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I was just thinking....I know dangerous thing to do....there is a certain carrier that discourages movement by penalizing the truck for moving to a better area...when the dwell time doesn't move with the truck...In this era it has been very beneficial to BOTH the carrier and driver to take dwell...

No worries....we've beaten the same horse for so long....It is dead now....:rolleyes:

TJ...Exactly...talk is cheap...OBama has a team for every issue now....but still no bills introduced....No Constitution being wiped out....no military cutting in fact a PROPOSED increase.... I do believe they had to help the banks out BUT some people should have been charged... I don't believe...

Re: Is Bankrupt in future for A NC company *lmao* Oh me thinks IRT was gotten to along time ago.... but he's still a hoot!!;)

Dreamer..exactly....:D There is no excuse to sit 10-11 days especially with a bigger carrier...I'd fire their butt if they did... You know the system...I know the system....and if these here rookies want to survive they'd better learn the system.... Or you and I will take their loads!!:D...

Excuse me....exactly what bills have been passed in 100 days....besides the bailout money? I've heard a lot of talk and a lot intent....:confused:

Greg said. so we have a hidden manufacturer tax? Which Canada did until the Mulroney days....remember him? singing Irish Eyes with Reagan? Well anyhow Canadians wanted a tax they could see at the register...and the GST {Goods and Services Tax} was born to replace the former....7% on...

I was just on the phone with a driver from this carrier....apparently they are in a state of converting from bi-monthly settlements with owners ..going to weekly settlements instead....they were promised all would be caught up when the computer program was set-up. Of course there was no mention...

I was hoping the the big one but took what was handy...:eek:

I met a sprinter owner that ran for this NC carrier as well...he's owed about 2 grand. they said they'd pay him Monday then on Friday they changed up and said he'd get half the amount on Tuesday....He's at orientation for E-1 right now.

So this morning I am #1 in Indy area and no other CV's or Sprinters around....they call for a 170 mile 70 cent load to Findlay Ohio....Now thinking it is still early and no one around and Findlay would have left me in a bees hive or glut of vans, I refuse....crazy? BUT they called again at 2pm...

Been about 20 years since I drove....the 48's were just coming out...no automatics....no "seamless" trannys....I could see Re-training in my case. I'd prolly be a terror out there for awhile..:eek:

Ole and Lena lived on a big lake in Nordern Minnesoda. One day towards spring Ole asked Lena if she would walk across the lake to get him some beer. When Lena asked Ole for some money, he told her to "Yust put it on the tab". Lena crossed the ice to the general store, got the beer and...

Turtle..you are such a fountain of information!!;)

hmmm... My fluid comes out the way it went in....no discolouration and no burnt smell.....weird eh? 394,000 now...

Umm there was a US warship there as well...doh....we as in US and Canada has no authority on the high seas...They did not commit a crime on the US or Canada....not much LEGALLY we can do.....And no one wants to open a can of worms by violating the rights of International waters....

N Korea is no threat to us....our satelites know when they blow their noses...maybe a threat to others...let them be the police force! Somolia...the only LEGAL thing we could do is declare legal war and then dust them. And since they've taken only one ship and attempted another....not a real...

Only 8 months till Christmas...hohoho:D

Thanks for that last article....Chef....:)

Simple solution...if they don't stop...sink them in International waters! Katharine Houreld ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya–A Canadian and a U.S. warship pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker in the Gulf of Aden. The chase ended when warning...