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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 |
| Date | 2025-06-16 04:11 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mb9jrfF6akeU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <8J-dncxXHYwjZ9H1nZ2dnZfqn_qdnZ2d@giganews.com> <102k8b7$9k0q$1@dont-email.me> <5bqcncF-gopLr9P1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <mb8i5uF1c5sU1@mid.individual.net> <4rucncvturNnHtL1nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On Sun, 15 Jun 2025 22:40:00 -0400, c186282 wrote: > USA, they DID make some revisions about 20 years ago limiting driving > times. The truckers and employers did NOT like it. The tradition was > to push through on strong coffee, sugar and amphetamines, get it > there as fast and direct as possible. One of my first jobs was at a > truck stop complex ... I know Most OTR truckers are paid by the mile which is an incentive to get the goods delivered and move on to the next load. https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hours-service/summary-hours-service- regulations They did switch it up a little. In the '90s you could drive 10 hours with a half hour break and then had to show 8 hours off. You also had to show 15 minutes for inspection so it came out to 18.75 hours. We could log 62 mph, or 620 miles for the 10 hours. This was before all the electronic snooping so you averaged 62 mph, end of story. LA to Denver is about 1000 miles, or about 16.25 hours driving time. So, in theory, you drove 10 hours and had to take an 8 hour break in Utah, technically at a rest area on the San Rafael Swell since there is nothing between Salina and Green River, and I mean nothing. Of course you weren't tired and couldn't sleep, so after 8 hours of admiring the scenery you could continue on your merry way. Or, leave LA early in the morning, drive straight through, get into Denver Sunday afternoon, have supper, and get a good night's sleep after some creative writing in you log book. Ski season sucked because you had the traffic coming back from Vail and the other resorts but 78,000 lbs. rolling downhill beats a BMW any day. Diet Coke and Mini-Thins. It was a set back when the ?US banned ephedra around 2001 because some high school jock died after chugging several cans of energy drink.
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FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-13 22:38 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-14 03:35 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-14 00:29 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-14 16:34 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-15 00:38 +0100
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-14 23:28 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-15 14:04 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-15 21:44 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-14 22:41 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-15 14:19 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-15 18:45 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-15 22:02 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-16 03:00 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-16 01:13 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-17 03:42 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-16 17:52 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-17 03:49 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-17 01:29 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-17 18:20 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-17 23:06 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-18 14:15 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-18 19:38 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-18 00:02 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-06-17 17:30 -0700
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-17 22:38 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-18 03:55 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-18 08:03 -0700
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-18 16:15 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-18 19:41 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-19 22:25 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-19 23:12 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-06-20 08:36 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-20 20:00 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-21 01:34 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-06-21 06:50 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-21 19:30 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-06-22 06:43 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-21 23:57 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-22 01:15 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-21 21:24 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-22 06:14 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-22 02:50 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-22 15:49 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-22 18:22 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-23 00:40 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-23 11:27 -0700
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 01:34 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-24 07:52 -0700
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 22:24 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-25 09:20 -0700
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-26 03:36 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2025-06-29 15:20 +0200
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-30 00:01 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-23 18:43 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-22 11:43 +0100
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-22 15:49 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-23 01:01 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-23 18:46 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-24 04:52 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-24 05:06 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-24 01:24 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 06:31 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-06-24 10:19 +0100
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 22:25 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-25 02:02 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-25 01:58 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-25 02:17 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-22 15:49 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-22 19:09 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-22 21:55 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-23 02:25 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-23 01:07 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-23 05:52 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-23 05:35 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-23 16:43 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-23 19:11 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 01:36 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-24 04:52 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-24 06:47 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-24 01:02 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-06-22 06:49 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-22 15:49 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-22 02:14 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-18 22:44 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-15 18:36 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-15 22:40 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-06-16 04:11 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-16 01:30 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-06-16 18:15 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-16 09:35 -0700
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-06-17 04:00 +0000
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-17 04:22 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-06-17 23:11 -0400
Re: FAA To Finally Ditch Floppy Disks & Win-95 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-06-18 08:01 -0700
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