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  1. Monty

    Did you know? Sirius XM Radio Show

    You're forgiven .... this time! But I wrote it down ...... I'll be checking my list from time to time .. so verry careful! :p
  2. Monty

    Did you know? Sirius XM Radio Show

    Wouldn't it have been easier to simply say:
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    I was shocked ....

    On my way home last week, before going rv'ing, I was woke up as I slept in Pendelton, ky by the South bend agent at 3:30am. I had thought I was out of service, but central had not completed my request. There was a van broken down in Indy, with a load going to Batesville. I told the...
  4. Monty

    Did you know? Sirius XM Radio Show

    Couldnt you get it on the patroit channel? :p I never listen to Road Dog ... what time is it on?
  5. Monty

    Hurricane Rina

    And a foot of snow in Denver! Interesting ....
  6. Monty

    Sleep apnea .....

    If that info was not declared, and found out later, then it is reason for dismissal. He went for the narcolepsy test yesterday. nothing to report there. He was awake the entire time .... now ... they want a 2 weeks, or so, of CPAP data. He hasn't been using it since he's been off the road...
  7. Monty

    A different century ...

    But .... SSDD Jimmy O'Bama - YouTube Scary ain't it?
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    What was that glow?

    Northern lights seen in Miami Valley | www.whiotv.com http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/northern-lights-seen-across-southeast-u-s/ Northern lights seen farther south than usual - CNN.com And I missed it! But I had seen them many times before ...
  9. Monty

    A sweet tip

    I delivered to a manure factory once ... they gave me a burlap bag and a shovel ... that count? :D :eek:
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    You’re going to tow my truck where?

    Stupidy abounds! Fedex, (and in it's early years Roberts also) has a problem with adult solutions! I was towed across the Ambassador Bridge out to Grand Rapids when I lost a tranny .... See why I don't ever want to hear from them again ...
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    Sleep apnea .....

    Here is a strange ..... My brother, who used to drive for Crete, was diagnoised with sleep apena, and had to use a CPAP machine. He left Crete last December, thinking he would not care to drive anymore. (He's 61). Recently he feels the tug of the road and the diesel fuel is getting thin...
  12. Monty

    Debating on selling my house

    "home" is where I find my wife .... we are not a trucking couple. I kinda like it that way .... we have many honeymoons together .... and we don't fuss at each other much either!
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    Debating on selling my house

    If you are fortunate enough to actually own your home, (no mortage), why would you sell it? And even if you are making payments, there will come a time when the road will no longer have it's appeal, or you are unable to do it. A "base" is a nice thing to have!
  14. Monty

    Sleep patterns...

    Lack of sleep makes me .... sleepy! :p
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    Maybe I should be a Ford guy?

    Goodbye old friend ..... The King is dead, long live the King! To see the E series go away is like loosing an old, and trusted friend. I hope the Transit is all that, and a bag of chips too, but I have my doubts. As I retire, so is the industry it seems .... so many changes .... oh...
  16. Monty

    I received the call, from US Xpress

    I haven't read anything ..... and I'm not leaving LEAM ... I simply wanted to know what they had to offer, the buzz about dedicated routes out of Detroit had me wondering .. Any company that takes 2 months to respond to me is not a place I care to be associated with.
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    I received the call, from US Xpress

    Some lady called me, 2 months after I left my number. She said they are now recruiting vans east of I-35 ...... .70 cents a miles for loaded miles, plus FSC. .15 cents a mile DH after 70 miles plus FSC ... and they want 14-23 days on the road. She said it isn't "expedited", but more LTL...
  18. Monty

    Is 5 GB enough

    I purchased my first "cell phone" while at Roberts in the 80's ..... there was no service in Dayton, so I had to get it through Cincinnati Bell, cost me $2400.00 for a bag phone. Since those days I have used every provider out there. Verizon is my current plan. I have found them to be the...
  19. Monty

    October Locations

    If y'all will excude me, I'm going away .... until the 26th ... we are pulling the rv to Virginia tomorrow for 7 days, then back to Dr and dentist appointments, a retirement seminar for my wife and a meeting witht he folks at "senior soulutions" to see what my best option is now that I have to...
  20. Monty

    October Locations

    Yer runing the wheels off that van jimby .... how long did it take you to get out of California couple of weeks ago? As for me, I'm in Lincoln, Al .... I guess the shuttle run is still going ..... but I found a different load during one of the empty segements! :D
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