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General Lee 01 Senior Enthusiast

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I've learned some interesting stuff lately.......

 

 

Did you know Fed-Ex Delivery Drivers have to Buy their delivery trucks?

 

 

 

Did you know that "fake sugar" (mainly nutra-sweet) has been known to cause brain tumors?

 

Interesting......

pacodiablo Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from General Lee 01, posted on Nov. 05 2001,3:28

Did you know Fed-Ex Delivery Drivers have to Buy their delivery trucks?

 

 

 

why??  that is stupid.  does the same apply for UPS drivers?

76BBSub Enthusiast

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Hmmm...my brother in law has worked for FedEx for several years and didn't have to buy a truck.  I wonder if it's some kind of regional thing or what?

Jeff

Shaners Senior Enthusiast

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I thought that was the case for RPS, but I didn't know FedEx was the same...

 

I thought RPS was a "franchise" type of operation.  You buy your truck and your territory...

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Quote from General Lee 01, posted on Nov. 04 2001,4:28

Did you know that "fake sugar" (mainly nutra-sweet) has been known to cause brain tumors?

 

I think the notice also includes "in California rats".

 

What about the rats in the rest of the US?

Must be a California thing!  :thumbs:

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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Quote from mblrds, posted on Nov. 05 2001,8:08

Quote from General Lee 01, posted on Nov. 04 2001,4:28
Did you know that "fake sugar" (mainly nutra-sweet) has been known to cause brain tumors?

 

I think the notice also includes "in California rats".

 

What about the rats in the rest of the US?

Must be a California thing!  :thumbs:

 

You're almost right about the tumors, but you also have to keep in mind that the rats were fed over 2x there body weight in nutra-sweet, so, that would be the reason for the brain tumors.  There was a big scare about it a while ago, but no one had really made it public that the results were worthless because the rats had been fed pounds of the stuff daily.  No human eats that much, and if we did, we'd still be okay because a few pounds still isn't that much on the avg 180 pound person.

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Shaners Senior Enthusiast

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OK, here's the scoop on FedEx Jeremy.  I got this info from my wife and her corner office.

 

We were both right!!!  FedEx now has what they call "FedEx Ground" service.  It is actually the old RPS that they bought, and re-named.  These old RPS drivers do own their own trucks, and they are now known as FedEx Ground...

76BBSub Enthusiast

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Yep. my bro-in-law told me about the buyout, the old RPS trucks are now the FedEx trucks with the green in the graphics.  He works for the "original" FedEx...in a rural area, no less.  Anyone ever heard of Mart, Texas?  How about Clifton?  They are both kinda near Waco.

Jeff

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The Fedex home delivery drivers have to buy their own vans. Fedex is trying to seperate home delivery from business delivery in some regions. The home delivery drivers are contract labor for Fedex and aren't actually on the payroll. They also have to remove the magnetic Fedex signs from the vans after their last delivery of the day. I have a friend I went to college with that is the manager of the new Fedex home delivery division here.

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