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My driving days are done. Terminal cancer got me, and most of my strength has departed.

Oh, man--- the unbelievable levels that it takes to try to get away with insulting staff..... You just know that can't come to a good end. If you MUST do it--- that's what PMs are for. Doing it "in public" just makes things worse. Back on topic: For my part, I chose not to play the big...

I've seen better days. Been seeing doctors here lately, something is wrong inside.

True---up to a point. At least the person buying cigs or chews got something in exchange for his money. The person buying a lottery ticket---- got taken. Note: I don't smoke or chew, so this is example only.

Nobody won last night's drawing. I'm not gonna play, forget about it. First, the odds against being the winner are all but beyond calculating. You have essentially the same odds of winning whether or not you play, might as well keep the money you already have in your pocket. Second, a jackpot of...

I've chosen to stay away from this thing. Too much money, all at once, has a way of causing more trouble than it solves.

You're probably right. In that size sleeper, there's a ventilation problem,(a propane heater requires lots of oxygen, and if it doesn't get it the carbon-monoxide danger becomes all too real) and he would be forced to use the small tanks. Also it could be a fire-hazard. Reckon if he wants to...

You came to the right place to be told that electric heaters are a waste of time in this application. They gobble up enormous power-- so you have to have a generator to run them--- but they can't produce anywhere near the heat you need. They're designed to help in a small space where you already...

I haven't wanted to say much. But--- I suspect this guy is running into trouble. He's going to have to charge cargo-van rates to get anything at all in that cube-van, and competing with local courier outfits--- many of which have turned into distribution centers which pay the drivers dirt...

Turtle---- are you REALLY sure you want that?

Tell me when the beat-down is over. Brrrrrr. Truth is, there are quite a number of competent women rig drivers. The subject of the story giving rise to this thread wasn't one of them.

Villa Park, Illinois (home). It's been an evil mess all day, sleet, ice, rain, snow, heavy and wet yuck that would cause a heart attack in a healthier man than I am these days. About that health--- I've had issues, went to the doctor today (a short walk up the street) to see if I can get a...

I'll grant that the sex-offender thing is over the top. I was a bit surprised--- but not much-- to find that the operators of ANY R/C flying craft--- and control-line planes-- would have to register with the FAA as well. I haven't looked, but I think maybe R/C surface machines such as cars and...

Maybe the R/C flyers don't get off without having to register. Seems there's an Aussie who has been following this close, and according to stuff he dredged up anything big enough to be flown outdoors-- including control-line-planes-- needs to be registered with the FAA. He has little if any use...

The more I read of this, the more I wonder if she even went to school--- or was she trained by an uncle or something. She flat-out didn't know how to handle the rig, was afraid to back it up, probably embarrassed to call for help when she was in too deep (but before the bridge) and so on. Now...

It bothers me a little that she didn't know her truck was heavy. The tractor alone looks to be about 15,000 lbs, probably more. A 53' trailer can't scale much less than 12,000 lbs empty--- probably more. Add 44,000 lbs of water---- come on, ya gotta know that's too heavy for that little bridge.

.....And it's getting scary. Christmas day, a 35-ton truck tried to navigate a one-lane bridge rated at 6 tons. The combination of being too heavy and too big (it never could have cleared the iron girders that make up the bridge's structure) made the end results all too predictable. The driver...

At my age--- who cares? I expect to do nothing tomorrow-- better?

Changed my vote to "Yes". There's a small chance I could get something tomorrow, but I really expect to do diddly.

I have a couple of R/C boats. Club membership-- both national and local--- had to be procured to operate these craft---even though there's no chance of interfering with aviation. It's been awhile since I've operated these boats, but-- membership in the I.M.P.B.A. (national) and the Marquette...