3 day reset | TheaterFire

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Brightone13@reddit

Learn stuff bro, honestly there's so free classes and programs to learn ai, coding, using kodi, downloading audio books from audio book bay and so much free stuff the educate yourself in anything Internet related online. Learn a new language, side hustle from lap top.i could go on and on and need to do more myself, thanks for the inspiration from this group🩵!

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JalocTheGreat@reddit

Get a hotel room

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Beginning-World-1235@reddit

Video games

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bizzywhipped@reddit

Don’t know if I could do OTR w/o my gaming rig. OLED monitor is a game changer.

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Carlosspicyweiner24@reddit

Y'all running full on desktop setups or gaming laptops? I'm thinking of going full otr(living in the truck) and I need gaming

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DreamsServedSoft@reddit

I wish the steam deck existed when I trucked, would have been way more convenient than the hot laptop I used

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HumanVsWorld@reddit

What’s your set up looking like would love to play on monitor instead of a Roku 1080p tv

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bizzywhipped@reddit

It’s a 27” off of Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D682HF6R

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Emergency_Ad1152@reddit

Bro put at least a 2k 120hz monitor on the TV stand.

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Bigbadsmurf@reddit

Im the same with my playdough and barbie dolls.

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BoostedLexus@reddit (OP)

Left my laptop at home, thought I'd be back for the weekend :(

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screamingriffin@reddit

It's time for a steam deck. Whem I was OTR it was a game changer.

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thescartographer@reddit

Seriously cannot recommend a steam deck enough. I’m flatbed and get decent downtime waiting for places to open, and could only watch so much YouTube. Steam deck unlocked every single console from PS3 back in emulation with some emulation for switch games too

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KTMman200@reddit

I'm a tow truck driver and the steam deck comes in clutch while waiting hours for the police to do their job.

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forkystabbyveggie@reddit

Can confirm. It runs so many titles, I play msfs on it

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Usual-Guarantee6346@reddit

I believe they’re still sold out

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Codexe-@reddit

or a nintendo switch.

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Puzzleheaded-Hat5803@reddit

Yeah my switch is good enough for me. I feel like if I brought an actual computer or a console it'd just take up too much space.

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Exotic_Bathroom5382@reddit

Look into an AYN Thor if you're into emulation or even PC gaming. They're expensive and it's gonna take a while for it to arrive but it's worth it.

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RedlineM5@reddit

Playstation portal Nintendo Switch Asus Rog Ally Netflix or Prime on my 42"

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HollowMonty@reddit

I have books downloaded on Kindle in case I'm down in a place with no Internet. Games on my computer. A fanfic I'm writing. Fanfics I'm reading. Taking a walk because the night sky in the middle of nowhere tends to be beautiful. Audio books. Shitily translated Eastern light novels. Manga. Manwha. Laying down and doing nothing but thinking for a few hours without the constant distractions mentioned above.

You know. The basics.

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GoNe2heLL@reddit

Uber to strip club to get drunk then walk across the street to waffle house to get into a fight

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copper_wing@reddit

*PC to strip club

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angrydeuce@reddit

Just make sure you finish the fireball before you put it in gear!

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copper_wing@reddit

Nah. Sleep in your truck on their lot for the rest of your reset.

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Ajax_Stormwing@reddit

This whole thread is baaaad advice. Funny, but bad. When you get in that truck, you must be capable of legally driving the vehicle (hos notwithstanding) in the event of an emergency.

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robexib@reddit

Naw, federal law says you only need to be sober and rested before you start your shift. Off-duty means OFF-DUTY, as in, you're not legally required to be prepared to work.

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StolenRage@reddit

That's all well and good till the state police come knocking on your door and tell you to clear out of the truck stop parking lot because an LNG trailer catches fire next door. This literally happened a few years ago at the Love's in Ontario OR.

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robexib@reddit

Yeah, that's entrapment. You respond to that as a Fifth Amendment violation. The police cannot tell you to commit a crime and then arrest you for committing the crime they specifically told you to commit.

