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Old 12-05-2019, 06:31 PM   #121
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All good here, mate. Trevs probably pssd you have more miles up and experience behind the wheel.
I dont think so, started drivin trucks in 1975, anyway, professional drivers will have quicker than.average reaction times and better skills all round
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Old 12-05-2019, 07:47 PM   #122
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I dont think so, started drivin trucks in 1975, anyway, professional drivers will have quicker than.average reaction times and better skills all round
I guess if you say it long enough it'll make it true.

We're the same vintage - I started trucks in '72 (or maybe '73).

Not afraid to admit that even though my skills were high my reaction times would have been average as is the case with most truck drivers.

I did gain good anticipation though. Who'd have thought that was a thing?

Anyhoo, Trev old fruit, it's been fun but I'll bow out of our little discourse as it gets a bit old after a while.

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Old 12-05-2019, 08:58 PM   #123
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Old 13-05-2019, 07:17 AM   #124
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on case you missed it I was challenged so responded

(which is typical of the millennial age group, they have to get personal - it is what they do)
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Anyone that disagrees with trev is a millennial. No ifs, no buts, no candied nuts.
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Old 13-05-2019, 08:35 AM   #126
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possibly, but not because of their mileage, but because of their use of stimulants.

https://link.springer.com/article/10...213-014-3834-5
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Old 13-05-2019, 09:53 AM   #127
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possibly, but not because of their mileage, but because of their use of stimulants.

https://link.springer.com/article/10...213-014-3834-5
Caffeine....?

Real truck drivers didn't need caffeine.
Pseudoephedrine (speed) was plenty good enough
(and before we get drawn into some long, drawn out "illegal" diversion, I might add it was legal to buy over the counter until around 1978 - in Qld at least. Dosage was another story, lol)
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Old 13-05-2019, 10:52 AM   #128
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Lol not the ol no doze mix
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When I was a reckless young chap, I helped some friends move house. One was a lactating mother.

My evil streak saw me sit her down with a cup of tea as she was flagging, and load her up with caffeine and guarana pills...

Her kid stayed awake for a whole week, legend has it.
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Anyone that disagrees with trev is a millennial. No ifs, no buts, no candied nuts.
I have no issue with people disagreeing with me but I have issue when it gets personal, which seems to be a trait of said group - sorry for being generic, so, as they say "if the caps fits wear it"
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