Truckers wouldn't use pot or alcohol because both of those substances have depressive effects and therefore impact their performance (with regards to travel miles) negatively.
If you want to have a real debate about drug abuse and truckers, look towards crystal meth, caffeine, and ephedrine-based products like Mag 57. Ephedrine was called "trucker speed" in the 90s for a reason.
That said, the abuses in the industry (WRT to falsifying log books, and the general lack of oversight by the current US administration, what a surprise) would be a more interesting discussion than what drugs a trucker can or can't ingest and still work.
To veer back on topic - polygraph tests are silly and beatable. Just make sure you can identify the "control" questions (they expect you to lie on these) and ensure you have a pain response when answering. Step on a thumbtack in your shoe, bite hard on your tongue, just raise a pain reaction that will be confused with a nervous reaction, and when the REAL question comes you won't spike as much because your pain reaction is absent.
Sour grapes probably doesn't apply, however, since I've walked the comedy road and found it wanting. That said, I'll be onstage tonight to support a friend's open mic with my tired old material and try to suppress the bile that fills my throat when I hear yet another poorly executed hack-ass premise from a newbie.
But hey, maybe it does apply, as I'm a bitter mofo who's not making millions of dollars telling jokes.
Try not to get most of your End Times stuff from the Left Behind series.
If you really want to swallow that claptrap I'd go for Hal Lindsay's Late Great Planet Earth ahead of the hacktastic writing of LaHaye and Jenkins.
And the whole pre-tribulation thing with Christianity - that's speculation too. You might be in the same world of shit as the rest of us even if your god's non-fiction. Which, given the evidence thus far, seems like a slim and none chance.
P.s. since the generation that sees the rebirth of Israel is the last one to walk the earth, do we get rid of the Christians soon? Israel's been back since 1948.
Lots and lots of mystery cults were running around when Constantine nationalized Christianity, thereby ensuring it a permanent (up until now) place in the Universal Conciousness.
That's pretty much a given among secular scholars, along with the JEDHP theory of Biblical authorship. Those with something else to prove than the truth, however, tend to disagree with both speculations.
I'd assume this means we're not going to have to take off our shoes or check our liquids anymore? Oh wait, I keep on assuming the TSA isn't a government agency run by the retarded and/or blind.
Same stuff will happen with Verizon. And in terms of customer service Verizon has always been awful, not the least of which hanging on to $70 that they owed me for over a year without telling me they had it.
I only found out because I was leaving their service and was trying to chase down the deposit, then discovering that not only did I not have a deposit, they had my money "on another account".
Which, by the way, I still haven't seen but now they claim to have paid it.
To top it all off, the phone I did buy from them back in the day began failing conveniently 1 week after my warranty ended (but a year before I could get a new phone) and was almost certainly software-related as I've sold the phone and the buyer (a friend) has reported no problems since changing it over to her provider.
Anecdotal evidence, certainly, but if I was going with Verizon I'd sign up for the minimum contract.
While I'm not a fan of MySpace (you'll find me checking my school about once a month to see if anyone I lost touch with is on, get frustrated with the shitty search engine, and resume my normal life) it does have its uses.
Like - I saw Borat in early October.
I also keep in touch with a few old friends from college through MySpace, and a select few colleagues.
It's a reasonable tool but it depends on what you're using it for.
AND my site isn't a fucking eyesore on the superhighway.
I don't know how much credence this has, but I've heard an alcohol abuse therapist (and a few recovering alcoholics) talk about how your mental development ceases when you begin drinking, and you're frozen at that level of development. Perhaps Georgie started drinking around 12 years old?
The soldier I asked was pretty drunk, but I figure we can forgive that since he was discharged due to losing his right leg above the knee from a roadside bomb.
His opinion of Iraq wasn't so rosy, but hey, he was drunk. I'm sure when he's sober he'll be cheery and optimistic about his sacrifice for the War on Terror? Liberty? Iraqi Freedom? I forget why we're there. Maybe you can enlighten me.
'Sure.' Dinosaurs?..... 'God put those there to test our faith.' I think God put you here to test my faith, dude. You believe that? 'Uh huh.' Does that trouble anyone here? The idea that God might be fuckin' with our heads? Anyone have trouble sleeping restfully with that thought in their heads? God's running around, burying fossils: 'Hu hu ho. We'll see who believes in me now, ha HA. I'm a prankster god. I am killing me. Ho ho ho ho.' You know, you die, you go to St. Peter, 'Did you you believe in dinosaurs?' Well, you know, there was fossils everywhere. [Bill makes sound effects with his mic] KOOM Aaaahhhh. 'What are you, an idiot? God was FUCKING with you! Giant flying lizards, you moron! That's one of God's easiest jokes!' 'It seemed so plausibleeeee! Ahhhhhhhh!' Bound for the lake of fire. . . . "
We miss you Bill . . . please tell the flying saucers to drop you off for another show.
(yeah I cheated and plagiarized the Economist, pretending it was my own insights. Just think of it as peer to peer;) )
God bless the Economist, making me sound smart since 2004.
Sales has the same issue - you can be honest and tell a potential client about the limitations and why they shouldn't do what they're hellbent on doing OR
You can smile and say "yes we can!" and win the contracy.
Because if you don't, the other sales guy who DID lie wins the contract. Same shit, different profession. (I think it's a variant on the Prisoner's Dilemma actually)
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If you want to have a real debate about drug abuse and truckers, look towards crystal meth, caffeine, and ephedrine-based products like Mag 57. Ephedrine was called "trucker speed" in the 90s for a reason.
