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His position, or lack thereof, in regards to the Neighborhood Watch Program is completely irrelevant to his guilt or innocence.

Damn! That aught to leave a nice reminder. What part of your body?

Happy Father's Day!

I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did he offer to exchange it, but when I told him that I wasn't concerned enough to hassle with shipping it back, he insisted. Who am I to argue with a guy who has so many knives?

10,000 bottles of Chicken Cock whiskey stolen

I contacted both KershawGuy and ZT to see if they had seen this before, or if they had any suggestions on possibly removing the spots. I emailed the same photo that I posted here. It's a blemish, so I didn't bother inquiring about a return or exchange.   ZT responded first. They claimed to have never seen anything like it before, and were  unable to suggest a way to remove the spots. I mentioned the Scotch-Brite that someone else suggested, and they said "go for it". Pretty well a waste of time.   KershawGuy said that it appears to be rusting under the Tungsten DLC coating. I also mentioned the Scotch-Brite suggestion to him, and he said that would only damage the coating. While he didn't have to, and i didn't even ask, he told me to send it back for a replacement. He should have received it late last week. If he ships the new one as fast as he did the first, the replacement should be here Monday or Tuesday.

:lol: Congrats on the new home. I am taking a break from preparing our floors for hardwood. I'm too fat for this crap. I'm about to start painting and staining roughly 150' of shoe molding. Hopefully, by the time I get finished with that, it will have cooled down a few degrees so I can mow the lawn. Our yard isn't very big, so I can usually push mow it in about 45 minutes.

True dat!

I wish i could find a job that paid as well as my current one, but didn't require a CDL. I love my job, but the BS that comes along with a CDL is a royal PITA. I hope to be able to move onto something else one of these days.

If i remember correctly, the DMV charges about $50 for your CDL. There is an additional fee (few bucks) for the tanker endorsement,     Just hope you don't have to get a HAZMAT endorsement. It's much like getting your HCP. Finger prints, background check, expensive...

Well, then I would disregard my advice until you find out the procedure for that. It may be what has been explained here, but it very well may be slightly different.

I have no idea what "57 restriction permitted" means. I've never heard of that. I did a quick Google search, and came up with nothing.

Class A is the big dog, truck and trailer. 

You'd think they would provide the training for you. If you have to pay for a CDL training course, expect to pay $3000-$5000, last i checked. That was several years ago, but I suspect it hasn't dropped that much, if at all.

To determine which type of CDL (A or B) you'll need, you need to know what type of truck you'll be driving.    Class A: Any combination (truck and trailer) of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GWVR) of 26,001 or more pounds, provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.  Class B: Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR.

The truck driving schools are usually only 3-4 weeks long, but they aren't cheap. My father was an owner-operator, so I had access to a truck and instructor.   The problem is, without going through a CDL training school, finding anyone to hire you is nearly impossible these days. Because of insurance restrictions, 99.99% of trucking companies require drivers to have completed a CDL training course or have a minimum of six months to  one year of verifiable experience.    Your company isn't giving you a reason for this hassle?

If that's the case, you will have to find someone with a truck or go to a truck driving school. 

As far as the physical goes, they are becoming more strict. The big thing now is Sleep Apnea. They use your hght, weight, BMI, blood pressure, etc. to determine if you need to be tested for Sleep Apnea.  Based on memory, they check your vision (simple chart), hearing (whisper from a few feet away), urine (sugar, protein, drugs, etc.). They usually have you bend over and touch your toes, check for hernia, and I've even had a couple of them make me jog in place for 1 minute. No one has asked me to do that during the last few I've had.    It's actually pretty basic.

56FordGuy gave some good info. Unless you already know how to drive a truck and don't need experience, you will need to first go take the written test for your permit. Once you have your permit, you can drive with a licensed CDL holder. Once you're confident that you can pass both the driving and pre-trip inspection portions of the test, you will need to schedule an appointment at your local drivers licence testing center (not all centers do CDL testing), or you can pay a 3rd party (truck driving school) to give you the tests. That's what i did.    If you will be driving a tanker, you will need to take an additional test for the tanker endorsement.

:rofl:   Yeah, I'm pretty sure I saw a photo of that van on the local news. A possible connection to the disappearance of several lot lizards in the east Tennessee area.  

That's some awesome news. Congratulations! You deserve it.

I hope they do riot. Then I hope the riots result a handful of Rodney King style beatdowns so we can hear more from Al and Jessie. They've been far too quiet.

Thank you again for the updates.   As someone who's never had the pleasure of being part of a jury, is it safe to assume the potential jurors are questioned without other potential jurors present?

Is the upper a flat top?