Comments By ColeTrucker

Normally you won't find me in the Ladies Forum but I saw that link on my administrative screen so I checked it out.

I've done Yoga for about 8 years now. If you knew me you'd never guess it in a million years. I do it about 5 or 6 days a week, 15 minutes at a time. It's miraculous. I've always been an athlete and did a lot of physical work my whole life. I'm 43 now and I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm the most flexible I've ever been. My balance, my agility, and my strength are all the best they've ever been and Yoga is a key part of that.

My favorite time to do it is in the morning. After I do some computer work and get some coffee in me I'll do Yoga. It's the best way to start the day. Then your body is loosened up, stretched out, in proper alignment, and the blood is pumping. You're feelin great and ready to get something done with your day.

It's nearly impossible to comprehend the full scale of benefits you get from Yoga. But once you've done it for a short time and you've experience all the benefits you'll know it's something you'll want to do the rest of your life. I fully expect to be doing Yoga and getting around just fine when I'm 100 years old.

Well, I'm glad you came on by and your words rings true for me!

I was/am having consistent pain originating from deep inside close to the left part of my upper pelvic bone. I am constantly aware of the pain but if I turned the wrong way, coughed or sneezed...the worst pain I ever felt would shoot down my left leg, ouch!!

I love my job but, knew I had to do something different or things would get worse. So, a little while back, I started looking for yoga videos that focused on the entire back, shoulders and neck to include in my mini routine. During the first few weeks of practice, I'd do yoga sporadically. Then one day, after having a sneezing fit, I realized that I didn't get that shooting pain down my leg. Hallelujah! Now, like you, I do about 10-15 minutes every morning and a posture here or there whenever I get out of the truck.

I've upped my overall fitness plan. I used to just walk and do a 10 daily exercise routine that I have as an app. I have added a resistance band and a jump rope. I jump rope on a piece of carpet with a thin layer of rubber on the underside. It saves my knees and saves the rope which has a plastic coating around it. I only do about 5-10 minutes here or there through out the day but I feel great!

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I am including yoga in my routine to help my aching back. It has helped so far. What other routines do you suggest that has actually helped you in anyway. Back or otherwise. Thanks in advance. Cole.

If all else fails and stuff just ain't sitting right, I'll park under a spotlight at the closest bank (cameras) and call non emergency pd to let them know exactly where I'm am. Cole.

And he'll yeah, I'll use my girl power voice to make sh*t work for me when I need to. Grandma didn't raise no fool. Cole

Wasp spray. Better aim and price. I'm a night driver so Walmart, home depot, Sam's are my spots. I ALWAYS park next to other trucks. If all else fails and stuff just ain't sitting right, I'll park under a spotlight at the closest bank (cameras) and call non emergency pd to let them know exactly where I'm am. They'll either move me or keep me company. My family always knows b/c we use Life 360. Cole.

BTW, I am on home time now going over EVERYTHING!

***Didn't mean to highjack your thread**** Carry on!

Straight out of the Exemptions To Hours Of Service Regulations in our High Road Training Program:

Adverse Driving Conditions Exception

If unexpected adverse driving conditions slow you down, you may drive up to 2 additional hours to complete what could have been driven in normal conditions. This means you could drive for up to 13 hours, which is 2 hours more than allowed under normal conditions. "Adverse driving conditions" means conditions that you did not know about when you began your trip like snow, fog, or a road closure due to a crash. Adverse driving conditions do not include situations that you should have known about through proper trip planning, such as congested traffic during typical "rush hour" periods. Even though you may drive 2 extra hours under this exception, you are not allowed to drive after the 14th consecutive hour after coming on duty.

I've heard of companies that do not allow you to use this exception, probably because they abused it in the past and DOT has their eye on them.

So what you're saying is...I cant use that regulation just because the girl I wanted to do my mani/pedi wasn't available until after lunch and it is currently 10am?...............JUST KIDDING!!!

For real though, I had a run that was tight, 635miles deadhead from West Palm Beach, FL to Greenville, SC (truck governed at 63mph which only happens when the sun, moon and stars align AND I have a tail wind AND I am going down hill. Miles are zip to zip). Long story short...there was a crash in Jacksonville, FL AND construction going on. -

I was 7 miles away from the shipper when I ran out of drive time and had to slow roll to them at 2 something in the morning.

Backtracking a little....While I was in traffic, I called in to ask if I could go to line 4. They said no but, that little bit of time would have allowed me to get to the shipper with out having to slow roll!

I have since learned that I was a Jacka** b/c I should not have "asked" I should have "told" them or better yet, just go to line 4 b/c according to COMPANY policy, I had the right to go there while stuck in traffic. But, noooooooo I asked and got jacked b/c I didn't know company policy and FMRC regulation. Instead I relied <---did I spell that right? It looks funny- on someone else to tell me "their version" of the policy.

Not gonna happen twice!

Ours is below 25 and less than 2 miles.

Same here.

Mini rant.......Now please someone "try" to tell me how in blu blazes is this practice safe? Yes, I know it was placed there for things such as finding a spot in a truck stop yadda, yadda, yadda. However, (many of us) I also use it for when I am "x" amount of miles away from my final destination AND out of drive time. Why o why isn't there some kind of code or whatever to use when we are say, 5 maybe10 miles away from our stop and out of hours? The mentioned can be proven via GPS so, what is the problem? Game on top of game. Makes too much sense maybe?

And if someone mentions "trip planning" slap yourself in the face for me. Rant complete.

This is completely off topic but your avatar gif is absolutely hysterical. Made my .......

evening!

My question is in the trucking industry will I have to deal with alot of racial discrimination?

Maybe, maybe not. However, I pray you are at the point in your life where stuff like that won't effect your decision to do whatever you want to do with your life. If it ain't (yeah i said ain't!) racial discrimination it may be gender, age, sex,class, height, weight, blah, blah, blah. Some people ALWAYS have stuff to say about something or someone be it bad or good.

What you have to remember is that issues like the mentioned are THEIR problem not yours, unless you make it your problem. The question that is more important -to normal people- is, Can you do the job? or/and Are you open to learn how to do the job with the utmost standard of work ethic?

I am first generation AmeriPanaJamaican. You will never need to ask me if I care about a lot of things outside of my family.Cole