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Post by Floyd D Barber on Mar 19, 2024 19:11:32 GMT -5
A horrifying 92% of trucking companies in the U.S. have no safety rating whatsoever from the federal government. It's because of how frequently they change names or merge. A trucker ran into the back of my friends truck and horse trailer over the weekend. Four horses and my buddy died. His funeral is Saturday. A trucker fell asleep and ran into my truck and horse trailer in 2019. I have known a lot of truck drivers, including several family members, since I was a little kid, and based on my personal experience, I'd say the overall quality of drivers, and by extension their trucking companies, has gone down dramatically over the years.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Mar 19, 2024 19:15:02 GMT -5
A horrifying 92% of trucking companies in the U.S. have no safety rating whatsoever from the federal government. It's because of how frequently they change names or merge. A trucker ran into the back of my friends truck and horse trailer over the weekend. Four horses and my buddy died. His funeral is Saturday. A trucker fell asleep and ran into my truck and horse trailer in 2019. I have known a lot of truck drivers, including several family members, since I was a little kid, and based on my personal experience, I'd say the overall quality of drivers, and by extension their trucking companies, has gone down dramatically over the years. Oh god, Floyd, I'm so sorry. I think I read somewhere that one of the most deadly jobs on earth is toll collector in those little kiosks because of how frequently sleeping drivers plow through them.
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Post by Lurky McLurk on Apr 12, 2024 16:24:12 GMT -5
For some reason, it has escaped my attention until just now that Spielberg directed Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Post by ganews on Apr 12, 2024 21:21:11 GMT -5
The name of the comic book villain Brainiac is a portmanteau of the words brain and maniac, not brain and ENIAC. Looks like I was giving DC writers too much credit.
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Post by ganews on Apr 26, 2024 21:06:05 GMT -5
...that back when they were both young, struggling actors, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman were roommates. And later they were joined by Robert Duvall!
So rare to get a new piece of trivia about famous people. So much talent in one apartment. Thanks TCM.
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