Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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This Evil Age
By Pastor Kevin Sadler
“Is our grace age, which Paul calls ‘this present evil world [age]’ (Gal. 1:4), worse than the time of Nimrod or what is seen in Romans 1:18-32?”
This age is evil. Every dispensation or age in man’s history has been evil. Every age has demonstrated that the heart of mankind “is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” (Jer. 17:9), that people are sinners in need of the Lord. I don’t think our age is worse than the time of Nimrod or what is seen in Romans 1:18-32, but rather very similar. Romans 1:18-32 sounds like a commentary on our times! Mankind doesn’t change. Mankind has been evil, is evil, and will be evil.
News of mankind’s wickedness shouldn’t completely shock the believer. Rather, it should immediately remind us of people’s need for Christ and His salvation, and our need to be “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Eph. 5:16). Faith in Christ brings new life and can bring transformation to people’s lives, so that they might live “in all goodness and righteousness and truth” (Eph. 5:9).
Paul calls it “this present evil world” to impress upon us the glory of our deliverance from it by Christ and His Cross. Galatians 1:4 shows us “Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world.” Knowledge of this hope is to cause us to react with thanksgiving and praise to our Savior, “To Whom be glory for ever and ever” (Gal. 1:5), and “that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again” (2 Cor. 5:15).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/this-evil-age/
Galatians 1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Galatians 1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Corinthians 5:15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
Is God Ruling the World Today?
By Justin Johnson
Supreme Court Justice Scalia died. Some said it was God’s judgment, others said it was for the better.
Islamic soldiers killed dozens and injured many more in Brussels last week. Some say it might be God’s judgment. Others say God helped them survive.
When tragedy strikes, Christians try to justify their wrong belief that Christ is ruling over the world today.
They think all that happens is decreed from Christ as the ruler of this world, but is the Lord Jesus Christ reigning in judgment and righteousness over the whole world today?
While it is true that Christ is risen above all things today (Eph 1:22; Col 2:10), and he will reign for ever over all the earth in the future (Rev 11:17), it is not true that the world is living in his kingdom now.
Here are a few reasons explaining from the Bible:
1. Sin not Righteousness
The kingdom rule of God is described by righteousness, peace, joy, justice, mercy, and love.
Is this an apt description of the world you see around you? Certainly not. We live in a present evil world as Paul describes, filled with sin, corruption, lies, injustice, and death (Gal 1:4; Eph 5:3-6).
When Christ holds rulership over the world, the Bible says “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom” (Heb 1:8). Ubiquitous and unchecked sin does not describe the reign of Christ on earth.
This is fatal to the idea that Christ is ruling now over all things on the earth.
2. Wicked Rulers
If not Christ, then who? Certainly Christ is the Head over all things, especially of those who are saved.
But Paul says the rulers of this world are not Christ, but the devil and his spiritually wicked minions. The rulers are in rebellion.
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” – Eph 6:12
The “god of this world” works against the work of preaching the gospel of Christ (2 Cor 4:4).
The prince of the power of the air rules the course of this world with a spirit of disobedience toward God (Eph 2:2-3). The world is in active rebellion against God and any right he claims over them.
3. Grace Not Judgment
In response to this rebellion, God has withheld judgment.
If Christ sits above all principality and power in heavenly places, then why does he not exercise his right to judge over all? What kind of rule is it that never judges? (That people claim God is judging the world, but injustice continues makes a mockery of Christ’s ability to judge.)
This is because before the Lord establishes his judgment and kingdom on the earth, he has offered terms of peace and reconciliation toward him. Paul calls this the dispensation of grace, and it explains why God is not preventing every evil, imputing every sin, and judging every wrong today (Rom 5:1; 2 Cor 5:19; Eph 3:1-2).
When God offers grace to the world (not judging them by their works), he cannot judge them for their actions at the same time. That God is offering grace to all sinners means the Saviour is withholding judgment (Rom 5:8).
4. Church not Israel
Whenever someone declares that Christ’s kingdom is on the earth now, they are diminishing God’s faithfulness to keep his promise to Israel.
God promised the nation Israel would reign over all the nations in the earth, but today God is building his church not a nation.
That God is continuing to build his church, where there is no distinction between Jew or Gentile, means God has not established his reign over the earth (Col 3:1, 3:11). His earthly kingdom requires Israel’s rise from their fallen position and a change in the operation of God on the earth (Rom 11:26-27).
