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  1. OntarioVanMan

    I want to live my next life backwards:

    You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old age home feeling better every day. Then you get kicked out for being too healthy. Enjoy your retirement and collect your pension. Then when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40 years...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    U.K. sailors captured by Iranian navy

    The Iranian military has questioned 15 detained British soldiers and said they confessed to illegally entering the country's territorial waters. Iran has accused Britain of "blatant aggression." The tough comments came after Britain demanded the return of the sailors and denied they had...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    More Sprinter ?'s

    This is a relatively frequently repaired problem. The Turbo Resonator is a plastic device which is placed between the Turbocharger Outlet and the Intercooler on the left side of the engine compartment as you face it from the front. It is nothing more than a muffler designed to reduce the turbo...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    U.K. sailors captured by Iranian navy

    TEHRAN–Iran's military arrested 15 British sailors and marines yesterday, sparking a diplomatic incident ahead of a crucial vote on Iran's nuclear project at the United Nations Security Council expected today. Iranian state television cited a foreign ministry official as saying the government...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Deductables when using mileage formula.

    Hey Frank. You have a list of whats deductable when using the mileage system? I remember: Tolls Showers Motel I believe maintenaince, fuel, van payments, insurance all are covered under the mileage system. Hows about faxes?...clothes...office supplies...cell phone..lap top..??
  6. OntarioVanMan

    CDL in S.D.

    gregg...I understand BUT if my home state where the van is plated doesn't require it...you know where I am going with this? Also any size vehicle that does hazmat the driver must have a CDL
  7. OntarioVanMan

    U.K. sailors captured by Iranian navy

    Mar 23, 2007 10:03 AM Associated press LONDON – Fifteen Royal Navy sailors and marines who had boarded a ship suspected of smuggling cars in the Persian Gulf were seized by Iranian naval vessels off the Iraqi coast on Friday, Defence Ministry officials said. The British government demanded...
  8. OntarioVanMan

    More Sprinter ?'s

    Ok how many Sprinter owners have rusty filler fuel caps? We take it off all the time ever look under it? Another: Harmonic balancer How many have replaced this??? Mines an 05.
  9. OntarioVanMan

    N.H. committee backs REAL ID ban

    Man you guys are quick! My make on this is the FEDS already are requiring passports of anyone crossing the border and that requires a certified BC plus theres that social security card..the feds infacto already know all about you so whats the big deal? And remember they have a copy of your...
  10. OntarioVanMan

    CDL in S.D.

    As if anyone would care but I know some of you's are info nuts so heres one. They say one should try to learn one new thing a day! Ya know I am Canadian so I'll convert this the best I can in U.S. terms. I have a CDL D (your terms) without air endorsement and I wanted a simular SD licence when...
  11. OntarioVanMan

    N.H. committee backs REAL ID ban

    By NORMA LOVE Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ The New Hampshire Legislature took a baby step Tuesday toward rejecting what they say amounts to the creation of a national ID card. The House Transportation Committee voted unanimously to recommend barring the state from complying...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Surprise surprise in Iraq

    Until 9/11 most Americans didn't realize the damage and death that war creates...nearly all have passed into history from Pearl Harbor now they knew. The U.S and Canada have been very fortunate not to have a modern day conflict on thier soils. When some European countries objected to U.S...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Why is there a Mothers Day

    Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent (typically March or early April). It has been celebrated for hundreds of years, though the exact origin is uncertain. Tradition has it that young apprentices were released by their masters that weekend in order to visit...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    St Paddys Day

    Saturday is Saint Patrick’s Day and most of you know that the Irish have a propensity to “bend an elbow†on occasion. In that spirit, Heres one.. Two Irishmen, Patrick & Michael, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape from a burning freighter. While rummaging through the...
  15. OntarioVanMan

    07 sprinters

    The only way to get rid of the glut of vans is to separate the part-timers from the career vaners...and in part starve them out cause the P/T's won't know how to survive...It's a dog eat dog world out there. To expect Leo to refuse b loads is to ask nightcreature to refuse c or d loads...not...
  16. OntarioVanMan

    sprinter fuel milage

    Good going on those brakes!! Fantastic! Now is that 10,000 miles actual or with the maintenaince Assyt??
  17. OntarioVanMan

    qualcom question..logs

    In Canada they allow for log purposes a 75 mile move for personal reasons as long as you show the move. Thats IF you own the truck.
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Threads being locked?

    Broom..this crazy occupation we have chosen has soooo many variables and is so individual by work habits, resources and on and on...One persons success is anothers failure. I guess if we charted all successes and failures and were to isolated the common denominators we could possibly pick a...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    You'll have more than 2 choices

    And not one can show a solid platform? Can't field a decent candidate?? As my sister in law just said as the house session has ended this week and I quote her...I’ve had about all I the politically correctness I can handle. My friend and political mentor, former Senator Eric Bogue, told me...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    sprinter fuel milage

    I've decided awhile back to stick to the Mobile 1 0w40 because I've heard of storys of engine failure cause people were trying to get as much mileage out of the replacement oil as the original oil and thats where thier problems began. As a DC tech explained to me the MB engine has alot of small...
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