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"there's an exemption to the rule of there's a pet in the truck. I'm sure they value animals more than people" Leo, I am sure that some time ago this was addressed by both California and NY and there is no real exemption, it is the officer's discretion to ticket you due to an animal in the...

OVM, Why in God's green earth would you use repatriation?

My question is why did he pay so much for a old sprinter? I find the trucks are way way over priced on the used market and with the way that some treat them, they are marginally fit for long usage. Here is my long answer to him; Be realistic - don't listen to advice from those who drive...

Ark, These are random thoughts on your post. I have been brought up to believe that God is not always fair and just, God can be cruel and mean and it is all of us who have to live according to his rules and reap the rewards or punishment in the after life. He didn’t prevent us from...

Thanks for the clarification. Isn't this a hobby? I mean we have people taking vacations all over the place.

Don't mind my odd questions. Did you sign a non-disclosure? Because you avoid naming the carrier for some reason. When you were given the average, didn't you ask for the miles? You know I could also make $10K average over 6 months but I could also drive 12000 miles doing that or $ .83 a...

x06col, You were a contractor?

I thought you got yours already?

Wingnut, Slim. It is called opportunity cost - you give up something to get something. In their case they can either give up the money to get home (drive or fly), which means that they will most likely lose the money they gained taking the load or they can enjoy a California Christmas. I...

Anne There is something wrong here. The criminal’s family should not be allowed to sue. If anything the victim’s family should be able to go after them. This is what I am talking about; in the bigger scheme of things we hit our pinnacle with civilization as a world in the 1930’s and...

Turtle, Am I wrong in assuming that what ever is needed to be done to make a buck is ethical by Mike's statement? I mean ok, let's cross that line and I will write letters to all the places that I made pickups and deliveries to in order to see if I can drum up business for my new carrier and...

I guess I find the entire mess somewhat overblown. One day I was at work in Ann Arbor and had an invite to go down the street to the EPA testing lab to see what they do there. They were working on particle filters in one area of the lab and the guy who was testing them didn't see the reason...

Well riverrat2000, you may not know about this but there are a report made by that great mind Brian Williams did on LED lights. The report really played up the light technology and all that but failed to report that the company that they were talking about and praising was GE. The company that...

It is sad when you think about it. The corporation thinks that it must reach out to the hipper crowd by again rebranding the established brand when their own market research told them that people recognizes the original and relate to it easier than the last two or three changes. The only...

Just an FYI, the latest energy bill has set a date to stop marketing the incandescent light bulb. I find this reasonable to a point, but the energy saved is kind of taken up in the production of the replacement bulb, the compact fluorescent bulb. There is another problem, I have yet been...

If I was he, I would have called the company up and told them to send you or they don't get the load. But I wasn't there.

Not to change the Moot subject but I was listening to some off the wall NPR interview about truckers. In the 7 minute report, the reporter talked about one trucker who has a complete sign business in his truck. This guy hauls for one of the moving companies with what the reporter describe as an...

Hey, Mike.... what are you talking about?

Which family, the victims or the criminals? I strongly feel that the criminals family should be allowed to attend, there are no last visits 5 days prior and his body should regardless be cremated and dumped in some pit behind the prison. I also think that many victims families would pull the...

No not really, I am not Polish (I think that was Polish, correct me if I am wrong) but when I see friends from Poland in the spring I will remember to (try) say it to them. Every one of them comes from my family except I can't find the Calabrese version and don't remember how to write it, been...