Friday, December 31, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Defining The Headers On The FMCSA PSP Profile
First of all, PSP means Pre-Employment Screening Program. When you request all the information that the FMCSA has in their databases about you, you are requesting your PSP profile.
REGISTRATION_DATE (Source shows all of the Data Element Definitions in the Inspection File/report): Indicates the date the certification of correction of defects was registered. (I don't understand this.)
CI_STATUS_CODE: "Indicates the status of the inspection. (U= Unprocessed, T= To Census Search, C= Complete, N= Non-match, I= Intrastate, H= FMCSA hold, P= Potential Resolution, X=Non-motor carrier)"
Aspen is a software application used by FMCSA and most State Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) enforcement agencies to conduct inspections on CMVs and drivers. The software runs on laptop computers either in a mobile unit (State police cruiser), or at a fixed inspection site. Aspen is used to collect inspection details and print the associated report. Source
SNET (SAFETYNET): “A database management system that allows entry, access, analysis, andreporting of data from driver/vehicle inspections, crashes, compliance reviews, assignments, andcomplaints. It is operated at State safety agencies and Federal Divisions and interfaces withASPEN, SAFER, MCMIS, and State systems. It is an Oracle based client-server application thatruns on MS Windows servers.” (Source)
INSP_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL: "...Indicates the Inspector's level of confidence on the carrier/USDOT number match. Could be X, O or Null."
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CVISN Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks
specially equipped laptop computers, known as mobile data terminals (MDTs)
Electronic safety information exchange functions have been available to inspectors in Connecticut since about 1992, when the first "pen-based" laptop computers (the forerunners to today's MDTs) were deployed in enforcement vehicles. At first, ASPEN inspection data were transferred from the field to a central office using floppy diskettes, and from there the data were uploaded to SAFETYNET. Later upgrades in technology for roadside enforcement included dial-up modems connected to an electronic bulletin board, cell phone dial-up, touchscreen laptops, and, starting around 1994, wireless transmission.
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Use of automated procedures for data collection in the field to eliminate typing errors in critical fields on accident and inspection reports, like USDOT number, plate number and VIN. An example of effective automated procedures is the bar-coding of motor carrier identifying information on cab cards and the use of pen-based, lap-top computers to read the bar-coded information and automatically enter the data on state enforcement forms.
Source
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MCMIS = Motor Carrier Management Information System
REGISTRATION_DATE (Source shows all of the Data Element Definitions in the Inspection File/report): Indicates the date the certification of correction of defects was registered. (I don't understand this.)
CI_STATUS_CODE: "Indicates the status of the inspection. (U= Unprocessed, T= To Census Search, C= Complete, N= Non-match, I= Intrastate, H= FMCSA hold, P= Potential Resolution, X=Non-motor carrier)"
Aspen is a software application used by FMCSA and most State Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) enforcement agencies to conduct inspections on CMVs and drivers. The software runs on laptop computers either in a mobile unit (State police cruiser), or at a fixed inspection site. Aspen is used to collect inspection details and print the associated report. Source
SNET (SAFETYNET): “A database management system that allows entry, access, analysis, andreporting of data from driver/vehicle inspections, crashes, compliance reviews, assignments, andcomplaints. It is operated at State safety agencies and Federal Divisions and interfaces withASPEN, SAFER, MCMIS, and State systems. It is an Oracle based client-server application thatruns on MS Windows servers.” (Source)
INSP_CONFIDENCE_LEVEL: "...Indicates the Inspector's level of confidence on the carrier/USDOT number match. Could be X, O or Null."
_________________________________
CVISN Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks
specially equipped laptop computers, known as mobile data terminals (MDTs)
Electronic safety information exchange functions have been available to inspectors in Connecticut since about 1992, when the first "pen-based" laptop computers (the forerunners to today's MDTs) were deployed in enforcement vehicles. At first, ASPEN inspection data were transferred from the field to a central office using floppy diskettes, and from there the data were uploaded to SAFETYNET. Later upgrades in technology for roadside enforcement included dial-up modems connected to an electronic bulletin board, cell phone dial-up, touchscreen laptops, and, starting around 1994, wireless transmission.
