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cool pic! How did you get the truck to lean so much while the horizon stayed straight.









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Spent all night loading chickens.. I bet that's the first time in 5 years I drove after midnight. Lol

The place I got my truck from has one of werners 06 classic shakers on the lot. I was trying to get them t get me one oftheir 379 petes. No luck so far but I'll keep trying. At least they arr toying with the classics now. When I bought mine I was told flat out no, they wouldn't sell them
were you loading fresh chickens? it always took a long time getting loaded with them back when i hauled those nasty things, an had to get washed out every time then get the smell out.
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Brick don't feel bad. If i ever get to meet any of you guys i'll pick up the tab for the torture ive made you go through listening to me.
You owe us a helluva lot more than dinner..
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were you loading fresh chickens? it always took a long time getting loaded with them back when i hauled those nasty things, an had to get washed out every time then get the smell out.
Frozen...... They smell a lot better. Lol

However the processing plant doesn't
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well al sounds like your doin alright, best of luck to ya.
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I gave her a dollar i would have at least gaven her like three but i didn't break the other twenty. In the summer i went to a resturant that had Chicago style food i think about 10 for a hot dog with side drink and all that. Then a few months back we went to a Chicago style pizza place i spent about 15 on a whole pizza for me. Which is pretty good since i got filled up and all.
To Insure Proper Service... The people who work in the service industry are almost like independent contractors. They work for Tips and the law only requires that they receive a sufficient hourly rate to pay their taxes and other withholding. Uncle Sam has got to get his.

On the other hand, they never have to worry about performance reviews... they get one from every customer.

15% for a food server is sufficient for good and adequate service anything in addition to that is superfluous and I am a rabid over tipper. I've dated too many waitresses and perhaps have a weak spot for them.

Other service have other rates... Valets (car and hotel/resort), cleaning personnel, etc.. The only time you should plan on not tipping is if it is an "all inclusive" event; because the tip was planned into the purchase price or a valet service that charges a flat 'tip' rate... if they want to tell me what to 'tip' then I won't argue the point.

There is a whole butt load of information on tipping and what is adequate and what isn't.

Tipping is a sore spot with a lot of people, if tipping doesn't feel right... then don't put yourself in a position to be served by someone working in a service industry You don't want to work for free either, I'm guessing.
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Tipping is a sore spot with a lot of people, if tipping doesn't feel right... then don't put yourself in a position to be served by someone working in a service industry You don't want to work for free either, I'm guessing.
Rooster, you have said that much better than I could have. Thank you for the well thought out post.

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I felt bad taking a samich from a young man with less money than me.
At the same time I knew he'd feel bad if I didn't let him buy, I could tell that was what he wanted to do in the worst way.
No reason to feel bad, Paul. He really wanted to do it. Besides, he doesn't have a girlfriend right now so he usually has more money in his pocket than I do!
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Brick don't feel bad. If i ever get to meet any of you guys i'll pick up the tab for the torture ive made you go through listening to me.

I don't think yous could afford to feed most of the chow hounds round this thread,......
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I don't think yous could afford to feed most of the chow hounds round this thread,......
So subway isn't an option?
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So subway isn't an option?
Only if you are prepared to buy three footlongs for each driver...
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