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Well, my SC to Laredo cancelled, so here I sit in Columbia.

All kidding aside, since I joined a gym, I don't use the truck stop showers unless I can't find a gym around. The membership pays for itself with the showers alone and I've lost about ten pounds to boot. The gym I belong to is part of IHRSA, and any other clubs that are members will honor one...

I prefer soap. It's a lot easier on the skin.

This week: Cincinnati to Aurora, NE, dh to Omaha and picked up ltl to Des Moines, worked out at a gym for a couple hours, picked up at Gates Rubber in Boone and ran straight to John Deere in E. Moline, dh to Danville for 1 skid going to Charlotte. Passed by the house in Cincinnati and did...

I forgot about all those deductions. I guess getting rid of all those makes a big difference.

You know what that adds up to. Wear your vehicle out without a whole lot to show for it.

We recently switched to DirecTV at home and the installer and everyone I talked to over the phone told me that I could just take the second receiver with me when I go on the road. I'm now shopping around for the dish and I'm finding a vast price range, around $100 on the low end up to $800 for...

Done. Look better?

I have a set in the bathroom, but I don't like the numbers I see there.

You can get .30 a mile for small LTL as well if you're patient enough to put together a run and you have a big enough box to fit several of them. Cars aren't the only thing that can be combined for a good rate.

Thanks for the info. It's been a while since I fueled there. If it was still 20, then the TA deal would come out cheaper, but with the lower fuel prices right now, it comes out pretty close.

Is it still 1/2 a shower for 20 gallons?

One fill up and a meal is still cheaper than 2 fill ups. I haven't spent a dime at the J since I got kicked out of the one in Tampa.

My 94 year old grandmother passed yesterday and I was on the way to Kansas City when I heard. Now I'm looking at deadheading back to Kentucky tonight. I guess 94 is a good long life, but she will still be missed.

I've had my authority since late 2007. I started out just doing the partner carrier thing and it worked pretty well for most of 2008. This year has been another story though. Freight is slow and the companies are playing cut throat bidding at contractor rates for carriers, or worse. With...

I send a message to Flying J and someone from the corporate office contacted me the next day, defending the manager of the Tampa location and suggesting that the next time I'm in the area I can stay at the location up the highway in San Antonio. We had a rather lengthy discussion in which I...

I stuck around the rest of the day after you left, but I ended up at the TA across the street. They didn't mind me being in the lot and they have a Redbox there as well. I'm up in Georgia now.

Are you the van I gave the jump start to by any chance?

If you drive a van and don't want to park back with the big trucks, that is. Yesterday morning an employee banged on my door at 7:00 am and woke me up to tell me they didn't allow long term parking in the lot. I ignored him and was there last night as well. This morning I walked in there to...

There is plenty LTL that will fit in vans, but the kicker is that you will be lucky to cover your operating costs with what the brokers are paying. Occasionally you will find an actual expedite load posted on one of the boards, but when those show up they get booked fast so you have to be on...