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BTW OVM Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet or even the flush toilet even though he is credited as doing so. He is the inventor of the modern version of the flush toilet and of course the version that came into general usage. Yes Queen Victoria did commission his company to install...

I know a guy who was running for Pacex and he liked it there. He was in a van and had some nice runs so I can't see size of buggy being an issue. Haven't heard of colour of skin being a problem either. But then there is some reason. Now Piper you haven't been into some of the newer outfits...

Pilgrim you've hit the nail so to speak. First off the US needs to enforce existing laws and do the right thing by removal of illegals and taking to task those who employ illegals. One thing the US needs to do is to have an official language. Since there isn't one yet then labels and marketing...

Freight prices have been under pressure up here for the last year or so. Our dispatch has turned down or lost a lot of runs based on pricing as they refuse to accept calls for low pricing. Nice idea but I've noticed these guys are not pricing consistently as I've done the exact same load 6 times...

I think may are missing the point on not buying Chinese products. When a Chinese company goes after a contract to produce something they usually do a good job of making the product to specs. What happens later is where the problems are and that is the cost cutting and production savings in...

I get quite a lot of those. Unfortunately or fortunately this is normal for me. Nice loads pay wise but not enough of them to make a decent living. I've been hunting a bit longer runs lately as running around town is not easy and too many of these little jobs have too many problems (not ready...

I think we all can agree that racial profiling will be a part of this ability to ask citizenship. While Latinos will be questioned more I can see this going way beyond that point to other immigrants being questioned more. This is where a national ID carding system where even visitors, landed...

Leo I agree with the fact of the witnesses and video or DNA part, but killing comes in so many different ways. A person who accidentally kills someone (manslaughter) should not necessarily face the same sentence as someone who planned a killing. Those that kill in a situation where they did not...

As I said in the amnesty thread time for a national ID system. If this idea from Arizona catches on in other states then being asked for ID will happen every time a cop or whatever talks to you. At least you'll know that they are being serious about keeping America for Americans (keep that in...

This was a multiple crime criminal (already in court for an offence). So does that make a difference? I think to a degree it does as he wasn't willing to go along with the system. So LDB has a point of there was no question of the crime just the punishment. Since it was a multiple time criminal...

Ah so now the time is right for the national identity system. You already have a start as pretty well every citizen has a SS number. Now all that's needed is to expand that to a full blown identity card with bio-metric information (fingerprint and/or iris scan and DNA record). This would...

You all got it right with it taking too long, too many appeals allowed and other things that allow things to drag on for years. Prisoners for some reason appear to have more rights that the average Joe and can complain about everything and unfortunately some goodie two shoes listens and takes...

Ah layout you miss the point of humans having the most developed brains. We've advanced from the survival of the fittest thing to actually helping those have nots and thereby allowing those with bigger brain use to have more of those have nots working for them. Remember since the industrial...

Salt changes the taste of many things and in processed food it makes for a nicer flavour. So the biggest problem is the amount in many processed and fast foods. For someone on a sodium free diet (and there a lot of them out there) this does pose some slow shopping trips as all labels must be...

Up here in the great white north the last price I saw was $1800 installed with timer switch which allowed you to run the heater and have engine warmed up and heater fan to heat cabin. Recommend second battery so as to have enough power to start in morning. Rob

Goals and forecasts must be realistic as well. Quite often too many set their sights way too high and the results are not anywhere near their dreams. You can set goals in this business but they must as Dave and Turtle have mentioned utilize the factors you have control of and have an effect on...

Oh h*** yeah they do!! I've had it at every company since back in the 90's. No they don't lie all the time or even out of spite for the most part but they do lie. The one at a Mayne Nicholas company told me there were few out of town runs when I asked what happened to them as suddenly they sort...

That's exactly what I did when I started with his outfit. My goals and theirs were quite aligned and in doing so and letting them know this and showing them, I was able to increase my take and runs performed and became the number 1 driver in the fleet. However in as much as a business doesn't...

A sales tax is far more fairly distributed throughout society than any other form of taxation as those who buy large toys and other goodies are subjected to paying more tax. Those who can afford less purchases pay less. Having things like food staples being tax exempt really makes sense and has...

The offset by any rebate etc will not offset the added costs of HST. The HST will apply to all the costs of a new house purchase including lawyers fees, registration, house inspections and real estate fees. So this extra 8% is a huge cost increase in any house purchase. If the building is a...