The kingdom of God will not be present on the earth until Israel is saved and sits in a position over the other nations of the world.
5. Not Yet All Things
The book of Hebrews is written to the believing Hebrews who were promised a kingdom, but had since been scattered out of Jerusalem where the kingdom should begin. It contains some of the clearest evidence that the Christ is not yet ruling over all today.
Hebrews 2:8 declares that the kingdom has not yet come.
“For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.” – Hebrews 2:8
“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.” – Hebrews 13:14
Christ is risen from the dead to sit in power over all things, but not yet do we see all thing subject to him. The scripture could not be any plainer.
Christ still resides in heaven, Israel has fallen, sin is still the course of the world, and the only people left on the planet are not called citizens of a city, but ambassadors to an evil dominion.
A Greater Hope
When tragedy strikes many Christians try to find comfort in the wrong doctrine that Christ is ruling over all today. They think that God is communicating to them good or evil through the circumstances.
This creates confusion as to what the Lord is doing when we see conflicting circumstances and interpretations.
A greater hope is found in the knowledge that the kingdom of Christ is greater than what we now see (Rom 8:18; Col 1:27). Christ is in a position above all things in heaven, but we see not yet his kingdom on the earth. The earth is being run by the rebels, and the representation of Christ here and now are ambassadors of grace (2Cor 5:20).
When bad things happen we know they are the consequence of sin and bad rulership by evil forces. God does not intervene to stop them because he is offering the perpetrators grace and salvation.
All are accountable to the Lord, and there will be a day in which he will return to the world in judgment and conquest.
In that day the Lord will reign and rule in righteousness, and all will bow to him. This is called in the Bible the “world to come” not the world which now is (Heb 2:5).
https://graceambassadors.com/life/politics/is-god-ruling-the-world-today
Will we see Kitties or not?
Oh, yes, indeedy!
Happy Cat Bench Caturday….
Befriend a Bench Cat today!
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YW, LafnH20! Having to clickoon each link sorta ruins the flow.
Yes, “clickoon” is a newly coined word meaning “having to exert extra effort for annoying reasons.”
Goodin! ?
I’ll give you credit each time I use it…
Lol
Just write “attributed to MAGA2020!”
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The clickoon’s vrs the Klingons
Each link popped right up when I clickoon’d. Thanks Lucille – what a wonderful way to begin a Caturday!!
Yes, Caturday never fails to get meowy folk into good spirits for the day. Glad you enjoyed the clickoons.
Hoping to, boogystew…
Paws crossed.. ?
So is anyone seeing kitties?
I’m not, I’m seeing text links. is it just me?
Same, text links
It seems particular to CTH. Somehow WP bolloxed it up for Treepers.
We will prevail! 🙂 🙂
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Prayers for the President, his family and all those afflicted and whom have succumbed to the virus. Stay strong, keep up your hygiene AtoZed, an vote.
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won’t let me “like” the comment: so LIKE!
Ditto, dilonsfo ? ?
A2.. Can ANYONE explain why The President, Flotus, Hicks, et al, are not being given the PROVEN Hydroxy/Zinc CURE instead of what I read they were given as treatment (Remdesivir)? Is The President’s Doctor(s) on board with the media’s and the fauci’s B.S.?
I didn’t hear remdesivir
I heard “antibody”, I think they’re getting blood-serum antibodies
and heard maybe another drug name and then vitamins and zinc
but yeah, I wondered why not HCQ as well
All reportds say that PDJT is on a 5 day treatment of remdesivir – probably why the hospital is supposedly doing ultrasounds on him (since studies have shown a risk to liver and kidneys with remdesivir).
I have no idea why HCQ has been purged from all discussions of chinaflu treatment, unless it is because the the media, politicians and ‘health care’ ‘experts’ are complicit in killing a lot of people by demonizing and banning it – a lot like Gov Cuomo saying that he never put Covid patients in nursing homes.
oh, nevermind, I just saw remdesivir in a breitbart headline
Happy Caturday Treepers!
Well, for me on the desktop, today the site is working better that it was before the recent snafu.
“Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment” is actually working for me with this Firefox browser.
However, with Brave on the 4 yr. old LG G4 phone, I still have to manually type in email address and screen name. When I hit the “D”, I have to backspace because I am getting “netD”.
“net” being the end of my email address.