_____________________________________
Use of automated procedures for data collection in the field to eliminate typing errors in critical fields on accident and inspection reports, like USDOT number, plate number and VIN. An example of effective automated procedures is the bar-coding of motor carrier identifying information on cab cards and the use of pen-based, lap-top computers to read the bar-coded information and automatically enter the data on state enforcement forms.
Source
__________________________________
MCMIS = Motor Carrier Management Information System
Thursday, March 25, 2010
History of Israel - Mandate for Palestine
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From http://www.mideastweb.org/mandate.htm
In accordance with the principles of the Balfour Declaration and Article 22 of the League Convenant, the League of Nations drew up the Mandate for Palestine.
The document underwent several transformations. Arab pressure and riots in Palestine had brought about the Churchill White Paper of 1922, which again reiterated the right of the Jews to a Homeland in Palestine."
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From http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/The+Balfour+Declaration.htm
Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour
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From http://www.mideastweb.org/britzion.htm
"The Balfour declaration, offering Palestine to the Jews,... reflected a deep-seated philosophical and religious movement for restoration of the Jews that had become rooted in British culture in the 19th century. The Christian world had long been inimical (hostile or unfriendly) to Jewish settlement in the Holy Land. St. Eusebius had decreed that God would therefore not let the Jews rebuild Jerusalem, a proscription that entered European Christian culture as the Curse of Eusebius"
From http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000098.html
Perhaps the key issue which separates Christians who are pro-Israel from those like Stephen Sizer, who are actively anti-Zionist, is the doctrine of replacement theology. That is the doctrine that the Christian Church replaced the Jews as "the Chosen" of God, and that therefore all the Old Testament promises to the Jews must be viewed as promises to the Christian Church.
A mainstay of replacement theology, as I understand it, was that God had punished the Jews permanently because they would not accept Jesus as the Messiah. This outlook was a major ideological underpinning of anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages. A corollary of this doctrine was the curse of Eusebius, which stated that the Jews would never be allowed to rebuild Jerusalem because of their sins. Replacement theology lost its popularity with the reformation.... (What is the Reformation?)
But ever since the Reformation, there have been some small groups of Protestants who have rejected replacement theology and who believe—as Jews do—that the word “Israel” in the Bible means the Jews. Under this reading, the Jews continue to be the beneficiaries of God’s love and promises, and the Bible becomes an exhortation (a speech or written passage intended to persuade, inspire, or encourage) to Zionism and philo-Semitism (is an interest in, respect for, and appreciation of the Jewish people).
In early 20th-century America, the nascent fundamentalist movement embraced this minority view and rejected replacement theology. As this movement grew and spread throughout America, the number of Christians who adhered to this theology grew as well, to the point that it is the ascendant strain of American Christianity today. Thus fundamentalist/evangelical support for Israel is not a trend, fad, or public relations ploy—it is a bedrock religious belief.
While Israel was always important to evangelicals, a recent event did make Israel even more of a priority. On September 11, 2001, evangelicals recognized along with many other Americans that radical Islam was the greatest threat facing our country and that we were in a war with its proponents. And in this war, Israel is seen as an ally and as the first line of defense of Judeo-Christian civilization. Support for this embattled ally has moved to center stage.
From http://www.mideastweb.org/mandate.htm
In accordance with the principles of the Balfour Declaration and Article 22 of the League Convenant, the League of Nations drew up the Mandate for Palestine.
The document underwent several transformations. Arab pressure and riots in Palestine had brought about the Churchill White Paper of 1922, which again reiterated the right of the Jews to a Homeland in Palestine."
