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The head of the CAW doesn't believe that Chrysler will go under. He also said no more wage concessions etc. So we know if Fiat pulls out there'll be no Chrysler plants in Canada. Rob

Going back to the 60's the liberal govt up here ran the country on deficit financing. This continued for years and of course cost a fortune to repay and it isn't even finished as of yet. Now for the last 10 years or so until this year the feds were in a surplus of income and paid down some of...

The OPP are conducting a seatbelt blitz for the two weeks starting this one and next. They'll be sitting on off/on ramps to the major highways and near major traffic areas near fuel stations etc. So make sure you're buckled up as it is a $110 fine. The ministry and OPP are looking to...

I really have a hard time understanding why they are going after low level persons involved in the camps. Many were operating under orders and to refuse an order was automatic trial followed by being shot. Yes some probably enjoyed the brutality involved in some parts of the job but not all...

Let's see... 3 deer, 6 raccoons, 3 skunks, and a cat (in front of its owner) as well as 2 humans. Well that's what I recall off hand. Barely missed... 2 moose, numerous other deer, other small animals and 2 bears. You think deer or moose are scary when you come upon them, well think about...

I've chatted with a couple of Quebec drivers running the new D16 volvo unit. It hauls quite well and the guys love it in the hills as less downshifting. They claim reasonable fuel economy compared to their past units but love the power of this new engine when loaded. Rob

That wasn't there when I was in Germany. I did see a nice setup by some canucks in France that covered about 8 x 32 ft area. Even had an aiport and the guys and kids used 1/72 scale models to supplement the HO scale models and trains. Another nice setup was in Holland (can't remember the...

I don't think that prisons are quite the answer. I think forced labour camps are better. If you knew that committing a crime would give you 10-15 years of forced labour in much worse conditions than getting a real job and that the pay was one blanket to sleep with, no pillows, bad food and...

While it is possible that the situation could have been finished in the 50s, it wasn't, due to the fact China got involved. The protracted war that would have ensued if the ceasefire had not happened would have been long and bloody easily in the area of casualties of ww2. Now I know the US...

More canadians are against the long gun registration not for the fact that it doesn't deter criminals but for the outrageous costs involved. It is beyond comprehesion how the govt can spend 100s of millions on a database that any reasonable programmer could come up with in a year for all of...

While the idea of restricting nuke weapons is great and applaudable we have a problem in that sovereign nations have the right to self determination, defense and exploitation of technologies available around the world. The US has a bad reputation and image around the world for a variety of...

Could have let our imaginations run with it... for awhile... Rob

Driver went to an industrial site for a delivery. Got two flats on an onsite roadway. Called the office got another driver to come out offload and finish delivery. Gave directions to follow..... same way he went... yup now 2 trucks with flats in same place and delivery still not done...

Running the computer store near Blue Mtn Ski Resort, doing runs out of Barrie, Ont and was looking for a decent expedite outfit... (had just finished bank runs). Rob

I was at a pack and a half a day and I quit cold turkey. I found it hardest afterwards at bars and movies (when they allowed smoking) but otherwise I was fine without a smoke. Just willpower. Friend who quit did the smart thing. Took the money and saved it aside. End of the year he goes to...

Mine hasn't led me quite that astray yet. Although it does at times choose some strange routing. I laughed at a dynamex driver who followed his gps routing exactly to do a route he was on as the extra miles it routed just wasted time and fuel. Seems some people will follow their techno...

It used to be ok to park overnite at the staples as the ibc drivers have 1 or 2 who sleep there every nite during the week. I've found several times the husky at courtneypark and kennedy (or 410 if you wish) is not as low in fuel prices as the one at dixie and 401 (shawson). The dixie one has...

For those who used to come to the Dixie-401 area in mississauga. Jojo's steak restaurant is closed. Few expediters still park there overnite but for the last 4 months the numbers were down. Otherwise fuel up here is high at 78.6 cents/litre or $2.97/ US gal. Rob

I used to drop off poverty packs of beer at dispatch where I used to work. One new dispatcher complained about the brand and wanted one with less alcohol in it (I did not buy the cheapest stuff). Even with doing this I know I wasn't the favorite broker as several others usually made more than...

When I was doing small business systems we always instructed and demonstrated how to do backups for the accounting systems we installed. Of course there was the daily and we also counciled a weekly archive which was on a separate disk (cd-dvd-zip-tape etc). Then added to this was a monthly...