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That's an EPIC classic! :D

I could never be a fleet owner, I'd stress myself to death worrying about the possible liabilities. Example: the reason my fleet owner had a spot open is because he learned the driver he'd never had a problem with was drinking in the truck. The potential for disaster is enough to give anyone...

I think Mr E would approve too - leaving the customer with a good impression is better than a big ad budget [and cheaper, too, lol]. Just one question: adding a skid or two shouldn't bump the rate, [they do it often in S/T loads], so was it the hand load that would have cost more? Under the...

If it's in vogue to use WM as an example, it's because they are the largest employer, and the absolute masters of squeezing every penny of profit from every possible source. Dave: I don't know about the insurance [except the 'dead peasants' one], but if there's a deductible, it can't be good...

I don't know what Air America or Schultz/Maddow say, because I don't listen to radio or watch tv - I read various news sources. Maybe they do, too, because the info is out there. It's not just deferred and/or abated taxes that state & local governments offer, it's land, zoning, infrastructure...

Redy, how do you get two locks keyed alike? I've always kept a spare lock too, but I just match each lock & it's key with some bright nail polish, which comes in a gazillion colors for 99 cents each. I used the same idea when I needed to hide a spare key and had nowhere to put it out of sight...

I do not dispute that mining is less dangerous than trucking, but the difference is that the owners of trucking companies [and drivers] that increase the danger by cutting corners are shut down, while the mine owners get a gentle slap on the wrist. Yes, the workers understand and choose to risk...

"Polite" and "discrete" are not Christie's style, and never have been - that's a lot of what we like about him. He's who he is, not who the PR and makeup and scriptwriters created for the cameras. If the Repubs believe Christie could have ousted Obama, they're even more deluded than I thought...

One thing they didn't do was spend money and forego taxes to 'entice' businesses to their area with giveaway programs. ['Enterprise zones'] And when a corporation lets it be known they are considering a move, states compete [against each other!] to see who can offer the most attractive bribe -...

'Need' is a subjective concept, it varies according to whom you ask: there are teenagers who need an iPhone, right? What power we need can be supplied via other means, because the need for clean air and water is greater, IMO. 'Mother nature' can clean up after us to some degree, but when we go...

We can also scan the BOL and send it to our laptop, just by switching the USB from QC to laptop, [need the drivers installed, but that's quick & easy], thus saving the need to make a copy. Of course, the QC isn't responsible for that, because I was doing it before with a basic scanner, but the...

"Hating coal is like hating vegetables because they're grown in the dirt"? I don't think so. Coal is beyond dirty - the dust cannot be contained, and it settles on and in everything: homes, trees, people, pets. It's hazardous for health and beauty both. Mining is dangerous, and 'big coal'...

I found some milled flax seed, which looks [and almost tastes] like ground almonds. I'm thinking it would work anyplace you'd use breadcrumbs, and a lot you wouldn't, like oatmeal, muffins, even cookies. [I try to eat healthy, but that means healthy cookies, ok?] According to the box [Hodgson's...

The round locks are prone to holding water, which makes them tough to open when frozen. Wilson to the rescue! Just cut a slice in a tennis ball, it slips over the lock and keeps the water out. Plus, it looks a bit silly, and I like that too. ;)

You've never hear of the 'Peter Principle', lol. [Where one is promoted for doing a good job, into a job where the duties are different, and the same one can be quite incompetent]. It isn't necessary for the rule makers to have done the job, [just ask any union, lol], but it is necessary that...

I am wondering: which part of this program [linking medical clearance with CDL] 'benefits drivers'? Because I'm not seeing any benefit, just more hassles. First, finding a doctor on the acceptable registry [like clinics for the poor, plenty of places are 'underserved'], and if your own doctor...

Thanks, Moot. For the entertainment, warning, and the song "King of the Road" getting stuck in my head. [Because I'm hearing The Proclaimers singing it, and that's a good thing!] ;)

What on earth does "real life experience" [however you define that] have to do with performing the job one is paid to do? I believe 'the boss' has a leeetle bit more relevance... In reply to your question, yes, I do. And while the results from government regulators are frequently disappointing...

I'd be really happy to see unemployment cut, but only because the need for it is reduced. We watched all the jobs that provided a middle class life get sent overseas, in the name of higher profits, and now the politicians are complaining about how much it costs to keep people on unemployment. We...

Freedom: it means whatever you say it means. And it's quite possibly the single most overused word in existence today. The problems with SS are not inherent in the program, but in the politicians who have been unable to resist "borrowing" from it, and a populace that let it happen. If they could...