What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Blu_Ogre

    Blu_Ogre Road Train Member

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    Would have been better if the media had taken a breath and verified better.

    The constant barrage of a 2 to 5 minute story on repeat for 24/7 is what got to me. Especially when combined with the reporting of unverified rumors. It was like Fakebook before Fakebook.
     
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  3. 77fib77

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    Well my tractor has a MIL on. Been in the shop this morning, def nozzle was mostly plugged. Regening and it should be good. I still think it's impossible to do two turns into Chicago a day. This week should get me to see where we are at.
     
  4. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    Hmm tornadoes in Montana mountains. Sure why not. Has to be photo shopped.

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  5. Espressolane

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    If that was real, and I doubt it is, it sure would be some news.
     
  6. Jubal Early Times

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    I don’t remember the media, so much. I do remember where I was at the exact moment. I also remember that we as a country came together democrat and republican, black and white.

    I also remember that didn’t last long before the bs Michael Moore and the other fringe lunatics started blaming Bush and Cheney. And coming up with conspiracy theories. I also remember a lot of the personal freedoms we lost as a result.

    I also remember all the lives and treasure we spent just to piss it all away in the end.
     
  7. Opus

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    I remember watching the Today show before I went to work and watched the whole deal go down.
    I'll never forget that day.
     
  8. Jubal Early Times

    Jubal Early Times Road Train Member

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    I was in line at the DMV getting my DL renewed. I came out and got into the truck and John Boy and Billy weren’t cracking joke like usual
     
  9. REO6205

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    I was running a logging job up in the woods. We listened to the coverage on one of the pickup radios. I sent the crew home. I didn't know what else we were going to see that day and I figured it was better for everyone to be with their families.
     
  10. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Some of the truckstops and gas stations really raped their customers that day. Flying J, Pilot (they were separate then) and many other raised their diesel prices as much as $0.75 a gallon on rumors of the government shutting down all of the refineries. Which, seeing as how the Flying J at the time had a couple of their own refineries, was total B.S. Others like the TA held the line. I was at Bosselman's in Nebraska and talked to one of their managers. He said that they had seen most of the competition jacking up prices during the day. They were getting nervous about it but they had kept checking with their suppliers and were continually told that there was no price increase coming.
    It was years before I ever set foot in another FJ or Pilot after that.
     
  11. austinmike

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    We're off to see the Dentist , The wonderful Dentist of Oz
     
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