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But I Won’t

have you ever driven a truck before?
that is something i have wanted to ask,
and it seems like a silly question, because
when you think of truck drivers you think
of people who live on the road and drive
semi trucks
and you probably don’t know many people
like that, so you probably would just answer no

but the view from a truck like that, well, it’s
higher and you feel like no one could hurt you
because even if they hit you with their car
there’s a good chance they’ll get more
damage than you will

they key to driving a truck is basically
what the truck comes with and how it handles the road
and i could probably give you more explanations
but i won’t

But what i’d say
is that if you ever got a chance to drive one
just for a bit, just so you can say you have,
well, as long as you think it’s safe
well, do it then

just so you can say you have

there are many things you want to do in life
and there are many things you want to accomplish
jumping our of an airplane might be an example
my philosophy is
well, don’t do something dangerous
but if you get the chance to do something
well, do it
take that chance
because you don’t know how many other
chances you’ll get


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