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I was delivering to Livonia, MI on Friday afternoon (1-9-14). Found it exactly as Moot described. Crossed into Michigan northbound from Ohio and almost immediately the left high-speed land was covered with snow and ice. MDOT couldn't even display signage warning they couldn't remove the...

Saw this article in The New York Post. The Green Room | Together, we will create a more sustainable world to help people live better. It's about the "new" truck design debuted at the Fall 2012 Transportation Sustainability Conference. I may be missing something here, but the newly...

I made two of these "deliveries" in early 2001. At the time it sounded interesting, fun and a great way to see the world while being paid. Trip #1: Deadhed to Cincinnati, Oh for a secured briefcase, to be delivered to a law firm in London, England. Had a six hour layover at Logan Airfield in...

Since when has any labor force needed or even cared about "public understanding" ???? When did the Teamsters get public understanding when they shut down UPS in 1997 ??? If anything, most strikes inconvenience and sometime disrupt the public's everyday way of life. Don't hold your...

Why Imagine ? That world has existed for many generations. Every large American city has one. It is called the "GHETTO".

I got my IPhone 5 last Friday (9-21-12). Pre-ordered thru Verizon National Sales on 9-14-12. I had a 4S with AT&T but was not getting all the offers from dispatch. Once or twice a week my voicemail alert would sound off and it was usually dispatch with an offer. Missed at least 6-10 good...

Buffalo, NY to Painesville, OH = 150 miles ? You don't belong in this business. (After 7 years in this business) Go on welfare. We will give you free money. Quit whining.

So much of these "reality" shows are staged by the producers. For instance, the water problem on the past show might have been avoided using an alternative route. BUT . . . if the producers usually can compensate these entertaining drivers to make a problem suddenly appear then it's a win...

I bought the Iphone 3g when it first came out, would have kept it forever except for the then ongoing AT+T dropped calls problem. Switched over to Sprint and purchased an HTC Evo 4g exactly one year ago. It has been replaced by Sprint 2x and the latest replacement is no better than the...

I had delivered a Seimen's x-ray tube for the MRI at the University of Maryland Hospital in downtown Baltimore around 2 a.m. After the drop, I drove to Breezewood, Pa. and took a nap just before the Breezewood interchange. I then got on the PA turnpike and headed west, wondering if I was...

As the resident UPS-Emeritus Expert, I can tell you two (2) things for certain: 1: Greg who is the Emeritus Know-It-All could not be more wrong. 2: I have spoken to UPS Personnel who have been "asked" to mail requests to their Congressmen and Senators pleading for relief from the non-union...

MS55NY: You are right. Viewing the porn on the laptop was just another way the media captures our attention. The driver might just have easily been on EBay or Craig's list shopping. Could have happened to 4-wheeler as well. That section of the NY Thruway is always an adventure. It is...

Trucker, out of hours, viewing porn, murders an innocent mother on the NY Thruway near Buffalo. Link below: WKYC.com | Cleveland, OH | Trucker viewed porn before fatal New York crash

My original idea never involved a credit card. I'm talking personal checks, money orders, cash, etc. I think shoe-horning EOL into OOIDA is a horrible idea. If you think OOIDA is an organization you want to join, then do it. You get what you pay for. Tom

If you're unfamiliar with spreadsheets then Quicken is the way to go. The home version can be downloaded from Amazon for around $29 and will tract whatever expense you want it to. Very easy and accurate. Microsoft offered a similiar program MS Money, but I think that product is being...

It seems to me that a possible solution to the most recent problem of unwanted prank(s) or even worse, attacks on the members, would be for EOL to charge a yearly membership fee of $xx.00. I'm thinking maybe $25 and EOL would generate the password. I think this would discourage someone to...

My 2 cents worth. If you need an advance just to deliver the next job, (15%) go ahead and do it. You are going to go broke, anyway, so do it now, get it over with. Can we talk about successfull expediters for a change ??

Don't Buy A Mac Don't Buy A Mac IMO - They are at least 2x more costly, the software . . . you'll will wait for months, even years, before it's available. Before I took an early retirement (1997) I was a superintendant of a large Legal Printing Shop. Mgts'. "consultants"...

I installed the Home Premium version over the existing Vista program on my desktop yesterday. (10-25-09). Am running a fast machine (dual core, 4 gigs ram, etc., etc., ) and the installation, though very easy, took almost 2 hours. Guess it depends on the processor(s) and probably more...

I always carry a 2-shot .38 derringer (O/U) in my rite front pants pocket when I am away from the vehicle, and also have a Taurus 9mm in the vehicle. During our CCW class, a local police chief from the Cleve area stressed that while most depts. our now frowning on the 9mm for police work, for...