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From http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace+Process/Guide+to+the+Peace+Process/The+Balfour+Declaration.htm
Foreign Office
November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country."
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfour
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From http://www.mideastweb.org/britzion.htm
"The Balfour declaration, offering Palestine to the Jews,... reflected a deep-seated philosophical and religious movement for restoration of the Jews that had become rooted in British culture in the 19th century. The Christian world had long been inimical (hostile or unfriendly) to Jewish settlement in the Holy Land. St. Eusebius had decreed that God would therefore not let the Jews rebuild Jerusalem, a proscription that entered European Christian culture as the Curse of Eusebius"
From http://www.zionism-israel.com/log/archives/00000098.html
Perhaps the key issue which separates Christians who are pro-Israel from those like Stephen Sizer, who are actively anti-Zionist, is the doctrine of replacement theology. That is the doctrine that the Christian Church replaced the Jews as "the Chosen" of God, and that therefore all the Old Testament promises to the Jews must be viewed as promises to the Christian Church.
A mainstay of replacement theology, as I understand it, was that God had punished the Jews permanently because they would not accept Jesus as the Messiah. This outlook was a major ideological underpinning of anti-Semitism in the Middle Ages. A corollary of this doctrine was the curse of Eusebius, which stated that the Jews would never be allowed to rebuild Jerusalem because of their sins. Replacement theology lost its popularity with the reformation.... (What is the Reformation?)
But ever since the Reformation, there have been some small groups of Protestants who have rejected replacement theology and who believe—as Jews do—that the word “Israel” in the Bible means the Jews. Under this reading, the Jews continue to be the beneficiaries of God’s love and promises, and the Bible becomes an exhortation (a speech or written passage intended to persuade, inspire, or encourage) to Zionism and philo-Semitism (is an interest in, respect for, and appreciation of the Jewish people).
In early 20th-century America, the nascent fundamentalist movement embraced this minority view and rejected replacement theology. As this movement grew and spread throughout America, the number of Christians who adhered to this theology grew as well, to the point that it is the ascendant strain of American Christianity today. Thus fundamentalist/evangelical support for Israel is not a trend, fad, or public relations ploy—it is a bedrock religious belief.
While Israel was always important to evangelicals, a recent event did make Israel even more of a priority. On September 11, 2001, evangelicals recognized along with many other Americans that radical Islam was the greatest threat facing our country and that we were in a war with its proponents. And in this war, Israel is seen as an ally and as the first line of defense of Judeo-Christian civilization. Support for this embattled ally has moved to center stage.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Roofover, sort of, for mobile home
This is our house as it is now:
I took this picture - a shed like I want, I think:
And I want the house to look like this - shed extending 6 or 8' over the sides of the house:
The power lines could be a problem .... Other things too, maybe. I just don't know.
I took this picture - a shed like I want, I think:
And I want the house to look like this - shed extending 6 or 8' over the sides of the house:
The power lines could be a problem .... Other things too, maybe. I just don't know.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The PUsher
Please note: The following isn't as localized as it appears, and isn't meant to be demeaning, derogatory, etc, etc. This is just the way it is in the trucking industry, no matter who the driver or dispatcher is. Until they come up with a way to move trucks by remote control, or find a way to turn us into robots, it'll always be this way. And it's important to note that most of my trips are event free and painless; however, it's hard for me to remember this in the heat of the moment.
From the Qualcomm:
Thurdsay, 10/1/09
2:11
ME: Going to wait at the Flying J. I'm out of cigs.
13:02
007: U have a load coming here to del in SC in the am.
13:04
ME: Ok get me back in time for stress test Monday AM. I can't miss it my medical certificate expires 10/13.
13:08
007: Already worked out
13:08
ME: Cool! Thx much.
13:38
ME: Do you know when it'll be here?
What truck?
What Trlr?
13:48
007 Local bringing it in not sure sorry.
13:50
ME: Ok. Thx anyway.
