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Turtle: 'preciate the history lesson, but I already know about Allen Pinkerton and his work, and I disagree that the police are used to protect the "they" the OP refers to. [Because they can afford their own security forces, and they certainly have them.] The US military, absolutely, but not the...

No, North Korea Didn?t Hack Sony - The Daily Beast I believe him - but why don't the government 'experts' know this stuff? Or is it just another distraction, and they don't care because: North Korea.

When I drove t/t, I slid my own tandems, and loaded/unloaded as required. I'd rather hurt myself than ask for help - which isn't really a good thing, but it is what it is. And when male drivers asked me to do something they couldn't, [reach a dropped part their fingers were too big to get into...

Just because you shout with all caps, it doesn't make the words true. You're always proclaiming what "they" REALLY want, but you've never provided a shred of fact to prove it. Because the truth is, you can't. All you can do is repeat it, and you do, ad nauseum. The same claptrap, SHOUTED...

In most populations both sexes grow antlers and it is the only cervid species in which females grow them as well as males.[29] In the Scandinavian populations, old males' antlers fall off in December, young males' fall off in the early spring, and females' fall off in the summer. It's either...

Load One, because management is capable of acknowledging errors, [rare & inadvertent though they are, of course], and asking for advice [which they may or may not heed] on how to fix it. My first choice would be the carrier that acknowledges that every one of the reindeer [who aren't part of...

Your loathing of Sharpton is crystal clear - but your reasoning, not so much. He is not the one who chanted about wanting "dead cops", or anything remotely close, either. He has been quoted as saying he was "outraged" at the killing of 2 NYC officers, after weeks of saying that he and Eric...

As Turtle says, leave the CB off. One on one, other truckers will treat you the same as anyone else: some are great, others, not so much, but I've not noticed any particular animus towards black people at truck stops. And when the DOT seems to assume you've broken some rule, [they just need to...

Now that I've read Turtle's link to the Aaron's Computer story, I'm freaking out too - how does this happen, without anyone having to accept responsibility for it? Are businesses able to break the law with near impunity, now? The experts advise consumers to educate themselves, but who'd even...

Maybe it was the girlfriend who was an afterthought, "WTH, if I'm gonna die today...":confused: I bet the cops don't much care for those who don't look beyond the uniform, and think "they're all alike". I wonder what the percentage of excessively violent/intolerant cops really is? Whatever...

Toll authorities could track speeds even before EZ Pass, just by comparing elapsed time between toll booths - ever know anyone who was ticketed for speeding, based on that? The reason for tracking speed in the plazas is the pedestrians that may be there. Even if it's a dumb driver [like the...

I can not believe you made me laugh in a thread such as this. Getting pregnant doesn't cost a thing - it's just the next couple decades that take so much of what used to be considered 'discretionary' income, lol. ;) IMO, they're worth every penny.

Iowa already allows drivers to use a phone app to display their license, and other states will follow, no doubt.

I just love​ that people felt qualified to determine whether the torture provided results. They know this because?

Not disagreeing with that, [the race to the bottom for working people proves you're correct], but polls cannot be trusted anymore than the people who respond to them. Since we know nothing about those individuals, why should we believe they're being truthful? That's if they're not being...

12 Things That Only The Working Poor Truly Understand | If You Only News It was the overdraft fees that usually did it for me. I didn't know the bank would debit everything first, then add any credits, so whatever checks I wrote [groceries, usually] on the same day I deposited money would...

I have to say that this is my favorite question: so many possibilities, lol. But my first advice would be: ask specific questions. And not "is there a good company to drive for?" [No, we all drive for bad ones, right?] or "can you make enough money?" [How would we know that? We don't know what's...

Megalon: I've done both OTR in a semi, and expediting in cargo van & straight truck [what I drive now & forever, lol]. The pay is more stable in the OTR segment, because you're an employee. Big trucking carriers want to keep their trucks rolling as close to 24/7 as possible, so you don't lack...

Another thought: I hope you'll do some on cargo securement, because that's something newbies often know little about. I know I didn't, and it wasn't covered in school or orientation, so where is one supposed to learn? :confused:

Good stuff - love seeing the dog in there, lol. PS You might want to refrain from identifying the customer specifically, just cause you never know - they may object, for reasons we know nothing about. Just a thought.