Archive for March, 2009

Can you believe a teenager did this

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

There is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy.25 in rural Iowa. For generations, kids have painted slogans,
names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times. A few months back, the rock
received its latest paint job, and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. It is quite an
impressive sight. Be sure to scroll down and check out the multiple photos (all angles) of the rock. I
thought the flag was draped over the rock, but it is not. It is actually painted on the rock too. After you
read thing go to my gallery click on Can you believe a teenager did this. If you would like this in email
form send me an email at admin@sconsepts.com and i will gladly forward you this.

ben

Some Differences of two First year drivers

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

As you know I am another new driver. There are a few differences between me and Desiree Wood. These are things that I see that she is doing and i also have seen. We both started out in a bad situation, but i was smart enough to change that she didn’t instead she just ranted and bitched about it. In America You have to choice to get out a bad job or whatever situation you are in. That is freedom the we enjoy because of the sacrifices that others made for the rest of us. I was told that there is a lot to learn from other drivers about the industry. Every chance i get i shut my mouth and listen to other more experienced drivers and i am always learning new tricks to make this job easier. Some of the tricks don’t work for me but that’s fine i took the advice and tried it. I did and i feel i have a great mentor.From listening to her and it doesn’t seen like she is. If she is she sure doesn’t show it. SAFETY,  I agree on 1 thing she Say’s haz-mat yes i feel there needs to be more training. Now trying to change that takes talking to FMCSA not, twitter, a blog site, etc. There needs to be a union (per say) of truckers banded together and 1 and only 1 person talking for the whole group. I don’t see her trying to organize nothing of the sorts. Also all i get out of her rants is that the issue’s that are a problem to her right now.I would be willing to talk to her about these issues and help, but her view’s and attitude is the big reasons for all this turm oil. You don’t talk about the hand that feeds you. If you trash talk the company you work for and the costumer’s that you haul for it will eventually come back to bite you in the ass. After some discussion with a few truckers i know rather well they 2 willing to band together and do something about the situation, but everyone i talked to agrees that we need 1 speaker and only only 1 person but some one that the rest of the the US knows and will listen to about the issue’ s at hand. Until that happens i feel that none of these small groups efforts are going to do any good. more to come later.

ben

just watch this power point show

Friday, March 27th, 2009

All i need to say is nothing about this power point show it speaks for itself .

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ENOUGH

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Desiree Wood, AKA @TruckerDesiree on twitter and her stupid whining has been bothering me for a while, tonight, I’m looking for some information, that just happened to be on a Site she posted one on of her snivels to.

(see my story: One of our “Voices” is a drama queen, I for one, can do without it.

And run into a comment directed RIGHT AT ME, by of course, someone with out a clue.

Confessions of an AIRHEAD

Look for the Comment by

Donna Smith 15 March 2009 at 1:49 am , I’ll wait right here

As you might imagine, I went OFF, I also REPLIED. as I seriously doubt that they will release that comment into the stream over there, I’m putting it here, and in a few moments, it will be at Http://sconcepts.com as well.

THIS is of course a declaration of war, I do not want or need Desiree Woods speaking for ME, EVER.

For Donna Smith at http://www.bettertruckerhealth.blogspot.com/

1. No-One in this business needs a witch hunt or the kind of hysterical gibberish pouring from Desiree. This includes you.

2 I care nothing for media coverage and resent even being accused of it. Read my blog to get a good idea of who I am. I’ve been out here far longer than Desiree and know where this is leading. Virginia will do as it wants, it always has.

3 Yes, in fact I AM suggesting that her belief that drivers should be experienced before transporting hazardous materials is not valid. Not.At.All. SHE just does not want to haul it, but she MUST or lose her job. Her lack of commitment does not make the industry or the companies in it bad. Have you ask others if they mind hauling it?

Experience is gained through action, through DOING. IF I owned a trucking company that was hiring students, those students would be hauling it (IF THEY WANTED TO) along with ALL of my other drivers. That is the “right and wrong” of it. Not the determination of an industry nobody that it is wrong or her personal lack of courage to refuse it.

I’ve been driving for 20 YEARS and WILL NOT haul it. Why? It doesn’t pay anything extra to the driver. The company is getting extra, but not the driver. I hauled the stuff for a few years in a reefer and then said “you know what? This don’t pay ME anything, but it could melt me to the fillings in my teeth.”
Guess what I did? I refused to move another load of the stuff. Guess what they did? LOADED it on someone ELSE. I had been driving about 18 months when I took my first load of Haz-Mat. No big deal. But I wont move another load of it, UNLESS there is a contract, stating the amount of money above and beyond my mileage pay that I will receive for the work.

This is about MONEY. (more…)

Some words of Advise for any industry

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

This is something that i learned the hard way and would like to share with you all. I’ve been noticing for a while that some people that i talk with are opening there mouth about topics that they have very little experience with. Take this bit of advise from someone that learned this the hard way. If you are new at a job or carrer path keep your mouth shut and learn from people that have been doing the job for a while. If you hang around with the new people you will learn nothing but if you listen to the so called old timer’s of the industry you can learn. 1 thing i didnt do was take the time to learn and ask questions about how or why something is done a certian way. I did very little of what i am talking about. I learned a lesson in life that I didn’t get at the time but in a new carrer path i used the advise that i didn’t use the first time and it is working out very well for me. As a truck driver i’ve meet all kinds of peole and learned a whole bunch of tips and tricks about this industry that have helped me out and when i to other drivers they are amased that i only a little bit of time invested in the industry. If you reading this think that i’m fully of shit just wait and see you will learn this life lesson the hard way. If you have a storie about this nd would like to share it with the rest of us please do. Have a good day.

ben

MY NEXT ADVENTURE

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Here is a couple pictures of my latest adventure. It is a 40 feet long piece structure and various things in the middle of it. there’s hose, cable, scaffolding, tool boxes, ladders and only god knows what else there is. It went from El Cajon, CA to Sherwood, OR a nice little trip to stretch my legs out withto all have a safe jurney in all your travels.

ben

burn the road not your soul.

A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

…In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million
dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

…In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
…In 1938, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

…In 1935, China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated

…In 1964, Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

…In 1970, Uganda established gun control. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

…In 1956, Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated’ people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

…Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun
control: 56 million.

It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own Government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
List of 7 items:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent
Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort, and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.
You won’t see this datum on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it’s too late!
The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind them of this history lesson.
With guns, we are ‘citizens’. Without them, we are ‘subjects’.
During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most
Americans were ARMED!

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all of your friends.
The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.

As John Steinbeck once said:
1. Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
2. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics stink.
3. I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.
4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.
5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him ‘Why do you carry a 45?’ The Ranger responded, ‘Because they don’t make a 46.’
6. An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.
7. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm. ‘Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?’ ‘No Ma’am. If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my rifle.’
8. Beware the man who only has one gun. HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO USE IT!!!

But wait, there’s more!
I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house. I said I did. She said ‘Well I certainly hope it isn’t loaded!’ To which I said, ‘Of course it is loaded, can’t work without bullets!’ She then asked, ‘Are you that afraid of someone evil coming into your house?’ My reply was, ‘No, not at all. I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too.’ To which I’ll add, having a gun in the house that isn’t loaded is like having a car in the garage without gas in the tank.

JUST FUNNY

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Dear IRS,
I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost. I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing licence tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle licence registration tax, capital gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall but I have run out of space and money. When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Dashelle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner. No penalties and no interest. P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.
Ed Barnett
Wichita Falls
Actual ‘Letter to the Editor’ from the February 6th edition of the Wichita Falls, Texas Times Record News.
I just wish we could all do this.
ben