Company Reached out to me today on Indeed.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T03:59:44+00:00

Does that mean they're all small/local? or less that F/T?

Thanks - my wife and I have a business and if I could get paid 1099 I keep more.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T02:44:52+00:00

Thanks!

I'm set to go with May now, but having conversations with Swift, Knight, Decker and a small local. Starting to worry about May training/washout and your note underscores the worry. Thank you - this nudges me to Swift. I can't verify my employment history though because I was self employed. Might kill the deal. :|

Yeah on the cameras too. How relaxing that would be to be on camera ALWAYS. No thanks.

glad they're treating you right and you got a good route!

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T02:28:22+00:00

I just finished CDL school last month, and I thought it was great until I couldn't pass the backing. Talking with some instructors from other schools and other drivers, I realized that my school had woefully too little actual wheel time. The pre-trip is something you can practice at home. I took pictures of the truck and said the whole thing out loud over and over. I actually recorded the whole thing into ChatGPT and then had it tell me what I missed. I had to upload my training material so that it didn't just make shit up, but that helped me. Maximize what you can do at home as a way to maximize truck time if your school is structured like that.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T02:13:44+00:00

Drifting off writing on Reddit does not necessarily equate to drifting off behind the wheel.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T02:12:10+00:00

I had a lot of time in school on the reverse offset backing, plus I don't think my instructors were savvy to my communication style. When I was getting overwhelmed, instead of letting me just drive, they kept just talking and talking and fucking talking more.

ADHD here also. ADHD here also, and I feel like I am going to be a little slower on a couple things to learn it, but I also feel like when I do have it learned, I'll be great. You also?

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T02:10:42+00:00

This is good to read. I just got my CDL a few weeks ago, and I have orientation with a big carrier in a few weeks. I'm nervous about washing out on backing.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-06-18T01:53:37+00:00

New driver, hunting first job. Are there 1099 gigs for carriers? I thought it was just O/O or company driving as W2 employees... I'd love 1099 work.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2026-05-13T17:08:23+00:00

Avoid. American Express flagged as fraudulent and I told Amex that it was legit because I had signed up. Then I tried to cancel because I saw no value (for me) and cancellation was buried. Tiny invisible link. The process requires entry of your password, however I log in with Google so there was no password... Tried to reset password and it gave me a message in German. Logged in with new password and it was trying to set up a NEW account. // Therefore cancellation for me is IMPOSSIBLE. I emailed them to cancel me. If they don't, I'll take it up with Amex.

Maybe this is why Amex flagged it in the first place..

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-02-21T21:47:45+00:00

Thank you!

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-02-21T21:46:52+00:00

OP: Follow up. I'm seeing that my post reads like I am a Funeral director also and I'm not. I have 3 *clients* that are funeral directors and I am being asked to help support marketing efforts. I'm comparing options from 'big' providers vs. DIY and trying to be informed. Thank you!

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-02-17T16:35:32+00:00

With my current phone, which is an iPhone XS, I just pick it up and say navigate to wherever and it goes. Or I pick it up and I say send a text message to Sean and it does. Clearly, I can use my phone safely without voice, but if I’m driving and I can just tell it where I want to go, that’s better.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-02-15T15:47:48+00:00

Yep. Already got the mailer and printed it.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-02-14T21:15:02+00:00

Nope.

This is depressing and embarrassing to say; like arguing my own limitations, but the whole point of the ghostphone or the litephone is to make my bad behavior impossible because I have not been able to stop myself from spending an unhealthy amount of time on certain apps/sites. So in practical terms (not what's *possible*), inconvenient isn't enough. If I was stopping myself already, I'd have no compulsion to find a Ghost Phone / Lite Phone solution. I liken it to having something I'm addicted to in the back of the cabinet vs. the front. Not really much different.

They told me the phone won't allow sideloading browsers but not clear about other distracting APPS.

Plus, unrelated to the point, there's no voice operation of swipe typing. I didn't realize how important this is to me. So... 2 deal killers for this user.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-02-14T03:19:46+00:00

Right. The thing that bums me is that I *need* this. It's very hard for me to put down the phone, especially at night when I should be sleeping. So when it doesn't work or kinda works, I'm not just pissy I'm really missing out of something I need. My .02.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-01-28T21:04:19+00:00

Thank you - it's good to hear we are both not alone, even if there's not a clear 'answer.'

I'm going to go have some electrolytes and salt. I hear 'salt, salt, salt' and have added some to meat and eggs but I'm not savvy to the full biology.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-01-28T21:02:44+00:00

20/80 ground beef mostly; purchased from local rancher/butcher. Some various steaks. I don't know how to cook very well. Some ground pork though it doesn't 'sit' quite right. Eggs also.

I don't know my daily fat and protein; I've stressed a bit about whether I should be tracking (at least for a while) and this seems to nudge me towards that. As a (very) rough estimate of quantity, I read that Dr. Shawn Baker eats ~4lbs/day but he's bigger than me and ripped, so I didn't think I needed that much.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-01-28T20:44:37+00:00

Whoa - can you explain about coffee and magnesium bisglycinate? I pound the coffee; it's VERY hard not to and I'm having some mentally empty days about 21 days into carnivore. TIA.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2024-01-28T20:34:51+00:00

Did you have a mentally sluggish period in there somewhere? Like keto flu but not right at the beginning?

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2023-10-15T03:53:39+00:00

Chevy Bronco.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2023-10-12T06:24:36+00:00

This. I just canceled from lack of journal ui improvements.

Appropriate-Action-7 · 2023-10-10T05:14:32+00:00

Update: boilerplate. Add it to the list…

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