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Yeah, they'll eat other pigs, especially if there's a dead one laying there, but will also kill and eat young pigs if they are stressed out. We had a lady here in town, just a few miles out in the county, who had 20 or so hogs. She'd go into the pen to feed 'em every day. One day she must have...

That's the problem with having just the driver's seat. They can sit on the floor in front of the bunk, there's room for that, although it would probably get uncomfortable after 15 or 20 minutes. Same with the cargo area, only that would get uncomfortable after about 3 minutes. They could sit on...

Well, by particulars, I was thinking more along the lines of what all was said and done after the police arrived. At the time of the accident I wouldn't have given it a second's thought to jump out and help, but then again I've been there before. There are no doubt times that I have had no fear...

On my first van, the E-350, it didn't have it. But I had my Ford dealer install one. Worked great. Wasn't cheap, like $300, but it probably saved me that much in fuel, actually.

Absolutely not, to both questions. I'm saying that with you leaving him there, instead of taking him with you to San Antonio (or to the hospital or someplace else), that you weren't leaving him stranded and in danger, and were instead leaving him in good hands. Note the last sentence in the...

I use my cruise control a lot. It saves fuel (except in hilly areas) and reduces fatigue. Using it while you are fatigued can be a problem, tho. I find that if I'm beginning to get fatigued or my mind is wandering a little too much, the increased concentration of having to take full control of...

The above message screams Private Message from one person to another, yet it comes out of left field to be posted here in a public forum, in the form of a personal attack. If your intentions were truly to get me to change my behavior and to present my thoughts in a manner that meets with your...

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the notion that a carload of gun toting ruffians would run over a pig and then cross the median, go airborne, and crash into a wall of rocks, just to lure someone in. Bad guys driving along a rural west Texas interstate in the hopes of coming upon...

Actually, no, it wasn't me that got it locked. The last couple of posts in that thread is what got it locked. Doesn't surprise me that you'd want to try and make it out to be my fault, tho. You're a class act. Three years ago, thirty five years ago, doesn't matter. I stated that the use of the...

Because this is an important safety issue, and the thread in which this discussion was present has been locked by someone who wishes to remain anonymous, I continue the thought here. In Kansas, State v. Baker, the ruling opinion states: "Unexpected brake failure and unexpected malfunction of...

I assume you are referencing the comment of: "With few exceptions, none of us would be here if it were not for our ancestors coming here from someplace else." The few exceptions are those whose ancestors did not come here from someplace else, like those who are themselves immigrants. OVM is a...

I'm in Nashville, treading water and enjoying the unique aroma that has a bit of a kick to it. Less than 2 hours from the house, so I think I'll go home for a few, pick up some spare parts I ordered, grab the DAD, maybe get a couple of things done to the van.

Holy crap on a cracker! Yes, exactly like that. I had not seen that post, otherwise my response would have been decidedly different. I am dumbfounded that anyone who has experienced the very things I talked about could actually defend their decision to use cruise control in a construction zone...

First, establishing an official language won't prevent marketing and labeling from being printed in non-English languages. That kind of stuff will be printed in whatever language that will sell a product and make a company money. Any enacted law that prohibits alternative language labeling and...

That's why I don't advocate calling the police, or a carrier, for some random unsafe transgression, because it's just your word against theirs most of the time. All it amounts to is calling the carrier and whining, "Hey, one of your drivers just pіssed me off!" If some guy changes lanes without...

It's pretty amusing to think that a really small percentage of expediters who are in it for the vacation angle are so powerful and ubiquitous so as to be able to allow companies across the board to continue to lower rates.

So you want to stay with the deflected tangential issue. OK, fine. Because if you fail to inform dispatch of the problem and you are falling behind because of something the others are doing, and something happens to the load, then dispatch will look at you as being the odd man out and the one...

Good grief. The whole whole story is that these kids have worn the same t-shirts and flag-covered sneakers to school on many other occasions. To the students, two of whom are half Mexican, this was just another day and were taken aback a little by the controversy, since the clothes they had on...

Clearly, the communication process has broken down. Using a special circumstance of reporting something within a convoy (to CYA for falling behind) is a deflection of the issue and question at hand. Please read my question again.

Ohhhh, so close, but I'm sorry, that doesn't really answer the question. But thanks for playing the game! We have some lovely parting gifts for you. And now for our next contestant....