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fliversnaps@reddit

They can in flori-duh. Happened to a friend of mine. Maybe he had a crappy lawyer, but I don't think so.

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robexib@reddit

He must've, because that's textbook entrapment, and a violation of Fifth Amendment rights. It's literally as basic bitch of an Affirmitive Defence as you can get in US legal doctrine.

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Emergency_Ad1152@reddit

Wrap it up everyone, fun police is here.

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Ajax_Stormwing@reddit

Yep. I'm the fun police because I hate seeing people lose their jobs over easily preventable bullshit. As funny as the joke is...my company fired a guy for having a six pack of beer on a fuel receipt, and fired another for walking a six-pack back to the truck. Even if you don't have any intentions of driving that truck, the safety department and the police will assume the absolute worst, given half the chance. You can't even sleep it off in your car, or it's a DUI. Car off, parked, keys not in the ignition...still DUI. I'm sensitive about that shit.

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Emergency_Ad1152@reddit

Brother, we knowwwww..

Drinking fireball is the longest running joke in this sub lol

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StolenRage@reddit

Nah. Third day blues has been around longer. It was old when fireball arrived.

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Ajax_Stormwing@reddit

I apologize for missing the joke. I saw a rollover today from a drunk driver departing the roadway.

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tnb641@reddit

So can you confirm if Fireball was involved? Or a fireball?

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willybillybob@reddit

Perhaps deceased former Daytona 500 winner Fireball Roberts, who famously died in a fiery crash, back from the grave to give into the cinnamon sin of his namesake?

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angrydeuce@reddit

I would think most sane people would recognize that people sarcastically bantering on the internet isn't proper life advice, but maybe Im just insane for thinking that, I dont know...

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AsphaltPirate74@reddit

This is the way.

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J_seven7@reddit

Teach me your ways

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HunxhoBussin-P@reddit

This 😂😂

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SLPye@reddit

I cant speak on it to much. I only took a 34 each week to rest my clock. But I got caught up on my movies and TV shows. I also brought my switch and hung out with my teammate

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thesunking93@reddit

Hit up a nail salon and pamper yourself with a pedi, mani, and facial. Afterwards treat yourself to a 90 minute massage with hot rocks and medicated ointment for those aching joints.

Yeah, break away from the norm and take care of yourself. You got this 👊

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Pakman____@reddit

I'm a man and I have no shame in getting a pedicure and a massage. Shit feels amazing.

My x took me with her one time. They wash and rub your feet. Use those hot stones and what not. It's completely worth it.

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supernova-juice@reddit

I'm a woman and I've had one pedicure... well. None actually. She did try. But I nearly kicked her in the face and we both agreed it would be wiser to just do the mani part instead. 😂

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Pakman____@reddit

That's hilarious. What made you almost kick her? Did it tickle it was it the hot stones or something else? It's weird to have some random stranger working with their face so close to your feet. But it's such a nice feeling. At least for me.

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supernova-juice@reddit

I have extremely sensitive feet, and can barely stand to have anyone touch them. I thought i could handle it, but I couldn't 😂

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Pakman____@reddit

Gotcha.... That kinda sucks. It's truly an amazing feeling if you can relax and let them do their thing.

But at least you didn't full on kick the person in the face haha.

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supernova-juice@reddit

Maybe that's the key. I just need to be conscious about it and breathe instead of reflexively kicking 😋

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thesunking93@reddit

No turning back LOL.

My wife got me pampered while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. That's all it took for me to say heck yeah 👍

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dstrezzd@reddit

A gal I took a turn with was into spas and we hit one or two a week for a month or so. Now I'm looking for a thermal spa every chance I get. The hot/cold cycle is incredible

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Confident-Ear-9388@reddit

During the hours of ten a m and three p m, after your company allows it, put your logs on PC and move to the next closest truck stop if its within an hour

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duhrun@reddit

Yea I game and program on my frequent sitting around periods.

