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Of course the Earth's climate is changing. It has been since day ONE. If not for global warming, my house would be sitting on a 10 mile thick chunk of ice. OVM your place out in South Dakota would be over run with dinosaurs and there would be no oil if not for climate change. Man doesn't...

Thursday and into Friday I-94 between Milwaukee and Madison was closed. I-94/90 both directions was closed at mm 69 at Mauston, WI. I-39 was closed near Portage, Wi. And I got caught in the U.S. 41 closure south of Oshkosh. This weekend I am mounting my roof racks, tossing the canoe on and...

Yeah that's really me in the hammock. That photo was taken last year or the year before somewhere in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. Probably after a hard day of paddling and portaging.

Yeah, July 11. The basic phone should cost $199.99 at either an Apple store or AT&T. Plans start at $70.00. The new iphone has 3G technology, plenty of memory, GPS and a corkscrew. I'm planning on buying one. At $70 a month it is cheaper for me than my phone plus aircard charges. So if you...

Z, how are you guys doing? You two sure seemed to have a lot of enthusiasm for this industry. Sorry it didn't work out for you. Thank you for pointing out the under capitalization factor. I think too many people enter this business short of funds or in debt. Do you plan on building up...

Lawrence, did you quit beating your iPhone?

I can't either! Cheri and I have traded books on cd and one of the books she gave me was "The Thunderbolt Kid"; by Bill Bryson. If you grew up in the 1950's it is a must read. Even if you weren't alive then, it is still hilarious. Another source of books on cd is my local library. I can...

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The new iPhone is due out tomorrow, June 9. I am waiting for more information from my future, geek son-in-law. It appears AT&T will be offering substantial rebates to entice new customers. Haven't heard yet what the going price will be.

The bikes look compact enough to fit in a van. Do they fold and unfold fairly easy? If you each had a matching fez, and filled the basket with candy, you could horn in on small town parades this summer. People would think you were Shriners. Have fun!

Thanks sd. Sorry but I was being sarcastic. I have been given a Mt. Erie layover several times after dropping in Decatur. Never excepted it though. The first time I couldn't find it listed in my Rand McNally index or the index of the official Illinois State Map. I did talk to a driver from...

Awhile? Years? Welcome back OB 2. Did you take a break from expediting, E.O. or both?

Yeah, or had the janitor set up the computerized board system. Wait a second....nah, couldn't be.

Jeez, first Ed McMahon and now Hillary. I'm closing my checkbook!

Did they do away with the Mount Erie, Ill. board? If so, what a shame! Mt. Erie was a hotbed for expedited freight. And the several 4-Star truck stops made it a pleasurable layover. I almost hated to get a load and leave.

Colonel, just because you're old, crusty and retired is no reason to stop posting here. Someone has to keep us in line! Here's one Packmule sent me: Retirement Activities... I've often been asked, "what do you do now that you're retired?" Well, I have a chemistry background, and one of...

David, what did GM do to make such a dramatic improvement in fuel economy for 2008? My experience with a 1998, 5.8L and a 2004, 6.0L have been low 16's for m.p.g. I idle very little. Occasionally in the winter to stay warm while waiting for freight at a shipper. Otherwise I have my heater...

It is a variation of the Midas Touch. Only whtat they touch doesn't exactly turn into Shinola.

I remember the 2001 recession well. I was getting paid $1.02/mile for my cargo van and the average price I paid for gasoline for the year was a $1.28. I don't know how I survived that one, but I'm still here and plugging away. Today I am selling plasma and doing the fake 'I ran out of gas...

I once delivered some brake fluid reservoirs, well the unfinished casting for the base to a place in Warren, MI. The finished product went into the Chevrolet pickup and that pickup was featured in a television commercial. So the part I hauled may have been in the truck that might have been...