Hello everyone

DannyD · Mar 16, 2008

Hi everyone,

I used to post on this site a few years ago. I drove for a few years & this site was pretty helpful to me. I'll be making another post in a minute that can maybe return some of that help I've received as our company is hiring more drivers. In this letter I'd just like to say hi to everyone.

I'm back driving again. I took a lil hike to play poker & start a carpet cleaning business. The poker I can smile about as I got myself ranked in the top 10,000 people out of 350,000 players. I'm a low stakes player so in making $2000 playing mostly $3-5 tournies in the course of 6 months or so, so I feel I did pretty well considering the stakes I played for. I took 2nd place twice in 2000+ people tourneys. The 2nd time I took 2nd I lost to someone who I taught how to play. That was a rush & a half. The flip side is $2000 over 6 months isn't enough to pay the bills, so I guess I didn't do so great afterall.

The carpet cleaning venture is a bit different. I'm still doing it, & will continue to, but the first year was definately tougher than I hoped for & it also didn't pay the bills. The first year I spent all my $$ on equipment. This year I'll spend it on advertising. So hopefully it goes a bit better. I made a ton of mistakes along the way & this year I've got to feel I'll make less of those & a few more wise decisions.

Still, even if it goes well I'm going to keep my driving job, at least part time. For one main reason. I LIKE TO DRIVE. There's just something about driving down the road being outside w/ the windows down (we are getting to that point) that I enjoy. I can't say I enjoy driving in the blizzards, but there's a sense of accomplishment when ya put 300 miles in blizzard weather.

So I am back to doing this. I guess when it comes to driving I'm like a homing pigeon. I'm a local driver more than an expediter. I can't say I missed sitting in my van in some other state, but I def. missed the driving aspect of things. So all in all I'm pretty happy w/ things.

Take care all & hope things are going well for ya,
Danny

Moot · Mar 16, 2008

Good morning and welcome back Danny and DannyD II if he came along.

fastman_1 · Mar 16, 2008

Welcome Back Danny

DannyD · Mar 16, 2008

I think DannyD II is stalking me. He stole my last girlfriend. If he does it again Imma gonna have to thank one more time.

MCBuggyCo · Mar 16, 2008

Was your poker playing online? I play a little bit on PokerStars. Being up $2000 places you above about 90% of all players but as you can see, McDonalds pays better when you figure in all the hours.

highway star · Mar 16, 2008

Good to see you back Danny. From what I know of carpet cleaning, if you're surviving, you've succeeded!

Jefferson3000 · Mar 16, 2008

'Sup, Danny boy. How goes it? Are you still runnin' w/ EGL at all?

cheri1122 · Mar 16, 2008

Hey - it's good to see you back! and thanks for the warning about that DannyD11, cause you used to think he was a pretty good guy, if I remember right. So, are you still up for those (long) phone conversations, when the drive gets boring?

Tennesseahawk · Mar 16, 2008

I don't need to hear bout that!

Anyways...

DannyD · Mar 16, 2008

McBuggy,

Yuppers it's online. What you say about the $$ vs. time is exactly true. I don't play for enough to make a living at it. I'm a decent low stakes player & enjoy it. I've gotten 3 players into poker & 1 is making a living at it, & two others were also in the top 10,000. I've dropped some cuz I haven't played much recently. The rankings are based on what ya've done in the last 120 days. One of my friends won the 3rd 2000 person tourney she entered (the one where I came in 2nd) & took a 3rd in like the 11th one she entered. She thought it was always gonna be that easy. She's still doing good, but she obviously could never keep up that pace.

Thanx for the kind words Highway,

But actually I DIDNT survive at carpet cleaning. I still hope to improve that end of things as I've got all the equipment & have nothing to lose as it's not like I have to quit driving to do that. I can do that until 5 & the drive after that. The thing about CC is it's mostly sales, which I'm brutal at. My sales technique is basically to ask if they want something & if they say no, I basically say "ok."

Hiya Jeff,

Thanx for all the help last time around. I'm not w/ EGL anymore. I guess they changed company names or something. I did however, find what I was looking for when we were talking. I'm local out of Flint. The run does take me down to Detroit & sometimes I get a run back, sometimes not, but the office is 1.2 miles from my house. So I'm loving that. When I was at EGL I had to get 2 or 3 runs together to make it worth it to go down to Detroit. Either that or 1 long run from up north. This is a route that starts out near my house & I end up at Metro Airport. What I like here is I get to drive, which I enjoy, w/out to much sitting & waiting. I work about 42 hours plus I'm on call 25 more, but at least those on call hours are from my house, not in my van. I would like to get the on call hours down some, & they will when we get more drivers. I'd also like to get a dedicated run back towards Flint at the end of the nite. I thought I had a $17 one for 5 of my 6 days, but that fell thru. That run would have been brutal on it's own but for someone who's driving that way empty it would have been an extra $85 week. So hopefully something like that pops up. Still though, I'm not that far from being 99% happy w/ the place.

Cheri,

I was hoping you'd see the post. YOU BET I'd like to talk. I work from 5-midnite or so, & one of my pet peeves is people who talk on the phone while driving. I just asked my 2 best friends to quit calling me while they were driving. That's for another post though, so that time is out. I sleep from 5AM to 11 or so, so anytime between noon & 5PM, or midnite-5AM, is good. If ya have my # feel free to call or if ya don't, PM me & I'll give it to ya.

Hiya Hawk,

Wanna do a 3way w/ us? And hey, how'd ya get that green smiley face in your post? When I tried to do it, it puts it in the title. I wanted it right after my Q to ya here.

davekc · Mar 16, 2008

Good to see you back around.

jaminjim · Mar 16, 2008

confused:

Did you mean like that? use the ones on the right side for putting them in your message.

Talked to you along time ago good to hear from you again.

TJ959 · Mar 17, 2008

Good to see you back Danny.

Moot · Mar 17, 2008

Of course DannyD II is stalking you! He is your silent partner isn't he? And if he stole your girlfriend, well that's a small price to pay. After all he is the guy that does all of your grunt work like lugging the carpet cleaning machine and chemicals around. You should start paying him and quit talking to him.