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    On The Road Again!

    Wendy Cal If you get a chance can u e mail me your E mail address,something I would like to duiscuss with you re these boards..Thanks Rich M licorm @ aol.com
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    What Happened?

    Don!t think Wendy Cal did anything wrong,I have been having problems today also, Lawerence!s people will most likely have everything back up soon..
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    How Is Your Week, So Far?

    We had a pretty decent 8 days other than the heat,Ran mainly in Alabama,Georgia and Mississsippi.It was 108 in Birmingham on Wedensday and that night in Albany GA it was 99 at 2300.But of course the usual difficulty of the layover plan was there.Unloaded in Pasacagula MS on Friday morning and...
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    Relocation ideas

    I would consider Knoxville Tn,Huntsville Al or the area around Roanoke/Lynchburg VA, and possibly Greenville SC..
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    Talk to me, people....

    Toes the area of the country that you live in should be able to provide you with a OK living,and get you home after 4-5 days out .Some of us like to call the area from Milwaukee to Cincy to Toronto the triangle as that is where a great deal of expedited freight originates and delivers. The...
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    Announcement from Expediters Online

    Jim brought interesting discussions to the table and while I didn!t always agree 100% with his ideas and theoreys,He was a animated and decent expediter.So Jim stay safe out there and will look for you in Detroit..
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    Early showers

    It has been reported on some of the general trucking web sites that a driver was recently killed at the Petro in Stony Ridge (Toledo) Ohio. He apparently entered a shower at 0530 and when by 0930 he had not exited,the Petro employees went in and found him dead with numerous stab wounds in his...
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    Need Info ASAP

    Bill what happened to Landstar?? I have seen one of those oufits but it was some time ago.Driver told me they had outbound freight from Indy but no backhaul,however the rates sill made it attractive..
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    New Kentucky rest area

    Perhaps it was the roll of toilet paper that was confusing,or itcould be that Gladys is one of the Mississippi tailer trash that Troadgirl rants and raves about..
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    BUYING A TRUCK

    Dave Epling is a personal friend of mine and He knows the business inside and out and will not steer you wrong.He keeps a large inventory and can probably have you up and running in a few weeks. I will be replacing my D unit this year and will buy from him as I know Buckeye Freightliner will...
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    Fuel Prices

    Just got home from 12 days out west, Went to New Mexico,Arizona, California ,Wyoming and then to Raleigh NC. Nice running lots of $.Looks like diesel is coming down while gasoline is going up,Paid 1.23 in Cheyenne WY,$1.21 in TN etc.Gasoline in Omaha was $1.90 per gallon.. Article in this months...
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    New Folks to Expediting

    Lawernce McCord who is the founder and originator of this site has felt that people who are interested in getting into the expediting business have not always received adequate and corect information in response to their questions.So in that light Lawerence has asked me and I have agreeded to...
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    Who's got one?

    Nice photo,there is something about a Western Star,saw one of these at the Louisville show,believe it is built in Mexico and it looks like they were thinking dump truck etc,but a expediter truck Western Star would be a neat truck..Do you have any idea of the basic price??
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    To TroadGirl

    Way to go Connie J,Tell it like it is..
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    A CB channel for expediters...

    Sounds like a great idea,so lets start the ball rolling,I nominate channel 29..easy to remember as most of the time we have ch 19 set in so all we do is go up 10,I rarely listen to it also,but my wife is a big audio book fan,at least 5 times I have been asleep and she has passed exits that we...
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    Those Canadiens with inferiority complexes

    Whats going on here? Jim is ok Canada is ok and so is the USA.If we want to take off on a country,lets do Iran or Irag ,North Korea etc.Ever since this trash Troadgirl got on to this site it seems like serious bashing is going on.Just my observations fueled by Coors and sometimes MOLSONS.
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    Canada Canada

    What the he-- is going on here?Just got home from a hard 3 weeks out with good miles and $ and se all of this BS about Canada and the US. For those who don!t know him Jim Bunting is a nice guy who like all of us is attempting to earn a living in the expediting industry.Canada has rules,the US...
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    fedex adding trucks

    I have also heard that from a guy who lives in the Akron area and is very close to Fedex personnel.They want the fleet to be at 2500 by the 4th Quarter.
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    FedEx works best when you want to work, res o300

    RE: FedEx works best when you want to work, Troadgirl might be a insider,I bet she came from Mississippi from a 2nd hand trailer park,she sure doesn!t like females from MS.I agree with the X man,when management takes the pay cut,I will take the pay cut.They want us to have expensive trucks,sit...
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    FedEx works best when you want to work, res o300

    RE: FedEx works best when you want to work, Troadgirl We don!t whine,We have all been there for many years and have seen discounts go up and our income go down.Ten years ago you would have had less expenses and more revenue,just telling it the way it is..Our income is down but Corp revenue is up..
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