‘Twas the Night Before Christmas — truckstop edition

Dec 24, 2010

“The only real difference between you and me — I do it in one night; you do it constantly.”
–Santa Claus at the truckstop, to a fellow hauler in the fuel line

Merry Christmas, all. Here’s a little vid from the folks at driver training outfit Driver Solutions to give you a little holiday chuckle.

Thanks for doing what you do. -TD

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