That said, the abuses in the industry (WRT to falsifying log books, and the general lack of oversight by the current US administration, what a surprise) would be a more interesting discussion than what drugs a trucker can or can't ingest and still work.
To veer back on topic - polygraph tests are silly and beatable. Just make sure you can identify the "control" questions (they expect you to lie on these) and ensure you have a pain response when answering. Step on a thumbtack in your shoe, bite hard on your tongue, just raise a pain reaction that will be confused with a nervous reaction, and when the REAL question comes you won't spike as much because your pain reaction is absent.
I'm pretty sure it's against company policy. They're run by Mormons or something.
Just in case anyone didn't know. It's a pretty funny musical.
iProcurement and iStore are two of their CRM offerings.
Sour grapes probably doesn't apply, however, since I've walked the comedy road and found it wanting. That said, I'll be onstage tonight to support a friend's open mic with my tired old material and try to suppress the bile that fills my throat when I hear yet another poorly executed hack-ass premise from a newbie.
But hey, maybe it does apply, as I'm a bitter mofo who's not making millions of dollars telling jokes.
Unless you're some crappy open miccer at Japone in DC. . . then I could see it.
Failing to find a correlation between sushi and comedy clubs, I could have put together you're not a comic because the joke sucked. Too obvious.
Or as I like to call them, "Ingredients to a successful office party"
If you really want to swallow that claptrap I'd go for Hal Lindsay's Late Great Planet Earth ahead of the hacktastic writing of LaHaye and Jenkins.
And the whole pre-tribulation thing with Christianity - that's speculation too. You might be in the same world of shit as the rest of us even if your god's non-fiction. Which, given the evidence thus far, seems like a slim and none chance.
P.s. since the generation that sees the rebirth of Israel is the last one to walk the earth, do we get rid of the Christians soon? Israel's been back since 1948.
That's pretty much a given among secular scholars, along with the JEDHP theory of Biblical authorship. Those with something else to prove than the truth, however, tend to disagree with both speculations.
Funny, I've always thought authoritarian pricks were what made the Bible what it was!
Romans is in the New Testament ain't it? Lots of anti-fag stuff there, too, Praise Jesus!
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It's almost laughable.
Thank god there's never been an ass bomber, think what we'd have to go through!
Ok technically my brother is an ass bomber but he's never flown. He leaks a green miasma though.
I'd assume this means we're not going to have to take off our shoes or check our liquids anymore? Oh wait, I keep on assuming the TSA isn't a government agency run by the retarded and/or blind.
I only found out because I was leaving their service and was trying to chase down the deposit, then discovering that not only did I not have a deposit, they had my money "on another account".
Which, by the way, I still haven't seen but now they claim to have paid it.
To top it all off, the phone I did buy from them back in the day began failing conveniently 1 week after my warranty ended (but a year before I could get a new phone) and was almost certainly software-related as I've sold the phone and the buyer (a friend) has reported no problems since changing it over to her provider.
Anecdotal evidence, certainly, but if I was going with Verizon I'd sign up for the minimum contract.
I.e. not all mj smokers or drinkers freeze, just those who use it as their only coping mechanism.
Like - I saw Borat in early October.
I also keep in touch with a few old friends from college through MySpace, and a select few colleagues.
It's a reasonable tool but it depends on what you're using it for. AND my site isn't a fucking eyesore on the superhighway.
I don't know how much credence this has, but I've heard an alcohol abuse therapist (and a few recovering alcoholics) talk about how your mental development ceases when you begin drinking, and you're frozen at that level of development. Perhaps Georgie started drinking around 12 years old?
His opinion of Iraq wasn't so rosy, but hey, he was drunk. I'm sure when he's sober he'll be cheery and optimistic about his sacrifice for the War on Terror? Liberty? Iraqi Freedom? I forget why we're there. Maybe you can enlighten me.
Then again, maybe he's just playing the role of abused spouse. Hitting me shows he cares!
I think God put you here to test my faith, dude. You believe that?
'Uh huh.'
Does that trouble anyone here? The idea that God might be fuckin' with our heads? Anyone have trouble sleeping restfully with that thought in their heads?
God's running around, burying fossils: 'Hu hu ho. We'll see who believes in me now, ha HA. I'm a prankster god. I am killing me. Ho ho ho ho.'
You know, you die, you go to St. Peter, 'Did you you believe in dinosaurs?'
Well, you know, there was fossils everywhere. [Bill makes sound effects with his mic] KOOM Aaaahhhh. 'What are you, an idiot? God was FUCKING with you! Giant flying lizards, you moron! That's one of God's easiest jokes!'
'It seemed so plausibleeeee! Ahhhhhhhh!' Bound for the lake of fire. . . . "
We miss you Bill . . . please tell the flying saucers to drop you off for another show.
The Yuan isn't pegged to the dollar, it was de-pegged last year. It's still artificially low, but not due to pegging.
(yeah I cheated and plagiarized the Economist, pretending it was my own insights. Just think of it as peer to peer ;) )
God bless the Economist, making me sound smart since 2004.
(psst this it your chance to point out a third time and really take the cake!
You can smile and say "yes we can!" and win the contracy.
Because if you don't, the other sales guy who DID lie wins the contract. Same shit, different profession. (I think it's a variant on the Prisoner's Dilemma actually)