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    Mass Turnpike Parking Ripoff

    Good on ya for pointing that out, OVM. And as a reminder, that plan was signed into law by a ...........wait for it............. a Republican.
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    Do You Have An iPhone?

    Crackberry from Sprint with one year left on indentured servitude, er, contract. May pursue the iPhone then. AJ
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    August Location

    Petro in Bordentown. Been a very busy last 2.5 months for us, and we are delighted to have a weekend with no run. Caught up on sleep; the Puerto Rican and I GI'd the truck. Picked up an Idlebuster from another EO member's home near Dallas yesterday, and am going to spend today trying to...
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    August Location

    Thanks for the kind words, gang. He was one real dumb dog who really stole my heart....more so my wife's. Here's to hoping we'll be out of the craphole soon. Did find a good Mexican joint with $.99 carne asada tacos tonight in Upland.
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    August Location

    Waiting for the Puerto Rican to get out of nail salon in Upland, CA. She more than deserves it. Put dog to sleep and drove over 5k miles in the same week. On a side note, got oil changed at a Jiffy Lube. Have serious issues with the lazy bums at the TA, and there's not a Speedco for a long...
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    A Fallen Heros home coming in Ga.

    Wow. Awesome.
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    Accidents - German Style

    I was there as well, and probably close to you, USAF. When the crap happens there, it happens big. However, the German Autobahn is still one of the safest highway systems in the world. To top that, some of their paved surfaces have been there since the end of the second world war.
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    July Location

    Sitting outside Dave's Marketplace in East Greenwich, RI. Picking up this afternoon. Wow this has been one wierd month. Every single delivery location we've gone to is where someone else told us was a 'dead' freight area. All have been the contrary. Good motnh for us so far....feeling...
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    Financing?

    We acquired our truck through owner financing. An ad posted in the classifieds here on EO yielded our first call 1.5 hours after the ad was posted. We consummated the deal less than a month later, and our truck will be paid off in less than a year. Also, the terms were excellent. FWIW, we...
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    Has it picked up for you?

    Wierd month. Still a relative newbie to the game, but I do see offers coming a lot more frequently. We do, however see loads that are booked improperly (wrong equipment) and cancelling loads. Lots of dry runs in the last few weeks. Had one today, matter-of-fact. Being active means...
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    July Location

    Hoser and prairie-doggin'. Two terms from a way's back. Think I'm going to start using hoser again, to go along with gnarly and groovy. We're back at the lovely J in Winchester, VA again. Leaving for NM this afternoon. Been a great month so far. Somebody (aside from the Puerto Rican)...
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    July Location

    At the J in Winchester, VA. Would love to get a nice long weekend run. Got an offer for just such a run this morning, but called back after I accepted, and they had no idea wth I was talking about. Got to stop sleeping through WalMart *half-kidding*.
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    Vally Kamikaze

    What really bothers me is the 'crotch rockets' that usually hang in groups of at least 4 that fly in the hammer lane around curves. Very loud, and scare the snot out of you when they pass....can't hear them until they do. Was almost to Bordentown a few weeks back, and a band of 6 of them...
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    Anyone ever had a sleeper added onto?

    Okay.....Sunday is my 'scheming' day. A lot of crazy crap works it's way through my brain on Sundays. Don't know why, but please bear with me. We have a 72" Bentz sleeper now. It is not the kind that goes over the cab of the truck, but rather, you walk (or crouch) into the sleeper, where you...
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    June Location

    Oh, and by the way, LOS, when we get the bigger sleeper, you're invited for some of the Puerto Rican's arroz con gandules. My wife is a phenomenal cook. The rice goes well with my fajitas drizzled with olive oil and carmelized onions and peppers.
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    June Location

    We're in Bordentown as well, dabluzman. Must have been you on the other side of the lot. We've been here off and on since last Wednesday. Got a run that day, and it cancelled en route to pick up. Got another one that day, picking up Friday, that got us all the way to Virginia, where we got an...
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    Express Center Q

    Try this one for size: While sitting just north of Dayton, OH, last Friday night (after a chat with layoutshooter), we got offered (and accepted) a run picking up just outside of Madison, WI. 453 miles to pickup, and the run was 760-something after that. No one in ANY of the aforementioned...
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    APU with all the bells, or roof air with portable genset?

    That is one excellent link, Moose. I appreciate it very much, and have already left a message there. Thanks again.
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    APU with all the bells, or roof air with portable genset?

    Okay, more questions: Guido: Please tell what you were running.....van, sprinter, straight truck, T/T....what? Also, what were you running off the generator? A/C? computers? Heat? My thoughts are to run roof air/heat (or supplement heat when real cold), 2 laptops, a few fluorescent...
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    APU with all the bells, or roof air with portable genset?

    I have been toiling with this idea, and need some advice. Our truck has no APU, and no a/c while idling. The fella that sold us the truck had a portable generator for electricity while sitting. Idling while it is roasting outside is killing us in fuel costs. I thought of this: Roof air...
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