{"id":23498,"date":"2026-09-30T10:51:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/?p=23498"},"modified":"2026-10-07T18:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:28:18","slug":"still-trucking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/09\/still-trucking\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Trucking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"152\" data-attachment-id=\"23502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/2026\/09\/still-trucking\/screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10-46-08-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?fit=1076%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1076,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2026-09-30 at 10.46.08\u202fAM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?fit=960%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?resize=960%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?resize=1024%2C162&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?resize=400%2C63&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?resize=768%2C121&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-10.46.08-AM.png?w=1076&amp;ssl=1 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Grandpa Arty started a garbage route in 1947 in Plainfield, NJ. 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