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  1. ATeam

    Worried

    Diane and I plan to make it through the recession and freight slowdown. While we have marketable skills and other career options, we have no backup plans beyond expediting. That is because plans earlier made and actions earlier taken ensure that we will stay. We always knew freight could slow...
  2. ATeam

    Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, The Tooth Fairy...

    Once upon a time, when I was a young boy, it was Christmas Eve. My grandparent's house was decorated inside and out. Brightly wrapped presents spilled out from under the tree. Santa's upcoming visit meant even more would be there when my younger brother and I awoke in the morning. My parents...
  3. ATeam

    Boy am I happy

    It depends on how you define boss. If you take a broad definition to include laws you must comply with, like the requirement to keep a log book, sure, I have a boss in the federal governemnt that sets and enforces rules that govern trucking. And I have a boss in local governments that set speed...
  4. ATeam

    FedEx B, C, D, E-Units

    I am not interested in being courted by you, Bruno. My comment about you being good looking was a joke, not a come-on. Diane and I are happily married my sexual orientation is that of a straight male.
  5. ATeam

    lift gates

    Leyman makes a slide under gate that may interest you. Interlift makes one that is just great. I'd give you that web site but the stupid thing crashes my computer when I open the product page. Diane and I have used Interlift gates on fleet owner trucks. We did not put one on our truck because...
  6. ATeam

    slow down

    That is the sense I am getting. The loads are still there. The shippers are still active. The pay is holding up (when you account for the lower fuel surcharge and lower fuel prices). What is different is we are sitting longer between loads and are not predispatched as often. I expect there...
  7. ATeam

    If GM fails, what then?

    Thank you for that piece, Bruno. It seemed to me that the Big 3 CEO's that came off corporate jets with tin cups in their hands were playing fast and loose with the numbers. It is remarkable that for all the money they were asking for, they could not produce a plan on how they would spend it.
  8. ATeam

    FedEx B, C, D, E-Units

    Absolutely, Positivily Correct! FedEx is toast. Panther is immune. And Bruno is good looking!
  9. ATeam

    Boy am I happy

    No I don't.
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