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OK this is not a FedEx Bashing thread. Has anyone else had problems with the VRU and the CLink giving out inaccurate info? I am in the great state of Arkensaw, Little Rock to be precise. I paid homage to Clinton and tried to book an appoinment with his massage parlor but they were booked till...

After hearing for a few days that Ford will lay off 75,000 workers, I find out today the package they are getting is outrageous. Just mentioned the retraining allowance, the health care and a separation pay is upsetting. I bet our great governor of Michigan will also kick in some more stuff that...

Ok lets say you are the largest software company and you have you fingers in every aspect of consumer electronics. Why then are you just entering the highly competitive field of MP3 players? Microsoft sent out details of their Zune player. Yipee another MP3 player. Well it is to compete...

Have you seen the new Panther ad on the EO home page? It took a while to load, bad connection here at the Pilot. Well talking to my wife during the loading of the ad, I moved my cursor over the ad to read the news. at that time she put me on the speaker phone. when the ad came up and roared...

I ended up here in texas, just north of Dallas with a delivery. I ran out of hours (aka sleep) and parked my butt in Anna, TX to get some sleep. So I went to sleep with a really pleasant breeze going through the cab and awoke to the sun heating up everything. Started my truck up and turned on...

I have a personal connection to 9/11 that I was going to write about and somewhat vent but decided against it – maybe. After talking to the mother of someone who was killed in one of the towers, I came to the conclusion that what ever I say will not wake anyone up. It seems that my...

I am reading about the upcoming Islamic events to hit our shores. The one that hits me as something that we should all be complaining about is the visit of former Iranian leader, President Mohammad Khatami at Harvard to speak about Ethics of Tolerance in the Age of Violence. The idiotic idea...

use to manage your fleet? AND DOes anyone use any custom Quickbooks add ons avalible for fleet managment?

Reading Dannyd's info about UPS, I am wondering about something. I am hoping that the recruiters will answer this about their company and most likely been asked a lot of times before. Normally companies want a 5 year old or newer van or truck. I have seen a large number of trucks and vans for...

Just a thought. I wonder how the toll assistances will work when the van is considered a class 2 vehicle on the Ohio TP when it is almost to the GVW limit?

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Now this really isn't political but cultural in nature. I have to ask two questions: Why is it that there are people who are so fasinated by celeberties that they seem to go over the edge? Why is it that people who think that they are Artists (we are all legitimate artist in our own right)...

Maybe this is not the right place for this but I got to say something about emails. You get them (unless you live in a cave), you know that joke that has been forwarded (FW: in the subject line) to you by a friend/co-worker/hacker and you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to read...

My goodness, what is going on with this network? First Dan Rather had a part in false documents and tries to sway an election. He never gets in trouble, allowed to retire and others fell on the sword to protect him. Then Mike Wallace interviews Iranian president President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

The goverment is answering some of conspiracies. http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm But they did not touch the one that has been floating about the theory that George W. Bush installed giant magnets in the twin towers in order to attract airplanes. OK Magnets attract...

Ok i am pretty bore this past week and thinking ways to stimulate some conversaions so here is another questions for all of you straight truck and T/T owners/drivers. What in your opinion and maybe experience is the truck that give the best aerodynamic performance - including drivability and...

Seeing today my dogs decided to try to kill a skunk, I ran across this in my morning email.

Ran across this in truck paper; 2002 FREIGHTLINER CL12064ST-COLUMBIA 120, 12.7 Detroit 430 HP, 10 Spd OD, Engine Brake, Air Ride Suspension, 3.90 Ratio, 232" WB, 70" Raised Roof Condo, 22.5 Tires, All Steel Wheels, Tandem Axle, 560,833 miles, Nice local Penske trade in, Great Condition & low...

Quick poll - How many of you in class 7 and class 8 trucks have disc brakes? And If you don't, what do you think about them and will you get them eventualy?

I know of one Argosy out there in the EO world, but anyone else running a COE, maybe like a 9800 international? What are your thoughts on ride and confort of your COE? promise no more dumb questions today.