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  1. tallcal101

    Mitt Romney,champion of the working man

    Leo,your implication that I either called you,or infered that you are a racist is off base. It's your refusal to consider that you may have to swallow your pride(and perhaps some cool aid)for the whats best for our nation.Change never comes without some degree of pain.Those of us who pegged W...
  2. tallcal101

    For the Record

    Hey Mr.iceroadtrucker,when was the last time you ran from Yellowknife to the BHP Ekati Diamond mine in NWT? I put together the first loads and was on board the first convoy of double drop frame low boys that hauled the crushing units for the first processing plant at Ekati in 2000.Nice...
  3. tallcal101

    Mitt Romney,champion of the working man

    What seems to be getting lost in all our comments is the general perception that the citizens of this country are flat tired of status quo.And no Greg,W's biggest problem has nothing to do with interest rates.It has to do with the fact that after 7 years nothing has been accomplished for the...
  4. tallcal101

    Mitt Romney,champion of the working man

    You left out Dwight Eisenhower as another man with a faulty moral compass. President Clinton left his presidency with a higher rating then any President,including raygun, this century.Why? Because he led the nation to prosperity and left W with a balanced budget and a sense that the best was...
  5. tallcal101

    Mitt Romney,champion of the working man

    Hey,remember that big orange bridge I wanted to sell you shares in?Well,now I have some shopping mall land for sale in the middle of alligator ally in central Florida. But first,lets examine the new champion of the working class in Michigan. What Mitt does not speak about while championing the...
  6. tallcal101

    Blind truckers and toilet seat standing

    Been on the road for a few weeks,too busy to check out the site.I like the new lay out,but it seems some people have WAY too much time on their hands.It's always telling how much freight there is out there when the topics begen to drift.No disrespect intended to any group,just an observation...
  7. tallcal101

    United Van Lines

    United has launched their new Expedite Service called Zero Hour. "We are pleased to offer this new specialized service to our current customers and potential customers who have shipments that need expedited service",said President Pat Larch."This is just one more way the UniGroup Companies...
  8. tallcal101

    United Van Lines

    United has launched their new Expedite Service called Zero Hour. "We are pleased to to offer this new specialized service to our current customers and potential customers who have shipments that need expedited service",said President Pat Larch."This is just one more way the UniGroup Companies...
  9. tallcal101

    Owners....got a question!

    Your life is forever changed.Welcome to the nether world of driver recruiting.If you truly bought more then one truck ,and they are not TVAL reefer trucks,I suggest you find a good chimp trainer and prove once and for all that primates can indeed mimick humans.Teaching them top log correctly...
  10. tallcal101

    Kinda sad

    RE: can I get a witness There goes the neighborhood in Toledo,oh well.As the Junk owners know so well,there's an American sucker born every minute which keeps their ladies in silk saries and red rubies.Future expediters of America line up and sign over your property,have we got a deal for you!!!
  11. tallcal101

    All the best to all

    It feels like Christmas in California today,64 degrees by the blue Pacific.I drove to LA last week for business and took the coast HYWY(#1)through Big Sur and down to SLO.Nobody else on the road.I really believe it is the most beautiful stretch of HYWAY in the land. It made me grateful for all...
  12. tallcal101

    Free to Fail

    Not sure who it was,but somebody here was defending the "fairness"of the FEDXCC dispatch system,and how the dispatchrs don't have tme to pick and choose favorites.The system tells them who's next for every load. I have been in transportation corporate sales for 25 yeras for a major van line.I...
  13. tallcal101

    How bad is it?

    And Bushwacky appointed the Chairman and CEO of Nationwide Mortgage(a close friend)to be our Ambassador to The Netherlands.Glad he's your Preident. You guys and your agenda........The good news is as of this very second the pox is of our beloved nation will expire in exactly 399 days,8 hours,39...
  14. tallcal101

    I would like to take this moment to BRAG!!!

    Ark,you a wonderful human being with enough compassion for everyone who cross's your path.I have learned much from you,and take everything you say seriously.I may not agree,but your a good man with a strong charector and the brains to back it up.Keep on truckin' in school,know we are all very...
  15. tallcal101

    Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED EX

    RE: Top 5 things to make money with any carrier Towards the end of my tenure with FEDEXCC I recieved a number of phone calls from an individual at FEDEXCC regarding my posts on this site.They were general in nature but specific to the over all perception of the need to stay positive during...
  16. tallcal101

    Accident

    You hit it on the head scuba.If I were to have stayed on board,I was going to get the trucks out of my name.Just did'nt want to go through the grief of getting it done.
  17. tallcal101

    Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED EX

    RE: Top 5 things you can do to make money with FED Free,thats the best part of your handle,Free.It defines what you are,and how you view your life.A little personal insight from 7 years as an owner with FedEx(Free ofcourse).Critical should not descibe the situation your in,it should descibe the...
  18. tallcal101

    Accident

    This just supports my contention that you can write a 100 page contract,but until the difference (legal difference)between what we loosly call an "independent contractor"(who are 1099' employees)and actual employees,this contract banter is all jiberish.One of these days(God forbid)an...
  19. tallcal101

    Cost of hiring a new driver

    It's a lot cheaper if the driver is honest up front about their back ground and police record.It spares the expence of getting all the wheels in motion and the possible loss of getting a legitimate canidate started. "What do you mean I don't qualify,I only hit my ex wife a couple of times,and it...
  20. tallcal101

    Where are my messages?

    Greg,your either in Napa or Oxnard(the Avo capitol of the world)! I'll hop in the ol' BMR and be there in a couple of hours and we can have wine and cado's for lunch.And wash it all down with some good Micro Brew!! Stay where you are I'm on the way!! Don't tell remus as he might report us!
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