soopageek

Nice legs! I like the slick look.

Where are joeyhemlock's legs????

There will be legs pictures taken this weekend. If he'll let me.

Are those your legs in your icon? Because if so, then....damn. Rawr.

:o)

Aw, I'm flattered! Yes, those are mine. Here's the full-size version. The picture's a couple years old but the legs look pretty much the same. :^)

I look forward to the joeyhemlock legs!

just wanted to say that yours may be my favorite set o' gams yet.

i agree...and the bathtub is not too shabby, either.

So, I have all these questions I'm dying to ask someone (frakkin ANYONE!) who wouldn't mind my harassment pertaining to the trucking industry/lifestyle/etc. Any chance I could pester you with this?

Well, in a nutshell, my best friend is getting himself ready to head to school next month, followed by a contract to a company (who, conveniently, are paying for his schooling) for about 8-12 months.

He's married, has a kid (an 11 year old, who, even when he's home has attention issues), and basically a pretty stable home life.

Personally, I tend to think the pessimist's side of things first, so I've thought this to be a pretty bad move. I mean, he'll be home one week a month, he has a REALLY bad back (and sitting that long just couldn't help it, in my head), and of course, the family.

Just curious, in your opinion, does the pay make up for the lack of home time? Does the riding take a physical toll?

I guess I'm looking for some sort of info, either to tell me to support him, or to use to try to talk him out of it.

I'll talk about the physical toll, first since the easiest to answer. It took a couple of weeks for my back to become accustomed to the sitting, but then again, I came from a job where I was on my feet for 10-12 hours a day. That said, driving a truck is nothing like driving a car in terms of comfort. You're sitting in a full, upright position with your feet going to the floor like a normal chair rather than a passenger car's low-to-the-floor design. The seat has a high back with adjustable lumbar support and has air-suspension providing a smooth ride.

As for the pay versus home-time question, that's a very subjective question and one which is different from person to person. I don't know his financial needs, his ability to earn in other fields, etc. The only advice I can offer is that truck driving is as much a life-style choice as it is a career and it is the lifestyle which typically is the deal-breaker for new drivers, not the money or the work itself. The money can be great and the work is relatively easy, but if he wants a home life, this is not the way to do it. There are certainly lots of guys with wives and kids at home out here doing this, it just depends on the individual I guess. But if he thinks he's still going to have any semblance of a home life and/or social life, he's sadly mistaken.

Thanks so much!

Yeah, I know right now he has the idea that he going to get to see the country, take pictures of everything he can (he's a photographer, so that's a big appeal to him), and that having a home life won't be a problem, since he's going to have a cell phone and internet access via his laptop and a mobile card.

Personally, I just tend to doubt ANY of those working out how he thinks they will...but, again, pessimist.