Yes, signing in each time is now, hopefully, a thing of the past. The new thing is that I can’t post photos except in link form, though I can on other WordPress sites.
I have not tried posting photos yet, mine would usually be from http://www.postimages.org
The bottle is almost empty, the clock has just struck ten . . .
There was a time when this song was on the juke box of ever slightly and not-so-slightly seedy barroom across America. Dim light, cold beer, and sad, sad music . . .
………………………but, it is a great, slow two-step dance tune! Cheers, many blessings and thanks for sharing an ‘oldie but goody’!
i need to add this to my wedding dance list just in case i ever marry again
……that’s the spirit! And, made me laugh out loud!
CT was one of the best song pickers in the business ! His pairing with Loretta Lynn put both careers in orbit ! My memories of his songs date back to my teens and span rock and country genres.
🙂 Me, too.
GH, you do tickle the memory keys, thanks. Along with Conway, I enjoyed Roy Orbison back when
Me three.
Yep, I tipped quite a few cold ones after a hard day of work. I had just gotten back from my 3rd (and last) tour of Vietnam when this song first came out. Every one had plenty of quarters (and complaints) after the jukeboxes when up from a dime. So thankful I grew up in this blessed time in the USA.
Thank you. Great tune to listen to today.
CALICO CATS….
This cat is a rare male…
Male calicos are a genetic anomaly. Cats, like humans, have two sex chromosomes. Chromosomes carry genes and determine an animal’s traits. The required red color for a calico cat is passed only on a female (X) chromosome.
Two chromosomes determine gender. Each parent contributes one chromosome to the offspring. The mother, who has only X chromosomes, always contributes an X chromosome. The father who has both X and Y chromosomes, can contribute either an X or a Y chromosome to his offspring. Thus, it is the father who determines the sexes of his kittens. The red color gene cannot be passed to a male offspring due to unusual characteristics of the gene in question. Under certain conditions, when the red genes are passed to a female offspring, she displays not the expected red or orange coat, but the tricolor coat of a true calico cat.
How then can a male be a true calico? Sometimes there is an incomplete division of the chromosome pair when the chromosomes are separating at the time of fertilization. When that happens, the incomplete chromosome ends up attached to another of the two required chromosomes, giving the offspring one of the following combinations:
XX + Y = XXY
XY + X = XXY
In both cases, the result is a male cat that can inherit the trait for a true calico coat. Among humans, this genetic arrangement is called Klinefelter syndrome. A male calico usually cannot sire offspring because the genetics described above almost always guarantees that he will be sterile. (https://cats.lovetoknow.com/Male_Calico_Cat)
That must apply to humans too. My father was blonde and my mother had curly, raven hair. When I was a baby I was blonde. As I became older my hair turned darker and by middle age my hair became calico. Blonde patches here, ermine there, reddish copper shades in layers, a silver patch on my brow, dark hair at the nape of my neck. I had one woman say to me she doesn’t know what I’m doing to my hair but that it is very attractive. I didn’t do anything to it. My hair has even gotten more curly. Your post is the first explanation I have seen on how hair changes.
Glad to be of service, Super Elite Calico. LOL!
Will there be a test on this later? (I took notes…)
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Yes, there will be a test. The adorable male calico demands it.
Happy CATERDAY TREEPERS!!!
4:17 of kitty bliss . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp398z2A3zw
the utter wonder of a kitten
all God’s creatures, great and small
An Appropriate Prayer video:
https://share.par.pw/post/42ab81e9b6834a55b6ecadf4dbbad631
I truly wonder just how many honest loyal people Trump has around him at any given time. I don’t think it’s a far stretch to say that what we’re witnessing right now….is an attempt to take down our President and his campaign…..permanently. I’d bet my bank account…that Trump’s positive virus result was done on/with purpose. How easy would it be for a contaminated swab shoved up your nose to “test for covid”…….to purposely “Give” you covid? I declare….very simple. If you remember several months back…it was reported that covid tests were contaminated with the virus. ( https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/cdcs-failed-coronavirus-tests-were-tainted-with-coronavirus-feds-confirm/ ) There were many articles written about it. I don’t know the backgrounds of those giving these tests to our President….or if they would even be aware the test swabs were intentionally contaminated. But I do find it highly unlikely that they wouldn’t be aware of where these test came from and where they’ve been…before being administered to our President and his campaign staff. These cases over the last 24 hours are not a coincidence in my view. They are pre-planned and done so for catastrophic impact & outcome. I’ll continue to pray for our President and the First Lady…and everyone else recently “infected”. It’s in God’s hands now. I do hope that we find out the truth soon….but like so many other truth’s still waiting to be revealed….it’s getting harder and harder every passing day…..
