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A shout-out to the truckers!

 
Sun, 01/23/2011 - 11:24am

I'm relatively new to the site, and I just wanted to thank the truckers who've posted POIs. In addition to transporting the goods we all use everyday, you're also giving us some great tools to use with our GPS.

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Sun, 01/23/2011 - 11:57am

Welcome to the site beckdv.

Welcome to the site beckdv.

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Charlie. Nuvi 265 WT and Nuvi 2597 LMT. MapFactor Navigator - Offline Maps & GPS.
Sun, 01/23/2011 - 12:39pm

Welcome to the Site!

GPS has really revolutionized the trucking industry. Thanks for getting the stuff we need to us!

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 3:38pm

Let's not forget...

And inspiring a lot of great C&W songs, too.

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 4:18pm

Thanks!

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Hello and thank you for your kind words regarding the Trucking Industry.

It is few and far in-between. We are second in size of industry only behind our Great US Military Forces.

There are many file here that can enhance your unit be it for this industry or personal use.

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"Destination Eternity" Garmin 765T, & Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
Sun, 01/23/2011 - 4:45pm

A lot of people don't think about the fact...

that if it weren't for the trucking industry we wouldn't have fresh avocados or the Interstate highway system.

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 4:58pm

OR Many others!

beckdv wrote:

that if it weren't for the trucking industry we wouldn't have fresh avocados or the Interstate highway system.

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Without Truckers,,, "AMERICA STOPS"... No Economy!

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"Destination Eternity" Garmin 765T, & Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
Sun, 01/23/2011 - 5:29pm

So true.

We'd all be living from hand to mouth like medieval peasants.

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 3:28am

I Give'm Away By The Basketful..!!

beckdv wrote:

that if it weren't for the trucking industry we wouldn't have fresh avocados or the Interstate highway system.

Mrs. Nuvi and I live out in the country. We've got a big old Avocado tree (25 - 30 plus feet high), in our side yard. The darn thing produces "Hundreds" of them every season. mad We don't like Avocados, so "I Give'm Away By The Basketful..!!" We even have a Sheriff's Deputy smile that stops by on their tour of duty (during the harvesting season), that gets a bunch.

Y'all let me know and I'll e-mail you as many as you want. wink

Nuvi1300WTGPS

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I'm not really lost.... just temporarily misplaced!
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 3:59am

Thanks, I'll have some

My email is in my profile, I'll trade ya with mimosa flowers. It's starting to bloom here in South of France...

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Ain't nuthin' never just right to do the things you wanna do when you wanna do them, so you best just go ahead and do them anyway ! (Rancid Crabtree, from Pat F McManus fame)
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 8:54am

Ah, That's Not True . . . . . .

beckdv wrote:

that if it weren't for the trucking industry we wouldn't have fresh avocados or the Interstate highway system.

Pres. Eisenhower gained an appreciation of the German Autobahn network as a necessary component of a national defense system while he was serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II. He recognized that the proposed system would also provide key ground transport routes for military supplies and troop deployments in case of an emergency or foreign invasion.

The Interstate Highway System was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 – popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 – on June 29.

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Mon, 01/24/2011 - 10:13am

That was how the Interstate system began.

And the taxes paid by truckers have kept it viable ever since.

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 10:57am

don't forget . . . .

beckdv wrote:

And the taxes paid by truckers have kept it viable ever since.

Don't forget trucks cause a lot of damage to the streets and highways which you did not mention. Yes, you do pay more in fuel taxes then automobiles, plus the Federal Heavy Use Tax, but not enough to repair all of the damage you cause. You keep trying to credit the interstate highway system to truckers. That's all I'm going to say about that. Drive Safe

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Mon, 01/24/2011 - 5:16pm

Just wanted to set Bilson straight on one point

I'm not, as you suggest, a trucker, or in any way involved with the trucking industry. I simply expressed a little gratitude to the hard-working men and women who transport virtually every product you, I, and all of us use and tend to take for granted. Didn't think this would become a political football, but I guess that's the times we live in.