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From: Dave C. on 20 Oct 2009 10:09 On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:40:31 -0700 (PDT) gpsman <gpsman(a)driversmail.com> wrote: Doesn't matter. He's always been wrong on just about everything. I respect him though. I mean, it's got to be damned tough being wrong so consistently. Must require a lot of effort. -Dave
From: "Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" on 20 Oct 2009 22:19
From: "Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" on 20 Oct 2009 22:26 "Larry Sheldon" <lfsheldon(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7k6e8vF38ilueU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Dave C. wrote: > >>>> The AVERAGE is 20 tons. >>> That's truly amazing. Where do I find that figure, outside of >>> your phantasy? >> >> Work as an OTR truck driver sometime. If you ever pull a load (load >> only, not vehicle) less than 40,000 pounds, it will be under very >> unusual circumstances and your employer will be pissed. Only load I >> can remember that was lighter was due to a mistake by another driver >> (who was terminated, and I had to correct the mistake). It's simple >> economics. The law allows up to 80,000 pounds. Which means for your >> average 18-wheeler, you can put 40,000 or a little more of cargo on >> it and keep it legal. Trucking companies load to legal weight >> limits, hardly ever going below legal by even a few hundred pounds. >> Because to do so is a waste of money. > > Ever haul empty cans to a brewery or soda "bottler"? > > How about multi-stop loads from a DC to small-town stores that each get a > pallet or two, and which are the width of North Dakota apart? > > You ought to see if you can get a ride with an OTR driver and learn how > the business works. Now he's even go guys from other continents calling him an idiot. I wonder what Dynamic Dave would say about me hauling a 6600lb skid steer from Edmonton, Alberta to Marble Falls, Tx. Or the regular 8k underwear run from Greensboro to Tequila in my first job. Furthermore, his math is as accurate as usual. His truck and trailer don't weight anywhere near 40K, so if he's only loading 40K, he'd be pretty light. -- -- Popeye "If one does as God does enough times, one will become as God is." -Dr. Hannibal Lector. www.finalprotectivefire.com http://picasaweb.google.com/Popeye8762
From: hancock4 on 20 Oct 2009 22:28 On Oct 20, 6:19 pm, John David Galt <j...(a)diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> wrote: > What's unsustainable is the huge burden of socialism sucking the life > out of our economy, especially the green movement which is about trying > to steal the standard of living we've earned, paid for, and own forever. Somehow I don't think situations like Donora PA or lakes catching fire is the "standard of living we've earned". It's certainly not the standard of living I want.
From: hancock4 on 20 Oct 2009 22:32
On Oct 20, 9:12 pm, Otto Yamamoto <ros...(a)yamamoto.cc> wrote: > Have you read Marx? Do you know what 'socialism' is? Or are you just > parroting someone else's talking points? My money's on the latter. Find > me one *real* declared 'socialist' in American politics. Not the > Bourgeoisie that Fox News claims are Bolsheviks, but a real live > socialist. Good luck with that. There are extremists on both sides of the aisle today in US politics, and it seems they're growing in influence. I don't care what labels you call them. There are "socialists" who have no use for business and would be quite happy if the govt took them over or at least regulated each and every move they made. Then on the opposite end are "facists" who think Herbert Hoover and Teddy Roosevelt were flaming liberals for the business reforms they enacted; they'd love to get those repealed. Again, the names aren't important. The sad part is that people in the middle, the vast majority of the country, are getting ignored. |