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yeah, and now the too-convenient clamoring that Coney-Barrett has to isolate for 14 days “so we can’t possibly have hearings”
bullshirt
have them by teleconferencing, like all the school kids are being forced to do
better yet: skip the hearings and lets go straight to the vote
… I reckon
actually, I just read she had it earlier in the year
they’re still clamoring anyway, not sure the reason … or whether they need one
WordPress sucks! Can’t ‘like’ and have to log in for every post, no pics anymore.
Agree, gloves off nimrodman, cram her down their throats with a red hot poker.
Somewhere else, I read in the comments that there was a Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Truman back in the late 40s. Justice Sherman Minton of Indiana? Minton said he couldn’t come to hearings because he had a broken leg and it would be too uncomfortable to travel by rail.
https://www.oyez.org/justices/sherman_mintonhttps://www.oyez.org/justices/sherman_minton
“Minton felt that his record on the bench should be enough to prove he was qualified to serve on the highest court in the land, and as such he deemed it unnecessary to testify at his Senate hearing, even though the Senate called for him. Despite this refusal, Minton was still confirmed by a vote of 48-16. Many predicted that due to Minton’s record as a Senator, his voting record would be consistently liberal. While on the court, Minton actually championed a philosophy of deference to the legislative and executive branches of government, which often found him voting with the conservative side of the court. He rarely favored judicial interference if it could be avoided…”
“Recuedos De La Alhambra” by Montenegrin guitarist Milos Karadaglic
Posted November 30, 2011
He’s a good player. Very smooth tremolo. 🙂
Bikers for Trump praying:
https://share.par.pw/post/fa586f160ca14f3eb7faf191b26651fd
Useful idiot stupidity has consequences…
Left Wing Governor Of Washington State Freaks Out As Boeing Moves Production To South Carolina
By Mike LaChance – Published October 3, 2020 at 1:34am
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/left-wing-governor-washington-state-freaks-boeing-moves-production-south-carolina/
FTA..
Let me be clear – when the market for airplanes comes back, Boeing must bring these jobs back to Washington state.
— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) October 1, 2020
Let me be clear. You don’t get to order Boeing to do anything.
— Shashi Galore (@shashigette) October 2, 2020
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https://247wallst.com/aerospace-defense/2020/09/30/why-boeing-will-shut-down-787-production-in-washington/
FTA…
Late in August, Boeing’s main touch labor union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 751, alerted its members to press reports that such a move was being discussed. The union represents roughly 17,000 members in Washington and none in South Carolina. Union attempts to organize North Carolina workers have failed.
How’s that ‘Rona workin out for ya, jay?
Washington State here .
When my son alerted me to what inzlee said I told him I need a
t- shirt and bumper sticker that say :::
Let me Be Clear :
Vote Loren Culp (R)
Governor 2020
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I told a liberal friend here in California during the Obama years, who was waxing poetic about taking from the rich for the poor that it would not work.People just leave the state! It never occurred to her that that was a possibility.
Truckers Report:
This week was more of the same as last week. Teaming doing the Peoria, IL to Lincoln, NE, to Seward, NE and back to Peoria to exchange trailers with a relay driver. Besides the regular pay, I got a day of overtime each week plus a total of 9 full days of per diem (about $66.00 per day) for the two weeks.
Teaming is more exhausting than solo runs. Less quality sleep. But having a good partner which one can trust and gets along with well makes one heck of a lot of difference. Randy was a great team partner. He is on the same salary driver rotation as I am so most often when I am called on to team in the future. he will be my team partner. Works for me!
Now on to a couple other things.
The rut:
We’re starting the time of year when the actions of deer, no matter what age or sex, is most unpredictable.
Some information for those of you that live in White tail deer country. The “seeking phase” of the rut is starting or soon to start depending on where you live. In this phase the bucks are looking for the does. If they are on the trail of a scent, they are single minded and completely drop their normal caution. IOW they’re nuts with hormones raging and will trot right down the middle of a road day or night even as your vehicle approaches them. Randy, the guy I teamed with the last couple weeks was passing through one of the tunnels on the PA turnpike and had a buck land right on the hood of his truck as he came out of the tunnel. The deer had apparently jumped the fence above the tunnel and fallen 100′ or so.
