Salt Lake City

I delivered my load here way early, went to Sapp's 5 blocks away for a shower, and have returned here to where I delivered. Tomorrow morning, I'll take a load from here back to where I came from (Niles, MI). I love it. No wasting fuel deadheading, and I fuel at Sapp Brothers en route, which are cheap, have low (and not ultra-low) sulphur fuel, and give my company a big discount.

I might ask for this on an ongoing basis. Can't right now, because my new APU engine is at my service point, and I need to get it done.

I got 5.2 mph's for the second leg out here. Considering my 75 mph, that's not as bad as it seems, but still not satisfactory. Part of that was the fact that I do have to idle more without the APU--probably should have got more like 5.4.

On the previous leg, in which I was idling a lot and bobtailed for awhile, but mostly taking an empty to Niles and then 12,000 lbs. to fuel at Peru, IL, I got 7.9 mpg's. I just can't wait for my hydrogen generator! I doubt that the turbo3000 and the ceramic stuff have helped me more than about ten percent.

Anyway, this is why I run so hard. Here I am with all kinds of time to kill. I've got my routes back inc. fuelstops mapped out, logs done, and my load number taped to my windshield so a yard dog can wake me up and tell me which trailer to hook up to.

It's also nice out here, since due to the time zone the 4-5 am times are my 6-7 am.

This should be my biggest week yet, I think...and I can get back in time to hit the nice inexpensive hotel next to my APU Service Point and watch the Keystone Browns. I deliver late afternoon saturday and might be able to get there in time to give them my key and tell them the truck is there (they're closed sunday and will have to do it monday...if they can.)

I don't quite understand my Big Sis. She forewarded a story about why progressive taxes don't work. (Ten guys splitting the tab for dinner based on income--til the other guys start squealing about fairness, demand more, and the fatcats get disgusted and let them fend for themselves.)

I had thought she was a socialist! Normally, she forewards marxocratic propaganda full discredited assertions, distortions, and overt lies.

Like Supply Side economics caused all our problems, and not excessive spending and the welfare state? Like deregulation caused the credit collapse, and not government MANDATED bad loans and political patronage? Like Bush was a coke addict, the 72 Swift-Boat eye-witnesses were all a part of the vast right-wing conspiracy?

I don't dare broach politics with her, but now I'm confused.

I mean, the last line of the progressive tax analogy was "For those who get it, no explanation is neccessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible." Does SHE understand?

I mean, I give you one guess on who I'm almost certain she will vote for. And this would prove, she didn't get it.

Yeah..."It's much more complicated than that".

No. It's not.