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I know. See? I pay attention. Neither is bad. The weather and the scenery is better in San Diego, though.

You'll probably get a pickup in San Diego

Thanks. LOL I created the thread and poll on the phone, and I couldn't edit the poll itself on the phone. I've edited it now to correct the typo.

The AR-15 is a civilian version of an M8 carbine, and is so low powered that it can't even be used to hunt deer, because it can't bring one down with a single shot. As for .50 caliber and up for military use... From left to right: .50 caliber (sniper round), .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester...

I admit that instead of a lack of an endorsement and no CDL, it could merely be that they are sneering at Kentucky in general. :D

Manufacturers rarely, if ever, post Empty Weight, since that's going to be different for each van, dependent on how it is outfitted. They'll post the Curb Weight, which is in effect the empty weight, or in lieu of the Curb Weight, they'll post the GVWR and the Max Payload, for which the Curb...

Well, there is annual HAZMAT training as per the FMCSA. But it's just some test questions. They may have you watch a video or two first. I used to run into shippers all the time who required a CDL for van drivers, with a few of them requiring a HAZMAT endorsement just to enter the property. But...

Last September when it came time to renew my CDL, I surrendered the CDL and the endorsement and went back to a regular operator license. In the previous 5 years I'd hauled only four placardable loads. Just wasn't worth it any more.

And I'm one of them. "Shall not be infringed' is pretty unambiguous with zero room for interpretation. But the right to keep and bear arms is the same as every other right we have in that it can be taken away only after due process. The same due process that allows the government to take away...

I guess I'm not as observant as I should be, or my memory is not as good as it used to be. But I can't think of a single person on EO who thinks that a crazy person, or a felon, or an illegal alien, for example, should have a gun in this country.

You are required to log the hours worked for compensation, whether in a CMV or not. The moment you sat behind the wheel of a CMV with that first HAZMAT load your 70 hour clock started. Performing work for compensation in a non CMV doesn't magically stop the clock. If you don't carry another...

When the officer asks for your logbook, and you hand it to him, it's supposed to show the previous 7 days, and if it shows a logged HAZMAT load 3 or 4 days earlier, you're not gonna be able to get away with No Logs Required, as the regulations explicitly say otherwise.

There are certainly people who should not have guns. I don't think anyone disagrees with that. Is being placed on some watch list enough to justify taking away someone's Constitutionally guaranteed right? Does it meet the standards of due process?

Note to dispatch: Don't make us have to claw pertinent information out of you. In the same breath it takes you to tell us the city it picks up in and the city it delivers to, and when, along with the deadhead and loaded miles, you can tell us what it pays, since you know that, too.

And I had a bike :D

When I was a kid I had a bike that had a headlight on it. It worked whenever I flipped a lever causing a small metal wheel to come in contact with the front tire, causing the wheel to turn, which turned a magnet inside a small electric generator that powered the headlight. Whenever the bike was...

It never ceases to amaze me that anything ever gets from A to B.

Napoleon was short He was actually 5' 7". The confusion comes from him being listed at 5' 2" at this death, but that was measured in French feet and inches, which was slightly larger than Imperial units. Don't Swim after Eating Going swimming after eating might make you short of breath if you...

Jumped from the frying pan right onto the griddle.

You really need a load to Phoenix. It's beautiful down there. Breathtaking.