Going to start CDL school soon, need some advice

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    Man, regular stuff needs a Hazmat postcard on them, that's stupid...
     
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    Alright, I just doesn't like the process of getting it, out of the all the endorsements, Hazmat is the most time-consuming.
     
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    You have from now until you graduate to get the Hazmat. That hazmat can be a money maker.
     
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    The problem for financial reasons, I won't be able to get it until I'm working as a trucker, I can probably get the Tanker though.
     
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    Once you're driving ,you can get the hazmat while you're on hometime and have the cash.
     
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    I guess loads of whale vomit need Hazmat. Whale vomit is used in perfumes.
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    Ambergris , ambergrease, or grey amber is a solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish colour produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. Freshly produced ambergris has a marine, fecal odor. It acquires a sweet, earthy scent as it ages, commonly likened to the fragrance of isopropyl … See more
     
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    WHOAH!!! What the hell!! Good to know!!
     
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    Yeah, I learned about that when I attended kindergarten in Charleston, South Carolina.
    We also had to dance with those stupid girls!
     
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    LOL! Sounds like good time!!
     
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    I read an article not too long ago that an intrepid beach goer dug around in the depths of a freshly beached sperm whale, got lucky and found a giant lump. He sold it to a high end perfume manufacturer for somewhere north of $200K.
     
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