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[oldngray]

Feds scrapping sleep apnea testing plan for truckers, train engineers

 

[upschuck]

I'll admit, when I worked at the airport, I used to get a rush being around the planes, even after a year.

I love planes. Still amazes me those things can fly.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

"Obstructive sleep apnea has been in the probable cause of 10 highway and rail accidents investigated by the NTSB in the past 17 years and obstructive sleep apnea is an issue being examined in several, ongoing, NTSB rail and highway investigations," NTSB spokesman Christopher O'Neil said.
Really? 10 accidents in 17 years MAY have been caused by sleep apnea. Sounds like an epidemic to me. I read this article and this statement jumped out at me. Sounds like a good deal to me to junk this regulation.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

I thought maybe @FrigidFTSup came to the Midwest for the week.

I only do it when I'm drunk

 

[upschuck]

I only do it when I'm drunk

So, all the time, then

 

[oldngray]

"Obstructive sleep apnea has been in the probable cause of 10 highway and rail accidents investigated by the NTSB in the past 17 years and obstructive sleep apnea is an issue being examined in several, ongoing, NTSB rail and highway investigations," NTSB spokesman Christopher O'Neil said.
Really? 10 accidents in 17 years MAY have been caused by sleep apnea. Sounds like an epidemic to me. I read this article and this statement jumped out at me. Sounds like a good deal to me to junk this regulation.

What I always thought stupid was the emphasis on neck size to supposedly test for apnea on DOT physicals.

 

[moreluck]

I love planes. Still amazes me those things can fly.

Just had this conversation with hubby yesterday on the 73 toll road as a huge jet from John Wayne flew overhead quite low. I also wonder how those heavy steel ships stay afloat.

 

[oldngray]

Just had this conversation with hubby yesterday on the 73 toll road as a huge jet from John Wayne flew overhead quite low. I also wonder how those heavy steel ships stay afloat.

magic?

 

[Brownslave688]

Just had this conversation with hubby yesterday on the 73 toll road as a huge jet from John Wayne flew overhead quite low. I also wonder how those heavy steel ships stay afloat.

This amazing thing called buoyancy



It's really not amazing at all. It's like 3rd grade science. How Cruise Ships Work

 

[oldngray]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland defense attorney in federal prison for running a money laundering scheme inspired by "Breaking Bad" has lost an appeal of his conviction.
Ohio lawyer who ran 'Breaking Bad' scheme loses appeal

 

[Operational needs]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland defense attorney in federal prison for running a money laundering scheme inspired by "Breaking Bad" has lost an appeal of his conviction.
Ohio lawyer who ran 'Breaking Bad' scheme loses appeal
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Sure is a lot of weird news coming out of Ohio lately. It's like they're competing with Florida.

 

[upschuck]

magic?

Like the bubble bee.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

I also wonder how those heavy steel ships stay afloat.

Check this out. They used to make ships out of concrete. This particular ship is sunk right offshore at Galveston, Tx. I've fished around it many times in the past.
SS Selma (1919) - Wikipedia

 

[oldngray]

Check this out. They used to make ships out of concrete. This particular ship is sunk right offshore at Galveston, Tx. I've fished around it many times in the past.
SS Selma (1919) - Wikipedia

Several colleges have concrete canoe races every year.

 

[oldngray]

Like the bubble bee.

By the math a bee can't fly.

 

[upschuck]

By the math a bee can't fly.

Exactly, magic. What other explanation is there?

 

[oldngray]

 

[Wally]

Classic example of Liberal Democrat failure.

Study: Philadelphia Tax Makes Soda More Expensive Than Beer

 

[Wally]

By the math a bee can't fly.

Nor can Superman.

 

[Wally]

Sure is a lot of weird news coming out of Ohio lately. It's like they're competing with Florida.

Same kind of people.