Years of memories（六）

Early in 2002, the U.S. IT industry into a downturn, my wife also leave immediately followed by layoffs. So we soon lost the family's health insurance. In the United States, a family or personal bankruptcy for many reasons, one of which is a problem because without health insurance and large medical expenses will soon make a family financially desperate, then bankruptcy is inevitable .

So this time I had to find a family health insurance can provide the work, be resolved to the whole family to worry about.

Fortunately, there is just a special distribution of food to the restaurant company will recruit a Chinese-speaking sales representative, ha ha, is a sales representative; But this time has been with when I first came to the United States is completely different, I not only know Road, also know a lot of knowledge about the traffic.

U.S. Highway north-south are odd numbers for the east-west direction are a double number, every mile, considered an export, such as you drive Route 80, plans to exit 200 down to 110 when you open Exit when you are 90 miles away from the destination; but not every mile, there must be an outlet; number of rows must go on, but also, for example, highway through the city if, within a mile can have more than exports, ranked according to ABC.


Highway speed limit is usually 65 to 75 mph, about 105-120 kmh. You can generally open to the faster than the speed limit 5 mph, more, and it depends on your luck, and if the police patrol find you speeding, you have to eat the ticket, as many penalty fine less, depends on How many speeding, but also the mood to see the police the day his uncle. I had 5 miles at high speed on speeding, fined 90, 30, also speeding, fined 70 of the record; this is something to the topic.


When I started this new job, I have an advantage that has played in the restaurant industry, I have a restaurant with something very familiar, so I quickly get started, and nearly a year in the next time , I traveled the 200 kilometers around the place, the development of a number of new customers, the company boss happy; but I still can not integrate into the culture of this company, plus in the second year, the original owner of promotion to the other states, has brought new owner is said to be the sale of the New York metropolitan concept, in this inland small place, I do not think there will be little effect, thus contradicting him; and my wife is also time to find a new job.