(I'm thinking, "This is just great. I wish she'd told me earlier, so I could'ave been trying to sleep.")
14:02
ME: One last question where to in SC? So I can figure when I need to leave.
14:17
007: Rock Hill SC
14:24
Me : Might as well say Charlotte looks like the best way. 500 miles by the time it's said and done. 9 hours. Whatever. I'm going to bed.
(I was gonna have to drive all night. Why didn't she tell me earlier?)
14:28
007: 42 (Trucker slang for 10/4 or OK.)
14:29
007: Do you want me to call you when load gets here?
14:30
ME: No I'll check with guard when I get up. Thanks anyway.
14:32
ME: Time started at 3am today, so I'm taking 10 now. Is there some way the guard can dispatch me tonight? So qquam won't go off?
14:43
007 : I'll tell him.
14:45
ME: Good deal. Thx
14:54
007: Bills are here now. Sending now. Bills will be with guard.
(She meant she was dispatching me now. I guess they can't dispatch somebody from the yard without the bills.)
14:55
ME: Ok
When you're telling yourself, "I gotta get to sleep; I gotta get to sleep; I gotta get to sleep...." it's hard to get to sleep. So when 7:30PM rolled around, the time my 10 hours was up, I was already tired. I hooked to the trailer, picked up the bills at the guard shack, and headed towards Rock Hill SC.
BTW - LonnieMac told me the other day he was leaving AMX. I reckon he'll miss the golf cart ....
NEXT DAY
Friday, 10/2/09
00:38
ME: I hate doing an overnight trip after I've been up all day. I got to shut my eyes for a while.
It was for the record more than anything else because nobody was in the office. I made it to the Petro at Carnesville GA before I decided I was becoming a safety hazard. I set the Screaming Meanie for 3 hours. When it went off I got up and started driving again, but I was having to stomp my feet on the floor to stay awake. I was praying too. After the sun started coming up it got a little easier to keep my eyes open, and I delivered shortly after 8:00AM eastern. Only an hour or so late.
07:38
007: Load and take to Montgomery and drop it and get an empty trailer and go home.
Shipper and Consignee information was "TBA" (To be announced) call broker. Another mystery load.
07:45
ME: Ok thx.
08:06
ME: Broker says it loads a 5pm, but they might have it ready early. If it's ok with y'all, it's ok with me.
(All I knew at that point was that I was exhausted. I thought I could get some sleep in the meantime.)
08:11
007: 42
10:32
007: Driver will be in Montgomery 07:00 on AM to get this load.
10:34
ME: I'm pretty sure I won't be there.
10:45
007: No. I'm telling you you need to be there no reason not to be this load has to be delivered on time monday driver can not wait for you to get into montgomery late tomorrow you need to take your break now and when your load is ready you will have your full break behind you and drive it to montgomery.
(If I'd been sleepy at all, 007 just squashed it. Ever try to sleep when you're mad?)
10:51
ME: I'll do the best I can. That's all I'll commit to.
10:53
007: 430 miles is all it is so they will be expecting it there.
10:53
ME: Like I said, the only thing I'll promise is the best I can do. If I find myself nodding off tonight because I can't sleep now you can bet I'm going to stop for a while.
11:11
ME: When y'all planned this, did y'all know it wouldn't load until 5PM? Because the load info says 7:00AM....
11:16
007: Load at five you would have full break.
(What!!??)
11:22
ME: I logged off here at 10:15AM. Now I'm wide awake and couldn't sleep if I had a bottle full of sleeping pills. I was awake all day yesterday, did the run last night on 3 hours sleep, and you're telling me to do another overnight on no sleep? Like I said, I'll do the best I can. I'm not a machine.
11:24
007: We are doing this to get you home so lets not forget that.
11:27
ME: I knew something like this was going to happen. It always does. This is the last time I'll say it I'll do the best I can do. The matter's closed as far as I'm concerned.
