First, take a trip down memory lane with this nostalgic video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcozed_BJWMThen dive in to a great mother trucker diversion from the Mueller Massacre. It is a couple days old but provides some comic gold.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212012089 Honeycombe8 (34,917 posts)
Word is that truckers got hit with higher taxes for 2018
The word is out that many truckers got hit with higher taxes for 2018, sometimes owing thousands of dollars instead of getting a refund. This is in part related to the removal of an exemption of a per diem expense for meals and travel expenses.
I feel for them, as I would for anyone. Some won't have the money to pay the tax bill. BUT...let's remember:
Trucking industry support helps propel Donald Trump to victory in 2016 presidential race <snip> it gets
It only takes a couple posts into the thread before things start to flame up a bit...
Honeycombe8 (34,917 posts)
3. Do trucks still have CD players? Cars are coming with digital stuff, now.
Then there's radio. Do they still use CB ham radio? "Hey, good buddy..." They must have a way to communicate with each other, still.
Response to Honeycombe8 (Reply #3)Tue Apr 16, 2019, 03:33 AM
Star Member A HERETIC I AM (19,077 posts)
6. First, "Good Buddy" is a pejorative.
Because of that stupid ****ing movie “Convoy”, truck drivers have considered that term to be a derogatory term meaning homosexual for 40 years.
Second, CB ( Citizens Band) and Ham are two completely different types of two way radios.
Third, CB traffic is way down from where it used to be primarily because it isn’t needed
And yes, trucks still have CD players but they also have USB ports on the radios so you can play your iPod or phone
...before becoming fully engulfed.
This thread is an absolute laugh riot. Breaker, Breaker, who's ya maker Hairy Tic, you raging Homopobe or Queen as the case may be.
It is only fifty or so posts so it is a quick romp. Suggest a team shower when you get back.
