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	<title>Becoming A Truck Driver: Help, Stories, Advice, and Opinions</title>
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		<title>A New Era For The Knights Of The Road</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/cls2009/2010/02/a-new-era-for-the-knights-of-the-road</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current State of the Trucking Industry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past, truckers were known as "Knights of the Road". Those days are long forgotten, though, and through time the truckers and their rigs have lost their knightly reputation. Truckers are no longer depicted in a positive light and the situation looks like it may be getting worse for a number of reasons, including our own (lack of) pride and personal discipline, attitude, driving skills, and factors outside of our control including the media, more dangers on the highway, and recent waves of terrorism. Is there anything we can do to improve our reputations? Oh indeed there is plenty we can do.]]></description>
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		<title>Truck Driving In A Cave</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/02/truck-driving-in-a-cave</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/02/truck-driving-in-a-cave#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Springfield Underground]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On occasion I get to go to a place called Springfield Underground. It started life as a mine for limestone and is now and underground storage facility. If you never thought you'd see a big rig driving through a cave, well here's your chance!]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Career Paths: Truck Driving Versus A College Degree</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/cls2009/2010/02/comparing-career-paths-truck-driving-versus-a-college-degree</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/cls2009/2010/02/comparing-career-paths-truck-driving-versus-a-college-degree#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Becoming A Truck Driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Help, Tips, Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current State of the Trucking Industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CDL Training VS College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting your CDL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to hypothetically put two people seeking professional careers, one a prospective college student, the other a truck driving school candidate, up against each other in a comparison of job training, annual salary, debt accumulation, and investment capability throughout their careers. The results are quite interesting.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Home Time During Training &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2010/01/randys-home-time-during-training-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2010/01/randys-home-time-during-training-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Great Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Road In Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda & Randy's Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[truck driving lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting your CDL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I LOVE "normal" life.  We got lots of errands done, I sold some stuff on Craigslist and Randy had a little pinstriping job - we made more money today than his last paycheck.  ;)  He keeps saying how nice it is to be home, and I keep telling him how nice it is to have him here.  Home will soon be somewhere else, and we're going to start moving tomorrow.]]></description>
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		<title>Truck Driving Career Seen As Strong For Next Decade</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2010/01/truck-driving-career-seen-as-strong-for-next-decade</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/admin/2010/01/truck-driving-career-seen-as-strong-for-next-decade#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Aquila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Becoming A Truck Driver]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Economy and Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new drivers in a slow economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Truck driving has always been a great career for those of us who were cut out for the lifestyle. If you're not the right person for the job, you're really not going to like it much and you're not going to last long. But if you feel like truck driving might be the right career for you, the outlook for the industry looks to be very solid for many years to come.]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Trucking Part 3: Life On The Road</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2010/01/inside-trucking-part-3-life-on-the-road</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2010/01/inside-trucking-part-3-life-on-the-road#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Help, Tips, Advice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women In Trucking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[driver responsibilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the fuel that drivers purchase, it&#8217;s wise to get the driver payback cards from the truck stops that offer them. Its free, and it&#8217;s a way of saying thank you to the professional driver. For each gallon of fuel purchased, you get 1 cent/point put on the card. You can use these points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truck Driving in Winter Weather</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/01/truck-driving-in-winter-weather</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/truckermike/2010/01/truck-driving-in-winter-weather#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Help, Tips, Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Solo Months On The Road]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Safe Driving Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I became a truck driver, there was nothing better than a good snow storm in the winter. Sliding around in my 4-wheeler, sledding, snowball fights, snowmen, hearing the scrape of the snowplow as is passes by, and the beautiful sight it leaves. That was then, and this is now!]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Trucking Part 2: Understanding Company Expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2010/01/inside-trucking-part-2-understanding-company-expenses</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2010/01/inside-trucking-part-2-understanding-company-expenses#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are the type of driver that thinks about the cost of doing business for your employer or the trucking industry in general, you are in the minority. If you're not thinking about it, you should be - it has a major effect on your paycheck.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 9 &#8211; He&#8217;s Done!</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2010/01/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-9-hes-done</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2010/01/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-9-hes-done#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Becoming A Truck Driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda & Randy's Story]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[getting your CDL]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I talked to Randy sooo much today.  We discussed EVERYTHING about trucking, the school, our experience so far, every aspect of our future, and how we've both been sort of "cracking under the pressure" lately.]]></description>
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		<title>A Look Inside Trucking Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/12/a-look-inside-trucking-part-i</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/12/a-look-inside-trucking-part-i#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Help, Tips, Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current State of the Trucking Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDL training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[driver responsibilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[What is a Qualcomm?]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=2190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once you enter trucking, there is a lot that you get to experience. So many “interesting” things come your way. Many things you don’t give much thought to until it is brought to your attention thru company training, newsletters put out by employers, the trucking magazines, and over the Qualcomm - the truck's messaging computer.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 Training &#8211; Part 8</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-training-part-8</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-training-part-8#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice and Opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Becoming A Truck Driver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Help, Tips, Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On The Road In Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhonda & Randy's Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[getting your CDL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep reading that the 2 most important factors for a successful marriage, especially in OTR trucking, are trust and communication...this week, we had neither one.  I suppose the added stress of all this didn't help, and we both had a major thinking/behavior relapse.  This career truly does test a relationship, and any weakness that existed before WILL be magnified 1000 times. 
