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Thanks, John - this is an important issue - I just delivered a load to a freight forwarder in Laredo a few days ago, & was told by dispatch that there are no loads coming out of Laredo. I have to wonder if that's because the freight coming from Mexico isn't being taken to a forwarder, but driven...

I'd also think it would be better if Panther spent some money doing whatever is needed to reduce the excessive hold times on the phones - like, for starters, being able to direct dial a dept, instead of asking whomever answers the phone to transfer the call, because switchboard operators they're...

One game, score: 230,330 - but the suitcase I picked first, & traded for, had the 750,000! This is why I don't gamble with real money, lol. :+

If that's "a guy thing", then just call me one of the guys, lol - I am quite attached to my van, & would HATE to see a stranger drive away in it. Don't worry, Rich - he'll give it a good home, just as you did, I'm sure - but did you arrange for visitation, just to check? :7

JoeBob, having never actually met you, I had no idea that was you - why didn't you say so? I'd have come out with a big smile, darlin, and then I'd have told you how wrong you were - again.

Thanks, Linder, that's the best recipe I've seen in a long time - especially the cleaning up part, lol. Will be great for when I go home - I'm usually hungry, but don't want to mess up the nice clean kitchen as soon as I walk in the place! ;)

RE: About Panther's home time...refusals did count Is that a classic Catch 22, or what? Turn down the loads that don't make money, get passed over for the loads that do...

I've said it before, & I'll say it again: I am 100% in favor of carrying concealed weapons, hopefully by those trained to use them safely, as I was. And I can understand a LEO's feeling incomplete without a weapon, feeling incomplete myself without a ring on my left hand, BUT: the risks are too...

You make an important point, Lisa: all the great tips, like Moot's sandbags, & Linder's test-braking, aren't enough sometimes - if the road is more suitable for skating than driving, get off if you can, pull over if you can't. Keep a lightfoot on the pedals, and an ear to the CB, and pray that...

Highway Star: that's brilliant! Next time I fly somewhere, I'm going to be wearing a T shirt that says "Infidels Rock!" on the front, lol. :7

And tanks, Leo - that's a great resource!:)

The weigh stations would be the least of my concerns - it's the risk of the guy you're doing it for deciding to sue you, for damaging something of his, or the other drivers who do incredibly stupid things that cause accidents, that I'd worry about! I guess you see the glass as half full, & I see...

I'd say the most important question isn't how long would it take to make 3 grand, but how fast could you lose 10 times that much, if things went south, real fast, like they do sometimes - especially when you take a chance...

I have "You're the reason our kids are ugly" on my Goofy Songs CD - it makes me laugh. It's a duet, sung in alternating male/female parts, harmonizing on the chorus. You're the reason I'm riding around on recapped tires You're the reason I'm hangin the clothes outside on wires (chorus)...

Out of necessity, I too, am looking for a tree most days - and in many places, it's like dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean! There are trees everywhere I look, but not one that I can park under! Do they do it on purpose, planting only itty bitty trees, if any, in the parking lots? Or...

Leo, not too long ago, you said I need glasses - maybe you were right about that, but I'm not entirely blind - where's the link? :D

Yep - it's those little things that mean so much, lol. I remember a favorite delivery, because it was one I thought I wouldn't enjoy: taking a trailer to General Mills, in Buffalo, in January. When I arrived, the whole area smelled of Cheerios, and it sure cheered me up! :)

Well, if you normally use a dumpster, (no pun intended, lol), a 55 gallon drum would be a small can. :P ;)

The people who leave when they don't like it, as ATeam advises, may or may not find a place elsewhere that they like more, but it's the people who stay, and try to change things, that make it better for all of us.

In a heartbeat! :7