Comments By Irish Mike

Good job Chris, and congrats.

Thanks for this thread. As others have said, us newbies and prospective truckers appreciate all the info.

Good luck.

This bothers me because TMC told me no 3 times. They wouldn't tell me why, but they did. I applied every 6 months for 18 months and the OP just blew off such a great opportunity. ....

Hi y'all,

My name is Mike, and I've been lurking here for a while.

This recent comment here caught my attention from the main page and got me to read this whole thread.

I've recently gotten my permit and I received a conditional offer from Roehl, but I too got a "No, but you can try again later," from TMC ...

So, on top of everything else in this thread, that comment is interesting.

I love Brett's podcast, and respect his wisdom and his articles here on this website, but I had to chuckle when he thought yankees was about sports, because, as I currently live in Charleston, SC, I too had picked up on the racist tone that was being referred too by OP. (Though I used to live in Boston, and at Fenway the crowd would often break into chants of "Yankees Suck" when the boys in pinstripes were in town, and boys there is not meant to be racist, though maybe still a bit demeaning, 'cause I'm a Sox fan, and really, the "Yankees Suck" ;)

This (lengthy) thread has been extremely informative and educational!!

Thanks to EVERYBODY for all your thoughts and comments along the way!