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You have written about this before in the Open Forum and I know about the damage your truck sustained. Having never been trained as a firefighter, I have never learned that lesson about assets. But in the U.S. Army Infantry, and as a financial planner, I learned to never become decisively...

We must also remember that there are people out there who can't swim and never will be able to learn, or if they could have once learned, it is now too late. What of them? Do we let a person in a wheel chair sink simply because he or she cannot swim? Do we let a prison inmate rot in jail...

The fact remains that we make more money hauling freight for the government than we pay in taxes, and we remain free to work when we please, for whom we please, and to say yes or no to any offered load. Call it dependent contractor if you wish. Our carrier and the IRS call it independent...

We are running freight in the Western states at the moment and don't know where we will be over the long weekend. There are very few reefer trucks out here and freight has been moving. The best we can hope for is a good run that keeps us busy over the 4th. If we are laid over someplace, I bet...

Diane and I were driving on a New Mexico back road yesterday and could not believe our eyes when we happened upon a group of oryx. What are 6,000 African oryx doing in New Mexico? Check it out.

I am not unsympathetic to your plight and do share some of your views about the federal government. However, the more you look to blame the government for your ills, the less power you retain to solve your problems. Every expediter operates under the same federal government you do but not all of...

Facts about carriers can be more easily determined, like when you call them and get the message that their phone number has been disconnected and their advertising stops where it used to appear before. While specifics about individual expediters are hard to come by in any meaningful fashion...

Come on, Moose! Are you getting soft? You've seen Minnesota mosquitoes bigger than that.

Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses The latest count is 27,000 cases with 127 deaths in the U.S. However, weekly case counts are not as significant as they once were. At least one state (Hawaii) has stopped reporting because it is already known that the flu is widespread and...

We are careful about giving out our phone number too. But if you want a Petro card, the phone number must be provided. You cannot register a card online without providing a phone number. When we tried to register by phone, the highly-trained call center professional explained that the number is...

The thought did occur. I wonder if they would mind if I supplied Petro's phone number instead of my own. That way they could make sales calls to themselves. Before we register Petro cards, we will check to see if you can still get showers off the fuel receipts. We use Petro so seldom anyway...

If you heard it from a driver that is more experienced than you, it is not your place to question it. Don't you read EO? Be informed.

This may be old news to many of you. Diane and I just learned that Petro is going to a registered loyalty card system (Petro Passport Driver Rewards) in which cards are issued by name, similar to Flying J's system. Existing cards will no longer be valid after June 30 according to a person at...

The Garmin web site has a good support section. Check it out for a solution. Updating your software may help.

Looks one of those intense executive boot camp training events with an emphasis on team building and problem solving.

That's the rub. Changes to company computer programs are not flipped on and off like a switch. A change made here may cascade through the system in unintended ways and cause a negative effect someplace else. A good amount of thinking and testing precedes such changes. It is easy to come up...

If you compare the monthly results of one expediter or even one expedite carrier with the LTL world, a one-to-one correlation would not likely appear. However, if you compare the long term trends of expedited, LTL, truckload, rail and air freight, I believe you would find a correlation. It will...

According to their press release, the motivation was to "further enhance our expedited footprint." That's what's missing in our business! Diane! Honey! Quick! We need an enhanced expedited footprint. Let's head out first thing in the morning to Enhanced Expedited Footprints R Us. I'm checking...

While analyst opinions vary from analyst to analyst, you know that one is not a stoolie at a company by the analyst's name, employer or firm, and previous works. The web site linked above does not name the analyst but I have no doubt that he or she is not employed by one of the expedite...

Wall Street optimists are pointing to certain indicators as evidence that the recession will soon be over and recovery is at hand. Their spirits are bouyed by recent stock market increases. In a pig's eye! I caution expediters from buying into the same optimism and making decisions based not...