MasonM

MasonM

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Reply to The Joys of Being a Waitress in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I think one of the toughest jobs out there is waitress in a truckstop. I eat in the truckstops fairly often (could be because I'm a trucker, who knows?) and I see many very grumpy, diffcult truckers who give the waitress a tough time because they are mad at their dispatcher, wife, girlfriend, or the last jerk they dealt with trying not to run over on the interstate who didn't know how to merge into traffic. (Wow, that was some long sentemce, wasn't it?

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Reply to Fundamentalists: A God-given Curse in Religion JoeUser Forums

I think I follow what you are saying. Yes, the lack of intelligent thought and even a stronge anti-science sentiment does exist among a group of Christians that I find to be very disturbing. As to the idea of evolution, I suppose I would have to ask what you mean by that term. If are mean that somehow life started entirely by accident and through some process species somehow evolved into entirely different species (macro evolution) I would hav

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Pay it Forward in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

I recently rewatched the movie "Pay it Forward". If you haven't had the chance to see this one, it's well worth the time. Imagine just what kind of a world we would be living in if this idea actually took off. Can you just picture all of these people going around helping each other in a major way? Each asking only that the person helped go out and help thre

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Reply to Who's The Minority Now? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Kinda like visiting a country where you in the minority in many ways; race, culture, language etc... It can be a very elightening experience.

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Reply to What if we were all the same? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Personally, I think that if everyone looked exactly the same, people would find some other charactoristic upon which to base their bias and discrimination. It seems to be human nature to develop biases against someone who is "different" regardless of what that difference is or whether it's actually a significant difference or not. I'm hardly qualified to comment as to why we seem to do this, but it is my observation that we do tend to do so.</

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Writing for the Sake of Writing in Blogging JoeUser Forums

As I sit here, I am reflecting on the past few days. I got home from the road Monday evening and have been resting up from my travels, doing my laundry, and basically preparing to back out and do it all again. Yes, the rest has been welcomed as life on the road can be pretty exhausting. While I do get my sleep every night and my truck is quite comfortable,

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Reply to So, you wanna be predjudice eh? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I am quite certain that everything that everyone writes here at JU is a complete fabrication and I don't believe a single word of any of it. That, of course, includes what I just wrote. Do you really have to believe SPM's stuff to enjoy reading it? I find it all quite amusing.

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Reply to My Passion for JoeUser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Muggaz, I would also hate to see you leave JU. In the short time I have been here I have really enjoyed reading your articles. OK, mybe I should comment on them more, I have been working to make more comments here. Don't worry about scoring points and being featured. Write what you feel. That's really what it's all about anyway, isn't it? I like to make occassional comments and such about scores and features but not in seriousness. It really

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Reply to Has anyone seen my pants? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Kelly: Yes the CB'ers do still have those get togethers. Most truckers just use the CB as a tool of the job and really aren't into all that. You're welcome. Muggaz: It really isn't that we don't like kids, it's just that we rely on the radio for traffic and accident info and want the chanel clear so we can hear those reports.

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Reply to See this needle? See my hand? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Great pointless rambling. I gave up on flops (I still call them that) long ago. I pretty much stick with Earth Shoes sandles now. Most comfortable and durable things around. Big parrot head so appreciate the Buffet reference.I've lived it.

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Reply to Has anyone seen my pants? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Yeah, sadly that is a part of our culture. Many of us try to discourage this sort of language on the radio but you may as well be trying to discourage a bear from crapping in the woods

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Reply to It's going to one of those days in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I really enjoyed reading this article; you have no idea. While I have no idea who or what Haish & Andy or Merrick & Rosso is, it is great to read about someone's everyday life. Believe it or not you may well lok back at these times with great affection and nostalgia. I have three sons. I haven't seen them since I split with their mother in 1996. The youngest was only 4 months at the time. This sort of family life, with all it's trial

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Has anyone seen my pants? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Truckers have a unique culture and language, most of which is totally incomprehensible to the average person. We are, for the most part an honest, surley, hard-working, rough-cut bunch of men and women who live in a world most people have no idea even exists. The average person, one who doesn't know (and doesn't want to know) a trucker, sees truckers as an

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Reply to The Rights of Women and Their Well Being in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Personally I have always subscribed to and followed the rules of chivalry. They actually encompass more than just relationships with women but the ideas of honor and honorable behavior as well. Not a bad way to live. When it's all said and done, your reputation and your honor are really all you actually have.

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Reply to Bitter/Sweet in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Forgiving can be a very hard thing to do, but definately worth working through to the point that you can do it. It cleanses the soul. Muggaz, saying you're sorry at the time, when the person is in the peak of fury, usually has little effect. Maybe it's time to have a heart to heart with this friend and honestly ask forgiveness again? Just a thought. I know you said you could live without this person in your life, but it must hurt some

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Reply to Are we on the Verge of the Extinction of Romance and Love??? in Sex & Romance JoeUser Forums

It's sadly true that romance seems to be dead in the modern world. The days of chivalry and lasy-like behavior seem to have gone the way of the sword and the pettycoat. When romancing my Lady, I often brought her a single red rose or left one on her windshield in the parking lot where whe worked. I still bring her a flower now and then, or a card and small gift. Just little things to let her know how I feel. We've been together since 1996 and

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Reply to Are we on the Verge of the Extinction of Romance and Love??? in Sex & Romance JoeUser Forums

It's sadly true that romance seems to be dead in the modern world. The days of chivalry and lasy-like behavior seem to have gone the way of the sword and the pettycoat. When romancing my Lady, I often brought her a single red rose or left one on her windshield in the parking lot where whe worked. I still bring her a flower now and then, or a crad and small gift. Just little things to let her know how I feel. We've been together since 1996 and

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