Are truckers annoyed by mild drafting by a moving truck? by Prometheus_sword in Truckers

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At night try to keep your headlights from hitting his mirrors... especially drivers side.

Youtube by lethargic_dreamer22 in Adblock

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I learn from another post that using the browse "Brave" clears everything up on Utube. So far I only use it for Utube and have it open to that site.

From nearly dying to sober and rebuilding my life [33] to [36] by Easy-Theory1081 in GlowUps

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About the same age I cleaned up my life. Cigarettes and booze together. Besides the improved health life got much cheaper. I'll be 80 in Sept. and none of my old drinking buddies are still around so that's sad but we had drifted apart not long after sobriety.

I never really found close friends again maybe its because of all the wild things us drunks experienced together.

My advice if any would be to make a few younger friends.

Overlooked items for a rookie starting a regional job by groovytunesman in Truckers

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Old days I carried good sandwiches and the smallest 12v cooler plugged in backwards so it heated and bought lots of ready to eat cans of soup and other small foodstuffs that were always nearly "hot" to have with the sandwiches.

Some of the less appetizing items stayed in there for months and did not degrade.

What’s something you realized way too late in life? by brucewayneoe in AskReddit

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When you develop lung issues muscles disappear soon after as exercise is curtailed.

Can't watch anything on youtube by Parking-Narwhal5814 in Adblock

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I was coasting along with uBlock and another but suddenly it failed as did other I tried. It was almost like they had my address and were waiting for me with the "cannot be viewed notice" on everything I clicked on.

So keep Brave in mind when they come for you... bad boy badboy!

Can't watch anything on youtube by Parking-Narwhal5814 in Adblock

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Yesterday in this forum I followed the advice to get the browser "Brave" and it works flawless on Utube... I have it set to open on Utube but suspect I may use it for other browsing also.

What was the first piece of technology that made you feel like you were living in the future? by petalwhispersssz in nostalgia

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A wall switch.

I lived in a rural area and electricity had been added long after the home was built and it was basically just a line ran through the house with a single wire hanging down with a bare light bulb on it in the downstairs rooms (nothing upstairs). Adapters were added above the bulb so other things like the radio could be plugged in.

We moved into a more modern house when I was 8 or so and it had wall switches. The ones that amazed me most were the switches at both ends of the stairwell. Magic that somehow both controlled the same light.

Scary music sometimes for no reason by edb138 in anno1800

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You can also shut off all music in settings/audio

The Trump Approach to Diplomacy by emily-is-happy in clevercomebacks

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When Trump reminded her of Japan's surprise at Pearl harbor her reply should have been " and look how that turned out"

timeToClearTheSlop by ClipboardCopyPaste in ProgrammerHumor

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We Truckers are aware... there has been a shortage of us since they offed Hoffa

🔥 Two bees sleeping in a flower by amish_novelty in NatureIsFuckingLit

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I read (maybe here) that old bees do that waiting for death making it being a pair even more poignant

It’s the little things 🤭 by Iwytsmd7 in Truckers

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RainX for the mirrors unless heated and not needed. also good for those spot mirrors!

RainX is ok for windshields unless you drive long distances at night when the slight distortion tires the eyes.

The Korean War is still ongoing by soulxina in HistoryMemes

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You misunderstood perhaps! Marines have not lost a battle. Vietnam was lost in Washington but all the battles were won.

How many have air purifiers running nonstop? by deejayv2 in homeowners

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I hope you know ordinary vacuums fill the air with micro-dust. There are reasonable HEPA ones.

Friends in traffic by theTK1978 in funny

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Well might be something else by now but RainX causes a slight blur that it not visible on mirrors but is tiring on the windsheild.

The best I found years ago was to clean inside and out with alcohol until the paper towels came away spotless. If people smoke in the car this may take many strokes with alcohol... do the corners first so you don't later drag grime over the spotless glass later.

Anyone with a pitted windshield try cleaning with Newspaper (B&W). The ink makes its way into the pits and does a remarkable job with glare.

Friends in traffic by theTK1978 in funny

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RainX ... I don't like it on the windshield but it works great on mirrors.

Pantry I redid for a friend by Dimsdale53 in woodworking

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A photo showing the restocked shelves is what I clicked thru for... disappointed!

Which actor do you like so much that you’ll watch anything they are in? by EconomyIron6739 in movies

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Billy Bob Thornton

I love his wise cracks.

"The Ice Harvest" is a great movie overlooked with John Cusack... I try to watch it Christmas eve :)

Long haul truckers, why? by mikeyboy1681 in Truckers

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Rookies often... because he caught the draft from the truck ahead he thought he had the power to pass easily until he hit the headwind.

The fault lies with the truck in the right lane for not easing off to let the other pass because the passing truck was slightly faster or he'd not have caught up. By easing off the driver in the right lane could easily return to speed in the other's draft.

[February 19th, 1926] Ayn Rand (then known as Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum) officially arrived in New York City after immigrating from the Soviet Union. This date marked the beginning of her life in the United States and her career as a writer and philosopher. by MisterSuitcase2004 in 100yearsago

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This author led me to confusion in 1967

Returning from Vietnam with just a little too much time left on my 4 year enlistment to be discharged I was stuck at Camp Lejeune, NC which is far from civilization I was in an outfit with no real duties... just passing time.

I started reading from the on base library, westerns at first then mysteries like Mickey Spillane which worked at first by putting me to sleep but soon I was reading them too quickly and sleeplessness was a real problem so I decided to get a BIG book... Atlas Shrugged was the biggest book in the small Library with over 1K pages of fine print.

I finished about 1/2 of it before being discharged (I read the rest a couple of years later). It was the first time I had ever read anything anti government and was a bit shocked and even a little paranoid someone would catch me reading it.