Truckers Social Life

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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peirre:

Wheel Nut:
When she asks where I am going. I simply reply “OUT”

Has she ever said …“don`t come back”?

Not usually as I take her spare leg and wheelchair batteries with me :laughing:

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SWraith:
isn’t it sad when your social life consists of either facebook or your workmates?

Yes, which is why I avoid socialising with workmates. There are about 2 possibly 3 I’d quite happliy
spend time with. But the rest can beat it as far as I’m concerned. Not going to the company
Xmas night out, cause I cannot be arsed with folk who ignore you at work and suddenly
want to be your best pal after 2 glasses of ■■■■■■ white wine that the company paid for.

Got some good mates away from work. We don’t meet up every week, but we do get
together on a regular basis.

It’s like Wheelnut said, friends who work in the same industry as me want to know each minute
detail of the last install I did. My mate who runs his own landscaping business isn’t interested.
So we talk about ‘real’ things…beer and women. Going out with folks from work they only want
to talk about work. :smiling_imp: So conversation dries up pretty quick. :unamused:

Facebook though has allowed me to keep in touch with friends from years ago. If I wasn’t on it I’d
have missed 2 great nights (maybe I did come to think about it :blush: ) with people
I’d not met up with in about 10 years.

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I’ve met many drivers who have been divorced (often more than once) through loving the job more than the wife. Married to the truck, etc.

As a reluctant bachelor I would never put the job/money before my wife.

FB although I’m on it, rarely use it. Been on the net 10 years & probably know my way around more than most but FB is a site i don’t quite “get.” Can never seem to find anything of interest on it, even your own friends list is difficult to find. Seems users are posting every 10 minutes where they are & what they are doing, I’m far too busy “doing” to be constantly writing about it.

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Well Jeff, I’m glad I never commented now, I thought by doing so I would confirm your suspicions :laughing:

I have a few old friends that were workmates from various places I worked, but my main friend base was people I grew up with, we all started drinking together, had kids at around the same time etc, but since moving to Canada I have met most of my friends through trucking, that and through this very website, I have a few of you on here as FB friends too, SWraith being one :wink:

Although we’re all drivers when we go out now we talk about girls with large chesticles, bikes, cars, footy etc and we moan about our women, same as I do/did with my non driving mates :laughing: Then we all start moaning that we can’t get a large doner with extra chilli sauce or a Chicken Vindaloo on the way home anymore…bloody Canadians :cry:

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SWraith:
Yesterday, whilst sat bored to tears in Felixstowe docks I posted this question on FB, some of the responses I got was actually quite astonishing, so I thought I’d post it as a wider post here.

isn’t it sad when your social life consists of either facebook or your workmates?

some people might think its sad but i think it is part of the job. the kind of hours we do means we dont have much time for leisure activities so things like facebook are useful for catching up with people without having to find the time to go and see them, especially when they dont live nearby or work different shifts. getting txts while im at work drives me mad so i just point everyone to facebook so we can keep in touch without disturbing each other. it works for me anyway :smiley:

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I think facebook does have its uses

I only really add people that I know & want it has put me back in contact with some old mates from a long time ago ( some are now in different parts of the world so it is nice to be able to keep up with them )

I use it to send messages as well as find it works well ( specially when organising certain things ) :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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I’m an unsociable git on a good day. Only got one mate and thats my missus and we’ve been together 36 years.Still talk for hours on the phone and find something else to talk about when I get home. But I haven’t been a driver for long and I don’t tramp, do put in some long days though.

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I"m on Facebook to and Swraith is one of my friends on there to i find it a good way of keeping in touch with people.I dont go drinking with the people i work with for that very reason i cant be bothered to talk about wheat or whos gets there the quickiest blah blah blah i have my own mates who i go out with none of which gives a monkies about lorries
I usually finish on a Friday then i am on my time dont care about lorries or tippers until Monday morning

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Got one good friend who i work with but we share a lot of similar non truck intrests and do socalise out of work but the rest of my close friends are non truck drivers and many i have known since school days.
That suits me as even though im intrested in trucks etc it means when you go out you talk about more than trucks the vostapo and roadworks.
I get on with most of my workmates and some of us have a couple of pints together now and again but thats it realy.
I think facebook is good for keeping in touch with people you may not get a chance to see often and have got back in contact with people i have lost touch with over the years.

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For me it’s work eat sleep, work eat sleep, work eat sleep & thats how it is. If i’m lucky I see my family for a few days 2 or 3 times a year & catch up. Can’t be bothered with facebook as anyone I know I can phone, text ( after work or on break), or call in if i’m passing their way :wink:

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SamIam:

isn’t it sad when your social life consists of either facebook or your workmates?

