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The retroactivity bothers me too. If you drive through an uncontrolled intersection on Monday, they erect a stop sign on Wednesday, and give you a ticket on Friday for the violation you are said to have committed on Monday, is that fair? If they changed the rules of NFL football and then went...

I got ticketed two years ago for an inoperative marker light, top-left-rear, and was not put out of service (those four points are the only CSA points I have on my record in the last three years). I know that because Terry O'Connell looked up Diane's and my record for us at our request. (Diane...

You should talk to Lawrence. I think he'd like to have you as a writer for Expedite NOW.

I have not noticed but am interested to hear what you base your observation on. There have always been some expediters that are as you describe but as a group they seem to be savvy, sociable, etc. What changes have you noticed exactly?

It's surprising to learn how many expediters are out here who have never heard of EO.

Diane and I once changed fleet owners and found ourselves in a truck that was nearly new but got only 6 mpg. We found a new fleet owner and were out of that truck in short order. I don't care how sweet the details of a contract may be. If a driver is paying for fuel and getting poor mpg, the...

An owner who has a driver in a non-lift gate truck may not agree that these reasons justify the expense but as owner-operators, Diane enjoy our lift gate for: - Picnic table as already mentioned - Great place to put lawn chairs when laid over in a camp ground - Great platform on which to set...

Three for me. ;)

There are thousands of Onan Quiet Diesel generators in use on RVs. Do a Google search on "Onan Quiet Diesel Overheating" and other such phrases to find dozens of posts by RV people who have similar issues. It might help you think of something you have missed so far.

That is 100% correct. More than once, you have defended my right to participate in the Open Forum or say what I want to say, and have done so in the face of intense criticism that you could have easily avoid had you taken a less courageous stance. I remember those deeds, appreciate them, and...

Dreamer would be the one to confirm this but I don't believe FedEx had anything to do with locking the thread in question. FedEx has plenty of other ways to silence me if they chose to do so (all of which, except one, would have the reverse effect and only turn up the volume.) Note that the...

Food I understand. What about drink?

Former Federal Reserve Bank charman Allan Greenspan would answer yes to this question. He wore the same suit every day, having a dozen identical ones in his closet. I think the last time same-shirts were tried on a national scale was in China's Chairman Mao days. In today's U.S., it would be a...

You are half way there with your diagnosis. If the unit worked well for three years with the cover on and now does not, you can eliminate the cover as the cause and rule out the need to modify the cover. The cover did not change. Something else did. Coolant is the first thing that comes to...

I updated my value of O'Connell post to add two items. One was that O'Connell has gone to school to learn how to inspect trucks. It was an early criticism that a van driver was not qualified to inspect trucks. He does not do DOT inspections on big trucks but if he had to, he now could.

We are capable but not willing.

OK. I have pretty much vented about our O'Connell encounter. In the interests of fairness I am compelled to detail the good he did for us as well. First of all, he was cordial and professional. If he holds any animosity against us for past deeds unrelated to his present position, it did not...

I don't find it ironic but sad and disturbing. Not because the company seeks to protect its image but by how it now goes about it. We don't have a dog in our truck. Never have. Our truck is just 4 years old, well under the company age limit beyond which company inspections (different than DOT...

You make an excellent point about many companies getting goofy, and one that I had not fully considered until you mentioned it. How many times have we had to sign a new piece of paper, give up our fingerprints, go through another background check and be subjected to more scrutiny in ways we did...

Perhaps there is no privacy issue in this particular case, but there is the distrust, proactive spy aspect and presumption of guilt that Diane and I find to be very unsettling. While we have nothing to fear from a truck inspection, inside or out, and while our near-zero CSA points make us a...