GA_Dave

1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

So a Chicago Libtard says that sending the National guard to cities is for his personal gains about power. Tryin to affect the mid term election.. B.S.  he is not doing this for his gain.He wants crime to be controlled.. why is it so hard for liberals to agree. ?? What a group of A-Hole's., 

As it has been said by others, Trump could find the cure for cancer and give it to everyone for free, and the left would still hate him.  Nothing he did in his first term hurt me and that is holding true for this term.  His original tax cuts put more of my money in my pocket and their continuation will keep doing so.  The changes to the taxes on SS will add more.  Reducing wasteful government spending is the right move.  Removing those here illegally is the right move.  Stopping the DEI policies is the right move.  His efforts to return manufacturing to the US is the right move.  When was the last time a democrat in the White House did something to benefit all US Citizens?  And he's doing it for FREE!

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10 hours ago, 67RModel said:

It would be interesting to know if this illegal driver somehow managed to get his own authority or if he was just an employee driver. If he was an employee then there has to be some sort of culpability on behalf of the employer. However, if he was issued a valid CDL from Cali then who knows. Maybe citizenship and driving privilege are mutually exclusive. I don't know. Insurance and attorneys will have a field day with this one.

This won't sit well with some but the driver of that minivan had more to do with their own demise than that illegal truck driver making an illegal U turn. A local news report indicated it happened near mile marker 170 of the Florida Turnpike. The only crossover near mile 170 is the one pictured below. Based on the location of the high tension power poles I think both vehicles were heading North but it really makes no difference as the sight distance going in either direction there is at least a mile. Its a dead flat, uncongested, toll highway with a maximum speed limit of 70mph. The driver started executing the U turn before the video footage starts but it you watch the video from the beginning there is at least 5 seconds before the van impacts the trailer. The van appeared to be at maximum speed at impact. According to the Google machine, the average time to slow a passenger vehicle from 70 - 0 including reaction time is 4.5 to 5 seconds. What was the van driver doing?

The video starts just as the truck driver begins to pull out and the impact occurs at the 4 second mark.  As he goes through his turn, the van comes into view.  Judge the distance, but I would say it is about 300' away.  Take away the reaction time, eating up about 100 feet, and there was not enough distance remaining for the van to stop before impact.  A "typical passenger car" is used in the above example of stopping distance/time, but this was a mini van, which could weight 700 to 1000 pounds more, increasing those distances and the time to stop. 

13 hours ago, tjc transport said:

i kind of disagree. 

 

list them in the census , but as IN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY

this way people can see how many illegals are really here.

Under the current rules that President Trump is trying to change, they are counted in the census, but NOT identified as being illegally here.  The left counted them as citizens in the 2020 census, changing the population of certain States to the point that it changed the number of US Representatives those States have in Congress and changing the population of districts that the left then gerrymandered to their advantage. 

4 hours ago, kscarbel2 said:

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/07/trump-wants-to-exclude-illegal-migrants-from-next-census/

They should never have been included in the first place!  Those here illegally should not be represented, they should be removed.  Thank you, President Trump!

3 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

am I the only one married for over 25 yrs around here ????? for me the hurricane season is yr round , for yrs === a lot of hot air and wind, LOL

Nope, your wife is too!

My wife and I will hit 47 years in December.

She found me in the garage one day, crying.  "What's wrong" she asked.  I said "Remember that day your father caught us together and said that I could either marry you or go to jail?"  She replied "Yes".  I cried more, "I'd be getting out today!"

Engine 440, South Stokes FD, Walnut Cove, NC

1990 Mack RD688P/Grumman

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2 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

He will run for president in '28

I have no doubt he will run.  His platform will be the same liberal BS that the dems have been running (and losing!) on, except he will want to tax it even more.  By 2028, voting will be restricted to qualified US Citizens only.  I am not concerned about him!

I recently spent almost two weeks in North Carolina, finding two more Mack fire apparatus to add here.

Former Engine 7, Hamlet, NC
1968 Mack C-95F
1000/500
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6 hours ago, Brocky said:

Great!! A little elbow grease and polish and it should look new..

We trailered it from the barn where it has been stored to the fire station, after we removed a bird's next from one of the hard suctions.  It has just over 27k miles on it and just over 1100 hours on the pump.  The tires are the same ones that were on it when it left in 1986, so they are high on the list for replacement, possibly by the end of the week.  I hosed it off yesterday afternoon, but it needs a thorough scrubbing.  The pressure washer at the station is broken and the regular hose didn't have a nozzle, so I had to use my thumb.....  So glad that nothing has changed since I retired!

B85F-1338, delivered to College Park, GA in 1958. It served until 1986 and became a parade apparatus for American Legion Post 50 in College Park. Post 50 relocated to Peachtree City, GA about 10-12 years ago. Today, the Mack came home to the College Park Fire Department for good!