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navychop said:

CDLs are in BIG demand. Ever notice how close to 100% of OTR trucks have hiring signs on them?

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HipKat said:

That's because the one good thing the administration is doing is finally going after the fake and non-domiciled CDL drivers, opening the door to hire more valid drivers and hopefully will push the rates back up.

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Arctic_fox said:

now let's get rid of the piss tanks and tampons off of diesels aka emissions crap since it can bankrupt someone!!! and get rid of ELD'S since they make some drivers drive like idiots trying to find a parking spot. starter mega carriers should not allow new drivers to train that's just a way for em to move cheap freight..

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HipKat said:

And when they get rid of driver-facing cameras, they'll start to attract the prototypical truck driver back to the industry.

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Arctic_fox said:

i own my own truck i don't have none of that crap just an outward facing cam for a**holes in 4 wheelers and the break checker's

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HipKat said:

I thought about just buying my own, but goddang. I bought a nice 2000 W900L in 2004 for $52K. New they were just over 100K. Now, a new KW W990 is over $300,000.00
I couldn't afford a new one, but used truck prices are just as crazy

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Ronnie- said:

We have started cycling out our fleet, day cabs, but even those are sickeningly high compared to a few years ago.

Second of the crew was delivered today. First was crimson. This on is grey. On down the line we will go until replaced.

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HipKat said:

That's a good looking truck

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Ronnie- said:

The crimson one looked better. Roll tide. (If we are gonna sideline a thread let's do it properly sir)

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telstar_1 said:

Wasn''t a radio optional on cars back in the 60s-70s?

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slow_poke_pete said:

I'm so old i remember when auto trans and A/C were options tape players were options as well as cd players. i think even the rug on the floor was an option i think. you could get a ford escort for 5 to 6 k stripped with a stick shifter. and with all of this self driving BS coming just think what will hapen when you miss a payment it will drive itself back to the lot.

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Jimbo said:

I remember when there was no A/C option ...

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Jimbo said:

Your not that old ... if your saying A/C was an option.
I remember when there was no A/C option ...
Do you remember when you had to hand crank the windows (I'm sure you do).

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harshness said:

Air Conditioning ("Weather Conditioner") was a factory option in model year 1940 Packards.

In 1930, external swamp coolers were available.

Cadillac offered the first climate control ("Comfort Control") in 1964.

The article below looks to be very authoritative:

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Jimbo said:

Just because it was an option, doesn't mean everyone had them ... Most of your Classic Cars (Muscle Cars) didn't have A/C.

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slow_poke_pete said:

TIVO--- GLAD THERE GONE

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slow_poke_pete said:

DIRECTV YOUR DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF IDIOTS

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slow_poke_pete said:

VERIZON THEY. THEY WILL CUT YOU OFF IF YOU BITCH ABOUT THERE FAKE 5G NETWORK BEING TO SLOW AND CONGESTED

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AZ. said:

Oh just wait, it will get much worse. Handful of companies own everything. They will do what ever they want and nothing will be done about it.
Now the FCC wants to lift any restriction on local TV station ownership....Just imagine what carrier fees will be in a few years?

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Scott Greczkowski said:

Hey nice to see that I am not the only one who thinks Wendy's has gone WAY down hill.

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Jimbo said:

When they first opened here

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comfortably_numb said:

Wendy's began in Columbus. I got to go to the original store numerous times, and I was trained as a manager at the corporate office in Dublin. Never did get to meet Dave Thomas before he passed, though. Wendy's was a huge part of my life for many years.

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Scott Greczkowski said:

KFC Popcorn chicken came back this week. My wife loves them and said they taste like they use to.

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dishdude said:

Now they're all so sterile with absolutely no personality.

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navychop said:

Wasn't there a version of DVDs prepared and maybe sold that would start to degrade after you opened the package? Gave you maybe 2 weeks use?

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navychop said:

Wasn't there a version of DVDs prepared and maybe sold that would start to degrade after you opened the package? Gave you maybe 2 weeks use?

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Scott Greczkowski said:

The industries (TV, Movie and Music) are basically putting themselves out of business. I don't see why they don't understand that.

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HipKat said:

the noticeable memory loss that I should NOT be having at my age. Occasionally forgetting a name is one thing, but forgetting the street I lived on in Peoria 10 years ago, band names that I've listened to for years, etc., or something almost daily that's hitting me hard now.

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rvvaquero said:

Yep, that's what I've been thinking for the past 20 years. I don't even remember living in Peoria.......oh wait. And, I just had short covid.

Never mind bands I've listened to, sometimes I can't even call the name of someone I've known all my life or worked with for over 30 years. When you start calling your sibling by your children's name or vice versa, or missing the year you did something by a decade or more, or confusing decades of a car you owned, etc., then you'll really start to realize your age. I've lived in 9 different decades, and it's getting harder to keep them separated.

It gets worse youngster, just stand by.

