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    business advice for newbies

    Recently a thread (in another forum) discussed the problems related to those small-fleet owners who seek to cheat their drivers or otherwise to take unfair advantage of them. In that thread (which started with a problem at a particular carrier) I made several contributions. It has occurred to...
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    new website by member

    This is an unabashed promotional announcement -- that is, an advertisement -- for my new website. The name of it is Bluehounds and Redhounds. The URL is http://www.bluehoundsandredhounds.info. It presents the histories of Greyhound and Trailways -- that is, the regional operating companies...
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    Canada another angle on speed limiters in Canada

    Now that the grace period has ended in Quebec and Ontario, has any of you heard or read anything dependable, trustworthy, or authoritative about this angle: Do the enforcers expect and require that a speed limiter be set at absolutely nothing more than 65 m.p.h.? Or might some slightly...
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    company meeting, Friday, 10 July 2009

    This afternoon Marda and I caught (on the VRU) a recorded message -- saying that tomorrow -- between 17:00 and 20:00, Friday, 10 July 2009 -- dispatchers on duty -- available and at their stations -- will be extremely limited -- due to a "company meeting" between 17:00 and 20:00 --...
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    good prices for toolboxes

    Does any of you have a recommendation for a source of Merritt or ProTech (or other brand) frame-mounted toolboxes at discounted prices? There are many places where I can pay list prices, but I'd much prefer to pay discounted prices. What's your advice? Thanks much. Doc.
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    unpaid drivers and a small-fleet owner

    Have you ever driven for two women in Foley, Alabama, while their trucks ran under a lease to a major carrier based in Michigan? If you have driven for them, did they fail to pay you some or all of your money for your work for them? If they do still owe you, you may yet have an opportunity to...
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    Do we understand this right?

    Let's see now .... Do we understand this right? Clinton awards Halliburton a no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good... Bush awards Halliburton a no-bid contract in Iraq - bad... Clinton spends $77 billion on war in Serbia - good... Bush spends $87 billion in Iraq - bad... Clinton imposes...
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