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It isn't theft - she was doing as she was told, taking a paid leave until the matter [a complaint she was preparing to file] was resolved. I am not defending her, what she did was immoral, but illegal? Nope, no one ever told her the issue was resolved. I believe she did try, at least once, to...

Which part of "Health Department" makes it unreasonable for them to promote health[ier] food? Besides, food provided at meetings has always been whatever they provide, take it or leave it, hasn't it? If they served unhealthy food, they'd get blasted for double standards and hypocrisy.

Blah blah blah - that makes the 14, 365th time you've said the same thing: your opinion totally unsupported by fact. I wish I had that much free time.

The unemployment issue revolves around what exactly the woman was fired for - following orders? They told her to go on paid leave, right? Of course they didn't mean for 12 years, but she didn't drop the ball, her bosses did - so what's the official reason for firing her? I agree that the racism...

For the same reasons happy marriages are so hard to maintain, with the additional factor of both parties having to be drivers of commercial vehicles. They exist, but not nearly in great numbers. Because the big trucking carriers want teams, and they pay big money to lobbyists, the HOS regs favor...

The demand for teams is simply greater than the supply. A good team is a lot more than 2 drivers running together - it requires a commitment [to each other] that 2 folks driving together to satisfy the requirements just don't have, and can't, no matter how much they want it. Without the...

I missed the blood donation, because The Trucker News [rag] had it listed as April 2 :mad: and I skipped the walk because at MATS, walking is nonstop already, lol. It was good to see all the products and vendors and friends, and TeamCaffee's new truck is pretty sweet! But Wilmington is still the...

All other issues aside, it's also a cause of driver fatigue - we don't rest when told "it'll be ready soon", or when dispatch wants updates every 30 minutes....:(

In theory, replacing several items [GPS & laptop] with a single item is good, until there's a problem with that one item - then you lose phone, GPS, and internet till it's fixed. :eek: Besides the cell screen being too small [takes the whole screen for some 'siglines'], I get way better...

Wake up, spend the whole day, and fall asleep hearing Nature sounds, instead of noisy trucks! Sometimes, driving along, I wonder how our forebears traveled [on foot or horseback] through terrain that looks so inhospitable - we really are quite far from 'natural' most of the time. Except when...

Thanks for the link - it's good to read about the mysteries of life. :)

Verizon never got any signal around Warren, Oh, or southwest Pa [Uniontown] a couple years ago, but I still thought they were the best. And my Verizon aircard for the laptop is pretty good too, for $50 per month.

No idea what the percentage is, but when I arrive for a load as ordered, and am told it won't be ready for an hour or two, that's a waste of time I could have used better than sitting there, or not used towards the 14 hr clock. And again, when I arrive at the scheduled time to deliver an...

Seen at the Petro in Glendale, Ky, yesterday, on my way to MATS. Who says truck drivers don't have fun? :D

Also gave my cell number to the broker to call if any problems would affect crossing. They never did, but at least I would have been forewarned, and found a place to wait before crossing.

When I did border crossing loads [with Panther], the broker's name and number was always provided. Before leaving the shipper, I faxed the paperwork to the broker, then waited about 20 minutes, then called to confirm that it had arrived, and was completed correctly. Only the did I leave the...

We also get detention only with some customers, and only after the 'industry standard' 2 hrs. It is standard for a t/t on t/l and ltl loads, but for a smaller unit on an expedited load, it's ludicrous, IMO. To allow 2 hours of the driver's time [which is federally regulated] to be wasted by a...

Whew! That was kind of scary, because how many of us would know if there was something hidden among the preinstalled programs? The original didn't mention which antivirus program found it- a detail I thought kind of important, [especially as it was a false positive], so thanks for the update.

EZ Pass is a great incentive, it beats making sure you have cash on hand for those 'surprise' tolls, and can't really be abused. Debit cards are good, too, but definitely for drivers you trust. Routine maintenance & small repair/replacements are easier if payment is handy for the driver, esp if...

Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers Who can you trust these days? :mad: