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  1. Turtle

    Original Thinking CR-unit

    Greg, of course it's all right. Putting aside the fact that a truck has no expectation of privacy when it's parked out in the open in the middle of a truck stop parking lot, a commercial motor vehicle is by its very nature pretty much the opposite of a low profile vehicle, what with the DOT...
  2. Turtle

    Ohio CDL Question

    Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Subtitle B, Chapter III (FMCSA, DOT), Part 391, Subpart E, §391.41 Physical Qualifications For Drivers, states: "(a) A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he/she is physically qualified to do so and, except as provided in §391.67, has on...
  3. Turtle

    Original Thinking CR-unit

    Phil Madsen - Stalkerazzi Extraordinaire If you can see there, you can photograph there. If you don't want to be photographed, don't go out in public.
  4. Turtle

    Avatars and PM's

    21k, too big - 21k, too big - <-------- Lawrence 50k, immense, apparently - This one fits, tho. Just 18K -
  5. Turtle

    Avatars and PM's

    19.5k limit for the avatar?
  6. Turtle

    Ohio CDL Question

    You have to present your medical card and/or completed long form, as well as an acceptable ID, to the testing clerk in order to take the test for a CDL.
  7. Turtle

    1 Week Off Limit

    You're still missing the point. It's the "you should be paid up" that's not happening. No one shot themselves in the foot. If anything, there's a hole in my foot that I didn't put there. Panther did. And while they will admit to owning the gun that fired the bullet that put the hole in my foot...
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    1 Week Off Limit

    Like Highway Star said, it's kept secret. And what's more, it's a rule that they changed along the way. I don't mind playing by the rules, I just want to know what they are, and I don't want them changed on me while I'm playing the game. I don't need my POD money on a daily basis. I run on my...
  9. Turtle

    Are You Enjoying Your Sprinter ?

    Yes, it can be done safely, but the key is the type of battery you put under there. It has to be a sealed, maintenance-free battery. And because of the space limitations under the seat, most batteries will have to be placed on their side, which pretty much dictates an AGM battery, and an Optima...
  10. Turtle

    To Expedite Or Not To Expedite?

    Buuuut, it's very rare that a solo in a cargo van is gonna get enough miles in a week to actually work more than 70 hours in 8 days. While we can (and do) take less than 10 hour breaks, we also can (and do) take breaks of 50 hour or more. We sometimes drive more than 11 hours, but we also drive...
  11. Turtle

    1 Week Off Limit

    Yes, very simple, if we were dealing with stuff that passed through pipelines and that required the pipelines to be full at all times. Unfortunately, we're not. If a settlement is due to be paid out on a particular Friday, it's to be paid out regardless of whether or not the pipeline is full...
  12. Turtle

    1 Week Off Limit

    You misunderstand. While on Check Hold your POD advance is held up, true enough, but the problem is so are your settlements. Cash advance notwithstanding, it's hard to run a business when you get paid nothing whatsoever, not even your settlements.
  13. Turtle

    1 Week Off Limit

    The way it works is, if you are out of service for two consecutive Mondays, and/or do not otherwise run a load within the week between those two Mondays, whether you are in-service or out-of-service, you are automatically placed on Check Hold. For example, Christmas Eve I was in-service but I...
  14. Turtle

    I'm finished with Windows!

    Vista sux. I'm still using Windows, XP, but I don't use the things that bog it down so, like Outlook, MSIE, Real Player, lots of things. I also don't use the "pretty" settings, and instead have it configured for performance rather than for appearance.
  15. Turtle

    Unambigously Negative Economic News

    You'd think he'd know one way or the other. <snort>
  16. Turtle

    Member photo albums or stretchy picture thingy.

    At the top of my page when I click the Community link, I get 4 choices: Open Forum Expedite Photos Free E-mail Industry Events Nary a "members photos" among them to click on.
  17. Turtle

    Newest Darwin Award

    That's like the guy who robbed a convenience store while wearing his work uniform. On his cap and shirt was his, and his company's name. Or the two guys in Memphis that raided a construction site and stole a tailer. The hooked the trailer to their pickup and headed home. On the way out of the...
  18. Turtle

    Edit Email and Password

    It's a code, in this case 4 letters, that are in graphical format rather than in textual format, that you have to read and then manually type in, thereby preventing automated bots from being able to read it and automatically register themselves onto, say, the Classified or the Forum sections...
  19. Turtle

    A new conspiracy?

    Splendariferous Diet Rite soft drinks are sweetened with Splenda. Cola, Red Raspberry, White Grape (my favorite), Tangerine (second favorite), Pink Grapefruit, Black Cherry, Lemonade, Mango Melon, Strawberry Kiwi, Iced Mocha, Fruit Punch, Golden Peach. Others include: White Rock: Diet Cola...
  20. Turtle

    Edit Email and Password

    Doesn't work. I enter my login and pass (even though I'm already logged in) and then I type in the Access Code, and it goes through the "Validating Login Credentials" and comes right back to the same login page and tells me that "We could not log you in." Happens quick, too. The grayscale...
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