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Aaah - but in the eyes of the law, there is [and should be] no difference, when people are rioting in the streets. Whether they're "drunken brats" or an "organized group" [?] they are in violation of the laws. Funny, how you are quick to defend the sports fans, but refuse to acknowledge that...

I'm going to enjoy picturing every single cop I see doing that, lol. And using it to validate my refusal to have a dashcam that points at me, too. [There's a reason I don't sing in public!]

It also says that all the people who found nothing wrong with the police tactics when protesters were angry about young black males being shot with little or no provocation, might pay attention now that the police are going after college football fans. Riiiight. But there's nothing racist about...

It's probably a ploy by the Republicans to expose food stamp fraud - if they can afford to waste the canned goods, they're not really:rolleyes: hungry.

Those flexor tendons you mentioned? Mine have "nodes" on them , [repetitive motion injury], which sometimes get caught on the bands of tissue across the bottom of each finger, which locks the finger in a curled position. Makes it real hard [well, impossible] to put gloves on, but also makes it...

Turtle: convincing some people that they are routinely manipulated by the "news" they read is just impossible - they have too much invested in their intelligent self image to admit to being wrong. But, like those who use words they don't actually know the meaning of, [because they've heard...

Tried to delete the duplicate, but the net up here in the Thumb is giving me the finger, I guess, taking so long it times out. Sorry! :(

Maybe I misunderstood what you wrote - if so, sorry, I thought you were defending the practice. I totally understand that feeling of "ugly", remembering the first time I heard about some customers being given 2 free hours of load/unload time. [I was in a cargo van!] I didn't think that was...

The news coverage treated both protesters and looters as one mob, no difference.

I think Tknight is right: just give the drivers a key for each truck - it is a 'small' fleet, right? Keep the fuel cards out of sight in the truck, and you can match keys to trucks by color, putting a dab of nail polish on each key and an inconspicuous spot on the truck. Since you probably don't...

If all I knew about the event was in that headline, [which is true of a lot of readers], I'd think the "revelers" were celebrating by singing loudly and maybe snatching an occasional police officer's cap, and the pepper spray was an overreaction. When the streets are full of rampaging people...

Turtle, if you need occasional pain relief, you might try the generic Excedrin - it has aspirin, acetaminophen [generic Tylenol], and caffeine. The Tylenol might be a drawback, but the aspirin & caffeine mean there's less of it, at least. Still have swelling? Is that normal? [I've never broken...

I view the FSC as a matter of ethics, more than profit. If Customer A pays a FS, then Customers B-Z should, as well. I don't like the concept of "selling" by discounting, believing it unfair to those customers who don't get discounted rates, because the service we provide is the same for all...

Roadhouse: you don't seem to understand who is imposing their rules on drivers. It's the insurance carriers, and when do you hear them complaining about government regulations?

Agreed. But it's become a little more than that, as in full scale riots, with police in riot gear using tear gas to force thousands of crazy people to disperse. And the fact that you don't know that proves my point: it's usually only mentioned in the local media, and even then, it's with the...

At West Virginia University, the tradition demands setting couches on fire [?], and how much attention does that get from the media? It's like it's ok to go nuts, if it's in the context of a game, because "feelings run high". :rolleyes:

Also: pay close attention to what Xiggi wrote - if you have to, write it down and stick it where you will see it! Driving more miles for the same money is actually driving for less, because the wear & tear on the vehicle [and the driver] adds up to a big difference in the long run. "Drive less...

We like it too, lol. I also like the "100% of fuel surcharge passed on", because that's how it should be, and the carriers that don't do it are cheating those who pay for the fuel, IMO.

I've always kept a lock on the back doors, load bars, straps, blankets, etc, aren't cheap, and thieves are opportunists. If you use the round lock, putting a tennis ball [you slice a slit into it first, lol] over the lock keeps the water from freezing inside it when it's cold enough to freeze...

I don't believe CC [or any other carrier] offers a layover program like Load 1's: if you are available for 24 hrs without an offer, you get paid. This motivates dispatch, and the penalty for turning down an offer is loss of the layover pay, so it also motivates drivers to accept - or at least to...