Packing List for Students

your list is ok a bit cumbersome tho don.t you think? just pretend its tour wedd outing night and give your trainer an uhuh once ina while and an occasional yea sure. You both know you're messin more than you should, so like a wedding niight , just get it over with, and bale out..

 

I really have to throw my two cents in here. Advice is one thing, but do not take prescription antibiotics unless they have been specifically prescribed by a doctor for a current problem. The only way that antibiotics are effective is if they are taken along a specific course. Just keeping a couple of spare ones around is likely to cause more harm than good. For example, taking a short course of antibiotics for a severe upper respiratory infection (a couple of spare pills) is likely to actually progress the problem to full blown pneumonia. And pneumonia kills.

Also, in a lot of places if you don't have the bottle with the prescription information on the side you can actually get arrested. Best to just leave that stuff alone unless you really need it, and then if you need an antibiotic chances are really good that you shouldn't be driving in the first place.

And, antibiotics do NOTHING for a cold. A cold is a virus, not an infection.

Just my two cents for those wanting to avoid unnecessary hospital stays and doctor visits while on the road.

 

Agreed. As with life, more input helps keep me in the steady lane.

 

Thank you to all who contributed useful information in this thread. I am yet another student driver leaving on a bus tomorrow. Going to drive for Werner from Atlanta terminal. Wish me luck!!

 

Good Luck McDiddy :smt023 , and keep us updated

 

i start class on monday but i talked to a friend of mine and he said that you can get an old sea bag from the navy realllllllly cheap that holds a lil bit more and is very durable, plus if you roll your clothes based on days (jeans, shirt, undies, socks, etc) you will be a bit quicker and more organized plus you can fit more in one bag, if you decide to take a laptop get a backpack they are small and they hold alot, and it still keeps you in that 2 bag limit that fits most trainers and airlines and stuff like that, NEVER FORGET YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR, that will get you alot of places, but remember there are places to take it and places to leave it

 

About midway through this thread, a couple of folks mentioned air cards. Are these the mobile modems that you have to buy with a 1- or 2-year contract and plug into the side of your laptop? Contracts with mobile telephone companies are never hassle-free, but as far as I know they're the only way to have dependable mobile internet connection. Am I mistaken?

Also, what's the best "newbie" GPS system -- durable, easy-to-use, and economical -- and who sells them? I definitely will be using a GPS as icing on the cake, with the cake being my road atlas.

 

Can't help ya with the GPS, but we have a Verizon air card about the size of a jump drive that plugs in your computer. Between $50 & $60 a month 2 yr. contract. Works everywhere a phone works. Not sure about the other carrier coverage. Works perfect. You get 5 Gigabytes per month before you have to pay extra. Don't know how much that is, but have never even used above 2 GB in a month and that was including a week at the beach w/kids and boss on net 4 or 5 hours a day.

Stay Safe

 

Just a suggestion if you live where they have Cricket you can get an air card through them at a pretty cheap rate and its unlimited. The kicker there is if you dont live where its popular you have to order it online and wait for it. Its a thought. I bought a netbook from verizon cost me 20 for the netbook with a 2yr contract. The only down side was my first bill was 106 because of the activation fee and everything els. So just do a bit of research with different carriers there is bound to be something that will work well for you.

 

I would say best GPS is going to be Garmin nuvi 465.also as far as a air card goes they can cost a lot for little useage they have data rate plans only for $50 but unlimited cost over $100 month I my self use the internet service from my phone to use my laptop its free when you already have a web package on the phone and any android based phone can do It just look for the app pdanet or easytether and its awesome and faster then most truck stops wireless