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I'm at home feeling the pain of either a severely bruised or fractured rib. So popped a couple of pain killers and tried to sleep. Of course woke up early as usual. Got nothing to haul on New years eve. Hoping to do much better in January. Rob

While he does lack experience and has a short time as a politician (this really could be a good thing) he has come in during a rough time. You say he doesn't deserve to be there. Remember it was the people who voted for him who put him there. He ran on a platform of change of which he...

I made a move in second half of 2008 and put another truck on the road. Unfortunately it didn't quire workout as well as hoped but it did prove that I was correct in the basic idea because as the recession lowered call quantities and price cuts started to appear, I kept my income in the same...

It is ours to watch the bottom line from our standpoint as OVM points out, but we are in a bad situation of hurting business by not covering calls from customers. The company must retain the customer base it has while seeking more. I agree that we have to draw the line somewhere and while it...

Part off what Aristotle said is quite applicable. Islam is a newer religion than Christianity. In fact it is 600 years behind. If you look at the history of Christianity and some other religions they all go through a change over time. This quite often means a more liberal take on the holy...

Turtle churches have been involved in politics for centuries. Especially the RC church. It has held political sway basically since its inception. So nothing new for a priest here or there or a bishop or such to make some sort of political statement from the pulpit. Yes they should stick to...

Yeah Greg the pro criminals did make their own lives in the gulags better as they knew how to work the system better than most of the other prisoners. As for Leo's idea of making the US less attractive than a gulag well it might just take the shine off the American spirit. This could mean less...

OVM you're quite right about the canuck market having a lot of dh. I've noticed in the last 6-7 years a lot of small expedite ops have opened and many are still around but now they're hauling just about anything. They've not only reduced potential back hauls but have cut rates in the fight to...

Unfortunately I get a lot of unpaid dh! Have been looking into how to reduce that as it definitely is a lot of wear and tear on the buggies for no return. Rob

Layout I agree that a 0 visa thing would be silly or even fatal to US interests, but what about a lower (extremely lower) work visas and as you and others have mentioned about getting rid of the illegals. This would open up a lot of jobs for those unemployed Americans and would definitely make...

When looking into those courier companies see if any are doing direct drives for the maintenance end of business. The ones who distribute bearings, power transmission, belts and electric motors and pumps. These are the guys with the nice paying runs at all hours if the oil refineries or others...

The transfer at Amsterdam would not always be a problem as transfers between aircraft are quite often done without having to go out into the general terminal etc. Since this is a closed transfer (in many cases) there is no secondary security check (many int'l airports are this way). Newark is...

Layout you remember those once a month payouts eh? Sure did learn how to manage money when getting those! As for using the gas island paper towels for napkins, well I kinda agree those are for other things. I've cut back the spending a lot and now I brown bag it (alright it's a cooler)...

Here we are at the end of 2009. Many of us will be evaluating the year and making some decisions for 2010. For many it has not been a good year and we might be questioning our continuation in the business. For others it has been a year of improvement over 2008 as some recovery has come along...

I never went by the gps time. I used that as an estimated time and then drove at about 60-65mph. At this speed range I got 20-22mpg out of the gm vans so usually I could get close to 600 miles out of a tank. Could easily get 550+. The Sprinter of course has a smaller tank but gets nearly 700...

Greetings from the great white north! Hope y'all are enjoying the winter weather we asked the great Manitou to send to y'all so you could really get into the seasons spirit. This also has a side benefit of making sure y'all learn how to handle your buggies in ice, snow, slush and other wonders...

Wind right now is like Fido. The dog only reaches a few miles either side of the 400 near Barrie and stops working just north of Orillia (unless they've added to the network). That's why I like the bell system, go all the way to Hearst on the digital network. Samething for going down east...

It's going to be interesting. I think we'll see the months with spikes of business and downturns. Cheap rates yes will more than likely continue as we are seeing this trend. Many places are still not up to full production or having to rush to meet demand of consumers so we should still be on a...

This has been happening for years. We've seen loads of companies pull out of Canada and go to the southern US as well as Mexico (free trade thing). Now of course all clothing and other such mfg has moved overseas to China. Electronics is moving to China, India and other Asian countries due to...

C/D units have it the toughest right now. Too many out there trying to get work stealing it from b units and each other. Then there's all the regs etc to follow and the hassles with the mto boys looking for anything wrong. C/Vs have it good (if they're getting work), the lower reg level...