanta on your way out or back in, give a shout out. Hell if it's for a stayover, you're welcome to hang at our place, catch breakfast, and wind out the 1987 build I have here with my R8 or FrankyBlack. 6402 cones, Thank You ILoveMyMarshall.

BTW, you have your 12 Series and your 2 4x12s as the bed in the cab right? What do you take on the road for playin'? A guitar and a portable amp? AT LEAST an acoustic brau...!

[mightymike]

Man I just went back and forth through Louisville, but it was a hot load and couldn't stop. I'm in Cartersville, Ga (60 miles north of ATL) tonight at the Pilot Truck Stop... delivering in Montezuma tomorro in the Morn...

I haven't brought a guitar... Pretty sad I know. Part of the reason I want to have my place. That I will own. With no woman having any power over the deed, is so that I can have my amp space again. Also if thing don't work out... They leave not me.. The main reason though is so I stop this cycle of renting, dating, then living with a woman. Meanwhile my kids don't even have their own room when they visit. That shit is going to stop, and by saving up a huge down payment, I will then be able to do more things with my kids because I won't be scraping by.

It's going to be fun visiting and checking out gear. It will break up the monotony for sure.

Mighty

[page361]

I can tell you first hand that sometimes the man does indeed get the last laugh...

My oldest brother was the FIRST father in the state of Florida to be awarded 100% full, absolute custody of his daugher - this was way back in 1980 - and his ex-wife wasn't a total loser (but close) ...he was simply able to prove to the court that she was not capable of raising their child better than he was - on all levels. To this day he still recounts how on the last day in court - after the decision was announced - he and his attorney stepped out of the couthouse only to be met by a barrage of TV and print reporters - apparatnly this had become BIG news in FL as no father had EVER been awarded sole custody...especially back then. Man did he stick it to her...she didnt even get court awarded visitation rights.

His daughter is now 35, married with two daughters of her own, and living an extremely good life in Highland Park, TX. My brother has gone on to become a successful corporate executive and dotting grandparent - he married again and has since raised two boys as well - they will celebrate their 29th wedding anniversary in December.

Our family has always wondered what would have become of my niece had he lost his custody suit...anyway just thought I'd share a rare good news story.

[Smokin Tone]

Man I just went back and forth through Louisville, but it was a hot load and couldn't stop.
Mighty

Bummer dude! But when it's time to roll, ya gotta roll. Maybe we'll catch you on the next one.

[harddriver]

Good for you Mike! I am afraid that the legal system views all men as pigs usually epecially when it comes to custody. Ohh the poor women who can't take care of themselves, but they can decide to end a marriage and then steal what the man has left. I have a good friend how is reguired by the divorce decree to give 40% of his check for his 4 kids and wife even though she is nurse making good money.

Hindsight is 20/20 before I got married I had a great little house with a huge garage full of toys that was 100% paid for, fast forward 8 years I have downsized bigtime but have a 15 year mortgage again and my company just annouced massive layoffs are coming again after our 2008 layoffs! WTF! I now know why all my married friends kept asking If I really wanted to get married! Love is blind don't ya know!

When I went through my divorce in 2009 while I was in court for the final proceeding the Judge read through all the filings and found everything in order and stopped the proceedings to ask my wife if everything was acceptable to her!

WHHHHHATTTT! I wanted to come across the bench and choke that SOB judge. This was after I bought my wife out of the the house that I bought 100% by me, and she got her mid life crisis manfriend acted like an idiot as she decided she was better off single I was tolerant just to get the divorce over and done with.

Sorry to hear your settelment was so 1 sided George but I am afraid your's is the norm these days regardless of state, but Illinois is absolutley horrible, do not get married or divorced this the state of Illinois!

[mightymike]

Yeah it's funny how things work out. After 15 years of Marriage, I ended up quick claim deeding the house to the ex. I figured at least my kid's will have their home. So I go live in an apartment, she ends up losing the house, and I buy all my furniture back from her..

Then I was in a 2.5 year relationship with a beautiful lady, who was wonderful,my best friend, but with one major problem that she thought she was too good for me. She asked me to move in with her, and that I should propose. I got her the ring, (I have it with me in the truck) and ended up giving away all that furniture to move in with her, and payed her mortgage for a year and a half while she grew to resent me for not being up to her standard, but being so nice to stay with me because I'm such a great guy. Gee Thanks..

The whole time in the apartment, my kid's only had one room, and it was filled with amp stuff. Then when I lived with my ex fiance, they had no room at all. So when I decided to leave her, I thought do I really want to go back and get another Apartment, do the dating thing, go nowhere, go buy a bunch of furniture, and go back to this cycle again?

I say hell fucking no. I put all my shit in storage, and I'm saving $500 a week after expenses. Sometimes more. That's at least 50K saved in 2 years to put down on a house. In Florida you can get a nice house for 100k. So with 50k down, I could have $500 a month house payment (Tax and INS included), a separate room for each kid, and cheap enough bills to be able to take my kids on vacation, save, and when I get a sweetheart in my life again, enough to have fun with her too. I could even rent out a room for $500, and stay out a couple more years, and just pay the whole damn thing off!