At the same time the harvest is on with equipment running the does out of the fields and soon the bucks will be chasing them or defending them as they come into estrus.
So be aware and have your head on a swivel over the next six to eight weeks as the rut progresses from the seeking phase to the chasing phase (the most dangerous) and during the night time hours on two lane roads it is not a bad idea to follow a big truck and let them take the strike if one comes. A properly trained big truck driver will generally not swerve to try and miss them and given a reasonable following distance you can stop much faster than they can. Does generally run together and so when you see one expect more. Mature bucks will be alone unless they are squaring off to fight for the right to reproduce.
As a rule the further north one lives the larger the white tails will be. Texas white tails are runts compared to those in more northern states. However, believe or not, I have seen the much larger mule deer in the wild all the way down in in the vicinity of Laredo, TX. And you really don’t want to tangle with one of those. I had one run under the trailer I was pulling once and it actually knocked the air tank on the underneath side near the rear of the trailer right off!
And then of course there are the elk, which are even bigger! There is a reason why they call elk Bulls and Cows instead of Bucks and Does! I hit a female when heading west bound on I-40 about 13 miles east of Flagstaff, AZ. I would reckon she went about 700 lb. She demolished the grill and AC condenser and put two thumb sized holes in the radiator and knocked it back. Bent the steel bumper back 3″ or so on the Freight Liner Century class tractor I was driving. I hit her doing about 60 mph and it threw her 20 to 30 ‘ ahead of me and then the rig rolled over her. So I don’t think she suffered much.
I hate hitting any animal (Though these days there are some human animals I’m not so sure I wouldn’t go out of my way to hit) and will avoid it if the situation permits but it was night and I had a team partner in the sleeper unsecured so my only choice was to brake as hard as I could without dumping my partner out of the bunk and take her head on. It is at such times that seconds seem to become minutes and if properly trained a drivers decision making factors in all the variables instantly and determines the safest course of action. Swerving in that situation at highway speeds could very well end in a roll over and especially so if a big animal passes under the wheels.
“Automatic” transmissions in big trucks.
More and more big trucks have “automatic” transmissions in them these days. The trucks I have been driving the last 10 years have had 12 speed “automatic” transmissions in them though I learned and drove for my first 13 months on a fully manual, unsecronized, Eaton Fuller 10 speed with high and low ranges.
Why am I putting “automatic” in quotation marks? Well, because these transmissions are not automatic in the same way your car transmissions are. Meaning they are not hydrostatic transmissions. They are in fact manual transmissions that are actuated by air powered servos and controlled by computer. Air powered servos operate the clutch and change the gears.
The driver can select a manual mode that allows him or her to control the shifting. On the Volvo I was driving the last couple of weeks there are push bottoms to select Drive, Reverse, Neutral, or Manual modes. In the Manual mode the shifting is controlled by pulling back a stem that is on the right hand side of the steering wheel column to up shift or pushing it forward to down shift. That same stem also controls the engine (Jake) brake setting for which there are five positions. All the way up is no jake brake. One click down is jake brake only used to control top speed or when regular brakes are applied. These two settings work in conjunction with the cruise control. The other three settings are increasing amounts of engine (jake) brake and one cannot turn on cruise control when using them.
When one of these trucks with an “automatic” goes by it sounds just like a truck with a manual transmission shifting except the gear shift is accomplished a little quicker than is possible with a totally manual transmission.
Braking in a big truck:
I use the engine braking a lot. It minimizes the amount of regular braking there by reducing wear on the brake shoes and heat build up in the drums. The trucks I drive all have drum brakes though there are a few models that do have disk brakes on the steer axle. Using the engine brake also minimizes the amount of air used saving wear and tear on all brake parts and the air compressor.
One of the most hazardous things a big truck driver must do is drive heavy loads down steep grades. You’ve all seen the runaway truck ramps I’m sure. These days, baring mechanical malfunction or slick road conditions, the only reason you will see a big truck using one is because the driver screwed up and wasn’t properly trained.
When one uses their brakes on any vehicle they are converting kinetic energy into the thermal energy through friction. What happens is overheating of the brake drums leading to a condition called brake fade. Brake fade occurs when the brake drums become over heated. As they get warmer they expand there by limiting the amount of pressure of the shoes to the drums and thus the friction that can be applied. If a driver allows too much heat to build up in the brake system two things happen. The drums expand and the brake shoes overheat. I’m sure most of you have experienced that distinctive odor of over heated brake shoes before. It stinks!
