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You know I am kinda’ strict with my nephews and nieces when they ride with me, which thank God is rare – too much noise. Well they have to be strapped into their seat, feet on the floor and arms in the car – no exceptions. Well tonight I went up to get gas in my wife’s van and saw a...

So today I went on my errands, first to Radio Shack, which was a trip in it’s self (asked for a ‘part’, a 5 volt regulator in a to-220 case and got a wall adapter – not the brightest star in the galaxy there at Radio Shack) and than to Wal-Mart, the dirtiest one I have yet seen actual...

Normally I don’t answer the door when strangers call but today I did. Thinking this guy is a JW or Mormon I took a chance anyway, but turned out someone who wanted to know about FedEx CC. Got to move my van; this is the second one in two weeks, LOL. Well he has a neat van; it has a popup...

I am posting this in the general forum just so I get the message out. If the modirators feel it needs to be move, go ahead. -->Don’t give your personal information out to anyone. As of today I have counted 95 different emails in my inbox from my main account and around 135 from my other...

I wanted a cup of coffee and stopped at one of the thousands of Starbucks after I delivered. I wanted to have my usual, coffee of the day/week with a shot of espresso – something that we had in my family long before it was in vogue here in the states. Now to many of my overseas relatives...

OK I have a bit of a problem with weight and want to add a pair of batteries and a/c. this would add 150lbs onto my van and put me over the weight restrictions I have with FedEx. After searching EO for the thread discussing the 400 lb exemption – which I could not find – I decided to...

I read the press release yesterday about the new planned mission to the moon to crash a rocket to kick up dust to examine if there are water particles below the surface of the moon. This is the second attempt at this, with the first being a $125M failure. Mind you that in 1961, President...

I get all kinds of different questions from people when I stop about what expediting is and what I actually do. I tolerate some questions that are dumb and try to help them out but a lot of times I give a smart a** answer. What company do you work for? Mind you I am next to my truck that says...

Accroding to FilmStew.com, reports indicate that Indian director T. Rajeevnath will be recruiting Paris Hilton to play the starring role in a Mother Theresa biopic. Let's see - Mother Theresa - born in poverty - in Austria-Hungaria was highly religuous at an early age devoted her entire...

I am looking for info on F550. I have a chance to get a 2003 F550 7.3 DT444 (a.k.a powerstroke) with engine problems. I can fix the engine problems (HPOP) but I am debating if I should even get it because I am unsure of the performance. It has an 18 foot dock high box on it and is a 19K GVW...

I read Saturday that GM really isn’t having real problems like Ford, mostly a market share problem and cash flow. The article (Detroit news or Freepress – can’t remember) was talking about how GM is ahead of Ford and the Chrysler group. They lay off 500 white collar workers, who can’t...

This morning as usual I get my clothes, food and other stuff loaded in my truck. I rearrange the clothes and sweep out the back, NOP. But today I figure I would work on the bulk head and pull a couple 10 conductor cables from the front to the back to replace the wiring I threw together. I also...

I had to go to Orlando this weekend, pretty good trip but bizarre. I like Florida; I guess it is the weather, warm in comparison to Michigan – Cold. When I was heading down there I fueled up at Exit 2, I 75 just north of Florida. When I pulled in I was watching someone else from Michigan in...

OK I have been asked a question by a truck driver this morning that I could not answer. As expediters how do we handle the HOS issue? I am not in a larger truck yet, planning on it soon so this is something may need to know and I think a lot of others also wonder. Here is what he is driving...

Against everyone’s advice, I am again in Florida. This time I am staying to see if I ever get out instead of spending $100 to get somewhere else. This is a weird place! Can’t afford much, it is either MATS or sight seeing here in Florida – I want to go to MATS. Well I decided to stay...

Ok this is a dumb fuel tax question. I got conflicting information about fuel taxes and the GVW of a truck from my state (great state of denial Michigan). Can someone explain the difference between >10K, 26K and >33K trucks with fuel taxes? Is there a difference or are all trucks covers...

This is really directed to van owners, but may apply to other trucks. I am wondering about something, why do people change their oil so much? I ran across a couple van owners who literally change their oil every week (I don’t think these vans get over 2000 miles a week), a few get to 3000...

Am I the only one who thinks that it is weird that - a millionaire musician who’s band has made $255,022,633.35 in 2005 telling me that my country must give more of our tax money to help people who don’t live in my country while sending a guitar to help end hunger and feels that he...

Ok I am sitting here at the J enjoying the warm rain in GA, watching a movie and wondering what three chickens (one rooster and two hens) are doing in the parking lot? I thought I was dreaming when I heard crowing at 6 AM and fell back to sleep just to be awaken several times by the same...

I am looking for some info for a friend; she won’t post on any forum (she won’t even buy anything online). She has access to a medium duty truck (19K GVW) that has a payload of 5K that qualifies for FedEx CC and seriously thinking of using it for expediting. We are trying to figure out...