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Thanks, McBride - I have that one bookmarked from last year, cause I LOVE it, but I still haven't figured out how to post links! :+

Arkjar: as an ex ConWay driver, I've had to call Panther many times more than I'd like, and I have never once had a dispatcher "chew me out" for calling, nor even imply that I shouldn't have called. Are you being rude to them first, or provoking that kind of response?

The biggest mess we are paying for, IMO, is the government! And yes, I expect "free" services: education, police, firefighters, schools, roads, traffic control, libraries, public parks and recreation areas, preservation of some wilderness, common defense, (military, National Guard, Coast Guard)...

As far as I know, every hospital takes a footprint of every newborn - Orwell's world has been ours for some time now.

And other straight trucks don't like you, and four wheelers don't like you, and RVs don't either - you sure you want to hear what they're saying about you on the CB? Seriously, almost every driver does something dumb, now & then, and when they do, it helps to remember that whatever it was...

If you feel that we aren't go sign on >with JB Hunt for .92 a mile for an 18 wheeler. In other words: "If you don't like it, there's the door?" Thank you Bruno, for reminding me of how much I enjoy not being married anymore! If I don't like it, I will speak up, with logic and civillity, and...

Awww, thanks, Rollo, now I feel all warm & fuzzy - and I haven't even gotten into my jammies with the feet yet, lol. That probably was me, except you left out the freckles, but you could have skipped the reminder of those ##### ringlets - you have no idea how much I hated having my hair wrapped...

All good ideas, and try to eat a banana every day, for the potassium. Then, when you've got the problem licked, let us know how it's going, ok? :)

I like the text message idea, though I've never lost a run when "out of truck on pager", they've always called me on my cell phone. But Turtle makes a valid point - we pay for cell phone minutes, and my cellphone bill has been double every one of the months since Panther took over - I like any...

RE: American Trucking Associations pushed HOS regs I like your dream, Turtle - we female truckers would be in big demand, lol. Since many of us are not exactly spring chickens, it would probably be a half fast march, though :P

Your name is actually King James Shannon Drive?:P

Wally, I know a driver who not too long ago, discovered that she had fired herself, so it could always be worse, lol. But if you can't afford to give yourself a raise, why don't you raise your prices? It's what every other business does, when costs go up, no?

Tom, I bet your wife thinks she's lucky, too - some husbands can make their wives WISH they'd go away for awhile, you know. How you treat her is more important than how much time you are home, especially when it's your job keeping you away. What I used to like about Christmas shopping, was the...

Ok, we all know that times are tough, competition is rough, and when it comes to freight - there isn't enough! But - are the carriers who haven't raised drivers' pay for years, (sometimes many years), applying that philosophy to everyone in the organization, or just the drivers? If management...

I have had to take the top layer of boxes off a skid, placing them around it after it's loaded, & once I took a large box off the skid to make it fit - sometimes you just have to get creative - making sure that everything is well secured, no matter how you have to load it. I've placed boxes on...

I just recently learned from Bryan that Comdata cards can be used at the Pilot pumps, (gas or diesel), which is handy for me, and I haven't had any problems with it yet. I really like to slide the card & not have to wait in the sometimes very long lines.

Dieselphreak, please update us when you get back, on how it went, and I sure hope you spent some money on stuff that's a little warmer than chrome, at the Iowa 80!:P

Arkjarhead, it sounds like you've been having Transient Ischemic Attacks, or TIAs, if so, spend some of the downtime researching the condition, there may be help for you. Our prayers and best wishes are with you, and be careful on that lawnmower, ya hear? Cheri

More interesting facts, courtesy of the U S Census Bureau: slightly over half of full time workers in the USA earn $25,000 or less, per year. Nearly 75% of all households, owner occupied and rental, pay more than 30% of their income for housing. If you earn $25,000 per year, and pay more...

Linder, it was Terry who said we had a quorum & should vote on something - we just couldn't agree what to vote on, lol. So, how many is a quorum, anyway?