tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post8888010775718785849..comments2024-03-05T23:42:30.151-06:00Comments on The Poor Farm: It Doesn't Hurt So Bad When You're Used To ItJeffrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-50671677643775491042010-12-26T21:09:48.428-06:002010-12-26T21:09:48.428-06:00I have a stepson 21 who just passed his CDL, and a...I have a stepson 21 who just passed his CDL, and another stepson 18 who is in his first year of tech college studying to be a diesal mechanic. I've told them both about your blog. Happy Holidays!Bob's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971565970366294930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-50613903330465326702010-12-20T18:16:39.693-06:002010-12-20T18:16:39.693-06:00Dad Bones - I'll probably be off in OK and TX ...Dad Bones - I'll probably be off in OK and TX - rest easy. It'll be some other idjut that will run you over. Hope that helps....Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-86082212621501880412010-12-20T08:46:50.782-06:002010-12-20T08:46:50.782-06:00I appreciate the job you guys are doing to get our...I appreciate the job you guys are doing to get our stuff moved from one place to the next. And under difficult circumstances that we dilettantes behind the wheel of pickups are usually clueless about.<br /><br />Tomorrow or the next day I'll be cutting across the wide open spaces of Kansas to see PTG again. - I was hell on wheels when I was young but anymore I have to make an effort to keep up with traffic. I'll apologize in advance if you find yourself on my bumper.Dad Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172007701510004771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-80921680994272890322010-12-17T19:06:54.195-06:002010-12-17T19:06:54.195-06:00Lisa: One of the byproducts of McVeigh's explo...Lisa: One of the byproducts of McVeigh's explosion was to consider the routes explosive vehicles travel. Most cities have signs with <a href="http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/SUE/SUE114/RSCL0181.jpg" rel="nofollow">an HC inside a green circle</a> on truck routes approved for hazardous cargo. If you have a placarded load and are caught off the route, there are fines involved. <br /><br />I've kvetched about having to go over Loveland Pass on I70 west of Denver because we don't fit in the Johnson/Eisenhower tunnels. HC loads are forbidden as well - they have to go over the mountain, too. I don't see how they'd stop a terrorist driving a fuel truck from driving into the tunnel and detonating the load anyways, but the law abiding types have to avoid the tunnels for that reason.Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-44568510628425623822010-12-17T18:44:59.085-06:002010-12-17T18:44:59.085-06:00Great article. I used to wonder why the hijackers ...Great article. I used to wonder why the hijackers chose planes instead of big-rig truck bombs -- which I thought would be easier to assemble and deploy undetected. Now I know. Unless it's a Timothy McVeigh sized bomb in a U-Haul truck (which can still do plenty of damage), trucks are safe.<br /><br />But you make a good point. Safe, at a cost...<br /><br />I guess the way this is parsed from a Constitutional angle is that driving is a privilege, not a right (hence the license) and when you chose to fly commercially, you are agreeing to undergo whatever security measures that private carrier wants to impose (just as you have to agree to the "no shoes, no shirt, no service" rules if you want to drink in a fine establishment.) And you have the choice to travel alternatively if you don't like it. (Although practically train, bus and private car travel is not practical for some people.)<br /><br />It's a tough one and, when I fly to England for Christmas, I guess I'll see it in action -- up close and personal.Lisa Paulhttp://leftcoastcowboys.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-48054340855108923072010-12-17T16:25:50.336-06:002010-12-17T16:25:50.336-06:00Thanks! I should have made Neimoller's name a ...Thanks! I should have made Neimoller's name a link back to that Wikipedia article, but I wuz lazy.Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-80977973589548910582010-12-17T15:27:16.478-06:002010-12-17T15:27:16.478-06:00Excellent post, Jeffro!
For those that read this, ...Excellent post, Jeffro!<br />For those that read this, and don't get the reference, here's a link:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com