To prevent over heating brakes and a possible runaway truck one must.
1. Control your speed. Less speed means less kinetic energy to counteract. To control your speed start out slow at the top of the hill in a lower gear than you actually think you should be in and use the engine brake to the maximum possible without redlining the engine RPMs.
2. “Punch” or “Stab” braking. Applying hard braking for a short time and then letting off instead of riding the brakes. By using this technique your allowing your brakes and rotors or drums to cool between applications. This goes for cars as well! So brake hard for 3-5 seconds, then let off for at least 10-15 seconds.
These days I often can go down mountains like Mount Eagle on I-24 in Tennessee with a rig grossing 65,000 lb without even touching my brakes and simply controlling my speed and RPM using the engine brake alone. But there are places and situations where I have had to use the “punch/stab” braking technique.
A note on slick conditions steep downgrades. Slick conditions can make the “punch/stab” braking technique very hazardous if not suicidal. Think long and hard to decide if your even going to try to go down in slick conditions.
One other point. Consider the weight of the load your you have even if your not driving a big truck. Weight makes a huge difference in the amount of kinetic energy your vehicle will have and how quickly it will increase speed and thus the amount of friction that must be applied to convert that kinetic energy to thermal energy.
Three winters ago I was headed for Harrisonburg, WV with a load. The load was 13,000 lb. The rubber on my tractor was all practically new. My route took me on I-64 and there is a mountain there with a steep enough grade that is has a required stop area at the top for big trucks to check their brakes.
It was nighttime and snowing hard and the interstate had not be plowed. The right lane had two tracks but the left lane had no tracks and about 5″ of snow covering it. I was breaking trail. In the right lane there were big trucks with heavier loads descending at about 5 mph. Having great rubber and a load that was the perfect weight to allow for good traction but at the same time not push me downhill too hard I could do 25 mph on the straights with no problem and brake well enough to slow for the turns without skidding. So down I went passing the occasional slower big truck as I went. Now in such conditions using the jake brake is very touchy so one has to know their equipment well. All the way down I had headlights following me. When I got to the bottom without sliding or skidding even once a WV state trooper in an SUV pulled up beside me, blinked his headlights then pulled ahead and turned into the middle and did the flip to head back up the mountain to continue his patrol. I don’t know if he was letting me know he had followed me down and approved or thought I was lucky.
Thanks for writing that. It was fascinating.
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EXCELLENT advice re: deer & elk… should be required reading to get a driver’s license, especially out west! And thanks for the big rig ride-along… haven’t seen the inside of a Mack since the 60s, back when we used to hitchhike just for the adventure!
Trucking is my third career. Been at it for 15 years now. Driven a big truck all the lower 48 and Ontario and Quebec.
Keep the shinny side up and the wheels rolling. Personally I’m glad I don’t pull intermodel or containers in this job. Though I do pull sealed trailers sometimes, more often than not, I know what is in the trailer and how it is loaded and secured. And I like that.
One of my nephews who has lived in deer country all his life and hunted for 40+ years is very cautious when driving during rutting season. One time he was on his motorcycle riding at a reasonable clip on a mountain road and a big buck jumped off a rock outcropping right over the top of him. Said it was the most incredible thing he ever experienced when it comes to deer, including all the hunting encounters he’s had since age 14.
Thanks for your tales as always, rah
Us civilians like to listen to the ol’ 8-track and just imagine we’re pullin’ the big loads
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-truckin-sessions-mw0000042849
pick track: Loose Nut Behind the Wheel
https://www.allmusic.com/album/hot-licks-cold-steel-truckers-favorites-mw0000651574
pick track: Mama Hated Diesels
I am convinced that our president had Gods Armor and will come out of this just fine and as energetic as ever. But if you Love your country and our Republic as founded, I can’t think of a better time to pray for him!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
I’m not sure the picture will post, but Happy Caturday everybody!
no, they’re still not showing here but at least they click thru to the source
he’s a cutie
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
THE SPHERE OF MINISTRATION
“This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” Mark ix. 29
“Why could not we cast him out?” The answer lies in a personal relationship to Jesus Christ. This kind can come forth by nothing but by concentration and redoubled concentration on Him. We can ever remain powerless, as were the disciples, by trying to do God’s work not in concentration on His power, but by ideas drawn from our own temperament. We slander God by our very eagerness to work for Him without knowing Him.