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NS-13@reddit

First name fire

Last name ball

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ChaoticShadows42@reddit

I have rc planes i make and fly

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PonyPowerMedia@reddit

Personally 34 is a fucked number on sleep cycle

Id prefer 48

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that_one_erik@reddit

Play the guitar

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jadedshibby@reddit

Seconded, I had a beautiful acoustic I picked up at a used instrument shop somewhere in washington. I had to fly home short notice and ended up leaving it in the truck at the OC. Hopefully the next driver enjoyed it!

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that_one_erik@reddit

I would have loved to be issued a truck with a free guitar

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RipIt1021@reddit

Beat your dick til its raw, then beat it some more. Slam some fireball while you're at it.

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Civil-Airline-5727@reddit

A man of culture

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Beneficial-Notice305@reddit

Get on the crawler

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Hummus_Bunny69@reddit

No matter how exhausted you were, after 24 hours laying around in bed gets depressing. Relax outside. Explore the middle of nowhere, take a long walk or jog! Stretch out, follow a guided workout video Figure out how to get to food, a bar, hell you could try hitching a ride into town. Find something to stimulate your mind

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fakename010690@reddit

Never been in that situation. Have had to stop for a 24 before. But any longer and ill make sure I'm home. My job also is set up in a way I can't be on the road for longer than scheduled. (Hot seat trucks) I'm in it for 7 days. Then a other guy is in it for 7 days while I get 7 days off.

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fakename010690@reddit

Never been in that situation. Have had to stop for a 24 before. But any longer and ill make sure I'm home. My job also is set up in a way I can't be on the road for longer than scheduled. (Hot seat trucks) I'm in it for 7 days. Then a other guy is in it for 7 days while I get 7 days off.

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fakename010690@reddit

Never been in that situation. Have had to stop for a 24 before. But any longer and ill make sure I'm home. My job also is set up in a way I can't be on the road for longer than scheduled. (Hot seat trucks) I'm in it for 7 days. Then a other guy is in it for 7 days while I get 7 days off.

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seneeb@reddit

EverQuest for the mother fucking win.

Literally decades of content

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bentstrider83@reddit

I'd say start poking around for abandoned sites. If it's a small town, chances are it used to be booming and had a thriving district. I'd go light treasure hunting. Scope out some old railroad roadbed from Google Maps and find some date nails. Poke around an old homestead and see if you could find some old pics and play "6 degrees of WHO IS THIS PERSON".

Make a YouTube travelogue out of it😁😁

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supernova-juice@reddit

Geocaching!

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copper_wing@reddit

Get you a damn tv and some game console, shits a life saver

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Desperate_Fee_808@reddit

I have an Xbox and tv on my truck..ppl looking inside like it’s an art museum smh lol..dude at terminal was like “oh you wanna play and not work”..nah..if I ain’t have the internet..a tv and Xbox on my truck..idk how I would get through being on the road so long lol

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5epp0@reddit

The old heads hate it when you don’t seem absolutely miserable living the driving life like they are

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Desperate_Fee_808@reddit

Lmao

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BoostedLexus@reddit (OP)

I do have a gaming laptop but I left it at home thinking I'd be back home for the weekend :(

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SexBobomb@reddit

go get a kobo, better than a kindle (for both drm and 'has fucking buttons' reasons)

other than that i think gas stations might still have magazines

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WIbigdog@reddit

And what have we learned?

My suggestion? Get into reading. Either get a kindle and actually read or use audible and go audio books. A great book I'd suggest is Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan. It's industrial revolution low fantasy where magic is channeled through gunpowder. It's good shit.

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Gonzotrucker1@reddit

Try jerking off in different places like the laundry room.

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TruckinTuba@reddit

More than a 34? Im visiting friends/family getting out and exploring

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Ill-Year-3141@reddit

.My wife and I both have gaming laptops and play world of warcraft... And I do game design in my spare time and am working on an idle game... Keeps us both entertained. Shippers and receivers don't bother me nearly as much as they used to.

