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Out of how many loads that you get, do you actually have to wait 2 hours for? I would guess many one out of 100. Here is a good example of why the government needs to stay out of this and do their job fixing what they messed up. An order is placed by a customer on Friday, all the product...

The catch is this little thing; "ISM’s employment index indicated that manufacturers are adding jobs." See a lot of "adding jobs" is not happening at the rate that needs to take place, mainly because of efficiency and cross training and so on. People who don't get the big picture keep saying...

Those are expensive eggs. Ammo gets food either trading or getting it by hunting it.

All true BUT if we reach a point where the dollar and government no longer exists in any viable form, the problem won't be my egg spoiling but with the reality that people will have when they try to barter with things that are not viable for the first year or so. In my case, if I wait, I will...

Sorry I stand by it, outside of the loss of life, trucks can be replaced so I don't care about the guy with the $125k rig but care about the people who lost their home, pets and things dear to them. Truckers operate WITH insurance, it is a requirement to have the vehicle insured, with housing...

Yes, I should have said that too because that's right, it applies to all of them, from Load-1 to Landstar to FedEx. What I stress to a lot who ask my advice, which is taken pretty often than not, is always have an exit strategy, not just for the business but for the carrier. In Phil's case...

Thanks for that. You know from all these spy movies, what we actually did during the cold war and a whole bunch of other things, I think that a few mistakes were made; 1 - they killed Bubba Bin Laden, his brother who settled in Florida just before 9/11 but moved to Pakistan last year for his...

Sorry Phil but you strike me as being in denial of something that has been happening for a long long time at FedEx with this statement; The competition has always been there, long before you ever considered this as a "career" and it has affected a great many of us just the same. I was pretty...

Well Dennis, it will close to worthless when the the sh*t hits the fan because of several reasons; Gold is traded in Dollars, so the collapse of the dollar will bring it to a very low level. There is no fixed rate for gold so when it is traded to say Canada, it may be worth an awful lot less...

Sorry but I wonder how many of you think that this means anything outside of a court of law - BECAUSE IT DOESN'T. In this country until you are CHARGED with a crime, it does not apply. When an investigation takes place, there is no assumption of innocents but guilt and when you are formally...

Hey I got a great idea, call the ford dealer and ask them what the price is. They seem to be competitive with third party shops.

Its amazing. Just Amazinnnnggg. Moose, the market didn't dry up, FedEx is making adjustments to the way they operate in the west and some think it is unfair that they are not loaded before a company truck is. With that said, the market is still viable for those who actually want to run -...

I have a dumb question, when you turn the key and try to start it, do you have the lights go through their check cycle or are there no lights?

Whew! glad we cleared that up. Well some do.

Shhh... don't tell Phil that Volvo has the same problem and someone out there has a key that will open his truck.

Why did I expect this? You ever hear of Monty Python?? I know a lot of nuns who feel that the habit is still part of the dedication to Christ.

The Nuns. Never seen Eric Idle in his penguin outfit?

The exact rationalization that requires women in the Middle East to wear burquas and veils: men cannot be held responsible for controlling their 'urges'. How convenient - for the men. What? I find this rather an uninformed comment Cheri. Burqas are the same as were veils in european culture...

Actually I see it regularly and in different spots. A few months ago, it sat at the I80 rest stop east of 69 for a few hours.

But what's random? The carrier who has to do the testing can have a schedule to show that they will test this and that driver on specific dates, so is that random? What about customs? Are they allowed to follow their obligation to inspect the vehicle and person entering the country or is...