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Welcome! We appreciate being complimented [on the willingness to help] when we're sometimes just showing off, lol. You can tell, right? ;) Your question is the perennial Catch 22: no work without experience, so how to get the experience? I'd suggest you narrow your choices to the carriers you...

I'm a huge fan of amusement parks, and Disney World is a favorite [though Cedar Point is right up there, lol]. Now I want to go to Disneyland and see the difference for myself. ;) Thanks, Tude - great stuff!

Yup, he was. That was Eastwood [the man], not The Man With No Name, or Dirty Harry, or anyone he's played on screen, but the man himself. The man who has 7 children by 5 women, only 2 of whom he married. One he didn't [Sondra Locke] spent the whole 14 years of their relationship married to...

In Ohio, it generally means it's a holiday. :rolleyes:

In theory, that's true. In practice, we sometimes accept loads that don't quite meet the rate we need, because it's for a very good customer, we're the only truck that can, it's a rescue - there are many reasons to do it, but they all boil down to the fact that we trust the carrier to not abuse...

Xiggi explained it perfectly: we don't like 'special interests', except when they're our special interests.

Welcome, Bravo. If a woman driving a Load 1 s/t waves at you, it's probly me: I wave at drivers I don't know all the time. :) [Did it the other day, pulling out of a truckstop, then realized I do know the driver: Mr Snappy, lol]:o

When one announces a plan to give their life in service to God, placing what they perceive as God's will above their own desires [something we have to take on faith, as there's no way to prove what they perceive or what they desire] does it not provide pleasure for them? Are they not...

Me too. Homosexuals know they're 'different', but don't understand how, exactly, often until puberty, when their friends develop an interest in the opposite sex that baffles them. If they question it, parents simply reassure them that everyone develops at their own pace, so they wait....and...

The good writing ability and [solo female] perspective is very welcome, and the dog looks as cool as her name, lol. :D

The most common split is 60/40, so the owner is giving himself an extra 5%. Whether that's justified [better equipped truck?] is your call. If you don't think it is, then you can try to renegotiate, or stay long enough to earn some work history and then move to another owner and/or carrier...

I suspect the reason there aren't many for sale is that there aren't that many out there. For all the reasons mentioned, plus the weight of a larger water tank, it's a pretty costly option.

Moose: I can totally appreciate your concern - I just think there should be a way to penalize the bad guys without penalizing those of us who aren't at the same time.

If you get "sick and tired" of hearing the word 'alleged' in the news, it's because you don't appreciate the difference between fact and speculation, which is your basic lynch mob attitude. The law says it makes all the difference, and I agree with that standard.

Cubansammich isn't me. He/she just makes me want to go find one, even when I'm not hungry. Boo! ;)

Pandora: even if every state practiced reciprocity [honoring a CCW permit from another state], it wouldn't help us. Too many carriers restrict weapons, and ditto for the customers. It is ironic that the job that requires us to go to [insert crime ridden area] bad places also refuses to permit...

I offered advice solely on what I know, so nothing about Panther, ComData, or what you may have to pay. Whether you trust it or not is your call - but that's what you will be deciding a lot of things on, so get used to it, lol. :)

One more time: neither the stabber nor the crime scene are alleged, both are undisputed facts. Food for thought: if your argument is wrong, the only people you'll convince are wrong, too.

Headsets don't work for me, cause I can't tolerate anything on my head [hats, hair clips, ponytails, etc] for more than a few minutes, and being left handed makes some [Bose] useless. I can do the in the ear kind, and the best one for a noisy truck is the Blue Ant. Moot: I can't understand why...

My ex used to try to get me to go skiing, because he loved it, but I wouldn't - I hate being cold & have just about zero athletic ability. We're all different, with different abilities and interests. Xiggi wasn't 'knocking' it, just pointing out that if you don't have the skills required [I know...