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Jack and Gracie, Diane and I are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers. Knowing almost nothing about it before, I did some reading today about ALS to learn more about this disease. Diane once worked as an RN and is more familiar. Having met you once on the road, (at the Expo, right?) and...

I do not own any such socks but with Christmas coming I have let Diane know that a black pair is high on my wish list. It has nothing to do with FedEx. I just think it would be great fun to put on a new pair of socks knowing I am having the exact same experience the pope has when he puts on his...

I like that.

We checked our account today. So far, so good. Thanks for the heads up.

The more you care about a company and identify with it, the bigger the deal it is when you leave.

Diane and I also have had TWIC cards for some time and find them to be mostly worthless. Checking the numbers, we find our cards to be OK. But that matters little since no shipper or consignee we have dealt with at FedEx Custom Critical or Landstar has required a TWIC card and very, very few...

Thank you, Guido. Humor was the intent. Hatred? I'm disappointed at the mention of it. Though, I do understand that if someone wants to believe that someone else hates a company, congnitive bias will lead one to find evidence to support that opinion, even if the evidence is not there and the...

FedEx Custom Critical contractors are known for the pride with which they wear the company uniform and the religious fervor they feel for the brand. Here's the ideal gift for them ... purple pope socks! "From their little shop in Rome, the Gammarelli family has been outfitting popes, as well...

That is a great article! Very informative. Thank you for sharing it. Diane and I have seen a predictable decline in fuel economy when the temperature drops. We took up saying the truck does not like the cold. We now understand the phenomenon better and will now say the truck does not like the...

Full story here. It's hard to say what impact if any this will have on those of us who cross the border from time to time. The Canadian Trucking Alliance seems to be enthused about it.

Additionally, if we want to take an extended vacation, we can do so without fear that the customers we serve will wander off to another carrier or own-authority truck. The agency network that we serve and that serves us does a good job of keeping the customers close and developing new ones...

One of the things we did not miss when we changed carriers was the way our previous carrier used the Qualcomm device. We now receive fewer beeps (or the voice announcement "A new message has arrived") in an entire month than we would receive in one long run with FedEx Custom Critical. After...

This complaint has been voiced countless times over the years, through channels, here in the Open Forum, in orientation classes, face to face to the higher-ups, and more. They hear what you are saying but don't care.

Wow! That's a run for the books. We picked up near Albuquerque Thursday afternoon and dealt with heavy winds and dust until we got east, up out of the valley. Then it was just fuel-sucking headwinds until midnight. Friends of ours were in the area but avoided the weather by dropping south and...

I agree. Green leaves and grass is the prettiest winter sight I know.

It's on. From news reports Thursday mid-morning: CA: Cajon Pass, at least 6 semis blown over before dawn. UT: I-15, 11 semis blown over, six in Davis County. High profile vehicles ordered off the freeway until 6 p.m. Thursday. NM: Wind warnings issued for later this afternoon. NV: High wind...

Diane and I have been expediters for over eight years. We drove fleet owner trucks for the first three and owned one truck in the subsequent five years. We intend to run this paid-for truck for five more years at least.

Mechanical abilities vary widely among truck drivers but the more you have, the better off you are. If you are on the low end of the mechanical ability range, a great place to begin your mechanical skills growth is in the area of truck lighting. The ability to quickly replace a defective lamp...

A variation on the theme has already been written. See: CSA Made Easy; You are a Sitting Duck

You are the Zen Master BCO from whom I learned about this rule.