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nightcreatures advice is sound...IF you could hold off on your purchase till spring Mar-April and find an owner to drive with the carrier you plan to put your own truck on with till then..it wouldn't cost you your bank roll and you'd get used to the carrier that your going to sign-up with...Good...

decent restaurant>>> WAS at one time maybe..but it has gone downhill in the last couple years. We go over the bridge and eat at Millies...beside the Mcd's good food and better prices and better atmosphere! And then park over at Miejers on Allen rd.

ohhhh....I see...I'll have to check into that...slingbox???

RE: how to make inputs I think we are way too automated! buttons on a board where all dispatchers can see every unit nationwide (the old way) Problem with an automated system it relies on 100% compliance from everyone or its a washout. If two trucks decide not to go to a certain location...

My Dish tech said internet was not needed??? The only reason at home we are hooked to a phone line is so we can interact and get account info....other then that it's not needed.

hmmm...interesting.... poisons own critism of why things go off topic is the source of that very critism....2 responses to his comments and off this thread goes into hyperspace...interesting

My Dish Network it woould cost me an extra 5 bucks a month to get an extra reciever and get a mobile dish and tripod stand.

Reports have it there's is not that much oil under Alaska to make a significent difference in the situation...I for one say leave it there! Now if you want to do something worthwhile...make speculating illegal! They are the real villians..NOT shortages Not refining...SPECULATORS!! Those Wall...

Phil..You said that very well.....good job!

OnMyWay....Don't get me wrong expediting is very or can be rewarding for the "right" individual/s. Some are cut out for it and some find they aren't. If you have all the right atributes and attitude..be my guest Welcome to the crazy life of expediting and YOU buy the first round of coffees if we...

>On the back of many a dump truck,DO NOT PUSH. Apparently >this is a problem.DD. If ya ever drove dump...you'd know why this is there.

Recruiting sign on back of semi trailer on a Saturday night: Great Pay, Home weekends!!

Ya know the failure rate in the first year in this business is I think around 80% or higher.....think that one out....still wanna expedite and make the BIG bucks???

I know you Terry have your MPG's under control and the .12 cents pretty well pays a 100% of the fuel costs on a trip. We get .15 but NOT on ALL miles just paid miles and NOT paid DH.

I know the pitance that we get barely brings the costs down to 3 bucks at to-days rate. I thinks carriers might have to raise the base price they use to calculate the FSC.

I know this gets old fast but I was thinking back a couple years ago actually around 03. We were discussing the ominous $2.00 gallon and what some would do when it got there... On 3/27 on I70 in western Ohio diesel was $1.469 and gas was $1.489. Today 3/28 in Carlisle Pa diesel was $1.799 and...

We've both met turtle one could never accuse him of sticking his neck out!!!! arf, arf,arf:)

>Restrict posts to a limited word count? > >Moi? Puhleeze. I might as well be wearing potholder mittens. > > >Slow and steady, even in expediting, wins the race - >Aesop restrict turtle to word count??? he'd be speechless!!! :)

Personally...only my opinion....forget it...go flip burgers for now. Freight rates are low...over supply of trucks already, U.S. economy in the tank and getting worse, rising fuel costs. rising insurance costs...on and on and on.... The only ones you'll get positive advice from are from fleet...

RE: Tired of everyone going > Maybe we should just have a forum that's dedicated to >going off topic...;) Thought we already did??? hahaha