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  1. Turtle

    An Historic Week

    No, not totally false. Only about 95% false. I've said it many times, Obama's screw up stand on their own, and do not need any embellishments, much less fictional dialogs added, to make the point.
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    towing with an expeditor ?

    I'm actually not qualified to give you any ideas on specs. The only reason I piped up is because I've seen other postings like this one, and it wasn't until people knew what was trying to be accomplished did any usable information surface. "so maybe putting a hitch on an expeditor is the right...
  3. Turtle

    An Historic Week

    "Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute.." "I thought these were people who were proud to..." I read that and my...
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    Unloading and loading a van

    Depends on whether I'm on a ramp, and on how heavy the load is. If I'm on a ramp, I'll usually chock the wheels with wheel chocks, transmission in neutral and the parking brake on. If I'm on flat ground it's in neutral and parking brake on, but probably no wheel chocks. If it's a heavy load...
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    towing with an expeditor ?

    Actually, yeah, it does matter. If you want an expediter straight truck with a sleeper and a box, just go to a dealer and buy one. If you want to spec one for a specific purpose, you need to know what that purpose is. If people know what the heck you're doing, they can give you better, more...
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    setting up my new van

    The ability to sleep, comfortably, while loaded is critical for me. Too many Friday pickups for Monday deliveries where you have to sleep. Being comfortable in general is critical out here, for anyone. When I got my Sprinter having a permanent bunk was top on the list. Like you I don't want a...
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    barrys Thugocracy Continues!!!

    "Meanwhile, Henry Waxman and House Democrats announced yesterday that they will haul these companies in for an April 21 hearing because their judgment "appears to conflict with independent analyses, which show that the new law will expand coverage and bring down costs." In other words...
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    Panther & Expeditors Services. Why so slow?

    Oh, no. Did I, or didn't I? Uh, oh, I think I did. Did I do both? And what about that other thing? And that other other thing? Ahh, but the strawberries that's... that's where I had them. They laughed at me and made jokes but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt and with... geometric...
  9. Turtle

    Help with scanning

    Hit attach and brows, then navigate to "Libraries", Documents, My Documents, My Scans.
  10. Turtle

    March 2010 Location

    Tualatin, Oregon. A special place for Sprinter owners. :D
  11. Turtle

    At least 10 dead in Ky. highway truck-van crash

    updated 1450 EDT 3/26/10 At least 11 killed in Kentucky crash MUNFORDVILLE, Ky. - A truck crossed a Kentucky interstate median and slammed head-on into a Mennonite church van headed to a wedding, killing 11 people, state police said Friday. State police Trooper Charles Swiney said two...
  12. Turtle

    Obama signs health care bill: Who won't be covered?

    That's exactly it - we, nor the Congress who passed it, really know what's in the bill, which is now a law. Remember a few years back when Congress and President Clinton, in a classic case of a Liberal warm and fuzzy feel good moment, signed a bill into law that said if you've ever been...
  13. Turtle

    Health Reform: Get the Facts

    My most recent visit to Lenscrafters shows a 50% AAA discount on the bill, so I dunno. Granted, like OVM said, they're overpriced, even at a 50% discount. :D
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    Why does it work for some?

    Apparently, I have no communications skills left.
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    cargo van weight limit?

    Yup, the GVWR on the door jam is the most you van can ever weigh. To prevent from going over that number, you have to know what the van weighs with everything inside the van except the cargo. That's your empty weight. The difference between your empty weight number and the GVWR number on the...
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    "There will be no public funding for abortion in this legislation."

    You have to be careful what you wish for. Judicial and legislative input on abortion is still, in the end, someone trying to dictate their beliefs to someone else, forcing them to do as you wish. The moral argument against abortion is a tenuous one, for many reasons, not the least of which is...
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    Why does it work for some?

    That last part reads somewhat badly, as it was supposed to be somewhat humorous. I didn't mean that if you fail as a contractor that you could become a carrier and succeed. I meant that if you can't strike the proper balance as a contractor, then you will fail, utterly. But I didn't want to...
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    Edited Posts

    Don't forget he's from a place where you can plead guilty, not guilty, or he needed killin' at the arraignment. More often than not, the latter gets the case dismissed. :D
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