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Hey, I just picked up a load in Chandler. I should have stopped by and said "hey" to John.

While I don't agree with the seatbelt laws, not at all, not even a little bit (legislating stupidity is stoopid), not wearing one simply because I don't feel like obeying that particular law today is no different than breaking any other law that I don't agree with. If someone willfully and...

>Detroit - you and I are on the same page. About 15 or 20 >years ago, I got a ticket going 5 miles UNDER the speed >limit (I was following a dump truck) in TN. The trooper >claimed I was going 14 miles over the limit and there was >nothing I could say or do to prove otherwise. It dawned on...

One little nifty I use every now and then is Tell Me 1-800-555-TELL Call 'em up, you wanna hear the weather, you say "weather" and you hear the weather report. If you want the extended forecast, simply say "Tell me more". It's no-brainer easy. Voice recognition. And it's free. Main menu...

My sentiments exactly. You can often tell what a car is about to do even before the driver knows he's gonna do it. In addition to looking at the driver and picking up on his clues, you can pick up on certain tendencies that 4-wheelers have based on the surrounding traffic, the traffic patterns...

>I do not find your "mottos" offensive. I do. Being an American means buying American!!! Saying that I am not American, or worse, un-American, if I should choose to spend my dollars on a product in a way that gives me the best value for my money, and that product is made overseas, is a...

>While there is nothing illegal about an officer making these >notations, all I am saying is that I believe it to be wrong >for the officer to try and influence a decision BEFORE the >case would even go to trail - if it would even go to court. Huh? What decision? Circling a ticket number...

The concept of the street address was invented in Venice, Italy. OK, so it's not really germane to the conversation, but it is a bit of fascinating worthless trivia.

Yep, it's the low voltage zap causing the inverter to shut off. It might be a weak starter battery, but in some systems an inverter will sense too low of a voltage regardless of the battery's state. In any case, an auxiliary battery for inverter use is highly recommended. Connected via a...

If the delivery time is not confirmed, does that mean you can deliver it whenever you want? Just...whenever...will be fine? Not in expediting. And it works both ways. What's good for the goose and all that. If I'm contracted to pickup and deliver at a certain time, and I fulfill my end of the...

Any business, be it a carrier, fleet or truck owner, is a reflection of those who work for them. I'm sure there are lots of reasons why a carrier or an owner wouldn't want someone else speaking for them on here, even something as simple as publicly stating who they work for, so as to not have...

How about, as a requirement for being a driver, you first have to put in two months as a dispatcher? I think it's a safe bet that no company will ever require a low-paying dispatcher to go through the process and expense of getting their CDL with a HAZMAT endorsement and then force them to...

> FedUp Ex-Con Bolts Panther Film at eleven

Yeah. I dunno if it was worth deleting, tho. It was just a little sophomoric. Besides, the grammar and punctuation was so bad it was hard to tell that he was actually calling people names. :D was so bad? were so bad? I never paid attention in English class. Tho hehe

Dip Stick, nimrod, butt head? My, my, my, aren't we just the little slice of sunshine! Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.

"...if you wanted to bad enough." I don't. :) For several reasons. One is, there's nothing particularly special or interesting about this year's Thanksgiving with my family. The big plans are to assault Cracker Barrel this year, instead of having mom do the bird. It was suggested that I go to...

Does anybody really care?

I dropped off in the middle of the Napa Valley wine country yesterday afternoon, sitting here on the outskits of beautiful downtown Lodi, CA at the moment. Well, at the Flying J, anyway. I'm 2200 miles from home. An empty move that far is a little silly, especially since I'd never get there by...

Which is why dual speed limits are just plain goofy.

The Con-Way buyout was 7/22, though, so those 05/31 numbers are gonna be way off. The increase of 200 trucks is low, but they just stated "over 1500" and not an accurate number. Some Con-Way trucks declined the initial move, some left shortly thereafter, and some existing Panther trucks have...