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the_clam_farmer@reddit

Go on Google Maps, find something interesting near by. Walk/Uber/PC there. Get a gym membership and do the same. Get a gaming laptop. Hell, get a lawn chair, find a nice spot and read a book. What do you enjoy outside of trucking? Extrapolate off that.

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TyrannicalKitty@reddit

Is PC personal car?

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the_clam_farmer@reddit

Personal Conveyance, it's a duty-status you have to enter on your logs. Like some have mentioned below, many companies prohibit this because people have abused it or been stupid with it (logging regular driving under PC to avoid Hours-of-Service violations), but essentially you can drive to go do what you want as long as you're not "furthering a load". Groceries, go see a movie, go to the gym... You also have to return to the place that you began PC to start your clock again for regular working hours.

As long as you can use it properly (see: legally) it's a massive benefit for those who spend long amounts of time on the road. My company finally gave me PC so now when I am waiting for a trailer to be loaded/unloaded at a shipper, I can go hit the grocery or the gym if I need to and the PC time is counted as off-duty time instead of eating up the finite amount of drive time you are alotted in a day.

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TyrannicalKitty@reddit

Ooo

Thank you!

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WIbigdog@reddit

To add to the other reply, it's also a fairly controversial rule in trucking and a lot of companies outright ban its use.

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No_Ocelot4019@reddit

Both companies ive worked for did that... the "mega" even had splits off and the two hour pause it was a straight 14 from the second you hit on duty

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Emergency_Ad1152@reddit

Personal conveyance. Using the truck for personal purposes.

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Always_Shifting_4459@reddit

Perhaps you missed the keywords in original post... out in middle of nowhere. So yea getting a lawn chair grabbing a book and trying to figure out how to read would definitely help in the long run

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the_clam_farmer@reddit

I saw it. Sometimes looks are deceiving. Middle of nowhere can have some cool spots if you poke around. Good hiking, fishing etc.

But yes the lawn chair was a significant game changer as far as enjoying life on the road goes. After a long drive to a customer, I'll break out the chair and stretch out my legs, have a cup of something hot and relax as I get loaded/unloaded. I even got a small folding table to go with it, I'll sit out and eat a meal and watch the sun rise or set. Sit out and watch the stars for a bit, etc etc, you get the idea.

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Always_Shifting_4459@reddit

And I've been to places like out in the Permian Basin near Midland/Odessa that were literally out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do for many an hour and lucky to even have a phone signal or internet out there too...

Or that one day with a different company refracing a location near Fritch TX. You could see Lake Meredith 2-3 miles away from where we were but could you actually go there? Nope unfortunately we couldn't even go play in the water lol. Another day fracing a location in the middle of someone's cornfield in Kansas 🤣 nothing out there not even a scarecrow to play with

And a later company hauling frac sand boxes to locations near Jal or Carlsbad NM, complete dead zones and no internet or phone signals at all

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Big_Cream_6088@reddit

Electric/acoustic/mandolin Plus doomscrolling

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MarmotFullofWoe@reddit

Have you tried Reddit?

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FalkhornG@reddit

Butt stuff

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MarmotWorldOrder@reddit

Open those curtains and let us watch!

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FalkhornG@reddit

I tried never had any biters. :(

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DeepthinkerCC@reddit

First if I know I'm going to have to do a long reset even a 34 on the road. I pick a spot that has things to do near by. That way I have options. If it one of those where you just left out in the cold. Have a TV, gaming console, gaming laptop. Will help.

I just spent the weekend outside of KC on the Missouri side. My options were a loves, in the middle of nowhere or a few miles further a Petro and TA. I chose the Petro where the was a waffle house, mcdonalds, Walmart nearby. So I had plenty options on what to do.

I also have a gaming laptop plus a large tablet for streaming.

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Then-Bet8731@reddit

I’d be in a hotel.

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truckeredditor@reddit

1st, plan better. 2nd, go for a walk. Serious. Go explore. Even if it's just a rural area.

