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  1. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    you were too slow.....:rolleyes:
  2. OntarioVanMan

    van line haul distance

    Sometimes life gets in the way and a person has to do what they do and make choices that they have to live with....fortunately no one got killed or injured.....
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Per Diem

    I wouldn't split hairs either Moot...I'd just take the lower rate and live with it....I can't see the IRS saying hey you didn't claim enough...:eek: SOME people...and i won't mention names....have a much HIGHER income and probably need all the deductions they can get....:rolleyes:
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Knoxville?

    there are times one could die in E. Tn.... I find it is very auto related territory....Morristown, Greenville...when the auto industry slumps so goes Knoxville more times then not... hot and cold
  5. OntarioVanMan

    van line haul distance

    Greg pretty well nailed it here..... I call it the "flex rule" as it seems pretty flexible;) I've been asked by some newer drivers why does dispatch when busy run me with back to back to back loads in pretty quick succession with little break:confused: ....because dispatch knows me, trusts me...
  6. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    Eddie didn't BUT I did..met your mom, your dad was snoozin...:D
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Your/Our Freedoms are dwindling...

    Those type of laws are HERE already.....In Iowa you can't smoke outside your car/truck in a rest area....the signs say you must be in an enclosed vehicle....."enclosed" would mean windows up....
  8. OntarioVanMan

    relearning again,amen

    That is cause you guys run them long loads....we on the other hand are babysat...and told we would get too tired..:rolleyes:..it is a real pain....:eek:
  9. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    I think the SD plates might help me..*L* they may think I am a good ole boy ya know guns and all...last thing I'd want up here is DC or Maryland plates! *LOL*
  10. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    Winter windshield washer fluid?
  11. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    At the top of Gem Mountain NC!! Spruce Pine NC a half hour ride up a road I wouldn't bring a mule up let alone a jackazz like me!! BUT there IS a Wally World up here! Don't ever come up sr226 to here in a straight job....very narrow road. low trees...very close quarters
  12. OntarioVanMan

    1909

    Oh...you mean RESPECT for your fellow citizen?
  13. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    Thats why SD is so cold....caught between a trough of hot air in the east and the hot air in the left coast!!....the cold comes right down the middle...no wonder we have climate change....never in history has NA had so much hot air produced at one time!:D
  14. OntarioVanMan

    relearning again,amen

    Exactly...some break their butts to get their only to find they do it again and again....all the while the mileage on the truck starts to catch up with wear and tear...then what? for the number crunchers..if my truck, outlasts your truck, by 2 years which are identical...who is making the money?
  15. OntarioVanMan

    SD Resident-only pheasant season at hand

    Noooo smarty pants...*L* it is more like 61 but hurry and beat the rush...;)
  16. OntarioVanMan

    October location...

    Weird taint it? The cold air is from Canada but all the HOT air seems located in the USA!...:D:rolleyes:
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Is your company really smart? Are you?

    We are on the same wave length here Hawk... With my ear to the ground I am aware rates ever so small are creeping upward a bit....and I am hoping to get our rate in some categories reinstated....carriers are again hiring dispatch staff and ringing up record load levels...Time to give some back...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight

    Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight - Yahoo! News
  19. OntarioVanMan

    relearning again,amen

    You are sooo right... I watch some guys hustle and speed to get their load off so they can get the next load quicker and get that extra load.... To what end....after running fast they need the extra load just to pay for the fuel they used in the previous runs to make up for it.... doesn't make...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Penny in the pond?

    So DaveKC'a favourite saying..and thats just my penny in the pond equates to what? People snicker because I can be such a tight wad aka cheap...ever think what that penny means to a carrier? I can suggest things that will save you a penny and you laugh but when your carrier shorts you a...
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