$45 to renew OOIDA, $12.50 to join AARP, $45 to renew OOIDA, $12.50 to join AARP - hum, oh, uh, um, ah, well no contest here...AARP wins! Wrote out the check and mailed it yesterday. Mrs. Grumpy gets a free membership by my joining up. We ain't gett'n any younger, that's for darn sure. Now I like OOIDA. I called them up and they rushed me those really nice round gold stickers when I switched trucks. Ok, so they couldn't care less about my angst over those stupid FL agricultural "inspection" stops. Never got an answer about that. They don't seem willing to change that outdated name from owner-operator to professional driver association. And, well, if they truly have 165K members, I for one don't see how the majority of them can "swing" $45 to re-up. That's just about a tank a gas these days. That AARP $12.50 membership card goes a long way. Bottom line is, nobody knows who or what the hell OOIDA is anyway, including most of the members of the Congress. They sure as all heck know who and what AARP is.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Goodbye OOIDA, hello AARP...
$45 to renew OOIDA, $12.50 to join AARP, $45 to renew OOIDA, $12.50 to join AARP - hum, oh, uh, um, ah, well no contest here...AARP wins! Wrote out the check and mailed it yesterday. Mrs. Grumpy gets a free membership by my joining up. We ain't gett'n any younger, that's for darn sure. Now I like OOIDA. I called them up and they rushed me those really nice round gold stickers when I switched trucks. Ok, so they couldn't care less about my angst over those stupid FL agricultural "inspection" stops. Never got an answer about that. They don't seem willing to change that outdated name from owner-operator to professional driver association. And, well, if they truly have 165K members, I for one don't see how the majority of them can "swing" $45 to re-up. That's just about a tank a gas these days. That AARP $12.50 membership card goes a long way. Bottom line is, nobody knows who or what the hell OOIDA is anyway, including most of the members of the Congress. They sure as all heck know who and what AARP is.