Its even sadder if you have’nt got any friends to add to your FB profile :cry: :cry:
Was it something I said :question:

start playing mafia wars. i have over 1000 facebook friends mostly through games. i know a few off the net, some more through the car clubs (UK, new zealand and australia) plus i have the odd chat with truckers from overseas who just happen to play facebook games

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I probably should spend less time on the WWW, but for me it is an easy way to keep in touch with friends and family, this site is just a bit of entertainment and sometimes informative. Facebook however is for me a tool. I was in the Army and made lots of mates but through postings etc we mostly ended up loosing touch with each other, but thanks to facebook I have managed to trace some good mates I would never have heard from again. I even organise a reunion every year so we can pull up a sandbag and talk a load of old crap together again…Happy days.
Also through facebook I keep in touch with family around the world, sharing pictures etc etc.

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jimti:
I was in the Army and made lots of mates but through postings etc we mostly ended up loosing touch with each other, but thanks to facebook I have managed to trace some good mates I would never have heard from again

i did that too. including a guy i lost touch with about 10 years who was one of my best mates until he went on tour from germany
its also a good way of showing our support for the troops who are serving now

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scanny77:

SamIam:

isn’t it sad when your social life consists of either facebook or your workmates?

Its even sadder if you have’nt got any friends to add to your FB profile :cry: :cry:
Was it something I said :question:

start playing mafia wars. i have over 1000 facebook friends mostly through games. i know a few off the net, some more through the car clubs (UK, new zealand and australia) plus i have the odd chat with truckers from overseas who just happen to play facebook games

Thanks Scanny, but the only games I can play are as my ex quoted “mind games” well sorry I am female just can’t do electronic games so don’t think anyone would want to play with me :cry: but I can juggle I juggle which credit card to use! not that will help me either unless I invite the bank manager to join my friends list in FB but I’m not sure he’d wana be my friend either as they say don’t mix business with pleasure and thats why I will never marry again! :laughing: :laughing:

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Hi samIam.i know what you mean about electronics.i am only just past the stage of turning the ■■■■ computer on and off.the guys i meet at work seem amazed that there is still someone out there in the world that is still so computer illiterate :blush: .i will,however,be the first to admit that since i moved up here to lappland the computer has enabled me to have contact with old[and new]people via the sites,and of course via email.the problem with the transport world is that it is so easy to lose touch[out of sight out of mind]i live in a small house in a village of 5 houses and travel 90 kms to work.so the infrastructure regarding a fulfilled and varied social life is somewhat limited outside of the’‘big city’'.here you do you’r own thing such as skiing,snowmobiling,dogsledding,etc. :grimacing:
so for that,i at least,have to thank the computer and trucknet in particuler,for giving me the possibility to contact people. :slight_smile:
also it’s bloody good entertainment when you read some of the things.as i have lived in holland,afghanistan,and canada over the years ,and now have opted for a more relaxed life up here it is fun to read the forums. sometimes you don’t know whether to laugh or cry at some of the things which are posted by supposedly intelligent and experienced people,but it’s fun to read. :confused:
P.S. i’m no good at juggling which is why i only have one credit card.take care.mike :grimacing:

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Facebook games are like real life,

Cafeworld for food and restaurant critics

Frontierville for property development and builders

Farmville for growing food for cafeworld

:laughing: :blush:

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SamIam:
don’t think anyone would want to play with me :cry:

would you like to re-phrase that? :laughing:

what about leisure interests? there are loads of groups set up for just about anything. at least you are there for a specific reason and so will have something to chat about eg Roger Hodgson is in concert in glasgow in may. i have never been to a concert before but according to those on his official facebook page, he is amazing and really connects with his fans

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SamIam:
don’t think anyone would want to play with me :cry:

would you like to re-phrase that? :laughing:

what about leisure interests? there are loads of groups set up for just about anything. at least you are there for a specific reason and so will have something to chat about eg Roger Hodgson is in concert in glasgow in may. i have never been to a concert before but according to those on his official facebook page, he is amazing and really connects with his fans

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SWraith:
Yesterday, whilst sat bored to tears in Felixstowe docks I posted this question on FB, some of the responses I got was actually quite astonishing, so I thought I’d post it as a wider post here.

isn’t it sad when your social life consists of either facebook or your workmates?

how many times do i have to tell you? once they take the tag off your leg you are allowed out on a weekend after 9pm , you’ve only got another 20months to go :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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intresting thought this swraith.
having found myself single now,my life consists of working away all week,one full weekend with my kids(which i love),and the second weekend,a weekend off for me time.
ive found myself constantly on the go,cant just sit and chill,because there is so much to be done.
my main worry is in the future finding a decent enough girl who will take my job etc into account in a relationship.is a weekend relationship good enough,i dont think so when meeting someone new.sad times. :frowning: