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MPG, you´re scenario is largely theoretical throughout your rant. You seem to be pushing the panic button, and trying to draw parallels between the industry you are in, and expediting. There are some, of course, but not many. The only real parallel is that both indusrties are constantly faced...

MPG...What ARE you drinking???!! I want to buy a case. Here´s a couple reasons for you. You would need to work 600 hours a week just to get started with all the things you´ll be doing, plus a bank of manned phones to field all the inquiries, not to mention fielding the loads you have to bid on...

You´ve just outlined the basic principles of "free market economics" aka "CAPITALISM". It will continue, but you paint a negative picture, and neglect to explore the opportunities that will be available in the future.( there will be opportunity). Remember 10 years ago, there was no "expediting"...

We learn something every day!!! This next little entry you have probably repeated some of these things many times. A little History lesson... Did you know? In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George...

My generation just might have been lucky. I had a drug problem when I was younger, but I turned out all right. Take a look and see if this rings a bell I was drug to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for wedding and funerals. I was drug to family reunions no matter the weather...

Why do you drive the unit size you drive? I see alot of owner operators making changes in thier equipment these days. Most, that I have run into are downsizing to B or C units. Some are going larger. All my years in expediting, I´ve only ran a D unit, but am considering going to an E. The...

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance."Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official round these...

OLD VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or...

You may know they've released John Hinckley from the mental facility for unsupervised visits to his parents home on weekends. For those of you who may be too young to remember .....John Hinckley shot President Ronald Reagan to impress the actress Jodie Foster. This is such a nice letter...

1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic! Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto! The blockage will be almost instantly removed. 2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away. 3...

Read to the end.... One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He...

1. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants. 2. Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative. 3. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it. So I said "Implants?" She hit me. 4. How come we choose from just two people to run...

Terryandrene...Everyone should see that one...very moving.

Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it? Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV/Radio? Didn't think so. Everyone should hear what the judge had to say. Ruling by...

GOOD A Richardson, TX policeman had a perfect spot to watch for speeders, but wasn't getting many. Then he discovered the problem- a 12-year-old boy was standing up the road with a hand painted sign, which read "RADAR TRAP AHEAD". The officer then found a young accomplice down the road with a...

HOW THE D-DAY INVASION WOULD BE REPORTED BY TODAY'S LIBERAL PRESS: June 6, 1944: NORMANDY- Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America's invasion of continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and children. Most of...

I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it. I had amnesia once -- maybe twice. I went to San Francisco. I found someone's heart. Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic. All I ask is a chance to prove money can't make me happy. I'd give...

We in the United States have all heard the haunting song, "Taps." It's the song that gives us that lump in our throats and usually Tears in our eyes. But, do you know the story behind the song? If not, I think you will be interested to find out about its humble beginnings. Reportedly...

Many years ago there was a movie and a song by the title name of this topic. Though this may not be of the same vinatage, I hope it entertains you. 1. Good: Your wife is pregnant. Bad: It's triplets. Ugly: You had a vasectomy five years ago. 2. Good...

I don´t know who thinks these things up, but they are something to look at. I´d like to have a huge print of this one on my wall at home.Take a look. http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~moraes/illusion.html