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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Re: Canadian Expediters

    It seems the threads come up in disorder.....I tried the thread options at the bottom and they always come up in the same order..this is the only forum this happens in....
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Solar heater

    so I have some time on my hands and read this article about things solar that ya can do cheap... I made me a solar box heater....still tinkering....found a small box about 4" deep and painted it flat black made some wings on 4 sides put 2 small holes in the top and bottom and tempararily...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Water Diversion from the Great Lakes

    A nation's growing thirst threatens a Great Lakes water war Not once in this article is there a mention of Canada!! Where do these people get off thinking it's thier water!! It's OUR water as in together. Do they think they can drain just one side of the lake? The Great Lakes should be...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    What Rice's non-apology doesn't cover

    Oct 25, 2007 04:30 AM Thomas Walkom The most painful element of Condoleezza Rice's admission that the U.S. made mistakes handling the Maher Arar case is how grudging her non-apology is. Rice, now U.S. President George W. Bush's secretary of state, acknowledged to a congressional committee...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Trucks and farms

    Greg said " Ark/OVM, The thing is, and being blunt, there is a big need to care about the corporate farms, they are the ones who actually are controlling the situation within the their industry and it affects the average small farmer more than you would think. The elected officials don't care...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    The Los Angeles Harbor Commission

    The Los Angeles Harbor Commission voted Dec. 20 to charge a fee on cargo containers moving through the port, part of a plan to reduce air pollution by replacing thousands of older trucks with cleaner-burning models. The Long Beach Harbor Commission OK'd a similar plan three days earlier. The...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Price Creep

    I was checking here: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/wohdp/diesel_detail_report_combined.asp Amazingly 52 weeks ago there was about a .30 diff from east to west coast...Today it's narrowed to a mere Approx. .08 cents.
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Multiculturalism

    Greg said...Proving multiculturalism does not work Re: Austria and Hungary True...Look at whats happening in Canada. The original fabric of the country is being torn apart by trying to appease all the races and religions. And thats whats happening here too. Even here corps. afraid to say...
  9. OntarioVanMan

    interesting read.

    http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/9-11_solved118.html
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Lakota group secedes from U.S.

    By Bill Harlan, Journal staff Thursday, December 20, 2007 Political activist Russell Means, a founder of the American Indian Movement, says he and other members of Lakota tribes have renounced treaties and are withdrawing from the United States. "We are now a free country and independent of...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Safety Equipment

    Ok, all you so called professional expediters! Question: How many wear their safety vest and steel toed boots walking onto a ship/receivers dock? Do you wear them or carry them in case your told? You should not have to be told it's LAW in most states! Earplugs...have those as well? Do you...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Whats his chances?

    I meet this sprinter driver the other day and we did the usual How's it going staying busy routine. He had a 03 Sprinter 30,000 miles and paid 26.000 for it! Only his second week out NO previous history of driving or expediting. The question he posed was: How do you make money at this? My mind...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Are U.S Military Commander's Incompetent?

    Read to-day the Brits turned over thier last province of responsibilites back to the Iraqis' So what gives with our leaders? Not one province yet turned over? Do the Pentagon war chiefs want this to go on to make themselves look important or job security. I will state that this is in no way a...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Hunting Season??

    Leo should love this one!! In the local paper here in South Dakota they were discussing the mountain lion population and this is a cut from a response from one reader. mmmm, how many mountain lions have killed any humans lately???? not any i have heard of. yet how many drug dealers, pedafiles...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    South Dakota News

    Gotta get home for this event! The Harding County coyote calling contest will be this weekend. Registration is Friday, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at the No. 3 Saloon in Buffalo. There will be a calcutta following the registration. Coyote hunting should really be good this year – they’re thicker...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    Re: Failures

    Cmdr. Scott Waddle, USN(Ret.) gave a very inspirational speech on integrity in the South Dakota Legislature Waddle was the commanding officer of the USS Greeneville, the Navy submarine that collided with a Japanese fishing vessel during an emergency surface maneuver that resulted in the...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Dry Eyes

    Now Mike has covered the dry skin issue....what do we the good membership do about dry eyes, especially now in the winter with the hot air blowing round....we are using visine and or murine and boy does it feel alot better.
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Does the U.S need a National Energy Plan

    That includes: If the Feds had a National Energy Plan that would ensure enough gas and deisel for domestic demand and then export what is left over..but oh no they export first and we get whats left!! Back in the 70's when Trudeau was PM of Canada he instituted the National Energy Act ...wasn't...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    A new world currency?

    The euro surged to a record high against the U.S. dollar yesterday, touching $1.4731, a 65 per cent gain since the end of 2001. Analysts say the euro has become the main threat to the U.S. dollar's dominance; while political leaders worry its rising value is hurting European exports. The euro...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Loonie's rise signals end of American era

    The story of the soaring Canadian dollar is no longer just about shopping in Buffalo or the troubles faced by domestic exporters. It is no longer just about Canada at all. Rather, the story of the soaring Canadian dollar is now about something far more dramatic and dangerous. It is about the...
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