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huh???......

Think he was referring to Nixon and Bush...:confused:

They do have a council? Right...for input?

never give up...dallas is a 24/7 city....theres still a chance....

Uh Hum...Nothing is here to stay Linda....some new manager will come along and change something....But it's good you give your input to the Feds even if it's not what they want to hear. I do that with E-1 as well....Being a Yes person doesn't help get things changed because we aren't always...

I know some will be disappointed....especially those ones wanting to upside me...but here I sit in Dallas on a Thursday evening...Expo's not looking too good...:p

yeah but they may have smoked the wacky weed BUT they never inhaled!!:p

Greg...it's always the money no matter what carrier... Same ole battle...we are trying to make a buck, they are trying to make a buck and somewhere we hopefully agree to both make a buck...

must be tough to be a Democrat in this room....:D

Thats exactly what I am saying Charles....Mr Suds says not at all...under any circumstance....I was referring to that 1%...

you said it....it's only business....it's not personal... If my business can afford to to do a certain run at a certain price thats me....if I should err that is MY fault....Iam NOT going to run my business by anyone elses standard of what it should be....

Thats an Idealists way of thinking and then there's the Practicalists way of thinking... So your saying I should belly up and take the hit rather then out 750 bucks in my pocket? Since I am an O/O and the example run would pay .83/ mile and It costs me .19/ mile in fuel....I should go home...

Bruno..you know Fedex is under pressure to cut costs (like alot of companies), last quarter results was bad...BUT this isn't the way...You just can't dehumanize everything...

Bottomline...computers won't work in this enviroment...too many variables that the computer can't handle....sometimes human is better.

Its the same way at dealships with the "technicians" if it don't thro a code they have no clue....:mad:

It's also cheaper to pay a computer operator then to pay the wages of a REAL well trained experienced dispatcher....all they are now is call takers and button pushers...the premise of thinking is the computers job..."well, sir the computer says....."

If that load were going to N.Dakota i'd be all over it like flies to poop....Then I'd ONLY have a 381 mile DH to go home..... Belvedere Assembly Plant to my door 1,082 mile ....try that on for size next time ya whine about a lousey 100 mile DH! I am not complainin...just stating....I freely...

I think he was braggin that he's home and can afford not to sit in a hot parking lot...I'd be inclinded to agree there IF I had the pennies to do that....WAIT..I do...

And that there Julie is what this bix is....crazy and unpredictable...good that you had a great July...and were the proverbial Julie's on the spot.....where as the Johnnies were sittin!!:)

Not really my place to say much...BUT ..You guys must hang with a different crowd then me....of the ones I do know they DON'T like the new system but then again they all live near the border Can/Us...now thats not saying it's maybe faster further away from the border...Because the Feds can't...