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Chinese air freight handlers have finally unionized. This move could spread to China's other industries increasing wages and reducing quality and efficiency. China Air-Freight Handlers at Guangzhou Airport - No Care Policy? - YouTube

I've been waiting at a shipper since 17:55 yesterday to get authorization from the customer for a dry run. The freight was scheduled for pick up at 21:00, but was "ready now". It was indeed ready when I arrived, all 67 inches in height. I asked the shipper if it could be laid down to fit...

Happy Anniversary Willis! Willis' 5 year anniversary was last Saturday. Sorry I'm late with this. I just don't know where the time went. Wow, 5 years and not a single post. Lots of peeking but no posting.

Has anyone used ARO 2013 to clean up their PC? The 2 Easy Ways to Make Your PC Run Like New | How Life Works I downloaded the one time, free version and came up with hundreds of registry errors. I'm wondering if the $29.95 subscription fee is worth while. I'm assuming this rate is per year...

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Texas schools have come up with math curriculum that is useful to the student population in their everyday lives and which they actually want to learn. Texas schools are finally starting to teach practical math that these kids can use in real-world situations! NAME_______________...

happy birthday leo!

According to some scientists, ash spewed from volcanoes is slowing down the tragic effects of global warming. Earth Not So Hot Thanks to Volcanoes - ScienceNOW Imagine Mother Earth sending columns of fine particulates into the atmosphere to compensate for man-made climate change by actually...

The following is an update from this thread: http://www.expeditersonline.com/forum/truck-talk/46492-maintenance-costs-2004-cargo-van.html Listed below are the costs for maintaining a 2004 Chevrolet 3500, long wheelbase 6.0 V-8 slop bucket, for the first 650,000 miles as it came from the...

This morning I woke up and noticed I was sharing the truck stop parking lot with another van. I didn't recognize the vans graphics at first. I thought it was one of those ice cream vans that ply neighborhood streets broadcasting obnoxious music through a P/A system. The QC unit on the roof...

This morning at 11:17 I received a truck specific QC message. I wasn't sleeping, I was driving to a pickup. I quick glanced at the message and saw it was a REQUEST FOR PRO PAPERWORK and read no further. On the way to the shipper I wondered what paperwork could possibly be missing. I closed...

Just curious as to why you closed the thread: Why decent people hate cops, Chapter 10,309, citing name calling and hatred shown after 107 replies. Did you miss the word HATE in the thread title? Did you expect this thread to deviate from the logical course it was bound to follow from its title...

Pilgrims celebrating the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Chock.

1. What were you doing at 08:14 E.D.T. this morning? a. Lying in the dark in a vegetative state. b. Engaged in Rapid Eye Movement. c. Sleeping. d. All of the above. 2. What were you doing at 08:15 E.D.T. this morning? a. Searching for your glasses. b...

Purgoose posted this reply and link in another thread. I'm interested in this vehicle and tried to contact Maxx several times a year or so ago without success. Purgoose or anyone else done business with these people? I welcome E.O. members to click on the link and help me decipher exactly...

Obama Supporter Interviews Herself

Today is payday and I am unable to transfer funds from my Comdata account into my checking account. When I punch in my Comdata account number the nice female voice says she doesn't understand my request. I have tried several times and get the same response. Anyone else having problems with...

I lifted the following from a post by 21c and believe it should be a "sticky" for the Soapbox Forum, something everyone should read before posting. Whether folks are on one side or the other in current politics, spreading false info as truth just encourages others to spread it, believe it...

Last night at 23:45 I turned down a 993 mile load. The dispatcher was in shock. He said: "but this is a 1000 mile load." Then he said: " If you are afraid it will swap, I can assure you it won't!" I wasn't about to argue with him. I told him I wasn't interested and thanked him for the...