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  1. Turtle

    Smoke this one over.

    Yes it is her child to raise as she pleases. It is, afterall, HER child. She can teach her child one particular religion, or no religion at all. She can teach the child to swim, or to be deathly afraid of the water. She can be a helicopter parent, or leave the child alone. She can do whatever...
  2. Turtle

    Smoke this one over.

    Yes, exactly, it's mother. Mothers have been known to make mistakes with their children. But the bottom line is it's the mother's child to raise as she pleases, mistakes and all. It's nobody else's business. Golden Rule. If you're OK with taking away someone else's liberty and freedom simply on...
  3. Turtle

    Smoke this one over.

    That baby is in the hands of The State. I can't think of anything more scary than that.
  4. Turtle

    Smoke this one over.

    Uhm, like, uhm, in order to know there is a difference between a baby and a dog, like, uhm, you know, wouldn't you have to make some sort of comparison between them? Otherwise, how would you know? You know? On a related note... I don't think that's ever happened before.
  5. Turtle

    Movie Frames Saved to Atomic Vapor

    Gives a whole new meaning to VaporWare. I love the terms atomic gas and atomic vapor. They use those terms almost as if gas and vapor are normally made of something other than, you know, atoms. :D
  6. Turtle

    switching carriers?????????

    I remember a straight truck team who left Panther because they finally had enough. They came to Con-Way NOW. Went through orientation on Monday and Tuesday, ran a couple of loads, then Saturday morning were informed via the QC that they were suddenly leased on to Panther again.
  7. Turtle

    Would NYC's Ban on Big Sodas Reduce Obesity?

    Yeah. He's tried two or three things in the past, but they required state cooperation. This one he can get through because it's the city Health Department.
  8. Turtle

    Would NYC's Ban on Big Sodas Reduce Obesity?

    He tried that already. Tax on soda. Albany wasn't having any of it.
  9. Turtle

    "you may not have permission to complete this action"

    That can happen if, while you were composing your reply, the thread got moved to another forum, the post you were replying to got deleted, or the thread was locked before you were able to post the reply. Happened to me the other day in the General forum, and the thread got moved to the Layover...
  10. Turtle

    Which is it?

    I can't even fathom a situation where the "state" knows better how to raise children. The very idea that the "state" can just come in and take away your children (in any case, but especially when they can take them away and "we'll sort it out later, once you prove yourself worthy of getting them...
  11. Turtle

    Which is it?

    Government out of control. Child Protective Services should not even exist. They have far too much power to take children away from parents. They can remove children without due process. It's insane.
  12. Turtle

    Hauling Hazmat in CVs and Sprinters???

    I think you'll find that it's more than 119 gallons, but also only if the aggregate rated capacity of the tote or totes (Intermediate Bulk Containers, or IBC, usually 275, 330, or 500 gallon capacity) is 1000 gallons or more. So a single tote wouldn't require the tanker endorsement. HAZMAT...
  13. Turtle

    Hauling Hazmat in CVs and Sprinters???

    You can't take one box of paint across the Ambassador Bridge? What about 55 gallon drums of paint? Or one-gallon or five-gallon containers of paint? You can take those across the bridge. I've done it many times. I think you mean to say that you cannot take any amount of HAZMAT (Hazardous...
  14. Turtle

    Meet "Bad" Frank.... Hatfield/McCoy drama comes to the History Channel

    I agree that Mare Winningham's performance was extraordinary. Most of the other characters, in particular those played by Costner, Paxton and Booth, were such that you never really lost sight that it was those actors playing a role. Happens a lot with most actors, really. But Mare Winningham was...
  15. Turtle

    Hauling Hazmat in CVs and Sprinters???

    Cockeyed is also Panther. They will not put any HAZMAT on a van or Sprinter, mainly because of the fact that most van drivers don't have a clue about logging while placarded. But you know the stuff from Table 2? The stuff which doesn't require placarding at 1000 pounds or less? Panther won't put...
  16. Turtle

    Diesel Sprinters in 2013

    European & Australian both, yep.
  17. Turtle

    MSNBC's Al 'not so sharp" Sharpton does it again.

    I think Sharpton is still on the air for same reasons, the exact same reasons, Newsbusters.org is still on the Internet.
  18. Turtle

    Raising Arizona

    I think the piece was very well written. Reads easy, funny, well crafted phrase turnings and flow of thought. Accuracy really isn't the litmus test for how well something is written. Nor is agreeing or disagreeing with something as being a factor. I've seen extraordinarily well written pieces...
  19. Turtle

    Meet "Bad" Frank.... Hatfield/McCoy drama comes to the History Channel

    I enjoyed it. Recorded it and have watched the first two parts a second tome already. The more you watch them again, the more you pick up about certain things. Knowing the story well, although not likely as well as those from the area who are more intimate with it, I would imagine, I thought it...
  20. Turtle

    "LATE" delivery?

    Slow and steady wins the race, even in expediting.
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