]]></description>
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		<title>Another Night Of Driving And A Very Close Call</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/12/another-night-of-driving-and-a-very-close-call</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/12/another-night-of-driving-and-a-very-close-call#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even when you're just cruising along, minding your own business, and doing everything right, you never know when someone is going to do something incredibly dangerous right in front of you, and this was one of those times.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 7</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-7</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-7#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life on the road is not getting any easier for Randy, and life at home without him is getting even worse. He's due for home time and we're hoping it comes real soon. This is getting to be unbearable.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 6</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-6</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-6#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're about half way through with CDL training and Randy is hardly making anything out on the road with his trainer. He can't wait to get done with training. He's been through a lot already but unfortunately there's still a good ways to go.]]></description>
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		<title>Pulling Another Trucking All-Nighter</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/12/pulling-another-trucking-all-nighter</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/12/pulling-another-trucking-all-nighter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was all settled in for the evening and looking forward to watching Donny on Dancing With The Stars. Phone rings. It’s the boss. They need me to deliver 2 loads to the canning plant. The calls are coming in for loads. Trailers are being loaded now. I am assigned a truck too. I told them I can work and I’ll get there as soon as I can. This is gonna be a long night....]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 5</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-5</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another day stuck at the school, another interesting story...don't know if it's true, but it's interesting.  Supposedly, a student took a bottle of liquor on the truck while with an instructor and other students.  They got 30 miles away at a truck stop, the safety manager and cops were called, and he got a D.U.I.  If it really happened, it's incredibly stupid! A lot of odd things happen at that school.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 4</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-4</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/12/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-4#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Randy has been acting very strangely and I can hardly get him to talk to me at all.  Two days ago he was all happy, now he seems really uncomfortable again...something is going on in that truck.  I suppose I won't find out until he has some "alone time" again. ]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-3</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-3#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's been a few days for Randy on the road now and I think he's getting a bit wacky :-) He's struggling with some things but doing quite well overall. Being apart this long is not getting any easier for us.]]></description>
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		<title>My 33rd Anniversary In Transportation</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/11/my-33rd-anniversary-in-transportation</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rjensen1918/2009/11/my-33rd-anniversary-in-transportation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 27 2009 is a special day for me because it was October 27 1976 when I entered the transportation world. My only experience in this world was riding the school bus for all the years in school. What an amazing journey it's been.]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I forgot to say all the states Randy's been in, just since the beginning of the week:  Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.  Before he went to school, he'd only been in 2 of those states.  I know this is super-exciting for him so far!  ]]></description>
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Phase 1 CDL Training &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-phase-1-cdl-training-part-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy just started phase I training out on the road. It's a lot of pressure but very exciting at the same time.]]></description>
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		<title>Advice For Couples Regarding Truck Driving</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/advice-for-couples-regarding-truck-driving</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason I'm sharing our personal experiences with this is to help people understand the truly tension-packed environment at truck driving school, and how it may affect your spouse.  Everyone's marriage is different, so everyone's experience will be unique, but there will be common issues for sure.  And things will pop up that you never even considered.  I'm being completely, 100% honest here, because I don't think glossing over the tough stuff would be very helpful!]]></description>
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		<title>Advice For Truck Driving School Students</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/advice-for-truck-driving-school-students</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/advice-for-truck-driving-school-students#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a summary of what I've learned from many experienced truckers on TruckingTruth, plus the perspective I've gained as my husband went through the classroom training during August-September, 2009.
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		<title>Randy&#8217;s Truck Driving School &#8211; Days 20 &amp; 21</title>
		<link>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-truck-driving-school-days-20-21</link>
		<comments>http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/rbradyjohnsen/2009/11/randys-truck-driving-school-days-20-21#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rbradyjohnsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Randy was SO excited the last time I talked to him because after a change of plans, he and his trainer are now going to Mira Loma, CA first. And they get to drive past Las Vegas at night, which sounds really cool!  He knows he's going to be working really hard and be busy learning new things, but there is a "vacation" element to this, for him. ]]></description>
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		<title>Truck Driving &#8211; Experience and Enjoyment of the Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TruckerMike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love being a truck driver, and certainly plan on doing this for a while. I've also found that as my experience grows, my enjoyment also continues to grow. I'm still considered a rookie with only 8 months experience, but the little experience I have is already paying off.]]></description>
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