Convoy

Coco · Nov 26, 2006

We were sitting in Houston on Saturday waiting to pick up at 4pm. I flip the TV channels around and find the movie Convoy on TMC (boy that makes you fel old). Aside from the fashion statement of the time, the lack of technology, the outdated trucks and poor acting the issues of trucking haven't changed much over the last 30 years or so.

sixwheeler · Nov 26, 2006

Was the dark of the moon, on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth, pullin' logs
Cabover Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We 'as headin' fer bear on I-One-Oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky-Town
I sez Pig-Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
An' I'm about to put the hammer on down ..............

lanier1 · Nov 26, 2006

lonercom · Nov 26, 2006

I have turned that and a few others into ringtones. you can have them for free at www.gounks.com

Tennesseahawk · Nov 26, 2006

On the contrary, I think everything has changed. Before anybody could just get a cdl and go, it was a TRUE brotherhood. The cb was your entertainment and news. Truckers worked together to get what they wanted. They had their own colorful language, unlike ebonics.

I was wrong... one thing hasn't changed much since the 70s... the pay.

"If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas

Jayman · Nov 26, 2006

I was going to use the handle "rubber duck" when I start driving because of that song. lol Think I should?

Tennesseahawk · Nov 26, 2006

I wouldn't. The same idiots who deemed good buddy to mean gay, and cowboy hats to be Brokeback will likely consider you "funny". The old days are gone, and the new puppy mill drivers don't have a clue what nostalgia is.

"If I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know." - Kansas