At that point I went ahead and called Whatagreatguy because 007 and Princess Leeya have gotten in the habit of telling me to call him when their plans fall through. I got his voice mail and left a message that (paraphrasing) I would probably he told to call him anyway, and I was just beating 007 to the punch. I told him the Qualcomm messages pretty much said it all; and that I hated to run it illegally; and that I didn't want to have a wreck because I was too tired to drive, etc. I hoped the message made sense, because I could barely remember where I was. Almost immediately after I hung up, he sent the following:
11:50
Whatagreatguy: 10/4 Best you can do. Whatagreatguy.
11:51
ME: I promise it'll be my best. Thanks much.
Bless his heart, Whatagreatguy just get banged around in the middle of everybody's arguments.
NEXT DAY
Saturday, 10/3/09
03:50
ME: I'm afraid to drive any further until the sun comes up. Fog is so thick I can't see and I'm exhausted.
Again, it was for the record more than anything else. I was only 75 miles from Montgomery by this time, but the fog was messing up my perception of things around me kind of like Black Dog hallucinations (from the movie Black Dog), or white line fever, maybe. It happens to drivers who are extremely fatigued. Anyway, I slept a couple of hours, and made it to the Montgomery yard around 8:30AM this morning:
08:32
ME: Where's the driver that wants this load so bad? I expected hin/her to be here with baited breath the way 007 pushed me to get here. What a crock...."
8:37
ME: I feel like throwing up I'm so exhausted, and the driver's not even here. I should'ave taken 10 when I needed to instead of when 007 wanted me to.
09:08
ME: ...I'm taking 007 off my Christmas card list.
(And seriously thinking about changing her name to "Pusher".)
From the Qualcomm:
Thurdsay, 10/1/09
2:11
ME: Going to wait at the Flying J. I'm out of cigs.
13:02
007: U have a load coming here to del in SC in the am.
13:04
ME: Ok get me back in time for stress test Monday AM. I can't miss it my medical certificate expires 10/13.
13:08
007: Already worked out
13:08
ME: Cool! Thx much.
13:38
ME: Do you know when it'll be here?
What truck?
What Trlr?
13:48
007 Local bringing it in not sure sorry.
13:50
ME: Ok. Thx anyway.
(I'm thinking, "This is just great. I wish she'd told me earlier, so I could'ave been trying to sleep.")
14:02
ME: One last question where to in SC? So I can figure when I need to leave.
14:17
007: Rock Hill SC
14:24
Me : Might as well say Charlotte looks like the best way. 500 miles by the time it's said and done. 9 hours. Whatever. I'm going to bed.
(I was gonna have to drive all night. Why didn't she tell me earlier?)
14:28
007: 42 (Trucker slang for 10/4 or OK.)
14:29
007: Do you want me to call you when load gets here?
14:30
ME: No I'll check with guard when I get up. Thanks anyway.
14:32
ME: Time started at 3am today, so I'm taking 10 now. Is there some way the guard can dispatch me tonight? So qquam won't go off?
14:43
007 : I'll tell him.
14:45
ME: Good deal. Thx
14:54
007: Bills are here now. Sending now. Bills will be with guard.
(She meant she was dispatching me now. I guess they can't dispatch somebody from the yard without the bills.)
14:55
ME: Ok
When you're telling yourself, "I gotta get to sleep; I gotta get to sleep; I gotta get to sleep...." it's hard to get to sleep. So when 7:30PM rolled around, the time my 10 hours was up, I was already tired. I hooked to the trailer, picked up the bills at the guard shack, and headed towards Rock Hill SC.
BTW - LonnieMac told me the other day he was leaving AMX. I reckon he'll miss the golf cart ....
NEXT DAY
Friday, 10/2/09
00:38
ME: I hate doing an overnight trip after I've been up all day. I got to shut my eyes for a while.
