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  1. ATeam

    E-Book reader, anyone?

    The leather cover we bought with the Kindle absolutely gives it the feel of a book in your hands. It is hinged on the side and opens just like a book. It looks like a journal or calendar. The Kindle is held securely in place by clips mounted on the spine of the cover. The clips hook into holes...
  2. ATeam

    E-Book reader, anyone?

    The Amazon.com Kindle Store has a section, Free eBook Collections. It lists places where free books can be found. Not all of them will be in the Kindle format so a couple extra steps may be needed to move the text files into your Kindle. Amazon offers thousands of eBooks for free. Open Library...
  3. ATeam

    E-Book reader, anyone?

    You see well. For the same reason we have his and her laptops in the truck, we will have two Kindles. The leather cover Amazon sells is very nice and I am pleased to see they come in black and red. That will make it easy for us to tell our Kindles apart. I don't see Kindle replacing all the...
  4. ATeam

    E-Book reader, anyone?

    Diane and I bought a Kindle today and I love it already. What a wonderful device! From my blog: I learned today the features and benefits of the Kindle, Nook and Sony e-readers. Learned by comparing them. I also learned much about the Kindle. Learned by exploring it after buying one... ...It...
  5. ATeam

    making any cash in these little trucks?

    People are naturally interested in the trucks. After all, you will spend most of your time driving, living in and sleeping in it. Just be sure to evaluate the revenue opportunities at least as much as you evaluate your truck opportunities. Very few solo expeditetrs drive big-sleeper straight...
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    making any cash in these little trucks?

    Yes, the money is good for us (husband-wife team, White Glove reefer truck). We have been running at pre-recession levels for the last few months. By mid-October this year, we made more money than we made all of last year. Looking now to finish off a healthy 2010 before going home for Christmas.
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    Our Truck at Wall Drug; Wall, South Dakota

    Yes, we have stood on the corner. No pictures though. Maybe next time. We did not have to go out of route. Just took the business loop through town. Winslow, AZ, Times Square, The Everglades, Wall Drug, Four Corners, Golden Gate Bridge and a host of other places. Gotta love this job!
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    Our Truck at Wall Drug; Wall, South Dakota

    It was cool to see the town of Wall had designated parking for trucks that enables drivers to park their rigs and do the town (such as it is).
  9. ATeam

    best load straps

    Good to know, Leo. Thanks for the info. Ratchet straps like these with the shorter fixed ends are great to have from time to time.
  10. ATeam

    So how did YOU become an Expeditor?

    A retired trucker we knew could not stand being home after two years and bought a tractor to get back on the road. I had something for sale that he came by to purchase. Proud of his new truck, he drove it to our house and took Diane and I for our first-ever ride in a tractor. That got us to...
  11. ATeam

    Verifing Income

    Having not applied for a loan of any kind in recent years, I am not familiar with the new regulations you mention. It would seem that credit standards have tightened. Had they been tighter in the age of no doc loans (liars loans), the financial crisis and subsequent recession may not have been...
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    Verifing Income

    If your business is operating at a loss, it is a fact that you must recognize. That's what the bankers are doing. You should too. The fact that you have income does not mean you have profits.
  13. ATeam

    How about a shotgun?

    I find that gold jewelry purchased for Diane is quite useful in communicating my appreciation and improving her disposition.
  14. ATeam

    How about a shotgun?

    While gold is used in jewlery and as an investment, it also has properties that make it useful in a number of medical, industrial and electronic applications. There is a large demand worldwide for gold so used.
  15. ATeam

    MULTIPLE Streams of INCOME

    I have been trading since October, 2008, and have learned that successful traders make more money by trading than they do by talking. The little I have to say about trading can be read here.
  16. ATeam

    West Coast Runs

    Western states runs might better describe what you are talking about instead of West Coast runs; that is if you consider West Coast states to touch the ocean. We were surprised last month to sit for a week in California without freight but that does not dissuade us from servicing that market...
  17. ATeam

    Wind Blows in Our Favor

    How Did You Fare in the Historic Winds? Meteorologists are calling it "record breaking mid-latitude cyclone," "massive windstorm," "historic band of storms" and other such names. Whatever the name, Diane and I were happy to find ourselves on the right side of it. We drove yesterday and today...
  18. ATeam

    How about a shotgun?

    Guns are one of the topics that are guaranteed to produce a large number of spirited replies in this Open Forum. Another is pee. Ask truckers about guns or pee and they will go on and on.
  19. ATeam

    Interesting Arguements Against EOBRs

    Interesting Arguments Against EOBRs This from Land Line "October 22, 2010 – The looming electronic on-board recorder mandate facing the trucking industry falls short on many fronts according to the petitioners brief filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in its legal...
  20. ATeam

    Interesting Arguements Against EOBRs

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