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Failed drug screen

From: heebheeb@truckinfo.net
Remote Name: 198.107.49.222
Date: 16 Nov 2004
Time: 19:41:57

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I failed a company(non-DOT) drug test for a trace amount of canabanoids. I don't do drugs. How do I get this off my DAC. There was no way to appeal or re-test. Am I blacked balled from trucking? Any help would be appreciated. Tony

From: Sam Leopold
Remote Name: 139.134.64.153
Date: 15 Jan 2003
Time: 04:12:57

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This is second posting. Can't find my first one, but the question is the same. I'm an American writer. Working on a story about an Ausie trucker who gets caught in a flashflood in the Outback and finds himself transported into an earlier civilization. The story takes place in the area of the Barkly Highway, around Mt Isa. The trucker is driving a roadtrain. I need a little vocabulary that only an Australian would recognize. What would you call a sudden heavy rain?How would you say "emergency?"What do you call the cab of a truck?Is there another name for a roadtrain?Is Mt Isa a destination, or just a place you'd drive through? Anything you can think of would help. Or, can you refer me to a book, or perhaps even a trucker who I could contact via e-mail? Many thanks, Sam