You are brought face to face with a difficult case and nothing happens externally, and yet you know that emancipation will be given because YOU are concentrated on Jesus Christ. This is your line of service – to see that there is nothing between Jesus and yourself. Is there? If there is, you must get through it, not be ignoring it in irritation, or by mounting up, but by facing it and getting through it into the presence of Jesus Christ, then that very thing, and all you have been through in connection with it, will glorify Jesus Christ in a way you will never know till you see Him face to face.
We must be able to mount up with wings as eagles; but we must also know how to come down. The power of the saint lies in the coming down and the living down. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” said Paul, and the things he referred to were mostly humiliating things. It is in our power to refuse to be humiliated and to say – “No, thank you, I much prefer to be on the mountain top with God.” Can I face things as they actually are in the light of the reality of Jesus Christ, or do things as they are efface altogether my faith in Him, and put me into a panic?
Oswald Chambers
October 3rd Devotional
Stevie the ‘like’ button doesn’t work but ‘like’.
Jesus kinda answers a lot with that scripture, basically ITS YOU not GOD. There is comfort in that if you see as a child.
This economy is currently at 7.9% unemployment. And there is no reason to expect that unemployment number will not continue to fall. 7.9% happens to be exactly the same number it was at when Obama was elected for his 2nd term. Except unlike when Obama ran for his second term, that number does not have a huge number of people that have fallen off the rolls and are not counted because they quit even looking for a job.
I’m for Trump, but 1.1 million fell off being counted in this most recent release. However they wouldn’t have been in that position without the CCP virus so this is a different scenario then when O was occupying the white house
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin WeeWeed. Now it’s time for me to take a little nap.
Mornin’ Rah!
Morning WeeWeed!
Mornin’ Patriot!
Mornin’ WeeWeed
Happy Caturday!
Hey, WP didn’t automatically insert “net” (the end of my email address) when I hit the “D” for my screen name.
We shall see if that lasts.
Mornin’ DI!
Afternoon WeeWeed!
Great day to be an infidel!
WeeWeed, could you do me a favor please? If you speak with Z, could you tell him I say “hello” and hope to see him in the treads again soon? I would be very appreciative.
Many thanks.
Afternoon Citizen!
Sorry WeeWeed, “treads” was supposed to be “threads again soon”.
I would blame the computer, but it was me this time and I should own it. ; )
Baby Lives Matter.
Verse of the Day for Saturday, October 3, 2020
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“Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
Psalms 119:11 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Have a Blessed Saturday!!!
You too Duchess. Thanks as ever for the posts.
Please know that all of ours are praying for all of yours.
Unseal and release all of Obama’s personal life history documents/records from the time of his birth through to his election to the Senate.
Requesting for an avid Obama supporter.
Thank you Sundance and admins for managing to keep most everything working in our Treehouse.
I’ve been following the music of Andre Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra for decades now. And after all that time, he still continues to surprise and amaze (and delight!) me.
It’s not just that he’s a world-class musician. And it’s not just that each and every musician in his orchestra are top-level, best of the best, musicians in their own right.
Andre is a master showman, with the ability to connect with his audience with seeming ease.
But the best thing about Andre Rieu’s performances is watching the joy his music brings to the people. Just watch the faces. And not just their faces; watch the musicians as they deliver their gift.
Oh, and by the way, Andre is touring the USA next year; it’s never too early to get your tickets.
Here he is, performing in front of his home town crowd in Maastricht, The Netherlands. I can guar-an-tee you that you have never heard the tango like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-8LOokCFxE
This is from the original Jesus Christ Superstar musical. I woke up this morning with it in my head, “Hosana”. “If every tongue was still the earth would still remember…”
https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/president-trump-airlifted-marine-one-walter-reed-medical-center-fever-fatigue-symptoms-as-doctors-anticipate-possible-need-for-emergency-care/
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
See link below: Tillis will win back Senate seat in North Carolina.
https://www.wral.com/cal-cunningham-admits-to-sexual-messages-with-calif-woman-will-stay-in-senate-race/19318069/
We have to re-elct RINO Tillis until we have a Republican Governor (Dan Forrest) and to give cover to President Trump. But believe me when I say we are holding our noses to vote for Tillis again.
