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  1. CharlesD

    Remember Pearl Harbor Day

    I picked up at a company run by a bunch of Japanese people on the 7th. I was mildly amused by the coincidence.
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    Major Blizzard is Comming.......

    I picked up in Cleveland a couple hours ago, headed for Steven's Point, WI. The wind is brutal across Ohio.
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    December 2009 Location

    A lot of people get loaded in Laredo...and sometimes people haul freight out of there too.
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    Is there any disability people that do this job?

    When I saw the thread title asking if people with disabilities do this job, two answers came into my head: 1. "Most of the disabled people on the highways are driving cars." 2. "Of course there are disabled people in this business. They're all dispatchers." In all seriousness, I would...
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    November Location

    I dropped in Laredo this morning and I'm back in Houston now.
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    November Location

    I'm in Houston spending Thanksgiving with my wife's aunt. I have freight on board for Laredo delivering tomorrow and I'll leave Houston in the wee hours to run down there and deliver that. Then I'll probably be heading back to Houston to pick up my wife and deadhead home on Saturday. We just...
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    Dumb Things Expediters have Said

    Or, "Don't take anything to Florida. You'll never get anything out of there."
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    Stupid things drivers believe.

    "They gave me a first out for taking that mini." "That other truck stole my load."
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    Dumb Things Expediters have Said

    I have to take a reduced rate to get out of _______ or to get back to _________.
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    Is the Frieght Picking Up?

    Yep, and it usually drops off too. At least that's the way it's supposed to work.
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    November Location

    Sitting at my house at the moment. I'll probably snag something tomorrow.
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    Deer Whistles

    I don't think mine work. The darn deer keep running away.
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    November Location

    Dry run on the Brooklyn load. Sitting in Jamaica hoping to snag something good out of JFK.
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    Mileage Accuracy

    The earth has been getting rained on for 4 billion years or thereabouts. Anything is bound to shrink some if you leave it out in the rain that long.
  15. CharlesD

    Do you remember when

    I remember when America stood against socialism instead of embracing it.
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    Mileage Accuracy

    It depends on how the software is set up, doesn't it? If the software is set up for the shortest route you'll get every deer path and back road, but the miles will be less, but if it is set up to route in a close proximation of how a real person would actually drive it, you end up with the...
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    Healthcare reform bill passed

    Debt of Honor
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    November Location

    Currently in New Haven having dinner. Going to run down to NY shortly for a morning pick in Brooklyn.
  19. CharlesD

    Do you remember when

    Fixed that for you. :)
  20. CharlesD

    November Location

    Loves in Hubbard, OH for the moment.
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