Until I realized you were talking about truck driving.

Grats to her!

(but seriously, my brain was like, "Is . . . is she a sculptor who's sourcing her own materials?" )

I thought your girl had issues with hiccups! Which wouldn’t be funny at all!

I think you Marines say OOH-RAH!

Good on her for doing that! Independence is great!

Kudos to your amazing granddaughter.

Brava!

You must be proud! 😎

I am in awe of good 18 wheeler drivers, after watching one cabover driver with a 40-something ft long trailer after a pier replenishment run do a u-turn at the end of a 75' wide Navy pier without stopping or backing up.
Just a nice, graceful 5-7 mile an hour u-turn. He did come within 10 ft. of the bollards on either side of the pier, but it was a thing of beauty to watch.

I prefer long nose rigs to cab overs because in long nose rigs, you're literally not sitting on the engine or right there at the front of the rig compared to cab overs, I see very, very few cab overs anymore on the road due to the safety of the drivers.

been there, done that together, and it wouldn't be her first time.

Is she in your rig while you're off the road?

I also love seeing a proud grandfather cheering his granddaughter on. Please send her my best wishes.

but I will thank each and every one of DU's members for the encouragement and support.

...when he was a very little boy, about 2. He was an early talker, and had a large vocabulary by age 2. He loved trucks, and one of his first phrases, well before 2, was "dabish uck" - garbage truck.

His pronunciation improved, of course. He was quite observant about the different styles of trucks, and divided them into thin cabs, fat cabs, and something he called "obquate" cabs. As best I can recall (he's about to turn 36), thin cabs were the flat faced ones, fat cabs had the long noses, and "obquate" cabs had whatever that aerodynamic thingy is called that sits above the sleeping area.

Thanks for the look back.

Well done !

You must be so proud

I was thinking this morning that had I not been exposed to the type of basic science research job I did love, I would have liked a job like her’s. Though probably electrical or plumbing..
I am happy for you MarineCombatEngineer

My research job was cool (as another DUer jspur said about his job as a federal contractor) the best part was my colleagues. I was and remain genuinely fond of them all, including my last lab/job from Ca. Some rubbish communication technology made that a rougher rollercoaster than human intuition alone would make it.

I'm thinking a solid 10 on the coolness scale.

4 ways a load can move.
You CAN put an extra stap on.just to be safe.
Don't walk in the grass. You'll find out why about a half an hour after you do.
I actually liked flatbed, till I got too old.

Loads can move 6 ways....

Chip of the old block CONGRATS to her!!

any situation popping up, and she's shown that.

Enjoy your time off!!!!