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At ConWay Now, you have to call dispatch to find out anything more than what number you are on a specific board. I don't like calling them too much - they are always helpful, but I think their time would be better spent on other things. (Like assisting drivers who need help, bidding on loads...

I had a spare key that I didn't get around to putting in a Hide-a-key box, until I locked myself out of the van - at 3am, in the middle of Nowhere, Tn, under load, of course. I'd left the keys in the ignition while filling the fuel tank, not intending to leave the van. I cleaned the windshield...

"Diplomacy is saying 'Nice doggie' while looking for a stick" & Terry gets it, lol.;)

Ok, I have to put an end to this - although my favorite shirt has a message in Latin, ("if you can read this, you are way overeducated"), I am just a compulsive reader & word person, & didn't know the word "fora" till someone else (maybe it was you, Doc) used it first! But I will keep using it...

Thank you, Lawrence - it's good to hear.

PJ - I will answer your questions to the best of my ability, & I'm sure if I miss something, someone will straighten us both out. Driving for a fleet owner is not being a company driver - you are always an independent contractor. (If you can't live without company bennies & a regular paycheck...

Terry - with all the emotions & concerns that are swirling around in your head right now, add this one as an occasional life preserver to hold onto in the whirlpool: Life is full of surprises, many of which are really good ones. I add my hopes for a wonderful outcome. Cheri

Not any kangaroos in Austria?! What about Waltzing Matilda, huh?!:+

I'd say it's not that their previous jobs were so great, but that their brains are off duty. Badmouthing your employer/carrier in public is not just unacceptable, (would you like it if they were badmouthing you in public?) - it's stupid, too. You don't know who might be overhearing, do you...

Is my cellphone deductible, & if so, how much of it? (I am paying for my teenage daughter's line, which is not a business expense, but the bills clearly differentiate charges for each line). Thanks for your time in answering, because I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere before.

Thanks - I needed that! :) :) :)

>It's not the disagreement that is a problem; it's the spirit >in which it is presented. > >The smug arrogance and cutting comments are overtly obvious. >This might come as a huge surprise to those who have been >repeat offenders, but we are not that naive. We can read >between the lines...

Rich - you are sooo funny! And I'm looking forward to meeting you and Kathy too, & everyone else - but I'm really wishing I hadn't read that comment just now, because I couldn't help laughing out loud. While that's usually one of my favorite things to do, I am currently holed up in a motel in...

Lou - I can't stand it, I gotta ask: do you do anything, besides find cool stuff for our entertainment?! Because you do it so well, I don't see where you find the time to do anything else, lol. ;)

Terriffic post! You didn't mention one of my personal favorite activities, though: watching the tourists go barefoot, & discover sandspurs! (Simple pleasures are the best, lol) As for your wife being mad - if you've been married longer than 5 minutes, you oughta know there are times when you...

Thanks to everyone who contributed really good ideas - I especially like the wasp spray (which I might have to use for it;s intended purpose on my van, as they do nest behind the outside mirrors.) I only hope that if I ever need to use it against a bad guy, I will be calm enough to point it at...

Seems to me that with every load paying the same, the loads to turn down now are the ones going out of the freight zones - can't afford to deadhead very far, hoping it will even out with a high paying load. I know I'm making less money the last few months, but I'll hang in & see how it goes when...

Well, there goes your invitation to Hilary's Inauguration! :P Really, Leo, aren't you exaggerating just a wee bit? Some of us leftist liberal types actually believe that the men who wrote the Constitution knew what they were talking about, and they included the right to bear arms for a good...

I'm sure TheOldProf is a lot quicker with the camera than the boomerang...(send pictures of Aborigines, if you get any!):+ BTW, TallCall - my aunt yelled at me for having Willie singing "On the road again" on my answering machine - she said it IS NOT FUNNY! Some people just have no sense of...

Oh yeah - when I set off the overheight signal on the turnpike, due to about a foot of snow on the trailer, the attendant told me to drive thru, then uturn & come thru again, which would knock the snow off. I did, & it worked - but I was charged the extra $30 when I exited - 4 hrs later! x(