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So, wouldn't the actual beginnings of what we do be the Pony Express Riders? Cool! Please tell me that expediting & hotshot driving are the same - I so enjoyed listing my occupation as "hotshot driver" on official forms, lol ;)

Two days ago, the bearing in the front passenger wheel on my Dodge van went bad - again. It had been replaced in mid February, less than 60 days earlier. I asked the mech who replaced it whether the first repair was defective, & all he would say was that it shouldn't have gone bad this fast. (Is...

This seems like a good time to ask something I've wondered - is there a difference between expediting & hotshots? Because I drove hotshots for a guy who owned a small trucking firm in New Orleans, back in the early 80's, & it was pretty much the same thing as expediting. (I thought the...

Bad spellers: untie! :)

Because knowledge is power - thanks Lawrence. :)

Sorry to disappoint, JoeBob, but I'm too tired for fireworks at the moment. (Although, I just now read the post where you called me "cute", which I haven't been since I was 5, & offered to pinch my cheeks - try it, & you'll get fireworks, ok?) I am not a member of either party - they both make...

BP - you're one in a million! Your daughter is lucky to have you, & I bet she adores you, too. You have your priorities in the right order, all right. Memories aren't expensive things - they're priceless....:)

I knew one driver who had a magnetic basketball hoop that he put on the back door of his truck, which usually made it the most popular truck in the lot, and another who took his 10 speed bike everywhere, just to get away from the lot. What you do to pass the time is: 1 Think about what you...

Leo - people weren't meant to live in that much space either, lol. We do it because it's worth the inconvenience - and a dog who is loved, & properly cared for, will be happier for the companionship than one who has lots of room, to be alone in, all day long. Lots of research has shown that pets...

Even the newest of newbies knows that waiting is a big part of driving, (which, now that I think of it, might explain why JoeBob needs that footrub), but, just when I was feeling smug about the fact that the wait time is much less in a van than it was in a t/t - this happened. Arrived at the...

If you have the Motor Carriers Atlas, any city large enough to have a blowup will show parks, malls, & other places that might be worth a looksee. MS Streets & Trips has a nice feature called "Find Nearby Places" & the library is a great place to be on a rainy day - you may not get on a...

The longest wait I remember, was the 5 days it took to work my way east from Waterloo, Ia, to Chicago - the bitter cold was hard enough, but the wind was wicked - thought the van & I might get blown into Canada! (Figured the odds of getting a load out couldn't be any worse there, anyhow) Did get...

How do we know if the plastic cover can be photographed through? I don't have one on my van, but I did on my car, to keep it clean. I'd like to put one on the van, so I don't have to buy new plates every few years, but the camera issue is a pretty new thing. Is there a way to know that the cover...

Legislators have much more serious concerns than the maids & gardeners - the owner of a very upscale restaurant was just quoted as admitting that without the illegal immigrants, there isn't an expensive restaurant in America that could remain open. Then where will legislators & lobbyists &...

I applied for the FAST certification during orientation, too - not for more money, (it wasn't offerred, & so far, the program has cost me money), but because it sounded like a useful credential/tool/weapon in the effort to convince the US border officials that an American-born citizen, driving a...

Ratwell, I'm sorry to have been a smart%#$ when you were concerned, and I'm sorry to hear of your reason for concern. (I just assumed the original poster was referring to a motor vehicle accident, though it wasn't specified). Regarding your daughter - the same thing happened to mine, as she...

Greg - I have to say that now, I'm missing your point. And it's an emotional subject for me, too - in the years I worked on the Trauma Unit at a major Trauma Center, I dealt every day with the aftermath of accidents. Most were Motor Vehicle Accidents, and in 9 out of 10 cases, the tox screen on...

Leo: your impression is correct, according to the written explanation given to contractors for ConWay back in January. The fuel surcharge is derived from an unexplained "matrix", which formulates the fsc for that week, based upon the average price of diesel. This rate is of course higher for a D...

Ratwell, if you're referring to the cause of the unresponsiveness, that would be a traumatic brain injury, due to banging head very hard on sidewalk. If you're questioning the sudden awakening - well, Mom & Dad's voices were a normal occurance to the little guy's awareness, but even his...

I think Moot hit that nail dead-on, hope he can keep it up without requiring meds for his BP, cause it needs to be said. Immigrants used to behave like the guests they were, (until they become citizens, they are guests - but only if they arrived legally!), they brought much of their own culture...