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  1. Turtle

    Pros and cons to a permanent sleeper

    Sort of. You'll only be loaded to your capacity. If you can fit three skids, you'll get three skid loads when two skid loads are also available. But that doesn't mean you would have not gotten one of those two skid loads, instead, nor does it necessarily mean that you lost any money because two...
  2. Turtle

    How Long Before This Happens Here.....

    I was being somewhat sarcastic with the "everyone deserves a house" crack, but that initiative and a large portion of Clinton's goals were about raising people's standard of living. The "young WORKING couples" you mention above who need that assistance, would see their standard of living go up...
  3. Turtle

    Pros and cons to a permanent sleeper

    I lose a little over 4 bazillion loads every day because they won't fit in my Sprinter. I ain't worried.
  4. Turtle

    How Long Before This Happens Here.....

    Too many to list here, but the big one is Clinton's “The National Homeownership Strategy: Partners in the American Dream” directive which said, essentially, everyone deserves to own a home.
  5. Turtle

    Jon Stewart rips Newseek

    Didn't the President of NAMBLA say those same, exact words? :D
  6. Turtle

    Pros and cons to a permanent sleeper

    Yes, bigger is better, but it's moot when you have a Friday pickup for Monday delivery and no place to sleep for three night. It's also jut as meaningless when you are on a long load and need a nap in order to remain safe and there's no place to lie down and get any meaningful, reconstructive...
  7. Turtle

    How Long Before This Happens Here.....

    Well, Twitter and Facebook are used to rally and gather, just like word of mouth and early printing presses were. As Layout noted, they are instigated over time, for a plethora of reasons. The Boston Tea Party is a prime example of that. So was the Boston Bread Riots and more Boston riots than...
  8. Turtle

    So you have a gun in your truck?

    You're confusing "independent contractor" and "autonomous contractor". An independent contractor with your own authority, yes, it is your call to make. But when leased on with a carrier and running under their authority, you aren't 100 percent autonomous, whether it's a gun or "with respect to...
  9. Turtle

    How Long Before This Happens Here.....

    "Actually I think I am right in saying that there was something similar in the US when a coloured gentleman got shot or beaten up by the police." The list of riots in the US sparked by that very thing is actually a very long one. Rodney King is arguable the most famous, but far from unique, or...
  10. Turtle

    Dump truck loads

    Places where they have rocks and dirt and stuff?
  11. Turtle

    Real Names on the Internet

    No, it's just a bill, but it shows the kind of thinking that's going on in Congress (the Patriot Act comes to mind).
  12. Turtle

    So you have a gun in your truck?

    Under the Canadian Firearms Act, the three classes of firearms are: Non-restricted (most ordinary rifles and shotguns); Restricted (mainly handguns); and Prohibited (full automatics, converted automatics, handguns with a barrel length of 105 mm (approx. 4") or less, and .25 or .32 caliber...
  13. Turtle

    From Pilot/J Newsletter

    Welcome to eoHarmony, the #1 trusted dating site for expediters.
  14. Turtle

    Obama Speaks, Markets listen

    "We've always been and always will be a triple-A country." - President Obama Unfortunately, triple-A always has been and always will be in the Minor Leagues. <snort>
  15. Turtle

    So much for security

    IEDs, or Improvised Explosive Devices, have been a constant danger in Afghanistan. Question: "Doesn't the army have ways of checking for these things?" The answer: "If it does, I don't know about them." Remote Controlled Truck Sent to Soldier in Afghanistan Saves 6 Soldiers' Lives The...
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    Real Names on the Internet

    The Just in Case You're a Criminal Someday Act Or as one Representative calls it, the "Keep Every American's Digital Data for Submission to the Federal Government Without a Warrant Act." The only thing that would make this better would be if the House Bill was H.R. 1984, instead of H.R...
  17. Turtle

    Coming back....

    For about six months, a year and a half ago, Panther's new van contracts were .70 cents, but it's been a year and a half since they had those. Thy are either .74 or .75, I forget which. And the structured FSC is currently at .24 cents. And they don't limit your miles per load, they limit your...
  18. Turtle

    Real Names on the Internet

    That's true, but it's not so much about private things about you as it is a general loss of privacy. I'm sure there are many comments from people here on EO that they would not want to be seriously questioned about, say, on television or in court. People post the most innocuous things one...
  19. Turtle

    talk about class warfare

    And it's true, because poor people tend to buy what's cheap, which means few fresh fruits and vegetables, and more processed foods from cheap, subsidized grains, which is all carbs, which is stored as fat. Poor people hang out in the middle aisles of the grocery store where things are cheap and...
  20. Turtle

    Real Names on the Internet

    Because it's under both, it was incredibly easy. But you're right, you haven't been stomping around leaving cyberfootprints all over the place (which would make getting at your information a lot easier). I admit to finding the above in about 5 seconds, and only spent another 10 or 15 minutes...
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