Shopping CurbCo? Radio Up or Radio Down?

Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

Why do you need to "hide"? Competition? Scrap laws? This is what I'm asking about. The whole stealth thing.

I'm curious why you folks have to do this. I may be spoiled which is why I'm wondering. I don't need to hide or go stealth, heh.

Sirscrapalot - off to mock the Redskins an make the wife mad.

It's a fair question.

Keeping it low key is just my style. I've done a fair amount of community service work over the years and have found that you can get much more accomplished by working quietly behind the scenes. If somebody else gets the credit then so much the better !

If i roll into a neighborhood to do carpentry work it's pretty much the same thing. If you draw attention to yourself the neighbors start getting up in your business. It's mostly harmless things like they want to know how to do it for themselves -or- they want to hire you because they're they're trying to keep up with the Joneses. Other people are downright harmful and i've had to pitch a few off the jobsite over the years. It's an unnecessary distraction from the task at hand.

I really like music and have a really good CD collection but i just don't be bothered with it while i'm working.

< kindly > I love being an old fart and poke fun at it whenever i can ! This is a great time of life. There's a certain peace of mind and clarity of thought that i never had before. Wouldn't want to go back for anything.

I turned in my CDL this year because i really shouldn't be driving the big trucks anymore but i do miss plowing the winter roads. You're out there in the very worst of it and everything is going crazy. It's total chaos at times. That's where you really need to be "tuned in" to everything that's going on around you. The radio is the first thing to go off. If the boss is getting in your hair you shut off the two way radio too. The world is covered in a blanket of freshly fallen snow and everything goes silent. Sometimes it's coming down so fast that it turns into a white out and you can only see a few feet ahead of your truck. It's when you're running almost blind that you roll down the window and just listen. It's the sound of your tires holding traction. It's listening to the motor and knowing when to split your shifter either up or down. It's the sound of the 11' wide plow in the front as it slides on and off the centerline of the road. It's the sound of the eight foot wide side plow as you're edging closer to the ditch. It's the sound of that plow clipping a utility pole or mailbox because you got three inches too far to the right. It's the sound of the hydraulic pump and hydraulic motors that run the sander in the back. It's all that and more. If you've never been there then it's hard to relate to.



It's the same thing when i'm running my pickup truck on a beautiful summer's day. The windows are down, the radio is off, and i'm listening for the sounds of the machine and the load i'm carrying. If something sounds,smells,or doesn't feel quite right then it gets looked into.

It is about running low key but more about mindfulness and being aware of what's going on around you.