But here's the sweet part.... Nobody else will be on my deed, never again will I have to move if things don't workout.

It's not easy though. It get's lonely, and I have a few women I talk to from my dating profile. Even some ex's from the past have contacted me through Facebook which is a trip. I'm 45 years old, and a girl I went out with in the 10th grade has been in contact with me. I soent the night at her house a couple weeks ago.. Just as friends.. Another lady I went out with from 89 to 91 called me last night. And then there's my ex wife who I went to Disney with a couple weeks ago. It's crazy..

It's funny how wonderful women think you are when they don't have you anymore. I swear I could go on a date with a room full of ex's and we would all be laughing and having a great time like best friends.

I never in my wildest dreams thought my life would be like this now, but I am taking charge for the first time really. In 2 years, if I stay strong, my life will be easy for the rest.

[somethin'else]

Hey that's kickass Mike, great back stories!

Remember, ATL, if you can give a 12/24 hr head's up I'll bring the lunch (Whole Foods)!

Cheers

[harddriver]

Yeah I hear ya Mike, I'm coming up on 42 myself, after 6 years of marriage I'm starting over, dating's hard for me because I'm not tolerant of the whoesmee stories I hear, and most women that contact me a divorced or getting divorced looking for a sugar daddy free ride kinda thing. I think that most of the women in our demographic age group are still controlled by keeping up with the Jone's and not appreciating what they do have. I thought my ex-wife had a good grip on reality but she didn't. I remember when we were looking for houses one of the first big fights we ever had was me forcing her to look a $200,000 or less homes and not the 250 or 300K homes because I wasn't going to be a slave to my house. I remember not believing some of the things she said during the argument about how she was not going to live like a lesser person(WTF!). I should have just gotten the divorce then, but no I bought her a $250,000 house and then after I bought her out of our house she went out and bought a $400,000 foreclosure of which I advised her against but she did it anyway(she was going to show me).
So I pretty much bought her two house's because I know she didn't put any more down on it than I gave her, wasn't that nice of me! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, it still pisses me off. Anyway she's been miserable since and she deserves all of it, I can't see her keeping up with all the payments and property taxes on that house but who knows, that's not how I want to live.
She's has called me numerous times crying begging to come back after I changed the locks an kicked her out after I bought the house from her, once the trust is shattered you cannot go back. I think alot women look a marriage as a business deal oh well if it doesn't work out at least I get half when it's over, there is no benefit to being married at this point if you have a good relationship at least from the man's perspective. There is a reason the divorce rate is now 60/40 and growing, at least that's is what my marraige counselor told me in 2008, of whom was married to another counselor for 16 years and they got divorced as well, what does that say! LOL!

So now I get to start over like you. I have numerous friend that are going or have gone through very similar situations so I truly believe it's not us, granted there are some pig men out there but not the majority, and the women wonder why we get bitter. Hang in there Mike I think we're on the right track!

[chrisom]

The last track on "Handful of Blues" by Robben Ford says it all. "Strong Will To Live".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_w6F2ZJ4Ek

Oh yeah, the entire rest of the LP kicks as* too...

[mightymike]

Hey that's kickass Mike, great back stories!

Remember, ATL, if you can give a 12/24 hr head's up I'll bring the lunch (Whole Foods)!

Cheers

That's a mighty nice offer. Which Pilot Truck Stop is closer to you. The one at Bouldercrest (where 675 meets the loop), or the one in the NW side of the loop?

[mightymike]

Yeah I hear ya Mike, I'm coming up on 42 myself, after 6 years of marriage ....

So now I get to start over like you. I have numerous friend that are going or have gone through very similar situations so I truly believe it's not us, granted there are some pig men out there but not the majority, and the women wonder why we get bitter. Hang in there Mike I think we're on the right track!

Our legal system has such a dissinsentive to get married. I would never do it again unless I lived together first to make sure I don't get cut off from sex, and to make sure they weren't just acting nice. You really don't know someone till you live together.
Then if everything was hunky dory, then maybe (JUST MAYBE) I would consider it as long as there was a prenup. Not that I have all that much to go after, but it would be more of an agreement that we wouldn't go after eachother. No alimony.. You leave with what you brought.

[somethin'else]

That's a mighty nice offer. Which Pilot Truck Stop is closer to you. The one at Bouldercrest (where 675 meets the loop), or the one in the NW side of the loop?

No worries, PM'd you about logistical particulars.

[mightymike]

Got it...I'm in OK City, OK.... Where I go from here... I have no idea. Could be any direction. I realy love the Rockies, Montana, and the Pacific Northwest...I have a passport, and this company does loads to Canada to. The put a C on the end of my truck number to designate that I can go.

[mightymike]

Drove to Des Moine, IA ysterday. I'm in Marshalltown , IA waitng at a shipper to get a load going to Vancouver, BC... So I'll be driving through Deadwood and Sturgis, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and up to Vancouver... Beautiful up there.