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The status of expediters as employees or independent contractors is a popular topic here in the Open Forum. While FedEx Ground is not FedEx Custom Critical, the ongoing debate and court challenges of a driver's status with FedEx Ground is of some interest to some if not all FDCC contractors...

To update this thread and keep the time line complete for readers who may refer to this thread in the future, here is the latest development: "MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 21, 2009 – FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., (NYSE: FDX), won a United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

To update this thread and keep the time line complete for readers who may refer to this thread in the future, here is the latest development: "MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 21, 2009 – FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., (NYSE: FDX), won a United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

To update this thread and keep the time line complete for readers who may refer to this thread in the future, here is the latest development: "MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 21, 2009 – FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., (NYSE: FDX), won a United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

To update this thread and keep the time line complete for readers who may refer to this thread in the future, here is the latest development: "MEMPHIS, Tenn. – April 21, 2009 – FedEx Ground, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., (NYSE: FDX), won a United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...

We were wondering who that was. Thanks for letting us know. I was in bed. Diane was driving. She waved but that does not matter much in the dark. We normally run with the CB off.

Thank you for the kind words. Please see: Expediters on Twitter.

I recently got active on Twitter and am finding it to be a wonderful resource. If you have not done so already, I invite readers to check it out. Some EO members now have Twitter profiles. Lawrence McCord is one. Check out his Twitter page photo in which he impersonates an expediter getting a...

(Phil sighs and wonders to himself, why do I even bother with such nonsense? Disregarding the inner voice that says "Don't do it!" he proceeds to continue a meaningless dialogue that benefits not a bit the new readers who come to this site to learn about expediting. Such evil pleasures that lurk...

There are some for whom participation in the EO Open Forum resembles an addiction. I am among them. From time to time, it is healthy to pull the needle out of the arm and live free of the Open Forum for a while. This is one of those times. I will not be reading or posting in the Open Forum until...

Yes. You missed something. Actually you added something ("sort of did"). There is no "sort of did." It either happened or did not, and in this case, it did not. Asking a question about where something is said is not the same as telling people how to interpret something. I don't recall what I...

Something came to mind overnight that should be added. In an earlier post, I referred to our truck specs. The Volvo D-12 engine is no longer available, unless you happen to find one in a used truck. That engine has been discontinued. The D-13 would be the next closest thing in a new Volvo truck.

In your reply #22, in this thread that you originally started, you placed additional subjects at hand. They include: (1) your false statement that I tell all readers how they should do things like me and Diane all the time, when it pertains to Expediting, and (2) your false statement that I am...

Sometimes I wonder if you even read my posts, let alone understand them as others seem able to do. What you say, broker, is not true. Namely, it is not true that, "you tell us all how we should do things like you and Diane all the time, when it pertains to Expediting." What is true is that I...

I'd rather not take it a step further and would prefer to stay on topic. The topic is getting your lease or loan agreement before purchasing a truck. Other threads can be started for the rest.

You can read a story, in the February, 2009, edition of Land Line, about someone who did not take the trouble to read and understand his lease before signing it, and the kind of companies that are out there ready to take full advantage of people like him. Legal documents are not easy to read...

Cool! I was not aware of that book until you mentioned it. Thank you. Please keep us posted on how it works for you. What did you use when you were with FedEx Home Delivery? This 2005 EO article is also informative.

Diane and I will agree with you. Every time someone with kids at home asks us about expediting, we tell them to stay out of the business until the kids are grown and gone. We believe that kids need their parents at home more than the parents need to be on the road.