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Originally Posted by thesparten
Lord God Trump - Builder of Walls, Deporter of Mexicans, Dispeller of Clintons, Dispatcher of the 16, Exposer of the Zodiac Killer and Father of Eagles.
Et Fac Magnus Americae
What Druff's crew won't tell you.
The Sanders camp actually does the math AND IT'S GOOD FOR YOU. Get on board guys, one word CALIFORNIA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86PfF54Tco
Go to Venezuela
Left wing politics in Venezuela has made a half pound of chop meat cost $120..lol
Only the government workers can afford them. They get auto raises..
In Romania where my good friend is from.
They put carbon fees on chicken coups and taxed the eggs. Now they can't afford to buy them. They go to the store to buy 2 or 3 individual eggs and share them with there family.
They are kicking down doors when they catch people giving away eggs to the hungry. Taxes to the government are more important then feeding the hungry..
Go Bernie..lol lol lol
Bullshit hype reporting by TYT. The rules advanced by the Senate version of the bill would allow a 73 hour weekly work period in which drivers could drive (versus do non-driving duties/work) versus 70 hours *only* if using the 34-hour reset if the DOT reinstates an bothersome provision to the 34-hour restart that the DOT implemented in 2013 without adequate testing of whether the provision would be cost effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by FPS_Russia
http://m.truckinginfo.com/news/26252...n-funding-bill
And I don't know where the TYT got "more than 80 hours", but it could have been parroting an uncorrected error that appeared in a Huffington article on the matter.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/congr...b0646cbeec1b89
Chalk it up to piss-pour sensationalist journalism.
In any event, over-the-road (OTR) drivers like myself won't be as affected by this as much dedicated route drivers, the OTR drivers don't take those 34-hour resets nearly as often. But a dedicated route driver, who usually drives hard for five days, then takes 2 days off at home, would use that extra 3 hours each week. And that extra time can come in super handy to get home before their weekly time limit runs out.
Also, the examples of driver fatigue causing horrible accidents that have been brought up by opponents of this rule change, as well as an disputed provision about the 34-hour reset that libs want were cases were the drivers completely ignore the rules about hours of service and/or driving while fatigued. And grievously so.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/congr...b0a06d58052ee8
And the proposed changes in the seperate Senate and Houses bills they are bitching about wouldn't do a damn thing to prevent that kind of stupidity.
Do you have sleep apnea? Is it a pervasive as I've read within the trucker community?Quote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadlyBullshit hype reporting by TYT. The rules advanced by the Senate version of the bill would allow a 73 hour weekly work period in which drivers could drive (versus do non-driving duties/work) versus 70 hours *only* if using the 34-hour reset if the DOT reinstates an bothersome provision to the 34-hour restart that the DOT implemented in 2013 without adequate testing of whether the provision would be cost effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by FPS_Russia
http://m.truckinginfo.com/news/26252...n-funding-bill
And I don't know where the TYT got "more than 80 hours", but it could have been parroting an uncorrected error that appeared in a Huffington article on the matter.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/congr...b0646cbeec1b89
Chalk it up to piss-pour sensationalist journalism.
In any event, over-the-road (OTR) drivers like myself won't be as affected by this as much dedicated route drivers, the OTR drivers don't take those 34-hour resets nearly as often. But a dedicated route driver, who usually drives hard for five days, then takes 2 days off at home, would use that extra 3 hours each week. And that extra time can come in super handy to get home before their weekly time limit runs out.
Also, the examples of driver fatigue causing horrible accidents that have been brought up by opponents of this rule change, as well as an disputed provision about the 34-hour reset that libs want were cases were the drivers completely ignore the rules about hours of service and/or driving while fatigued. And grievously so.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/congr...b0a06d58052ee8
And the proposed changes in the seperate Senate and Houses bills they are bitching about wouldn't do a damn thing to prevent that kind of stupidity.
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Originally Posted by thesparten
left wing politics aside, you're talking about Venezuela. That kinda shit couldn't happen here. ever.
comparing venezuela to america: you must be on crack.
We are much closer to Venezuela then u think your Highness..
None the less..
It just proves the point almost everything socialists do makes food and energy more difficult. More unemployment ect ect..just to a varied amount of degrees..
Why would we want any of it here or not reverse what is here..
Duh!!!
i dont even think you can comprehend what you're saying.
you should probably go a bit lighter on the rock homie.
and it could never happen here bc we are not a 3rd world country. and for as fucked up and corrupt our government is, it doesn't hold a candle to the crazy shit that happens in south america, including venezuela
Your either young and dont have a clue of what's going on due to being nieve.
Your young and think this economic growth is normal. Ugh, a whoping 3% growth would be gangbusters. Lol I prefer 5%.
Your younf and went to public school.
Your a globalist and like legal slavery.
Your an idiot.
Your a mumbles dupe, then please reread the previous sentence.
I don't know how pervasive it is, but my guess is that it is more common among truckers than the general population because the job and over-the-road environment aren't conducive to a healthy lifestyle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tellafriend
As for me, I was considerably overweight before I got into trucking, so my high BMI required me to get tested for sleep apnea. The sleep center I went to diagnosed me as having mild sleep apnea, and immediately tried to sell me a new machine for $1200, as well as follow-up evals quarterly. And when I balked at buying one because I didn't have insurance at the time, they immediately pressed for me to buy a used one from them for $900. I begged that off, and within an hour at home found a similar new one through a company on the web for less than $600.
Also, I later learned from another sleep center in another city that the place where I got diagones did the testing in a way that would positively bias the results towards showing sleep apnea. And I could go to another sleep center instead of going back to those fraudsters. But because I am still quite overweight, I would need to get tested *each* year, and that would run about $1200, I just gut it out by using the $600 machine I already have versus deal with the hassle of getting tested each year.
That being said, I personally know some drivers who have sleep apnea, and one of them was a trainer I went out with for about 6 weeks. But he denied having it -- and went to a doctor who gave him a clean DOT exam -- despite that he snored and snorted like a stuck pig each time he went on break. And even semi-dozed at the wheel quite often, hunched over it like Scrooge McDuck guarding a pot of gold. I was tempted to record him snoring and snorting during his sleep to show him what he sounded like, but I figured that he knew he had it and just didn't care. So why try to rock a boat when it has already run aground on the rocks.
So, bottom line: Sleep apnea is a valid concern in the industry, but the doctors working in the business have the opportunity to line their pockets with unwarranted positive diagnoses given that DOT regulations send them a steady supply of customers whose livelihoods depend upon that doctor's evaluation of their condition.
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Originally Posted by DRK Star
sounds much worse than it actually is.Quote:
"items such as scrap metal and worker’s gloves… as well as medical gloves used in radiation treatments at hospitals"
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Originally Posted by Suicide King
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4...014-tax-return
should have been a nuclear bomb, fuck sierra blanca
In September 2012, singer Fiona Apple was arrested at a checkpoint for possession of small amounts of marijuana and hashish, and spent the night in jail there. A few weeks later, a Nelly tour bus was stopped at the same checkpoint, and ten pounds of marijuana were found on the bus along with heroin and a loaded gun. The singer was not arrested, but a member of his entourage was. Previously, musicians Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson as well as actor Armie Hammer had all been arrested separately for drug possession in Sierra Blanca.