tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post7490922687769878653..comments2023-09-29T02:39:12.398-05:00Comments on I Found A Peanut: Drew Peterson Tried to Hire Truckers to Transport Package After Stacy Peterson DisappearedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-74419606946649762242007-12-09T06:24:00.000-06:002007-12-09T06:24:00.000-06:00However, you're ignoring the fact that, nowadays, ...However, you're ignoring the fact that, nowadays, some stranger asking a trucker to take an unspecified package is something that normally would trigger an immediate call to the police.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-32966195589573414992007-12-04T13:59:00.000-06:002007-12-04T13:59:00.000-06:00to the person working at that truck stop: You're i...to the person working at that truck stop: You're ignoring the fact that the two truckers Drew may have approached DIDN'T take the package. For all we know Drew couldn't find anyone to take it. This would back up your statement that no one would, but wouldn't disprove the notion that Drew approached people about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-60837374556884963722007-12-03T09:18:00.000-06:002007-12-03T09:18:00.000-06:00And just to make it clear that this claiming of th...And just to make it clear that this claiming of the typing in of a Fox News broadcast as wholly owned is, well, somewhat silly is this out-take from the Chicago Tribune:<BR/><BR/>"The man said to be Peterson, 53, was accompanied by a white male in his early 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a stocky build, the statement said."<BR/><BR/>I suspect that the poster with the complaint may have her/hisPatricia Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968877085108582727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-66466515272121787002007-12-03T04:49:00.000-06:002007-12-03T04:49:00.000-06:00Hi anonymous, thanks so much for coming back and a...Hi anonymous, thanks so much for coming back and answering those questions. <BR/><BR/>It sounds like you're saying that most truck drivers wouldn't take the off-the-record transport. And I believe that the original trucker who reported this refused to take the load.<BR/><BR/>But I also think that we agree that no one can say that no one has ever tried to get truckers to take a package. Is that Patricia Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968877085108582727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-71239712390571122192007-12-03T03:08:00.000-06:002007-12-03T03:08:00.000-06:00Hey Peanut, it's magpie. Remember me? I wrote th...Hey Peanut, it's magpie. Remember me? I wrote the following in my own words and now I see them on your blog. What? No hat tip? It's a common courtesy to give a hat tip if your going to use someones words. I'm impressed you like my writing so much that you assumed it was an official Press release, when in all reality, it was a paraphrase from a FOX News Alert on TV. Didn't you see my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-34652796096396527662007-12-02T21:47:00.000-06:002007-12-02T21:47:00.000-06:00Which truckstop:Bolingbrook, IL. Exit 267. I55 &...Which truckstop:<BR/><BR/>Bolingbrook, IL. Exit 267. I55 & Route 53, just south of the expressway.<BR/><BR/>I spent a good part of the day today chasing reporters off the premises as per my employers' orders.<BR/><BR/>No, I wasn't working the night in question. I HAVE been working there for the past 5-ish years, behind the counter. And I interact with the drivers quite frequently.<BR/><BR/>AsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-49342021915414476202007-12-02T12:54:00.000-06:002007-12-02T12:54:00.000-06:00Anonymous:Which truck stop is that? There are seve...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Which truck stop is that? There are several in the general area.<BR/><BR/>What is your job at the one you mention? And were you working overnight the night the men are said to have approached truckers?<BR/><BR/>So what you are saying is that at no time, no how, nowhere, does anyone ever ask truckers to take off-load shipments? You personally know that? That no one could have/Patricia Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15968877085108582727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4185708308519979676.post-7325548002732000442007-12-02T11:45:00.000-06:002007-12-02T11:45:00.000-06:00I'm an employee at the truck stop in question.Mayb...I'm an employee at the truck stop in question.<BR/><BR/>Maybe before 9/11 this story would have been at least semi-credible.<BR/><BR/>With all the emphasis on national security, and the general level of distrust most of these drivers would have for "just some guy" propositioning them this way, it has passed into the the realm of "tall tale".<BR/><BR/>Like the "rich truck driver" you always hear Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com