He's Living in the 1970's

Mr. Ship is living every day as if we're still in Nixon-era America.

[shaalis]

I love this guy. You gotta have him on a podcast because he's so in depth and clear with his words.

[quinncowan]

Saw this van in a parking lot during Furrydelphia 2023. Wanted to get a picture with it so bad so thank you Mr.KutztownDragon for showing it off!

[BokBarber]

FYI: That Sears thermal typewriter is a rebadge of a Brother EP-20, and it's from 1983.

If you care, there are better thermal typewriters for your needs than that one. I'd maybe seek out a Sharp PA-1000. That one has a small battery powered internal memory so you can recall a header and footer on the page, and just type up the middle bit. They're kind of scarce, but not too expensive when they do show up on the market.

For real style points, get yourself a 1960s Smith-Corona Skyriter and pull that out to do invoices. Pretty cheap due to how common they were, and small enough to fit under an airplane seat (hence the name.) Earlier models had an integrated hard case while the later ones had a leatherette case. The ribbon should be infinitely more sourceable than the thermal transfer ribbon for that Brother, uses no batteries, and you can do carbon copies because it's a standard typebar typewriter.

[averagepieceofbacon]

*cough cough*
As your attorney, I can neither confirm nor deny exactly how long it took you to traverse the United States.

I would also suggest you refrain from admitting to driving in excess of DOT hours of service.
Some states DO treat hotshots as commercial vehicles, and you're running DOT #'s.

Repeat after me, "This interview was for entertainment purposes only."
Believe me, you don't want to be in a scale house with Officer Rinaldi or Kline.

[joshuabowen]

Dude I hope you get Dylan back for another episode or podcast. He absolutely fits your channel: random trivial knowledge of old tech, living his best life without a single care what anyone thinks, and so obviously a sleeper furry.

[bbishoppcm]

My Great-Great-Grandmother was supposed to be a passenger on the Titanic. Fortunately, her horse got sick and she was late getting to the dock, and she… Mr. Ship.

[RadicallyRiley]

I love to see another furry living their best life. <3

[hdfxe]

When he goes for a haircut he brings a picture of Mr. Forman from That 70’s Show for reference.

[justinmcroberts]

Very fascinating way to do business. And like others have commented in the first video, you’ll remember this guy later on.

[themaritimegirl]

What an awesome dude. You can tell he truly loves what he is doing.

[adamrichards]

There's another fellow on YouTube that resurrected an early 70s Bell System Telephone service van. He dressed the part of a serviceman, and degraded the footage to look like a circa 1974 faded 16mm company film. Mr Ship has a similar look and feel. Kudos to you, Mr Ship and RCR.

[mitch]

Can I have contact info? A man like this is incredibly useful when it comes down to it. I know a lot of people outside of the industrial manufacturing community doesn't understand the value of someone this awesome, but this is a rare jewel. Y'all don't understand the bullshit involved in shipping a piece of machinery across the country. I'd rather have this solid dude drive me gear than an a mltinational company lose it because SAP decided to hate you today.

[YouHaveReachedBob]

There is fan fic in my head where Mr. Ship is tricked into accepting a human trafficking job, but is too devoted to his character image of the cheerful delivery guy to refuse. And it just gets worse the longer it goes. But then in the end, he redeems himself... somehow.

[impslap]

Very cool to see this young man so enthusiastic about his job and doing it his way. We should all be so lucky.

[Jupiterider]

I love this guy! He's a breath of fresh air for today's world. I wish you much success.

[ItsTheCostanza]

we need more people like this guy that do deliveries

[didiera.]

He have my respect. This very inspirational. Good job 👏

[GuntanksInSpace]

His dedication is absolutely admirable. May he find all the goddamn success.

[ItzzzBeamo]

I wonder if he’s hotshot delivering anything to Rosemont Illinois this weekend.

[weedian]

Forgot about this, so glad it popped up again! Awesome dude, awesome van, awesome videos.