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I have some questions. If an American born citizen denounces his country, goes to a foreign land, takes up arms against his now former country and vows the destruction, if possible, of this country, is he still an American citizen? Does he still have constitutional rights under the constitution...

I have one question about that refrigerator, it's rather serious. In the photo, it looks like it just might block your vision in the right-side mirror and certainly does block visibility through the right-side window. How do you work around that?

The problem is that we won't do a complete cleansing of Congress. The President, the entire House and one-third of the Senate are up for re-election in 2012. In actual practice, we might replace the President, most House members will get re-elected and most of the Senators up for re-election...

One part of the picture I haven't missed is this: The guy our drone just "offed" would, if he could, kill every last one of us without any thought about our constitutional rights. Now we wring our hands because he got what he would so willingly dish out to everybody else. Can't say I'm sorry to...

Chef, I might never have posted at all if somebody hadn't mentioned having an apartment-sized refrigerator in their truck. That got my attention because even the small ones I've seen gobble up space in a hurry. Elsewhere I saw a room air conditioner mentioned, with questions about where to put...

I'm still hanging about. About inverters: I have a 700 watt unit that gets used for low-power stuff occasionally, plugged into the cigarette lighter socket. Last used to power a company phone/charger I no longer have, before then a laptop charger. I don't take the laptop much these days...

One thing that occurs to me regarding tread wear on the rears--- ten gets you one that the right rear tire is more worn than the left rear. The reason for that is that if you do spin a tire, the right rear is the one more likely to spin in slippery conditions (torque is responsible for this, the...

I've seen some stuff at the truck stops that seem to fit in OK. What triggered my rant/question was the idea that one person has an apartment-size refrigerator in their truck. Now, that gets a wee bit outlandish. Even the smaller apartment refrigerators I've seen look way too large, and it...

I have one question. After you've placed half of the appliances that you would have in your house into your truck, where do you put the paying freight??? Seriously, an apartment-sized refrigerator? A microwave oven, a wok and I don't know what other odds and ends--- it all makes life more...

I need to check on that, I haven't been in the Western states but I imagine the Eastern mountains require them from time to time. I'll have to get them somewhere other than here in Chicagoland, though, seems you can't beg, borrow or steal a set of chains around here.

Maybe most repairs don't require a Sprinter technician, but they do require somebody who will at least agree to open the hood and look. I was surprised by how few Dodge and Freightliner dealers will even agree to let you bring it in. When I busted a hose near Sioux Falls, SD, the Freightliner...

I recently had to give up my Sprinter in favor of a Chevy. Parts availability is big, as is the problem of finding mechanics qualified to work on them if you break down in small towns. While the outfits I've driven for seem to want us to own and drive Sprinters, none of them seem to want to pay...

I'm just glad the company I'm with now uses an actual trucker's chart to figure these things. I heard of one that used air miles--- real bad for us, especially if the trip was from, say, Lombard, Illinois to Grand Rapids, Michigan. That company mostly does local work, but every now and then they...

I was Westbound on I-70, coming out of Ohio. I heard about it on the radio almost as it was happening, in fact I drove into the band of storms that caused the damage. A look at some photos online this morning: This was something that almost had to happen sooner or later. The stage canopy was...

Quickie update here. I've just heard from the mechanic, it should be ready tomorrow. He tells me the shaft broke inside the turbo, and I reckon that fits the way the vehicle felt. I've had the turbocharger go off before when a hose split or came off, so I know what it feels like to have no...

Personal note: I've been to places where having a gun--- permit or not-- is the last thing I'd want to have to deal with. Some of the places I delivered to made a point of searching both person and vehicle, and the presence of a weapon would have been an automatic denial of entry at the very...

Doggone it, now I have to go commit a crime to make all that govmint snooping worth their trouble. Hmmm, my friend, Upton O'Goode might have a few ideas, I'll have to ask him.:rolleyes: Quickie note: I read the link Turtle provides. While the bill did pass out of committee it seem that...

That was an easy one. It so happens that blog is under both mjmsprt40 and Michael McMillan. It's the only blog I have for what it's worth. Now, if the only name I ever used on the Internet was my real name I could disappear like a white Ford Econoline on a Ford dealer's lot. Sure it's out...

For some, hiding behind our real names is easier than it is for others. A case in point: My real name is Michael McMillan. You'll find plenty of references to that name if you search Google, but-- try to find me. Most of the references have nothing to do with me at all.

I've always used some form of my name, and even where I use a "handle" like here, it's the same handle I use elsewhere and is linked to my real name. In one sense, I don't hide all that well. In another sense though, I could not hide better than to use my real name. The best place to hide a...