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flowermaneurope@reddit

What, you guys get 34 hour resets? I work for the Russians, my reset is picking up a load on Friday and running all weekend for a Monday delivery. Otherwise it’s drop and pick everyday for 3-4 weeks at a time.

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garr0510@reddit

Get ya a rc car 1/10 scale. Maybe smaller specifically a rock crawler and go crawl the rocks or obstacles near by

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kang9400@reddit

😂😂😂

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Unhappy-Bag4525@reddit

Get into writing, I've been off it a couple of months, but I was cooking up some stuff. Also play a little chess on the PC. I have PS2 and PS1 emulator, and I play the hell out of simcity 4.

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MattDamnit@reddit

You got to find some stupid bastards to talk to on discord or on the phone. My work days fly by cause all we do is banter back and forth all day.

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LikwidHappiness@reddit

Man...this is going to sound real pathetic but how do you find people to do this with lol? I am burnt TF out on the 3 people I talk to on the phone and really looking to kill some hours sometimes with someone.

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reducethedebt@reddit

Books / TV / truck maintenance

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jabber1990@reddit

..3 day?

40 hours isn't enough anymore?

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Presto1432@reddit

Read an audiobook great for letting your mind wander

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TruckerAlurios@reddit

Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Dungeon Crawler Carl😂

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shadowmib@reddit

Bring gen x I can happily sit in the bunk and play games for days as long as i can go to the bathroom and eat

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fusillijhericurl@reddit

Walk. Get some fresh air

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Cooldude075@reddit

Walk? Like that thing where I open the doors on the trailer? I get out of breath doing that, why would I do it more than I have to?

^(/s)

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SpicyPeasant1@reddit

I’m fat so I exercise every chance I get

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Automatic-Brother770@reddit

Fat exercise gang

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HopefullyNotCyanide@reddit

I spend the days watching anime and reading webtoons, sometimes be productive with a workbook

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DANO8503@reddit

I look for a theatre, mall, strip club, bar, restaurant. This time of year you’re almost guaranteed to find a high school baseball game or even a minor league game pretty close. There’s plenty of shit to don’t you just get out of the truck and talk to somebody in the truck stop.

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HowlingWolven@reddit

My company doesn’t road reset me nearly as often as I’d like. I’ve got a few cameras in the truck (some digital, some acoustic), I’ll often bring a guitar, my hiking backpack is ready to go, and I’m not above getting an uber or a taxi into civilization for the day.

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MajorHymen@reddit

Gaming laptop, I have a steam library with like 15 games I still haven’t even launched once since I don’t typically have the time. I’d probably play some of those.

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Codexe-@reddit

digital library. anna's archive. reading. sabriel by garth nix is really good.

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username_fantasies@reddit

Clean inside

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

Fireball

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Israel_the_P@reddit

When you know you have a 34 reset coming plan it closer to the city as possible. That way you can uber somewhere and see the city .

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kane_eightee@reddit

I don’t tell you mfers my secrets, bc I’m not trying to have yall show up to trash the place with your piss bottles and trash bags.

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landeisja@reddit

My bunk is basically a man cave. I’d rather be in my truck than out.

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Dual-use@reddit

Sitting in the "drivers lounge" mindlessly staring at screen that runs a muted 90s TV show or 20% sports 80% ads seems to be a hit with older drivers

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Independent-Fun8926@reddit

Reading, organizing, doomscrolling, enjoying memes, making plans to explore the area but then just sitting around in the truck anyway rubbing the 8th one out to Riley Reid. She could get a bust to bust

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Appearance-Complete@reddit

Emma magnolia

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Xx_Frosty@reddit

Just wait for the local lot lizard to show

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DrummingNozzle@reddit

1) Pick one thing in your truck to improve - clean a cubby or reorganize a toolbox or fix a squeaky seat out something

2) take a walk to a new restaurant or park

3) call a friend you haven’t talked to in a long time

4) take hour long showers at the truck stop

5) super clean your windshield & mirrors and check ask your tire pressure with a gauge

6) pick a movie trilogy to rewatch

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