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JMCKUSICK

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32. I wanted to be a cab driver.

Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 10:18 PM

Thursday

From the moment at 17 when I got my D L.,, I would call the cab companies in Minneapolis every year around my birthday. Red&White Cab Co. Was dumb enough to say yes when I turned 20.
Spoiler: Never hand a twenty year old the keys to an ex cop car that really does have the souped up engine, transmission, suspension etc...
I love love love love driving to this very day, and my absolute passion to be great was probably what saved my life, because I was insane lol, but drove every mile like it was my first. Always learning, and yes, pushing.
My next fun job was driving an emergency ambulance for a living. For another day....

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