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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Stella Awards are out....

    Stella Awards Its time again for the annual "Stella Awards." For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonalds in New Mexico,where she purchased coffee. You remember,she took the lid...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Kansas Construction Projects...

    Kansas seems to have money to spare.... Kansas announces $1.1B in highway projects | CJOnline.com
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Dollar General to Open 635 Stores in 2013

    Dollar General to Open 635 Stores in 2013 | Journal of Commerce Dollar General will open 635 new stores next year, building on the 625 stores the retail giant is on track to open by the end of 2012. The company’s “research model show as we could double the size of the chain,” Chairman and...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    NH Airport Offers $12 Flights

    Read some of the comments...Like...... Give away free stuff to some people in order to get free money from other people. Excellent... NH Airport Offers $12 Flights | ABC News - Yahoo! Just in time for the end of the busy holiday season, Cape Air and a regional airport in New Hampshire...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    PM budget for a CV/Sprinter

    What % do you think is reasonable of your gross income for a maintenance budget?...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Tough Game....

    Tough game!!.....LOL What is the world's oldest sport that uses a ball? Answer: The Mesoamerican ballgame is commonly presumed to be the oldest sport that used a ball. Although not a recreational sport, the Mesoamerican ballgame was used for important rituals and players were highly...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Christmas Eve 1921

    Pa never had much compassion for the lazy or those who squandered their means and then never had enough for the necessities. But for those who were genuinely in need, his heart was as big as all outdoors. It was from him that I learned the greatest joy in life comes from giving, not from...
  8. OntarioVanMan

    In 1923, Who Was ....

    In 1923, Who Was ....... 1. President of the largest steel company? 2. President of the largest gas company? 3. President of the New York stock Exchange? 4. Greatest wheat speculator? 5. President of the Bank of International Settlement? 6.. Great Bear of Wall Street? These men...
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Christmas gift ideas....Made in U.S of A workware....

    Made in the USA - Duluth Trading
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Speaking of gun control

    An unarmed utopia: Japanese gun control a model for America? - San Francisco Expatriate Travel | Examiner.com Japan is a robber’s playground--if robbers actually existed. As a predominately cash-based society with an unparalleled consumerism that makes even Americans look like conservative...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Tiny Structure Gives Big Boost to Solar Power

    Solar power gets a leg up..... The structure achieves even more efficiency for light that strikes the solar cell at large angles, which occurs on cloudy days or when the cell is not directly facing the sun. By capturing these angled rays, the new structure boosts efficiency by an additional...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Sprinter Assembly Plant in Germany:video

    kind of interesting....... The Cradle of the Sprinter | MYVAN http://www.myvan.com/2012/10/18/the-future-starts-now-ups-sets-new-standards/
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Brutus Threatens Snow, Severe for West, Midwest

    great, now they are naming winter storms!! Brutus
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Van Parking @ the Detroiter

    Looks like expediters row at the Detroiter like in the old days.....they seem to have a change of policy....and letting us park in the east lot again....:)
  15. OntarioVanMan

    them silly Polls.... :)

    Research Shows Someone’s Going to Win US Presidential Elections DES MOINES, (The Global Edition) — Based upon past elections and the results of recent polls conducted at the Instutute of Presidential Statistics (IPS) of Des Moines, predictions tend to show that someone will win the...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    To Keep Federal Funding, Planned Parenthood Opens Cooking, Cleaning And Laundry Clini

    NEW YORK, (The Global Edition) — Planned Parenthood President, Cecile Richards, in a shocking announcement, told a group of reporters today, that based upon the shifting priorities of the nation, the board of directors of Planned Parenthood, will “change its focus from women’s health issues, and...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Michigan hunter....

    hahaha........
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Romney held in disdain in his home state

    U.S. election: Romney held in disdain in his home state - thestar.com The Olympic Gold reference is pretty funny....:p What loyal Democrats elsewhere call Romney’s political flip-flops, she considers triple-axel political pirouettes worthy of Olympic gold. “Long before Romney had his...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Who Owns America’s Debt?

    Who Owns America As the U.S. continues to rack up more than $1 trillion of new debt every year, Americans are beginning to worry about who we owe this money to and how much power our creditors have over us. According to Barry P. Bosworth, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, our two...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Fee Parking at Truck Stops...the new future?

    Moose brought this up... Over the years costs to operate a truck stop increase....everything goes up for them as well....employee wages, taxes, products.....I think we are somewhat irritated when we "seem" to feel the pinch.....as we are literally hauling loads for the same rates or lower...
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