Hello, Bliss

unlike someone we know.

I saw a player do that same move to the player on his right. The receiver of the abuse got up and knocked his A S S out. Then he got arrested but he sure shut him up. That was a few years back at Barona in San Diego.

Sometimes the simplest comments are the funniest.

Where to start, where to start...

"Saving ourselves from our debt by creating massive debt only works if you can eventually get yourself out from underneath the debt. Frankly, I just don't see that happening, and it seems to me that the current solution is like putting a band aid on a severed limb."
Rev
I agree.

"Wyoming just called. They said to tell you there are NO black people there. They suggested you try Montana or Utah."
Jumbo
I admit, I laughed... I've never been to any of those states, but I still laughed.

"Sorry Rev, had to put somebody in their place.. now back to your regular schedule programming of the Kev about to screwed over on a Swift Lease while driving a plain blue T2000 with no Owner Ops specs.."
Hawkjr
I'd noticed that about those T2000's (and, for that matter, those that Central and TransAm lease). As much as I'd like to own my own truck, I doubt I'd go out and buy the exact same truck I drive now with the exact same specs just so I can pay for repairs and such.

"This non-compete clause is something that really doesn't have it's purpose.What is a "single horse" o/o going to do, jump on their 1000 plus loads from their dollar store account? I don't think it's something plausible and realistic at the same time.

The broker that i work with,he has around him like 20-30 trucks,some independents like myself and still doesn't get accepted ,or has a hard time competing with the mega carriers,just because doesn't have the equipment availability like a mega carrier would do."
I forgot who said this one and I'm too lazy to scroll back...
As for the 'dollar store accounts,' I'm on such an account, and I must say this. Even though it's only mega-carriers doing their deliveries, we stay busy as heck. This week I've already done more miles than I did during any week on 48 state... Oh, and I have one more load to go.
The non-compete clause did seem fishy to me when I first saw it, but then again, it also seemed like a quick, cheap, dirty way for Swift to try and keep their customer base from getting eroded by guys like that. Whether it works or not, well, I don't know.
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THAT WAS ME !!! .... nah...just kidding. I'll talk smack, when i snap a player off who has A-A and i suckout a hand holding 6-3, ill get under his skin by saying "thank you, please pull forward"...or something annoying.

I've got a guy so 'on tilt', that when he finally went broke (not to me) i folded the next hand i was in, went to take a 10-100, and ended up running into the guy at the ATM. I asked if he was planning on coming back to the table, cause i needed the money to help pay my cable bill, he got in my face, and the next thing he knew, he was on his back after i backed him up and he fell over a chair that was pulled out.

Naturally this happened in the hall outside the poker room, and he went crying to management, and i was pulled aside, and told them to check the cameras. I never laid a finger on the guy, he fell over cause he was a klutz......but i couldnt stop laughing !!!!

edited: because I'm taking my own advice and not feeding the trolls.

OMG!! You got to be kidding me... Still holding on restraint...

EXACTLY.. At least Schneider, England, and Prime offer Trucks with Owner Ops Spec..But let him go ahead, Next thing you know Kevin Will be on Swift's Front Web Page with a Thumbs up with a quote like "Swift Lease Allow's Me To Be My Own Owner.. I Feel Like I'm The Man When Other's Past Me In Their Cromed Out Pete's and Chicken Lights and I'm Cruising Down The Highway in My Fuel Saving T-2000.. Even Though I'm Only Getting 2100 Miles A Week... SWIFT IS THE BEST"

The cleaners called Kevin......your sheets are ready:hellno:

Kevin said:

Actually, Kev.... you DON'T understand him.

BTW... I never had any problem understanding Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Thurgood Marshall, or Colin Powell, or Samuel L. Jackson, or Sidney Poitier, or any OTHER black man who thought anyone was listening... or CARED what he had to say.

I have had problems at times understanding your rambling narratives. But, I understand you. And suddenly, the rest of your self-absorbed insecure psyche is as clear as day.

