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  1. Turtle

    4 skid loads

    You could also go down to Home depot or Lowes and grab some pallets from the rear of the building and toss hem in there. I'm more interested in a picture of Star licking a pallet. Then again, the way the mind works, it's not much of a journey from "pallet" to "wood" to other euphemistic...
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    February Banter and Location

    In Laredo, they celebrate Washington's Birthday for an entire month, from mid-January to the end of February (it's happening right now, this very minute!), because, apparently, Washington did soooo much for Laredo and Tejas. It is the largest celebration of its kind in the United States with...
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    Dead forum

    I do. He clicked on a "Download Firefox" button and either did or did not realize he was downloading a beta version. It could have happened several versions ago. Once you've got a beta version installed, the automatic updates will be updates to the beta versions, not the release versions. For...
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    How much control should government bureaucrats have

    Regardless of the facts of the case? It's things like what? Things like a teacher making a mistake? That's funny. So, you pulled your kids out of public school because private school and home school teachers never make mistakes? Or is it because schools have milk available for kids who want...
  5. Turtle

    4 skid loads

    Better to worry over it now, than regret it later.
  6. Turtle

    4 skid loads

    48x48 is the maximum standard size. There is no one, single "standard" pallet size - there are several standards as defined by the ISO. The most common pallet size in North America is the GMA (Grocery Manufacturers' Association) pallet, which is 40x48, and accounts for more than 30% of the...
  7. Turtle

    Babe-a-licious

    They very often are us? Surely you don't mean truck drivers. Truck drivers are, as a whole, a pretty funky looking bunch. :D I know several REAL Americans who have had plastic surgery. I also know an actress, who is naturally stunning, who walks the red carpet now and again who's never had...
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    How much control should government bureaucrats have

    The story linked is somewhat misleading and factually inaccurate about critical details, as is the case with many of these stories. The incident happened two weeks ago at an elementary school in Raeford, near Fort Bragg. The girl's parents, rather than dealing directly with the person they...
  9. Turtle

    Computercide and Rotten Kids

    Someone needs to learn to drop the stupid KKK reference from a bazillion threads ago. It's out of place and out of context in this thread.
  10. Turtle

    February Banter and Location

    Least Agreement specifies 2 blankets for van, 4 for box and straights, and 6 for tractors. I already had 2 in there, as per the agreement (and as per what I've needed in the past), but now have 4 as per the QC message. I used to carry 4, but never neded more than 2 in a van, so I got rid of the...
  11. Turtle

    Where's the Panther freight?

    Exactly. And that's the most probable reason. Panther doesn't give up control of its freight as easily as people may think.
  12. Turtle

    Where's the Panther freight?

    There are lots of other reasons, especially in a cargo van or Sprinter.
  13. Turtle

    February Banter and Location

    Port Huron, where it looks and feels like Canada. It's cold, and it's gray, and it's never gonna end.
  14. Turtle

    Lightsquared is TOAST

    Cnet's got a good writeup on it all, the good, the bad and the ugly: Lightsquared-blew-it-and-heres-why/
  15. Turtle

    Where's the Panther freight?

    As much or more money on the average than I made east of the Rockies. Longer loads, fewer swaps, more (bonus) money for the loads. As for Panther "logistics", they're much more than an expedite company. Just because you see "Panther" as the customer or the carrier doesn't necessarily mean they...
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    Dead forum

    Might as well ask... Does Firefox 11 work on other sites without problems?
  17. Turtle

    GPS can't find it's *&&

    Didn't really take all that long to bang it out, but I didn't do it all in one sitting. But yes, at least so far this week, freight is really slow.
  18. Turtle

    Where's the Panther freight?

    There was once when I was out there and after about 3 weeks I ended up with basically crap. But otherwise I'd go out there and spend 4-8 weeks west of the Rockies and do 2000 miles a week or more. Often it was in 800 or 1100 mile chunks, tho. Last year Moot and I practically owned the Plains...
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    GPS can't find it's *&&

    The Global Positioning System (GPS) is actually a constellation of 27 Earth-orbiting satellites (24 in operation and three extras in case one fails). Each of these 3,000- to 4,000-pound solar-powered satellites (with battery backup for solar eclipses) circles the globe at about 12,000 miles...
  20. Turtle

    Where's the Panther freight?

    Not every carrier is the same. I made a snotload of money out west with Panther. No one else out there.
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