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    Happy Halloween

    Dress up your truck's dining table or show your Halloween spirit at a loading dock. Moot Stewart's holiday centerpieces are fun and easy to make. Have a safe and spooky evening. .
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    Moot's Guide To The Occupy Wall Street Splinter Groups

    In the beginning the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests were about bringing attention to the out of control banking and investment industry. What started out on Wall Street has spread to Main Street in cities across the country. As the protest has grown and spread, so too has the number of groups...
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    Mileage App

    Does anyone know of a mileage distance app for the iPhone? I'm interested in city to city distances in practical miles for quick reference when accepting load offers. Zip code to zip code would be nice. I don't need routing, just the mileage.
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    On-Line Auction

    I'm not very technically savvy, especially with computers and the internet. I would define e-bay as an on-line auction where one can view items and bid on them via the internet. I checked with my kids and they agree with my definition. Can someone explain this sign? . .
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    A Death In The Family

    At 544,000 miles young my 2004 Chevy died. Oil pressure dropped and is barely registering at idle. Time to make a decision on what to do. I was hoping to get through the winter and come spring buy a cube, Max or HCV. Now I'm not sure what to do. My mechanic will drop in a rebuilt or junker...
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    Vice or Virtue

    Am I being greedy, virtuous(sticking to my principles) or just plain stupid? You decide. Monday morning I got a load offer: 711 miles, my rate and a .24 f.s.c. When I got there (metal foundry)the load canceled because the parts were defective. Shipper told me they would be cast again and...
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    QualComm Text Messages

    Is anyone who is enrolled in the QC text message program not receiving load offers via text message. I have Verizon service and switched to a smart phone on the afternoon of June 30th, about the time QualComm sends out their monthly enrollment message. Not sure if this is a coincidence or...
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    Moot Stewart's Holiday Decorating Tips

    Greetings and happy Independence Day gentle readers. Whether you are entertaining fellow expediters at a liftgate party, having a picnic lunch at a rest area, sitting in your van at a truck stop or sharing a bottle of wine with friends under a freeway overpass, beautiful homemade table...
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    Toronado In My Back Yard

    My son shot this video from our back door this afternoon: YouTube - ‪Funnel cloud in Coon Rapids, MN‬‏ The weather service confirmed it touched down and did some damage but my son says our house is fine. 1 confirmed tornado in Coon Rapids | kare11.com
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    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY willis

    HAPPY E.O. ANNIVERSARY willis It's been 3 years since you joined E.O. and not a single post. Lots of peeping, but no posting. Please join me in befriending willis and make him feel comfortable about himself and posting.
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    Another Panther First

    Last night I called Panther and got the typical:"your position in the queue is two. Average waiting time in the queue is two..minutes and forty..seconds." . I of course continued to hold. After about 7 minutes I heard this message: "we are unable to answer your call at this time. Press 1...
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    Moot Stewart's Holiday Truck Decorating Tips

    Easter is almost upon us and many of us will be inviting guests into our trucks for Easter brunch or dinner. How do we dress up our dining tables for those special Easter guests? The ubiquitous wheel chock can save the day! Pull some grass or weeds from the fringe of the parking lot, add a...
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    Naughty Dogs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8ISzf2pryI&feature=player_embedded
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    Fatal Error

    Fatal error: Class 'vBSEO_UI' not found in /home/httpd/vhosts/expeditersonline.com/httpdocs/forum/showthread.php(986) : eval()'d code on line 7 Moot received the above message while logging on to the Soapbox Forum. Moot's attorneys will be contacting E.O. in the morning during regular...
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    Maintenance Costs For A 2004 Cargo Van

    Listed below are the costs for maintaining a 2004 Chevrolet 3500, long wheelbase 6.0 V-8 slop bucket, for the first 500,000 miles as it came from the factory. The costs do not include the installation or maintenance of extras such as a bed, insulation, flooring, radios, house batteries etc. It...
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    Load Or No Load

    Yes it's time once again to play Load Or No Load. My cargo van and I were dispatched to a small LTL terminal to pick up 1 piece at 1390 pounds. The freight turned out to be one crate, note the weight and demensions written on the crate. There was no ramp to get a forklift down to ground level...
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    More Missing Threads

    This morning I responded to a thread started by a new member, tryoursnot. Later today I noticed the thread went missing, disappeared, vanished without a trace. At first I thought it might have been pulled because of the posters disgusting screen name. But I see another thread in the Newbies...
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    Piece of Cake

    Georgia Outdoor News Forum - View Single Post - Piece of cake!
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    Fuel Stats Cargo Van

    Below are some yearly average statistics for a 2004, 6.0, Chevrolet 3500 extended cargo van. This van was put into service April, 2004. It replaced a 1998, 5.8, 3500 extended van. The stats for 2004 include both vans with Jan, Feb, March and part of April for the 1998 van. Until sometime in...
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    Where Have All The Controversial Posts Gone

    Where have all the controversial posts gone? Long time passing. Where have all the controversial posts gone? Long time ago. Where have all the controversial posts gone? Young moderators have deleted every one. When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? Apologies to Pete Seeger
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