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  1. cheri1122

    Fuel taxes added by states

    I found this chart in USA Today last week, & have found it to be helpful when running through several states, but I can't get it to attach here, so if anyone would like a copy emailed, send me a pm, please. (Include directions on how to attach files, if you'd like to, as well, lol) I've already...
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    An interesting study

    A recent National Science Foundation study found a correlation between the size of the balls in recreational activities, and the income of the recreants (if that's the word I want) Unemployed or incarcerated people prefer basketball. Maintenance level people enjoy bowling. Front line employees...
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    Handicapped drivers

    A few days ago, I transferred a load to another driver, who had a handicapped placard hanging from the rearview mirror. In the interest of full disclosure: the driver is the owner I began expediting driving with. She used a handicapped tag then too, (which belonged to her mother, she said, when...
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    One to sing loud (& off key)

    O, give me a run Where construction's all done, And the traffic jams are far away, Where I won't spend my time Just waiting in line, And the slow pokes get out of my way! Home, home, on the road, Going to deliver this load, I'll drive here to there, How far? I don't care - (I had a...
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    Getting my bearings

    Two days ago, the bearing in the front passenger wheel on my Dodge van went bad - again. It had been replaced in mid February, less than 60 days earlier. I asked the mech who replaced it whether the first repair was defective, & all he would say was that it shouldn't have gone bad this fast. (Is...
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    The First Dumb Blonde Guy joke

    Three construction workers are sitting on the 15th floor, beginning lunch break. The Mexican guy opens his lunch, says "Burritos again! I swear, if I have to eat burritos one more time, I'll walk off the edge!" The Italian guy opens his lunch, says "Pastrami again! If I have to eat pastrami one...
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    New Orleans

    Does anyone have current or recent info on conditions in New Orleans? Last time I was there, last Oct, almost NOTHING was open yet! I will be delivering there tomorrow morning, & will try to get online before then. Thanks, Cheri:)
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    Free showers on Oh turnpike

    Thought I'd share this in case I'm not actually the last driver in the whole country to find out - the plazas on the northern part of the pike (all the newer ones with white domed bldgs) offer free showers, they're pretty nice, just bring your own towel, soap, etc.
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    E Track/sleeper unit

    A few weeks ago, a reader asked where to have E Track installed (topic 1473). One response was from Richard, in Romeo, Mi, who offered to email pictures of the installation of E Track & a sleeper unit on his van. After seeing the pictures myself, I contacted Richard & arranged for him to do the...
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