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Like Dave said, it was to make a point. I can be just as pedantic as anyone at times, but in this case, 'who said what, and when did they say it' isn't the point. In any case, April 2006 was when I registered for the forums, but it's not necessarily when I first started reading the site. I was...

For the most part, what you described. Staying out of the Midwest, working instead the outer areas. "Or are you talking about deadheading from Columbus all the way over to Boston because you know there are never any vans up on the east coast and your chances of getting a long load will be...

Geez, an Espar heater costs $1500, or for the big one, $2000, installed, and uses about a gallon of fuel every 12-15 hours. It pays for itself the first year, and after that instead of putting all that money into idling, it goes into your pocket. In any case, it can get cold in the OC at...

The average expedited load, team or solo, is about 300 miles. That's it. And since there are far fewer really long runs in the first place, that should tell you that there are a snotload of short runs. That being said, if you keep getting offered short runs, mini's in particular, then you're in...

Tripp-Lite or Cobra are decent for modified sine wave inverters. Any others you see at truck stops and CB shops are junk. For pure sine wave inverters, Xantrex, Go Power!, Omnion, Exeltech and Aims are the better ones. Xantrex is the cream of the cop for mobile inverters, by far the most popular...

LOL Yeah, I know. True deep cycle batteries won't have cranking amps stamped on the case, unless they are Concords marketed directly to the marine industry. It's confusing that marine deep cycle batteries are labeled as such, since they're not deep cycle at all, but merely deeper cycle and...

How many Cold Cranking Amps does your laptop use?

The folks who are making their mortgage payments on time aren't getting their houses repoed. The ones who aren't making their payments, are. What's the problem? Blue collar, million dollar, that's got nothing to do with it. It's the folks who bit off more than they can chew who, and who won't...

Couple of amps, maybe three. Maybe 5. Depends. It'll tell you right there on the brick transformer on the power cord for the laptop, tho. And usually in the specs for the laptop.

You mean the common folks who took out mortgages larger than they could afford, those who went and bought houses that cost more than they could afford, those who did so with little or no down payment, those who stopped paying their mortgage because they got mad that their property values burst...

Uh, oh! A thread that has quickly gone off topic. And one of Phil's, no less. You guys are in truuuubble now.

Well, yeah, of course I'm talking about Panther. That's who both I and Twizted1 run for. Other, smaller carriers, have fewer loads and fewer trucks to deal with, so they can play favorites a little bit more with respect to even being able to pick and choose who gets team versus solo runs, mainly...

See, that's what happens. You get married to a man, like all men, who really and truly does already know all the answers. But, you just can't have any of that. You work on him, wear him down, beat him down, work tirelessly to ensure that the last decision that he made on his own was, "I do,"...

Mine's name is Linda. When ya go to select a Voice and Language, says so, right there. Linda. I didn't feel comfortable changing her name without her permission. I do call her a few other names now and again, tho. She seems to be OK with it. Although, I did call her a goober yesterday. Not too...

There ya go. :) Who's the buffoon? Those who listened, and then speculated, rather than gather information.

That sour taste is from chewing on the unrealistic financial expectations of team expediting in general, and of team van expediting in particular, and then having to swallow the fact that you won't get special treatment because you are a team. Sorry. They can't manufacture "team" loads just for...

"It's enough to make one's stomach knot up and head spin." Well, duh. It's obvious that any scintilla of negative financial news has the ability to shake you up real good. I've never seen anyone get so worked up over and worry so much about stuff they have no control over. You've been talking...

They screw up my settlement, for example, I call in, they say they'll call me back, I expect a call back. Anything less in unprofessional, rude and inconsiderate.

That's why I like working the fringes. Less opportunity for them to skip me over because I'm making too much money. :) More risk out here on the fringes, though, as you can sit a little longer, but in the long run ya get longer runs so it works out in the long run over the long run. Oh, hey...

Panther is AWESOME sarcasm, noun A form of irony in which apparent praise conceals another, scornful meaning. Let us not forget the common misconception of new-ish van teams that teams in vans will get special consideration because they are a team in a van. They won't. If they're 3rd on the...