Before the Rev Lock this bad boy up.. I would like to suggest that the Kev Should be given a Lifetime Ban.. Based on stats every thread that gets locked up is due to Kev's ignorant, ungreatful, disrespectful, unhelpful posts that get replied by drivers on this board that actually has some to offer and that are smart.. Hell i would take CFM/LBJ Coolie Bashing and Big D's Swift, Children, and Owner Operators with no business plans posts and thoughts any day!!

I tend to disagree, Hawk. The only way we as a people and a nation have and will grow is by example... both good and bad.

It is no coincidence that religions refer to Jesus as the Light of the World. It is only by shining the light on evil that we know it lurks in the darkness of men's souls.

And all know that a man who stumbles through the darkness eventually trips over his own possessions.

Kevin provides good comic relief. Especially since he takes himself so seriously. As such, I'll just continue to lock em when they derail, and let him continue to insert his i-foot in his e-mouth.

Huh??

please excuse hobo. he's been drinking again. :rofl:

Hawkjr said:

I have NO reason NOT to.

I understand what you are saying, but that is a "defensive" posture born (or learned) from years of discrimination and the RIGHTFUL indignation against such. It is a two-way street. Obama said, "we will extend the hand of help and friendship... IF you will unclench your fist." (paraphrased.)

Notwithstanding the Muslim world's HISTORY with America, or that of our OWN citizens "of color," this is a NEW day. Most of us "get it" and KNOW that the only way FORWARD is to forgive and understand that the evolution of civilization is only fettered by the "chains" of the past.

What I am saying is, (and it should come as no surprise to you) that the Black man has to be MORE forgiving than any White man could EVER manage to be. You have to BE the "bigger man." I'm quite sure you have heard this before.

MLK, as well as Mandela, preached CIVIL disobedience and revolution, and it WORKED. Militancy is anathema to civilization, and has ALWAYS been met with force and prejudice.... throughout the World.

I am "color blind" because I do not judge the character of a man or woman by the color of their skin.... but, by the WORDS they speak, and their actions.

And I play no favorites.

"So what you're Black, who cares Dude" can have TWO completely different meanings based on one's perspective. We can never change the reality... but, we CAN change the perspective.

I am SOOO over you! I'm "INTO" Asian wusses now! :lol2:

Okay... that was a bit "deep" for a Schneider driver. Let me try again. :rofl:

If there were no Hitler, would we really know the depth of anti-semitism?

If there were no slave trade, would we know man's inhumanity to man?

Jesus came to SAVE people who didn't REALLY know they needed to be saved!

Evil is insidious. It creeps into mankind with only a passing "notice" until it has a spotlight shown on it. It could become "accepted" as the NORM if it weren't occaisionally brought to the attention of more reasoned minds.

My post, and thoughts, are NOT about Jesus and religion. My point was about evil and prejudices.... and how they could grow UNCONTESTED if not realized.... and SELF proclaimed.

My point was that Kevin reminds us all of what we DON'T want to be! Without HIM, we might become complacent and succumb to the prejudices that are all around us in our environment.... and NEVER see it coming.

A hateful heart cannot contain its views. It MUST espouse them because it needs validation to assuage its guilt, and fuel for its fire. In its efforts, it will stumble over itself and self-identify.

I am encouraged and impressed by the reactions/posts of other truckers here who not only don't SHARE his views.... but, will speak out against them.

But, by HEARING his prejudiced views against blacks, truckers, and others...we are reminded that evil stll lurks in man's soul. And we GROW in our own convictions against intolerance.... when we speak out against it.

For THAT we must "memorialize" our dear friend Kevin. He has sacrificed HIS life to make us better men/women. ;)

5 yard penalty against golfhobo for invoking Godwin's Law.

Ouch... that was low hobo :lol: :rofl:

Yeah? Well... at least I didn't say it was completely OVER your head like a SWIFTY! :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Sorry, Dobry! I didn't MEAN a sweet looking gal like YOU!] ;)

That was a good one, Rev.... had to look it up! But, a five yard penalty on a 35 yard "completion" ain't even worth a red flag challenge! :clap:

Besides.... where's the penalty for a KKK reference? :hellno: