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  1. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    I'm glad somebody got that. :D
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    Welfare reform

    It's called an entitlement because you're entitled to it. You paid for it. That's why it's called that. The word "entitlement" has long been the standard terminology for payments made under government programs that guarantee and provide benefits to particular groups. When Social Security was...
  3. Turtle

    Small travel trailer.

    Short answer is no. Tthere's no place to put it when you're getting loaded or unloaded. Most shippers and receivers won't even let you on their lot if you're pulling it.
  4. Turtle

    Welfare reform

    Not to put too fine a point on it, but I gave the numbers for reference (specifically to head off someone asking, "What are the actual numbers?!?!), but it was the percentages I was tossing around, since they are a language we understand.
  5. Turtle

    The Duggars

    Not when it's "Happy Birthday," or even if it says "Congratulations Jim and Bob" and the cake is for a company party to celebrate Jim and Bob landing that new shipping account in North Carolina. No one mistakes who the sentiment is from because it's a non-controversial sentiment and no one care...
  6. Turtle

    John Wesley must be so proud

    I don't do social media, so I can't say one way or the other, but the original term 'antisocial' was created specifically to be the opposite of 'social'. Leo posted the definitions of both. It has never meant that. The word origin of 'social' is from the mid-1500s and comes from the Latin...
  7. Turtle

    Welfare reform

    The number vary slightly from state to state, and the numbers above are for Rhode Island, but the numbers are real, and typical. You can post all the differing numbers you like, but the numbers posted above are gonna stay real. The numbers don't prove it one way or the other. Human nature...
  8. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    I think the word you're looking for is "OVM"
  9. Turtle

    Which Expediter Will Be the First to Use Driver Cams?

    Despite the California State Attorney General declaring cab cameras as not being an invasion of privacy, it's precisely how drivers feel about it. It's also a trust issue. If you don't trust me, why did you hire me in the first place, and unless I've given you a reason not to trust me now...
  10. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    Yes, those are my words. I kinda had to use my words in order to tell you the message you are conveying to others. Whether it is your intention or not, as Dave noted, it comes off sounding like a racist rant. If the Russians were the problem, I and many others here would be right there with you...
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    Obamnasty

    Exactly. So people should quit thinking there's something that can be done about it.
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    Obamnasty

    Obamabubble Double Bubble. Pop! You will never read a news article that states a business closed because of a wage hike, even if the wage hike is the sole reason for it closing. Whew! Fortunately, I dont believe Gap closed their stores because they raised their minimum wage. I do believe is...
  13. Turtle

    $1.00 here a $1.75 here and so on...

    Check to make sure you aren't charged a service fee for mobile deposits. Most banks charge about 50 cents.
  14. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    No, that was his only van. He's had it for 6 weeks now. He's not real happy with Bolt because they keep offering him 70 and 80 cents a mile loads to go to Laredo. He had previously been with Nations Express, and was from North Carolina, and he asked me about Load One since this entire...
  15. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    If only Joe McCarthy was still in power. We have them Ruskies on the first boat out of town. The other day I delivered a load the same time two other drivers were delivering. Both of them Russian. One was driving a Cargo Max, thanks to the advice given him by Chef Dennis, and the other was...
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    Obamnasty

    ... in which what they pay their employees is a part. It's not the primary issue, too be sure, but it's a factor. In their most recent annual shareholders report one of the things they specifically noted was that the increase in the minimum wage paid did not produce the predicted sales increases...
  17. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    Clearly (although I will admit there might be the motivation for some, to put gun manufacturers out of business, in addition to the motivation of money). Just like when they go after a carrier when the driver is at fault - they're looking for big, easy money. It's why brokers get sued. The more...
  18. Turtle

    One Man Fight to Save the Expedited Trucking Industry

    Keep in mind that Bushmaster Firearms is currently being sued because of the Newtown Sandy Hook shooting. This, despite the 2005 Bush era law, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which gives gun makers broad immunity against prosecution (if gun makers are sued out of business, the...
  19. Turtle

    Which Expediter Will Be the First to Use Driver Cams?

    The distracting blonde is, in fact, a distraction, so that doesn't really help make your point. But everything else is spot on. All it takes is a random yawn, it a blink, a few glances to check out the mirrors (which the driver facing camera won't show what your looking at) and a prosecutor can...
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