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Welcome back' date=' dude! How's driving?[/quote'] It's been going good, I get my own truck on monday. Been through 37 states so far and hopefully I'll drive the rest soon. I'm now officially a company driver and should make about $700-$800 a week. The driving part of this job is easy, it's all the sitting around that gets to me.
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It's been going good' date=' I get my own truck on monday. Been through 37 states so far and hopefully I'll drive the rest soon. I'm now officially a company driver and should make about $700-$800 a week. The driving part of this job is easy, it's all the sitting around that gets to me.[/quote'] Hi mate :D missed me? xD great to hear that your doing well :)
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It's been going good' date=' I get my own truck on monday. Been through 37 states so far and hopefully I'll drive the rest soon. I'm now officially a company driver and should make about $700-$800 a week. The driving part of this job is easy, it's all the sitting around that gets to me.[/quote'] Waiting around for loading/unloading, or waiting for your log book hours to be complete before you can go again? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Waiting around for loading/unloading, or waiting for your log book hours to be complete before you can go again? Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
Yea it sucks but there's really nothing I can do on that part. Some of the time I get stuck in a shipper/receiver and can't go anywhere because of I don't have the hours and then they kick me out so now I have to go into violation and get calls from safety and all this bullshit. Still though I got to see most of the country and hell it's not to bad driving on the open road, nice and quiet. I'm leaving Monday though so I won't be back for another month at least. I'll post when I can though.
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Re: Fleshgod Apocalypse Ah, I have tried to get over her and look at others, but she is just too beautiful to me, lol so cliché. And hahaha, great thinking Murph that song is brilliant, but what about that Carnivore song you put on RTSAY personallyI think that would be more appropriate ;) Pretty funny how this thread went from a new album to my lust for Lucy xD

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Have given Labyrinth a couple of plays on Youtube over past couple of days having heard a few other forumites around the web heap praise on it. I am still fighting the feeling that it's just some riffs and (amazing) drums with a shitpile of symphonics piled on top of it like some under decorated cake due to leave the shop imminently with no time for any real plan to finish it. Then I hear tracks like "Warpledge" and "Under Black Sails" were it all does come together in actual structure and thus the real grandeur of what they try to encapsulate shines through. It will probably take me a couple more plays to gather a proper opinion of it but I am not rushing out to add it to my collection. Overall I am left with the feeling that I want it to be better than I actually find it at present.

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Have given Labyrinth a couple of plays on Youtube over past couple of days having heard a few other forumites around the web heap praise on it. I am still fighting the feeling that it's just some riffs and (amazing) drums with a shitpile of symphonics piled on top of it like some under decorated cake due to leave the shop imminently with no time for any real plan to finish it. Then I hear tracks like "Warpledge" and "Under Black Sails" were it all does come together in actual structure and thus the real grandeur of what they try to encapsulate shines through. It will probably take me a couple more plays to gather a proper opinion of it but I am not rushing out to add it to my collection. Overall I am left with the feeling that I want it to be better than I actually find it at present.
Interesting, that's exactly what Agony sounded like to me, 'The Violation' should have been a model for all of the other songs but it wasn't for whatever reason.
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So true. The Violation made me happy because it showed Italians can do good metal.
Look for prog from the Italians - DGM, Pathosray, Empyrios, Solid Vision, Mind Key, Ashent, Astra and Another Destiny all have at least some pretty solid material. They do much better tech-death too. Gory Blister, Sadist and Illogicist are all good, and Hour of Penance is insane.
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Look for prog from the Italians - DGM' date=' Pathosray, Empyrios, Solid Vision, Mind Key, Ashent, Astra and Another Destiny all have at least some pretty solid material. They do much better tech-death too. Gory Blister, Sadist and Illogicist are all good, and Hour of Penance is insane.[/quote'] Interesting, I'll look them up :)
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