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  1. Turtle

    Gambling

    I don't have a problem with casinos. I don't gamble. Doesn't bother me a bit if someone else does.
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    Don't knock the mexican drivers!!

    It was a rhetorical question. :) What is going on now is merely a part of NAFTA. It could have been announced on a Friday night or 7AM Monday and it wouldn't have mattered. NAFTA mandates all this, regardless. Yeah, I know Bush is in charge right now, and in charge of the borders. Every...
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    BEWARE OF THIS DRIVER/BAD NEWS

    Broom, my post wasn't negative. Not at all. My initial post was meant to lighten things up a bit, considering someone had just posted the name of someone they had a private beef with, a name that has since been edited out. While I do agree that these types of deadbeat gameplayers should be...
  4. Turtle

    AC for van question...

    www.campingworld.com is a good place to start. With them or any other RV place, get with them early, real early. Like next week. lol The problem comes from most of them being so busy working on RV's that they have sold, they won't want to take on any business for a vehicle they didn't sell...
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    BEWARE OF THIS DRIVER/BAD NEWS

    No, my Name is not Robert. :) I'm one of those who wants to work and play games, as well. Usually I want to play games when the van owner wants me to work tho. It's a fine line. hehe
  6. Turtle

    BEWARE OF THIS DRIVER/BAD NEWS

    Is it me, or does that read like a follow-up posting to an online personals ad from some gay Web site?
  7. Turtle

    Why not to go to Mexico.

    Yeah, that's my understanding, too, that if you get into trouble down there, real or fabricated, your only option is to contact the American Embassy down there. Assuming, of course, they let you make the phone call in the first place.
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    Don't knock the mexican drivers!!

    Which president was it, again, that signed NAFTA into law? I forget. Anyways, as for an army to turn back an invasion, I'm right there with ya on that one. I honestly don't have anything at all against Mexicans, legal or otherwise, who live here. I like it here, too. I can certainly understand...
  9. Turtle

    Mexican Trucks

    arkjarhead - yeah, that's how I took it. :) I thought it was funny, too. I can type, barely, I can't spell, mostly, and I refuse to proofread, like, totally.
  10. Turtle

    AC for van question...

    Yeah, it can. Although you'd have to define what you mean by "convert". The exhaust hose must be vented to the outside through a 5.1" hole in the wall of the van. The exhaust hose puts out way more hot air than unit puts out in cold air. Way more. The internal water reservoir holds about 2...
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    Chrysler, a lost company?

    Sure they are. They are trying to preserve what little they can. If they rejected this, it would be just a matter of time before every Daimler-related plant in the country closed up shop and moved to Mexico. The UAW no longer has the juice to threaten much of anything, really. A strike would...
  12. Turtle

    WHY ARE MOST EXPEDITER TRUCKS WHITE ???

    First of all, arkjarhead, thanks very much for that information about Yellow. I have asked three different Yellow drivers why a company named Yellow has orange trucks, instead of yellow. I got, essentially, the same answer from all three, which was... Before they were a trucking company they...
  13. Turtle

    File extensions

    Yeah, changing the name to jpg fixes it. Turns out, the ones she sends that magically get changed to the .bin file extension have EXIF data included in the file, and the ones that get sent as .jpg files don't. Weird.
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    WHY ARE MOST EXPEDITER TRUCKS WHITE ???

    FedEx is a case in particular where the background color is part of the logo and signature (UPS is another). When they first started out they chose specifically orange and purple on a white background. Orange and purple are a clashing combination and in rather unpleasing to the eye, especially...
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    WHY ARE MOST EXPEDITER TRUCKS WHITE ???

    Other than white being a cooler color insofar as keeping the interior of the vehicle cool versus a dark color, mainly it has to do with the lettering color schemes of the businesses that put their logos on the side of the vehicles. White is very neutral and is more easily adapted to the wide...
  16. Turtle

    Mexican Trucks

    Whew. Don't get me started on a national language. I know that if I moved to France, they're not gonna give me a driver's license unless I can fluently speak and write French. Here, you can take your driver's license test in Chinese, for cryin' out lout. When you move to another country, and if...
  17. Turtle

    Why not to go to Mexico.

    It may be reality, or TV and movie induced paranoia, but if the Mexican authorities as so corrupt that they can rob you and throw you in jail at any time for no reason, and there's not a thing you can do about it, then there's zero chance that me or my truck will be going into Mexico.
  18. Turtle

    Need some advise and info

    I can tell you flat out that you will not make $1000 net per week in a van. You might some weeks, but as an average, it'll be more like $600 a week, $700 maybe. It depends on your costs, and how well you control your expenses. Expenses are more than 50%. Honestly, when you figure in insurance...
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    Need some advise and info

    Expediting is very similar to OTR trucking, in that you will spend a lot of time away from home and in your truck. So make sure you outfit the front of your van for living in comfort. :) Read this thread: http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/5248.html
  20. Turtle

    Mexican Trucks

    Not quite sure how I'm living proof that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. If yer gonna level a charge like that, the least you could do is back it up with specifics, particularly specifics that I've stated inaccurately. When someone falls into the category of a little knowledge being a...
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