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HipKat said:

Well, what makes me feel old isn't the 60-year-old back I got from working hard jobs all my life, Ironworker, Steeplejack, Truck driver, etc., or the torn rotator cuff that never healed correctly or the arthritis in my neck or the weak legs I have that make it harder and harder to climb stairs and ladders, or the 20 lbs I can't seem to lose. It's the effects of Covid twice and the permanent lung damage I got from it, or the RSV last year that seems to have triggered my heart into racing every time I exert myself (Heart moniter coming soon), it's the other effects of long Covid, like getting winded easily, but particularly, the noticeable memory loss that I should NOT be having at my age. Occasionally forgetting a name is one thing, but forgetting the street I lived on in Peoria 10 years ago, band names that I've listened to for years, etc., or something almost daily that's hitting me hard now.

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NYDutch said:

I've had similar memory problems, worsening after my strokes. I've also called my daughter by my pet name for my late wife several times when she's doing things my wife used to do. I don't even realize I've done it until I see the tears in her eyes.

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HipKat said:

Well, what makes me feel old isn't the 60-year-old back I got from working hard jobs all my life, Ironworker, Steeplejack, Truck driver, etc., or the torn rotator cuff that never healed correctly or the arthritis in my neck or the weak legs I have that make it harder and harder to climb stairs and ladders, or the 20 lbs I can't seem to lose. It's the effects of Covid twice and the permanent lung damage I got from it, or the RSV last year that seems to have triggered my heart into racing every time I exert myself (Heart moniter coming soon), it's the other effects of long Covid, like getting winded easily, but particularly, the noticeable memory loss that I should NOT be having at my age. Occasionally forgetting a name is one thing, but forgetting the street I lived on in Peoria 10 years ago, band names that I've listened to for years, etc., or something almost daily that's hitting me hard now.

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rvvaquero said:

You are fortunate to have daughters. They can be emotional at times, but they'll be there for you. I know, that is a generalization, but I've seen it to be mostly true.

A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son til he takes a wife.

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NYDutch said:

We lost one our daughters to liver cancer in 2024, but I'm extremely grateful for the one I have left. She has quite literally been a life saver since my wife, her mother, died the day after last Christmas. Her strength is what has kept me going.

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rvvaquero said:

You are fortunate to have daughters. They can be emotional at times, but they'll be there for you. I know, that is a generalization, but I've seen it to be mostly true.

A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son til he takes a wife.

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Bruce said:

You have posted previously, that you were a smoker most of your life, obviously that had caused some of your current health issues.

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rvvaquero said:

You are fortunate to have daughters. They can be emotional at times, but they'll be there for you. I know, that is a generalization, but I've seen it to be mostly true.

A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son til he takes a wife.

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MikeD-C05 said:

Have you thought about taking Creatine Monohydrate 5grams ?

Creatine Monohydrate may help restore depleted celluar energy in Long Covid and ME/CFS ( Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). It bypasses the damaged mitochondria to rapidly regenerate the ATP, ( adenosine triphosphate production). ATP is the primary energy currency used by cells in your brain and muscles to perform daily functions, supporting physical and cognitive function. It helps with brain fog too.

I buy it in capsule form from Horbaach off of Amazon and I take 5 of them a day and drink WATER to activate the full effects. Like at least 8 to 10 glasses a day. It cost like $18.49 for one time purchase or $15.72 to subscribe to it. There is enough to take 5 capsules a day and that works out to 45 servings in a bottle, so over 45 days of use out of one bottle. I don't like using the big powder forms most body builders take , so capsules are great and very convenient.

I have been on it for 6 months and my muscles are popping and my head is clear. But I never caught Covid once. I have been vaccinated and boosted every year since 2021 in the fall along with my flu shot. I already got my RSV shot last year.

You can also watch videos on You Tube about Creatine 5g and it is full of good stuff about it. You really ought to try it and you have nothing to lose from trying it for a couple of months to see if you feel any better. It takes at least a month to start seeing gains and effects from it, because it takes that long to top off your muscles and your brain to see the full effect. Don't skip any days and be consistent each morning. If you decide to take it let me know if you see any improvement after those two months.

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Don in CT said:

Comcast had crews running new lines down the street on their infrastructure. Could they be rolling out fiber to compete?

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Bruce said:

About time if true.

Charter is another that has waited too long.

I get constant calls to return to them ( I switched to fiber), but always at the same speed ( gigabit down, slow up speed) and a price which is more than what I am currently paying.

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navychop said:

Orange = communications. These runs have fiber and some areas coax. NOT RG-6!

BTW, I think I pay about $100 for FiOS Internet. I think I'll keep StarLink at the RV and FiOS at home.

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Jimbo said:

I wondered if that might have been what you were talking about, but at that point I don't recall Buried or underground being use in the description.

It could also be different if it's going thru Manholes as well....

If it's buried in the Ground, it's usually Orange .... Communications .

It should be RED for Power ...

Really as long as its a color .... basically it's for crane operators to see when they are digging a hole.

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mc6809e said:

Our daughter and her husband live in a very rural area of a neighboring county. There was no cable TV or high-speed internet available in their area. Neither Spectrum nor AT&T had service in their area. Several months ago Spectrum ran fiber down the entire length of the road they live on. My daughter said she thinks everyone who lives in the neighborhood signed up. She didn't say how much it costs but everyone is happy it's now available because they no longer have to rely on the unreliable cell service or Hughesnet (if you want to call that high speed).

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Jimbo said:

basically it's for crane operators to see when they are digging a hole.

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Don in CT said:

I'd wonder what they would price their fiber at if they were ever to offer it. Frontier and GoNetSpeed are undercutting them.

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