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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by WesternPlains, Nov 24, 2017.

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IluvCATS said: ↑

In the South I see pickled eggs in a lot of places. No refrigeration needed. Maybe you buy a case of those?
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Lets make it two cases. I haven't pissed people off enough on this thread yet.

Seriously.... da pickled eggs are a good idea... Thank you.

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WesternPlains said: ↑

Lets make it two cases. I haven't pissed people off enough on this thread yet.

Seriously.... da pickled eggs are a good idea... Thank you.
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I don’t think anyone is pissed off. This thread is absolutely hilarious. I’ve been glued to it for over a half an hour!

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There are many healthy organic options for drivers these days.

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Lepton1 said: ↑

^^^ THIS ^^^
Eggs require refrigeration. Your trainer may not even have a cooler.
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Not if you get fresh eggs that have never been refrigerated. My husband brings eggs in a camping egg container that prevents breakage and he doesn't have to use the refrigerator which can't hold a lot anyway.

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I seem to remember something about coating eggs with lard and they will stay fresh out of the fridge for 3 months. The lard stops the oxygen from entering the egg due to its porous shell.
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I read that too but haven't tried it since we went through our eggs within a couple of weeks.. The problem with store refrigerated eggs is they've been washed and the outer layer removed so they go bad more quickly than unwashed fresh eggs.

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I've got 3 cases of dehydrated water pills I've been saving since Y2K. They are much smaller than a few gallons of water. If someone wants to make me an offer.

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WesternPlains said: ↑

Now I'm being accused of pontification?
When we got people on here perverting what I said?
Got a guy saying 50 below is no big deal. When I know a Wildlife Biologist who lives in Norman Wells, Northwest Territories. Even there, when it gets 50 below before wind chill. They just stop everything. Hoard up in their homes. Don't even bother to try to start a vehicle. And I'm being told it's no big deal? Sure!
On supplements. It's only the fact that we don't get this stuff now. Used to be plentiful. Mine and your ancestors ate plenty of this stuff. One thing we ignore is minerals. Most all of you are actually dehydrated. You don't realize it. That's all I want to do is actually eat. That's all. So much to ask?
The Roman's destroyed themselves from the inside out. It is said they didn't know about lead. They knew about it. They just thought if they didn't have high exposure to it. They were ok. They were wrong. They went crazy.
Get people here who keep adding or taking away from what I said. Just to give them an excuse to argue. An excuse to say; go do a day job. Won't work in OTR. When it works just as easy in OTR as anything else.
Then of course there is the person who pointed out, not everyone takes a 34. But conveniently left out that those people have 15 hours every day off. ... Doh! Gee billybob... I is stupid!
It's just a matter of finding an intelligent trainer. One who will allow me to sleep with a little extra stored in my bunk. Not what I would take on my own. But enough to get by.
At least I got a little bit of constructive input from this. One in particular was through PM. I ended up helping that person as much as they helped me. Which is what I hope to do with a trainer. Always giving, always helping others.
The other constructive input I got was; Expect plenty of short sighted trainers. Whom I need to make sure I don't accept going with. No, I don't need someone trying to tell me I don't have a choice. I've already filtered out those companies who don't give me a choice.
I have learned here. What I ask is going to be a good filter for trainers. Filter them out to find a good one. Yes, I did plan on training during winter on purpose. To pick up on driving a tractor/trailer in winter conditions as much as I can, as soon as I can. I already know alot about winter driving from doing classB though 7 winters. That leaves me wanting to know more, always, more. That's called wisdom.
What I'm asking is not "special needs". It's basic common horse sense. To actually eat. To actually not freeze so badly, I can't do a decent inspection when it most likely counts the most. If one tries to do anything half fast in winter. They end up failing.
People have no idea how bad off they are.
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-50 is no big deal dude. Btw, my Freightliner started right up too.

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Who told you -50 is no big deal & who is perverting what others say? I said you are in a heated truck. You use that truck to drive to customers. Why you need to dress for being outside in -50 for hours while you drive is my question. Driving & sleeping is what you will be doing for 20 plus hours each day. If you dress for -50 & your trainer is dressed for +70 you will be sweating while you stare at tje road.

If your truck breaks down you make a phone call and stay in the truck. Not even dispatchers expect or need you to walk home. I know women seem to think they must dress so as to never feel a moment of cold during winter, but maybe that's why there are so few in trucking. It's not Ice Road Truckers out here. I don't even count how many loads I pull. I just pull the next load when tjey give it to me.
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I said its no big deal cause to me the week I was snowed in Indy with -50 windchills was no big deal, but I was dressed for it.

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My flip flops have enough room for white cotton socks if there’s an arctic blast.

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