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The stars might mean almost anything, or nothing at all. There are certain types and colors of stars representing family members in the armed forces, but those are usually not 2 or 3 feet across. The star could be a Pentagram (also called Pentacle), an ancient symbol, originally used by...

All I know is, I've never driven a big truck (never been up in one, actually), much less tried to back one up, and I am amazed every time I watch someone back a trailer into a dock with trailers already on both sides. A few hours at an LTL terminal is like a day at Disneyland for me.

I've got a couple of applications of the Aquapel that I'm gonna put on here. I've seen it work and it really is better than RainX (plus, it lasts from 6 months to a year between applications, and it doesn't leave that white film on the glass), and it should reduce the amount of washer fluid I...

Not too long ago I was having a conversation where I made a statement about Hispanic immigrants and illegals making up about 2% of the US population, and how there are more Hispanics here now than there are blacks. After getting a couple of really strange looks from my stepdad and my...

On the rare occasion that I park my Sprinter next to a big truck, the front of my Sprinter is even with the front of the truck(s) next to me. A big truck driver, tired and looking for a spot, takes a look down a long row of trucks and sees (what appears to be) an open spot. He drives on down and...

The next time you see any actual Mobile 1 0W-40 in a Wal Mart, please let me know where that Wal Mart is. I keep reading where Wal Mart carries it, but I have yet to find it on the shelves. They have the little bar code sticker thingy on the fronts of the shelves all ready and waiting, but never...

Well, if you don't use the Maintenance ASSYST computer to assist you with maintenance schedules and oil quality measurements for oil changes, there's really no need to reset it. As for Autozone having good prices on oil, yeah, I've been getting Mobile 1 0W-40 there for a while now. But as far...

I wish there was an easy way to "avoid road" for a specific road, and to make it part of a list of permanently avoided roads. That would help to avoid things like the 407 in Toronto so it won't even waste time in using the road in calculations, as well as to permanently avoid roads or sections...

I agree. The QC benefits the carrier far more than it benefits me. Far more. And in the few small ways it benefits me, they still tightly control the information I get and how I can use it. In almost all cases, I can get more and better information with a phone call than I can over the QC...

Well, I prefer to believe in the truth rather than continuing to believe in a lie, regardless of how badly I would like the lie to be true. If something might be true, but also might not be true, I see little point in actually believing one way or the other until the truth can be determined. Or...

There's one, Schneider, I think it is, that charges something like $17 a week for the QC. That's at least in the neighborhood of reasonable. It covers the cost of the unit, as well as the costs of repair. You can actually purchase your own Omnitracs or OmniVision unit from Qualcomm and then...

Ah, truck as the vehicle type. Some of the 700 series units no longer have trucks are vehicle type, but Garmin says that will be fixed in an upcoming software update.

If I don't have a cell signal and can't receive a phone call, well, I can't really blame that on Panther. I can, however, blame them for not even making the effort to place the call in the first place. SMS messaging has nothing to do with it, and isn't a substitute for laziness, ignorance (a...

Don't worry. The main ingredient in WD-40 is Stoddard Solvent (A.K.A., Type 3 White Mineral Spirits, Heavy Naptha, Light Kerosene) which, unlike water, is easily absorbed through the skin of lizards and salamanders. Also, unlike water, it is highly toxic to lizards, fish and salamanders. Accute...

I missed a load one time because of it. My status was "Out of Truck On Pager" and it just so happens that I was, in fact, out of the truck. Load was sent to me, I failed to respond within 10 minutes, the load was pulled and I was placed out of service. No phone call. Turns out, due to being out...

Well, having listened to most (OK, some, as much as I could handle) of Hillary's speech, and not even having heard Obama's (yet), I'm gonna go with #5. There's been some serious backroom deals going on, and the overall choreography of it all is worthy of a Bob Fosse Broadway production.

That truck stop in Bollingbrook (I-55 near Joliet) is pretty nasty. Flying J in Fargo is a rough one. Flying M in Ontario could use a good power wash. That truck stop on the other side of the Interstate from the Flying J in Waddy, KY is an experience.

Well, you're gonna have to give me your definition of "muslim", then, cause the one I have doesn't match up to Obama. You see, my definition, which is also the most widely accepted definition, is that a Muslim is a believer in or adherent of Islam. There is no evidence, none whatsoever, mind...

A long time ago, yes. Sorry, but that's the same as "Send this to everyone in your address book." Any and all credibility that may be contained in the message is lost with that line. That's a technique that people who push misleading and often outright false propaganda will use. Get it in front...

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