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    Female columnist sets poor example for female professionals

    The name of the corporation is Pilot Travel Centers LLC , not Pilot Truckstops and their website claims they serve "professional drivers , business travelers , and families on vacation " (They also serve as a rest stop for Greyhound but they didn't mention that .) Big rigs on the cover ? The...
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    Female columnist sets poor example for female professionals

    Greg , I put this in the Women's View topic for a reason . Women in trucking have a different attitude towards things and I wanted their opinion . I don't think the women members here consider themselves the lower end of society . But you make a good point . In my e-mail to the editor I told...
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    Female columnist sets poor example for female professionals

    The issue is the type magazine she quoted him in . It's a free magazine distributed in Travel Centers that are patronized by many families traveling on vacation . There is a place for that type language . I don't know how long her interview was but if she couldn't come up with more interesting...
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    Female columnist sets poor example for female professionals

    You may be o.k. . It isn't a direct link and there is fair warning . I hope you'll e-mail the editor with your protest . I hoped I wasn't being a prude . When I was growing up I never heard a woman using that language . I didn't hear that type of language used by a woman until after I was...
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    Female columnist sets poor example for female professionals

    I wasn't sure if the link would be allowed because of the language . They can find the article by clicking Claire B Lang on the sidebar . I belong to a forum that constantly deletes links to YouTube because of language in the comments section .
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    Female columnist sets poor example for female professionals

    In the latest issue of Pilot's "Challenge" magazine that is available free in all Pilots columnist Claire B Lang interviews NASCAR racer Juan Pablo Montoya . In the interview she quotes the trash term for the rectum 3 times , once quoting herself using it . I informed the editor I will no longer...
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    Nascar...

    See , that's how much attention I've paid to the races lately but I agree he can DRIVE better than Jeff Gordon . He proved that in the Chase last year . I've always felt Gordon lucked out signing with Hendricks . Other drivers could do as well or better with the same equipment . Gordon is...
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    Fuel Mileage in Cargo Vans

    O.K. , many questioned have been asked before but I haven't noticed this one . Do any of you with diesel vans have performance chips to improve performance and mileage ? I know several diesel pickup owners that have improved their mpg considerably with chips . On the not worrying about payments...
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    In the olden days...

    Sure ,but FMCSA guidlines say you can driven an unladen CMV a "reasonable" amount of miles for food or lodging . It gets tricky though . Regulations state you must do a pretrip before operating . That can mess up a 34 hour restart .
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    Nascar...

    Rednecks wish that was only true . Real racing was done by rednecks and moonshiners . Then they messed it up building tracks all over the country and attracting yuppie fans . They aren't stock cars anymore and they're not even supposed to intentionally rub fenders . Cheating a little and...
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    Stop! Read! Sign! Pass It On!!

    Why are they accepting signatures from the Netherlands , Switzerland , Canada , Greece , Germany , and California ?
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    Free newly released movies on your computer

    You're welcome . I just wonder how long it will be before Blockbuster manages to find a way to get it shut down .
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    Free newly released movies on your computer

    Watch Movies Online For Free Full Movie Downloads
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    Sounds like good avice to me

    1943 Guide to Hiring Women - Sean Hannity Discussion
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    Interstate Highway System

    There is another misbelief that straight streches were to be required to allow military aircraft to use them as landing strips . Urban Legends Reference Pages: Interstate Highways as Airstrips
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    So much for the strike!

    I moderate a hotshot forum that has free freight listings . I also belong to several diesel owners forums . A while back I saw a member on a diesel forum looking for the cheapest rate to ship an older pickup he had sold . Another member told him to go to the hotshot forum . I posted telling him...
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    So much for the strike!

    I've been reading consumer forums and there were more negative posts than anything regarding truckers after they inconvenienced the public with their slowdowns and convoys . General public opinion - Truckers are rude , speeding tailgaters that are crying because they are too stupid to properly...
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    All-TYPES expediting

    The search won't accept 3 letter words so All Types will be rejected . Just entering "types expediting " will get results . Expedite Trucking Forums - Search Results
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    Trucker Shutdown Underway!

    I agree . The ones crying have been accepting cheap rates for months . Now they can't afford fuel . The fuel surcharge ? Oh , the broker keeps that .
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    CDL-A College degree!

    Several years ago I drove for a company in Orlando . I often drove by the community college CDL school there and was impressed with the variety of equipment they had which included flatbeds and tankers . Of course I knew drivers certified in FL had no experience with steep grades or winter...
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