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My son in-law and his band Not Like This entered a talent contest sponsored by a local radio station. The top 2 winning bands will open for Bon Jovi next week in St. Paul at the Excel Center. They submitted a short bio and video featuring 3 of their original songs. It was announced yesterday...

I used an innocuous word beginning in "f" and ending in "ing" in a post the other day. Perhaps gratuitously, but I can be a bit impulsive. The bad word got deleted. I got reprimanded and obtained 1 E.O. Naughty Point which I plan on cashing in at the E.O. Online catalog to buy Mrs. Jaminjim a...

I got my van out of the body shop this afternoon and called Panther to get the Safety Hold removed and go back into service. I was on hold for 72 minutes, that's 1 hour and 12 minutes! I did the math. During that time I got re-routed 3 times back to a customer service person. I told the...

Faster than a conventional "walking floor" trailer. Watch Massive Shopping Cart Fail by Two Morons Video | Break.com

As Moot says.. .quit trying so hard to be offended. JaminJim says "quit trying so hard to be offended". Moot says "ban the van" and other stupid things too numerous to mention in a redux of a locked thread. Just wanted to set the record straight and give credit where credit is due.

A billboard on I-35 near Wyoming, Minnesota.

How will us independent truckers ever survive w/o the cut rate Barrack Obama out of the industry. Maybe the congress will just have to see and understand that cut rate back stabbing carriers just weren't all they were cracked up to be. That us normal pull up your boot straps and get it done...

-Are you stuck in lowrange at your current driving position? -Do you like hanging out at community colleges, with the opportunity to hang out at universities within 2 short years? -Are you tired of erratic sleep patterns? -Do you prefer to drive during the day and avoid inclement weather and...

This week while traveling around Nebraska I stumbled upon Carhenge. Carhenge is a huge autolithic structure located outside of Alliance, Nebraska; on state Hwy. 87. Being that I had just completed a delivery in Nowhere, Nebraska; I figured I had at least 20 minutes to kill before the next load...

Any van drivers currently on the Akron board? I am curious as to the number of vans on the Akron board today. Any First Outs? I am considering moving, yea that's the ticket, relocate to Akron.

Can plastic headlight lenses be buffed out with something like jewelers rouge? After 400,000 miles mine have become pitted and sandblasted.

Packmule sent this to me and I thought I would share it.

If you are running a newer Cummins, Caterpillar, Mercedes or Detroit Diesel engine; would your truck start in -25 degrees or colder (I'm talking actual temps, not windchill) after sitting for 24 hours without starting aids or a block heater? If you have some type of self contained starting aid...

This song is 40 years old. Welfare Cadillac Guy Drake Well, I've never worked much In fact, I've been poor all my life I guess I really own is Ten kids and a wife This house is a lived in mine But it's really a shack But I always managed somehow To drive me a brand new Cadillac Backdoor...

Happy Birthday Turtle. Hope you enjoy the lavish birthday presents the Flying J Staph has for you. After your showers go find the wheel polishing dude in the truck lot. A bunch of us on EO pooled our money and got you a "wax and buff" for your shell. Enjoy!

A few weeks ago I delivered to a gold mine in Lead, SD. My route took me through Rapid City, Sturgis, Deadwood and Lead during the middle of the motorcycle rally. Seeing all of those bikes, mostly Harley-Davidsons got me thinking about the Harley craze and how to profit from it. Yea, I know...

Hope everyone had a wonderful National Coming Out Night! My son sent me pictures of our neighborhood block party. The fire department showed up with a ladder truck and offer free bucket sky rides. My son shot these pics from way up high.

Has Panther abolished the 16 hour rule for vans? They let me run 18.5 hours yesterday. I asked if the load would swap because there was no time for a 5 hour break. I was told that Safety assured them I had enough time and there was no need for a break or swap.

Hurricane Preparedness Some of our team members have relatives who live in Louisiana. This notice came from them... We are again in the hurricane season. You may soon be turning on the TV and seeing a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Gulf of Mexico and making two basic...

I received this in an E-mail today. Author unknown. Poem to MOM/DAD My son came home from school one day, With a smirk upon his face. He decided he was smart enough, To put me in my place. 'Guess what I learned in Civics Two, that's taught by Mr. Wright? It's all about the laws today...