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Backyard BBQ, Kokomo, IN, next to the Walmart. Petro, Racine/Sturtevant, WI. On Friday nights, they used to (hopefully still do) have king crab legs on the buffet. Not the little snow crab legs, but the big kings. They explode out of the shell all over you. I've made a spectacle of myself...

El Matador on MLK Drive in Decatur, IL. Great Mexican, fantastic salsa. I recommend the #17.

There's only one thing worse than unschooling, and that's government school AKA the public fool system. Homeschooling and private school are both far superior.

Actually, the problem is that half the populace are tax feeders. As long as the have their snout in the trough, they're not going to vote for anyone or anything to derail the gravy train. Only taxpayers should be allowed to vote. But the Demon-crats know they'd lose every election that way...

If I listened to 1/100th of everything Garth Brooks ever did, I'd have a horrible collision, because I'd intentionally roll the van. The sound of screaming, tires screeching, glass shattering, and metal twisting would be far preferable to that cattarwauling. When I had XM, they'd play Glenn...

Be careful with that kind of talk (sad that that has to be said; remember when you could say things without fear that the gummint was listening or reading, putting people on lists?). There's a guy named Gregory Girard in Massachusetts who's in the clink because of what he said. He made...

I don't remember if it was paid off or not. This was early in the crisis in the housing market. The feeling was that, had he sold the camper, the money it brought could have made their mortgage payments or made up the difference between what they could pay and their total mortgage for long...

] Do you do that only if they are having trouble moving it, or do you offer all the time, regardless?

Must be related to the guy I ran into in Chicago. I just got off the Eisenhower to turn south onto Cicero. While I was stopped at the light, he told me he had a ticket for the El that he tried to use, but they told him it expired just minutes before. About that time, the light changed and I...

This is the most sensible reply yet, except for the advice about leaving the dog at the gate and such. But the part about how such misunderstandings happen makes sense. Guess I'm going to have to try to train her to be silent in a carrier when needed, which may be tough, considering she's an...

Nope. Had no beefs with any customer or dispatcher.

Think that's bad? Try the J&J's Catfish, Shrimp & Chicken place by the Pilot in Gary, IN. First, lube your truck with the food, though, so it won't be a total waste. And in the next couple hours, stock up on toilet paper.

I have some decals but if CVs start getting messed with, they're coming off. My van has some windows and it's not white, so it doesn't look entirely like an expediter van, and we don't have a satellite dome so maybe I can pass.

Heard a woman on the radio say her brother stopped by her office and was telling her that he was about to lose his house. The eviction was pending and he had to actually move out soon. She felt sorry for him. Then he said, "Well, I have to get going. The kids are waiting in the camper."...

I was busy the last couple weeks. But things seem to have died again. Is that the case for others? You think maybe the flooding has something to do with it?

In good times, you're probably right, Jesus said the poor would always be with us, partly because some people won't work, I'm sure. But I think of things seen during the Great Depression, like signs erected at the outskirts of many towns advising the jobless and homeless to keep moving because...

Knoxville, TN, at the Hook just west of town. Had a guy, a bit of a simpleton, ask if he could clean my glass for a few bucks. He said he was trying to get home to Pennsylvania for some emergency at home. I don't mind giving a few bucks to a guy who's willing to work for it, so I let him...

I heard a similar story from a driver who was traveling with two other drivers in the boonies, I think in Arkansas or Louisiana. A sedan followed them, and he called this guy on the CB and ordered him to pull over. The sedan didn't have any flashing lights or markings, and the driver debated...

Unfortunately, with regard to the pets part of it, the load sometimes goes to someone WITH a pet, because it's not known or passed on that the consignee has such a policy. That's the problem. And sometimes this problem crops up at the end of a 1000 mile load. If you had another job, they...

So what's the alternative? If you want to leave your dog at home (not an option for some of us) because 3 out of 1000 customers have a problem with it, great. But if the dog's on board already and the customer didn't specify no dogs, so you show up with him and get turned away, what then? You...