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Thank you for sharing that info. I hope to see you at the show!

I put a slide show of our visit up on my web site. No house interior shots are included as photos are prohibited inside the house. After a day away from the Biltmore House, Diane and I are already ready to go back. Wingnut did it right, taking in the attraction and then taking it in again and...

Linda is right. The show really is that good. However, if you have to borrow money to get to the show, it would be wise to seriously consider whether expediting is the right opportunity for you before going into debt to attend an industry trade show. Expediters here in the open forum...

Diane and I met relatives who live in the area and visited the Biltmore House in Ashville, NC yesterday. Admission is $45 each and well worth the price. The staff is guest friendly and parking for straight trucks and tractors is readily available. Stop first at the welcome center to get your...

These reports, and one received privately so far, are great. I'll share them with people at the Expo. If there are more out there, I'm all ears.

If you buy van and then change your name, you can own the van and drive someone else's too. :p

The statement made by Crystal Call had to be a difficult one for her to make. She is the daughter of company founder Jay Call. Her name was given to the Crystal Inns that you sometimes see near Flying J properties. No word, it seems, about how the merged properties will be branded or managed...

It will be nice to get a close-up look at one.

This book was written several years ago. Written by an unapologetic fan of Jay Call and the Call family, and with a pro-Flying J bias, it explains the early history of Flying J, including info about Comdata. Used copies can be purchased at Amazon for under a dollar plus shipping. For the price...

I did NOT need to visualize that before breakfast. Uff da!

Truck Wash Crew Works for Peanuts See this

As we have seen from many forecasters, the date of the recovery keeps getting pushed out further and further. A year ago, many forecasters were saying the recovery would have started by now. Thank you for sharing, dabluzman. Another recovery forcast is no big thing but one that comes from the...

When she says you can stick the gift where the sun don't shine, you can say, "Exactly!"

I have read it is a two course vaccination. Each person gets two shots.

Business opportunities are everywhere if your eyes are open to see them. When I saw this sign in Oregon on Thursday, I got to thinking about out-of-work expediters that could configure their trucks into mobile units to offer this service. I have not completed the research but it appears that no...

A massive government-funded vaccination campaign has been announced (info here). This is likely to put reefer trucks in high demand and may give the California Air Resources Board a reason to further delay the effective date of the emmissions rules that would push some reefers off the road...

We will know in a few hours. The meeting is three hours long. It could just as easily be a training session or something having to do with operating company moves or plans that will not affect contractors. It does not take three hours to announce cataclysmic news.

When making our D-unit (22' box)/C-unit (14' box) decision, we went with the smaller box (ending up at 16') because at the time we knew there would be plenty of reefer freight for the short box and we wanted to use the extra space on our 40-foot truck for a larger sleeper. If you do not have a...

We are expecting 5,000 people at this years Expedite Expo, including many EO Open Forum members. I will be doing a workshop there entitled "Business Concepts for Expediters." For part of the time, I plan to go off topic and share with attendees what expediters are saying about the business. So...

Like many expediters, I am often asked, "Is this a good time to get into expediting?" Every time I get to thinking the safe answer is no, I run into or hear from a or team who recently got into the business, say they are making money and seem to be happy -- if not outright thrilled -- with their...