Personal Finance and Investing

Though I'm a Teamster down here, this local does not participate in the pension fund, and the mutual funds available in the company 401(k) suck, frankly.

My best hope is that I'll start collecting Social Security in a couple years (I'll be 60 in May) and then take a bid on a 35 hour week or something. I've been foolish with savings all my life, and I have no one to blame but myself for not being better prepared.

But no biggie. If I can get a decent bid "package" (a steady set of daily trips) that includes a couple days off, it will cover the rent, the insurance and the rest and the SS will allow me to start traveling again.

I want to go back to Europe, and in 2 years I'll have enough seniority here to do as I please, more or less.

Hell, If I had stayed up there and stayed with E & L or FJ Boutell, I could have retired this year (would have been 20 years already)!

I put in an application at a Roadmasters branch here in Jax. After all my OTR experience, they wanted to pay me $12.00/hour to teach! No thanks. I've got 30 years counting mile markers now, and I figure over 2 mil without an accident. I'm not gonna teach someone how to drive a tractor trailer for twelve bucks an hour.