Mike a WW 2 veteran [View all]

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I’m remembering Du vets. men I knew over the years this morning. Anyway I met mike probably 1987 when I got out the army. When I went to work for Preston 151 trucking. Preston eventually put me through their program to get at the time my 3rd class license CDL today. So I ended up yard jockey on third shift. Moving trailers or dropping and hooking sets for road men. Mike was a ww2 vet he never talked about it and I never asked him. Mike used to tell me in humor that I saw Europe the easy way. And I would reply no doubt mister.

But mike was onery and we hit it off really well. As we had the same sense of humor. Mikes brother in law Glenn bought a vw diesel. And that bothered mike as in Glenn buying a nazi car. As Glenn probably wouldn’t care that I used to have a Kia Sportage. Glenn fought in Korea he was roadman Glenn. He would turn every night I think he was on a Jane lew West Virginia meet and turn it’s been years. Glenn would brag about the fuel mileage he was getting with his vw nazi diesel. So it hit me one night to start padding Glenn’s tanks as I as yard man. At times would fuel tractors for the road. I would maybe dump a gallon of diesel in the nazi vw diesel. And before you knew it Glenn was claiming he was getting like 80 mpg we would respond your full of shit.

Mike said boy you could aggravate the devil this is brilliant. Then I would stop and start padding Glenn’s tank. And one night he showed up in the family dodge volare station wagon. I asked Glenn where is the vw. He replied at dealership I told em fuel mileage is up and down check it out.

About 1988 I took a road bid instead of getting laid off. And my nerves were shot coming in one morning I 80 was shit and mike asked how was your night. Snow ice I said man I sucked the drivers seat up my ass I said I hid out at I 80 diner snow shoe Pennsylvania,waiting on plow and salt trucks called in told em I’m on the clock Pulling doubles. mike laughed he said boy at least you got common sense. Those men ww2 Korea Vietnam vets. Good men great teamsters they were the guys that taught me. Don’t put up with shit they never kissed ass did their jobs I miss em. These men I think just looked at being drafted ww2 Korea Vietnam. As a interruption in their lives. Get it over with and get home and start living.