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Federal involvement in education was a bad idea, social promotion was a worse idea, and the current teach-to -the-test 'No child left behind' program was arguably the worst idea of all. Local control, accountability expected of teachers and students, and teaching basic fundamental subjects and...

OVM: congratulations to you & Mrs. OVM! I still can't decide if I'd want to frame the poem, or the guy who wrote it, but thanks for the smile. :D

It looks like a 'one of a kind' truck, and I think that's the best kind - unless you want to be anonymous, of course...Good luck to JamminJim & Karin!

Ah, but the tax cuts CAN go on forever, because what the Federal government gives with one hand, they can take away, with the other. They can give you a tax cut of $500 a year on your tax return, but with increases in various fees, licenses, permits, and other taxes, wind up getting back more...

Here's one, anyway, courtesy of Linder Caffee.

Local control is good, yes. The issue of putting kids in whatever school their parents want them in, is a tough one. What happens to the kids who don't get into the 'better' schools, because they're full? And more important: who pays for transportation, when the chosen school isn't local...

Greg, I'd have a real problem with handing total control of education over to parents - as bad as the Feds are at it, (and they are very bad, no argument there), some parents would be even worse. At the risk of blowing my 'bleeding heart liberal' reputation, I've always thought parenting should...

RE: What do owner's expect drivers to be able to d Dave: it isn't a repair, provided you don't break something else in the process, lol. Even those of us who didn't grow up messing around under the hood can find the info we need in the owner's manual to change lights & so forth. The only...

Well, maybe if you quit holding the meetings in the daytime....:P

Now we've heard 'both sides of the story', I'd say it's time for the parties involved to take it behind closed doors, ok?

It's not just a truckstop or parking place problem - I lived for nearly 20 yrs in a house near a stop sign, on a street that was a "main drag" in the suburb, and picking up beer cans & fast food trash from the lawn was part of every weekend. Now I see the same trash around the apt complex...

I think if they'll block the shower announcements at the Hook, they're a great idea!:)

"Taking resposibility for your actions" is the basic premise of American law - an innocent party should not be made to pay for the actions of a guilty party. I just don't see where there's any justification for assigning any of the cost to the innocent party in this case, when there's zero fault...

I don't know if there's a company that's addressing the issue of stress, but I do know of one excellent resource against it, and you're reading it now. Stress is the reason I quit nursing: working on the Trauma Unit of the major trauma hospital in Cleveland, Oh, I saw the result of accidents...

Lanier, that's a great idea: a members-only truckstop! If you ever put together a consortium to make it happen, count me in. There were too many nights when I'd driven my 11 hrs in a t/t, pulled into a rest area, and had to block the exit lane, just to run in & use the facilities. Sometimes, if...

Wombat, please accept my condolences for your and Pam's loss, and my gratitude that you would think of the welfare of others at such a time.

Unfortunately, I can imagine that - and just how loud the "music" would be if there were more than an automobile battery to power it, too. :o I missed the truck show, but Linder Caffee kept me updated by phone, bless her heart, and I won't miss the Expediter's Expo in July - when they...

Bambam, just two topics below your question is one great answer, with photos.

Considering the cost of the laptop holders designed for the purpose, that is a freakin brilliant solution! Thanks for the photos, too. :)

http://www.limanews.com/story.php?IDnum=35773 This is mindboggling: a vehicle runs a red light, crashes into a tanker, causing it to explode, and Homeland Security officials insist that the carrier that owned the tanker is responsible for the cost of the cleanup?! It appears that Homeland...