It was for the record more than anything else because nobody was in the office. I made it to the Petro at Carnesville GA before I decided I was becoming a safety hazard. I set the Screaming Meanie for 3 hours. When it went off I got up and started driving again, but I was having to stomp my feet on the floor to stay awake. I was praying too. After the sun started coming up it got a little easier to keep my eyes open, and I delivered shortly after 8:00AM eastern. Only an hour or so late.
07:38
007: Load and take to Montgomery and drop it and get an empty trailer and go home.
Shipper and Consignee information was "TBA" (To be announced) call broker. Another mystery load.
07:45
ME: Ok thx.
08:06
ME: Broker says it loads a 5pm, but they might have it ready early. If it's ok with y'all, it's ok with me.
(All I knew at that point was that I was exhausted. I thought I could get some sleep in the meantime.)
08:11
007: 42
10:32
007: Driver will be in Montgomery 07:00 on AM to get this load.
10:34
ME: I'm pretty sure I won't be there.
10:45
007: No. I'm telling you you need to be there no reason not to be this load has to be delivered on time monday driver can not wait for you to get into montgomery late tomorrow you need to take your break now and when your load is ready you will have your full break behind you and drive it to montgomery.
(If I'd been sleepy at all, 007 just squashed it. Ever try to sleep when you're mad?)
10:51
ME: I'll do the best I can. That's all I'll commit to.
10:53
007: 430 miles is all it is so they will be expecting it there.
10:53
ME: Like I said, the only thing I'll promise is the best I can do. If I find myself nodding off tonight because I can't sleep now you can bet I'm going to stop for a while.
11:11
ME: When y'all planned this, did y'all know it wouldn't load until 5PM? Because the load info says 7:00AM....
11:16
007: Load at five you would have full break.
(What!!??)
11:22
ME: I logged off here at 10:15AM. Now I'm wide awake and couldn't sleep if I had a bottle full of sleeping pills. I was awake all day yesterday, did the run last night on 3 hours sleep, and you're telling me to do another overnight on no sleep? Like I said, I'll do the best I can. I'm not a machine.
11:24
007: We are doing this to get you home so lets not forget that.
11:27
ME: I knew something like this was going to happen. It always does. This is the last time I'll say it I'll do the best I can do. The matter's closed as far as I'm concerned.
At that point I went ahead and called Whatagreatguy because 007 and Princess Leeya have gotten in the habit of telling me to call him when their plans fall through. I got his voice mail and left a message that (paraphrasing) I would probably he told to call him anyway, and I was just beating 007 to the punch. I told him the Qualcomm messages pretty much said it all; and that I hated to run it illegally; and that I didn't want to have a wreck because I was too tired to drive, etc. I hoped the message made sense, because I could barely remember where I was. Almost immediately after I hung up, he sent the following:
11:50
Whatagreatguy: 10/4 Best you can do. Whatagreatguy.
11:51
ME: I promise it'll be my best. Thanks much.
Bless his heart, Whatagreatguy just get banged around in the middle of everybody's arguments.
NEXT DAY
Saturday, 10/3/09
03:50
ME: I'm afraid to drive any further until the sun comes up. Fog is so thick I can't see and I'm exhausted.
Again, it was for the record more than anything else. I was only 75 miles from Montgomery by this time, but the fog was messing up my perception of things around me kind of like Black Dog hallucinations (from the movie Black Dog), or white line fever, maybe. It happens to drivers who are extremely fatigued. Anyway, I slept a couple of hours, and made it to the Montgomery yard around 8:30AM this morning:
08:32
ME: Where's the driver that wants this load so bad? I expected hin/her to be here with baited breath the way 007 pushed me to get here. What a crock...."
8:37
ME: I feel like throwing up I'm so exhausted, and the driver's not even here. I should'ave taken 10 when I needed to instead of when 007 wanted me to.
09:08
ME: ...I'm taking 007 off my Christmas card list.
(And seriously thinking about changing her name to "Pusher".)
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