SO I WAS HOPING TO FIND A VERSION OF CHICAGO’S SATURDAY IN THE PARK, BUT WITH CATURDAY IN THE PARK; NO LUCK, BUT I DID FIND THIS ONE:
Looks to me as if that Cat is driving a ‘Catillac”?
God bless all today! Please stay healthy, safe and well.
As the nation approaches another election, you may feel powerless to do much. But the best thing you can do is to pray for it. Have faith in God, approach Him with confidence, and make sure your heart is right with those in your life. Then watch the mountains move.
Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. – Mark 11:24
Prayer, the first and best thing that we can do!
Set your clock alarms and pray wherever you are…
Developing: Candlelight Prayer Vigil Tonight for President Trump and First Lady Melania — 8:45 PM ET
By Jim Hoft – Published October 3, 2020 at 11:36am
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/developing-candlelight-prayer-vigil-tonight-president-trump-first-lady-melania-845-pm-et/
WP has me so mixed up.. I am logged in,, but not… wtf!!!
I can like a comment, but when I leave a comment it says “comment submitted”
This is so strange… what is jetpack? oh.. dear…
Ditto!
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
A prayer for Justice Kavanaugh and Gen. Flynn:
Prayer to St. Michael
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle;
be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do you, O prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and the other evil spirits
who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
I pray for Trump!
Thank you, David.
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I joined in prayer at 8:45 pm with millions of other Americans to ask Christ to intercede and heal President Trump. I prayed that God’s will is that President Trump continue as President to His glory and return our land to honor Him. May God have mercy on our land and our President.
Psalm 97
10 Hate evil, you who love the Lord,
Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown like seed for the righteous
And gladness for the upright in heart.
12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones,
And give thanks [a]to His holy name.
Amen! It’s wonderful so many joined in at the same time to ask for God’s mercy and healing for our First Family, plus requesting that wickedness in high places not prosper.
“Confess and acknowledge how you have offended one another and then pray for one another to be instantly healed, for tremendous power is released through the passionate, heartfelt prayer of a godly believer!” – James 5:16
Locking ’em down in the land of Korea Obama, Moon. Celebrate your history? He thinks not https://www.rokdrop.net/2020/10/police-mobilize-in-seoul-to-stop-conservative-rally/
Well now. Petro Poroshenko is allegedly in a Kyiv hospital with WuFlu. https://112.international/ukraine-top-news/petro-poroshenko-hospitalized-due-to-coronavirus-maryna-poroshenko-55283.html
Thanks for your updates, NoTwo…. not things the local newspapers cover but important
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL, October 5, 2020
Past, Present, Future
“Would you also go away?” John 6:67
Many pretend believers have forsaken Christ and walked no more with Him; but what reason do you have to make a change? Has there been any reason for it in the past? Has the Lord Jesus not proved Himself all sufficient? He asks you this morning, “Have I been a wilderness to you?” When your soul has simply trusted Jesus, have you ever been defeated? Have you not until now found your Lord to be a compassionate and generous Friend to you? Has simple, child-like faith in Him not given you all the peace your spirit could desire?(1) Can you even dream of a better friend than He has been to you? Then do not change the old and tried for the new and false.
As for the present, can that compel you to leave Christ? When we are hard-pressed with this world or with difficult trials within the church, we find it a most blessed thing to simply rest our head upon the shoulder of our Savior. This is the joy we have today, that we are saved in Him; and if this joy is satisfying, why would we think of changing? Who trades gold for dross? We will not renounce the sun until we find a better light, nor leave our Lord’s embrace until a truer lover shall appear (2). And since this can never be, we will hold onto Him with an inseparable grasp and bind His Name as a seal upon our heart.
As for the future, can you suggest anything or anyone that can arise that will render it necessary for you to mutiny or desert the old flag to serve under another captain? Surely not. If our life be long, He doesn’t change. If all should abandon us, He is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother. If we are poor, what better than to have Christ who makes us rich? When we are sick, what more do we want than Jesus to comfort and to heal? When we die, is it not written that “neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come . . . will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”(3) And so we say with Peter, “Lord, to whom shall we go?”(4)
(1) Mark 10:14
(2) Mark 10:16
(3) Romans 8:38-39
(4) John 6:68
–Charles H. Spurgeon, 1834-1892
testing for tonite
DAILY DEVOTIONAL
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