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Is it just me.. should I see my doctor? Or has anyone else noticed dual same-posts a few times in the past few days? If it's not just me.. what's going on? Is everything ok on the tech end of EO?

I have read on here at various times about the breakdown on splitting revenue between owners and their drivers. For example, Leo has posted that if a load pays extra for hand-loading/unloading, he will give 100% of that extra to the driver. Alternately, if a load pays extra for using the...

Sorry, I had a question relating to Turtle's post in the Panther Forum, but am not able to post it there, so started a new thread here. Just wondering how the deadhead works in that equation.. if they ask you to deadhead 500 miles, but the 100 loaded miles are at your full rate, plus a few...

Just wondering if Spring Break affects our business.. I know many people go on vacations (or at least they used to in better days) during our 'March Break'.. and with less staffing it tends to make some businesses less productive.. Ontario's March Break is starting today through to March 22...

Howcome it appears we don't have members with Landstar? Are y'all choosing to be anonymous, are y'all too busy running to be posting on EO, or aren't they any? They're not even represented on the Carrier Forums. Just curious....

Probably should've posted this earlier in the week, but FYI, Monday is a statutory holiday in Ontario. (Family Day). Read: If you take a load into ON, you may be waiting until Tuesday to get out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11auto.html?ref=business

I have created the coolest spreadsheet, at least in my mind :) I'm just refining it, but it's done from a Canadian perspective (ie the industry speaks in gallons and miles, but we buy fuel in litres and our trucks travel in kms; we have GST included in our fuel price, but it's actually not an...

I'm getting really bored with the same old turkey dinner thing, and I want to do some different things this year. I used to work with a woman whose family made the usual turkey thing, PLUS homemade cabbage rolls each year at Christmas. I'm wondering what other families do.. whether an ethnic...

Well, since I wasn't welcomed in the door of the private FECC retirement party, I thought I'd hold one for us working stiffs out on the loading dock. Congratulations on your 20 years of service Redytryk, here is a paper watch, colored with gold crayon. ==0== May you have many more...

Can anyone tell me how fast streets & trips (or whatever it's called) is, compared to the free 'mapquest' or 'googlemaps'? Or can anyone tell me another kind of software for mapping which is not full of ads, not bulky, not a ram pig, etc? Thanks for any tips!

I wanted to reply in another thread, but I can't, so I started a new one. It was in regard to tblount's comparison of 2 carriers, and revenue, expenses, and bottom line. I just wanted to point out that escrow shouldn't be factored in as an 'expense', because it is more like a 'savings account'...

I've been meaning to make a post about this for some time now. Wanted to bring it to anyone'ss attention, to be aware of wording. People can say things in certain ways to make you believe certain things, which aren't true, and yet in fact, they didn't actually tell a 'lie'. Not mentioning any...

Being in the US for the past couple of days, I was concerned about missing my Canadian fix for our great Tim Horton's coffee.. and was very impressed with.. McDonald's, of all places! Apparently they've stepped up their coffee offerings over the past few years, and it's darn good! Thought I'd...

This is quoted from another post by the Rev earlier today, and it kind of ties into my post. My post isn't about trucking or expediting per se, but it's about customer service, two-way streets, and professionalism. I'm not sure how old the Rev is, or if this has something at all to do with...

Where did the ability to 'rate' a member go? Or am I looking in the wrong place? Does anyone else's work?

Since the forum was revamped, I am seeing some red 'x's in places where there perhaps should be a graphic or something, like on people's user pages, in various spots, including if someone doesn't have an avatar, it will instead show a little box with a red x in it. Other places too, on headings...

You know, I am getting really sick of reading a certain poster's long and drawn out views on politics. It's one thing for contributing members to express a view now and then on a topic of interest to them, such as religion, politics, sex, whatever. But it's quite another when a member joins...

Out of curiosity.. do any carriers charge more if their customer is a union shop? ie.. nope, can't unload you for an hour til my lunch is over. You know, that type of deal.

The rules are different between Canada and the USA, but.. regarding the 'cycles'.. Say you are only 'on duty', whether driving or not, for less than 10 hours per day for the past 7 days.. say you worked 5 hours on Days 1 thru 7, so your total for the 7 days was only 50 hours.. does the next...