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I read an article 2 or 3 months ago that addresses how Americans pay through the nose for data. Apparently, data over here is exponentially more expensive than in Europe or South America. Wonder why. iirc, the comparison was made with only the private sector, though it's been a while and I...

...and it also depends on if the law in any given state allows open carry, concealed without a permit (VT and AK), or some other permutation. If you can carry without the permit, then you need no permit. I used to be an armed guard in section 8 housing complexes. We had hookers around all the...

Concealed means different things in different places. In Nebraska, for example, if it's on your dash, it's definitely not concealed. If it's on the passenger seat, some cops will say it's concealed and some won't. And the law you cite in regard to shotguns and rifles applies to handguns, too...

Some states are aware that some use wasp spray for defense and have outlawed that as a use, like the People's Republic of California, iirc. Then there's also the federal law against using such a product inconsistent with its label directions. And I've also heard that its effectiveness as a...

Good thing people's rights aren't determined by what you want. The Bill of Rights are human rights.

That reminds me of a radio commercial. It's a silly sing-song in which a comic voice sings, "Driving in my car beep-beep, obeying the law sure is sweet..." Then there's a part I don't remember, and it continues, "Oh, look here comes another car, plenty of time to get out of the way." The voice...

I haven't had the forced whisper test on every exam, but I do remember I one occasion on which the doctor whispered, but it was definitely not a FORCED whisper, just a regular whisper that there was no way I could hear. Now, it's true that I may have listened to too much Judas Priest in my...

In 2008, iirc, some clarification was made, and one of the factors triggering ADA involvement was if the obesity is glandular in origin. There was some further clarification regarding whether or not one was morbidly obese or merely regular-obese. One of those links I posted is from a legal...

As I look through the links, it might not have been ADA but routine weight discrimination, which might make it state-to-state: http://employerslawyer.blogspot.com/2005/12/big-truckdrivers-one-wins-another-sues.html http://www.slaterross.com/Mankey.htm Eat up Drivers - Win 100k too..

Not entirely true. If your condition is covered by the ADA and you have already shown that your condition doesn't prevent you from doing your job, they might have trouble getting rid of you. There was this carrier, Interstate, iirc, that had a real fat guy as a driver, and they wanted to get...

First of all, the guy in the story is an American. Second, they are indeed protected by the Fourth Amendment, as well as all the rest. SCOTUS has said so explicitly (with a few limited exceptions they carved out, like gun ownership and voting). The Bill of Rights is for everybody in the...

The correct answer to the demand for the return of the tracker is, "Send me a letter asking for it. Make sure you include a full description of it and its function so I know how to identify it. Otherwise, you might accidentally get my toaster. Oh, and include the bill of sale or receipt to...

Heck, I had a senior NCO where I was stationed LOCK A NEW 2nd Lieutenant in a small room and hold her there for a good portion of the shift over her yelled demands to be let out. When he finally let her out, he explained to her that he did it to keep her from killing someone. He survived it...

As long as I'm running for a flat rate, it wouldn't matter. It only matters which of the companies has the lowest overhead.

Had to have some work done at the shop today, and I asked the mechanic what he thought of the lawn mower engine/generator idea. He said by the time you buy the engine, the alternator, the belts, the pulley, etc., you're almost up to the $600 Honeywell. Not quite, but close enough that it...

Everybody I run into with my company is signed on elsewhere. I take it back, I did just run into another last week, but he's slow now, too, and is going to sign on elsewhere also. When you run with the small companies, getting loads off load boards, having just one office looking doesn't work...

I'm not running well at all. I'm signing on with other companies so I can make some money. The whole busy season has been wasted so far. As for the lawn mower engine idea, another thing occurred to me: there are LOTS of places that can repair a lawnmower engine, almost anywhere. If I buy a...

If a carrier gives a discount, it should be out of THEIR money, not the contractor's. When I was in a big truck, a load from NC to MI was routed for pay purposes through some NC mountain roads that weren't legal for my big truck. That's the route via which I was paid. My scheduled fuel stop...

Convert a lawn mower into a generator! These are plans to convert a lawnmower engine to a generator. Might this be cheaper than buying an expensive generator? Maybe build it inside a PVC frame?