Ice Road Truckers

Rico · #1 07-09-2007, 06:40 AM

Have any of you been keeping up with this program? It's on the History Channel and is about truck drivers that deliver their loads by driving over frozen lakes up in Canada. It's a good program.

Theresa · #2 07-09-2007, 08:05 AM

I refuse to admit if I watch this program or not.

my husband watches it...

it's no Deadliest Catch..

and it's needs Mike Rowe to narrate it.

but I'm not saying anything

Rico · #3 07-09-2007, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Theresa

I refuse to admit if I watch this program or not.

my husband watches it...

it's no Deadliest Catch..

and it's needs Mike Rowe to narrate it.

but I'm not saying anything

LOL! Deadliest Catch is a good one too. It has to be nerve wracking for those truckers. You can hear the ice cracking even in the cab of the truck. Them guys don't have a chance if their truck falls through the ice.

Theresa · #4 07-09-2007, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Rico

LOL! Deadliest Catch is a good one too. It has to be nerve wracking for those truckers. You can hear the ice cracking even in the cab of the truck. Them guys don't have a chance if their truck falls through the ice.

what bugs me is this:

1. they have to bleep every other word...why cant they just speak without using profanity?

2. they have ANNOYING accents.

Deadliest Catch is the best....but Mike Rowe is what makes it good I think - the first season of DC was blah until they changed the format a tad and got Mike Rowe.

Dirty Jobs is fun to watch too...he's hilarious

Rico · #5 07-09-2007, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Theresa

what bugs me is this:

1. they have to bleep every other word...why cant they just speak without using profanity?

2. they have ANNOYING accents.

Deadliest Catch is the best....but Mike Rowe is what makes it good I think - the first season of DC was blah until they changed the format a tad and got Mike Rowe.

Dirty Jobs is fun to watch too...he's hilarious

Well, they are truckers, ya know. That Hugh fella cusses a lot, that's for sure. I think their accent is neat, though. The way they say, "Eh" and "out."

Theresa · #6 07-09-2007, 08:26 AM

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Well, they are truckers, ya know. That Hugh fella cusses a lot, that's for sure. I think their accent is neat, though. The way they say, "Eh" and "out."

they ALL cuss - except for the one who prayed to some saint asking him to pray to God for him for his safety...

I was like "dude, you can pray to God directly yourself"....

my husband looked at me like I'd lost my mind....

Jehoram · #7 07-09-2007, 09:36 AM

Which is the riskiest behavior, driving a semi over thin ice, or appearing on television? How can they even think of praying to God when they know they are being filmed?

QueenEsther · #8 07-09-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Rico

Have any of you been keeping up with this program? It's on the History Channel and is about truck drivers that deliver their loads by driving over frozen lakes up in Canada. It's a good program.

My husband watches this, I can't hardly stand it, it is too nerve racking!!!!

Rico · #9 07-09-2007, 11:17 AM

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My husband watches this, I can't hardly stand it, it is too nerve racking!!!!

Sister, that is half the fun! I keep expecting to hear a huge "CRACK" and then part of one of them trucks go under. At least someone would be right there to save whoever it was though. They have said anyone that falls in has seconds to get out of the water and then seconds again to get out of the cold before it's too late. Can you imagine?

RandyWayne · #10 07-10-2007, 10:15 PM

My brother in law has been watching this and wants to fly up there for the two month "season" -all to make a quick 30 grand ya understand eh?

You know, the constant bleeping just doesn't bother me that all. These are some very rugged men doing things that 99% of us could not and in an environment that is constantly 10-40 degrees below zero F.