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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Questions?

    Actually she'd downstairs resting her foot...she had a minor op's on her toe last week, Plus I had to press her into work early, We're going to Wappingers Falls NY Sunday for a Monday am del. They are forcasting SNOW! What else for upstate NY. Think I seen Weave at the flying j on i90 yesterday...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Questions?

    Strategic responses to the ever dangerous "Do I look Fat" question: "No, not to Stevie Wonder." "Does this tie make me look stupid?" "Yes, but it also makes you look like a pricey hooker, so things kinda balance out." "Okay, listen: What's important is that you not focus in a negative way on...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    What kind of annual Gross can a "D" unit expect to

    RE: What kind of annual Gross can a In response to mileage on the FL70's ..many moons ago when they 1st came out I worked for a mail contractor and he bought 4 indentical FL70's ( Thank God as we had Topkicks before that)I was also a dispatcher/driver. I had my AZ at the time. And going over...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Nasty Storm!

    DD..You lucky ones!!! My stepson lives in S. Virginia and they are messin that up but N Virginia is still nice and W. Virginia JuJu really likes it there!
  5. OntarioVanMan

    New FlyingJ

    Hey DD'S and all with hotspot we seen a new one going up outside of Grand Rapids MI on the NW side where 69 & 96 split and they don't have it listed on their home page yet seems to be about a month or so from opening! Long overdue for that area and Michigan.
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Quotes from the 50's

    "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" "The Government is wanting to get its hands on everything. Pretty soon it's going to be impossible to run a family...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Nasty Storm!

    Hey Tony, we missed your storm in Pittsburg it was all cleaned up by Saturday morning, but we did see some bad lookin skid marks leading off the i79. We went to some burg called Bridgeport WV. Team run from Montreal! Needless to say juju is a happycamper! A happy woman makes for an even happier...
  8. OntarioVanMan

    cabotage rules

    There's always an exception to every rule. My wife being an "American Citizen" as long as SHE DRIVES ONLY we could do Chicago to Detroit The most direct route back toward Canada. I've enquired at U.S. Customs 5 times and it's a 3-2 split Yes. But it's still a grey zone most companies would...
  9. OntarioVanMan

    What kind of annual Gross can a "D" unit expect to

    RE: What kind of annual Gross can a Tazman..Great numbers but I didn't see a pee break in the calculations?..*LOL* I just had to edit this. On a serious note don't you big guys have to also figure in dock wait time somewhat? Or is what you said all at premium running?
  10. OntarioVanMan

    What kind of annual Gross can a "D" unit expect to

    RE: What kind of annual Gross can a "D" unit expec *LOL* expediters hold their cards very close to their chest when talking money !!! We as a B unit or cargo van expect to gross 80G's so the big guys should be around that or better!
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Slowing down abit?

    yep I know what ya mean...they have some low rates here too but not as low as you quoted earlier........
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Slowing down abit?

    twmaster...yep at least 3 of them are. We are the expedite division out of Cambridge Ont Canada You must be courier div?
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Slowing down abit?

    Here in Ontario I took a bit of time and queried our dispatch staff and the sum of it all is it's slowing down a bit, The kicker is Dynamex just put on 4-5 more vans, go figure eh! Three of these are from CTX seems they have a screwy vehicle insurance plan at least here in Canada No load no...
  14. OntarioVanMan

    Tinman WON a prize !!

    Congrats Tinman!
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Nice article on DD and DD !!!!!

    so this is what the hired help does on her day off...*chuckling* Great write-up about the both of you's :)
  16. OntarioVanMan

    I'm Freezing !!!! ---- HELP !!!

    Well JuJu and I invested in one of them Coleman Catylatic heaters last week AND a Carbon monoxide monitor just for ease of mind, 1st time about 2 hrs and it read 0 next time about 5 hrs. and still zero...tested it out on the tail pipe and it worked right so Id say the Coleman works just toasty...
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Sounds easy enough, eh?

    And now, for the male response: "Women are like wine. They all start out fresh, fruity and intoxicating to the mind and then turn full-bodied with age until they go all sour and vinegary and give you a headache." haha ducking as JuJu swats me!!!
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Sounds easy enough, eh?

    You've all seen this from the female side of the house: "Men are like wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something with which you'd like to have dinner with."
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Sounds easy enough, eh?

    Tony I thank you for your rating on the Captain, as we all know the stress and the pressures of this job are hard on a person and their families, I don't mean to make light of it nor minimize the job what so ever, BUT I try to stay on the light side and kept it in prospective. Stress kills ya...
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Sounds easy enough, eh?

    http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/3/91/t3-vtb03-5_1e.gif http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/3/91/t3-vtb03-5_2e.jpg :-)
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