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>I don't agree with the sanity of accounting this way but a >response to the question asked is as follows. > >An expediter that maintains a 70% availability will be on >call, on duty, or on duty not driving for 255 days annually. > If the expediter nets $50,000, before taxes, he will have...

I'm not sure what is so difficult about this question. Divide your net income by the total hours you spent away from home. One final example: Suppose your best friend, relative, said to you: "What was your net income for 2006? And, how many hours were you away from home in able to...

>I can and have gone to museums etc. while out on the road. I >am not required to be in the truck cab or sleeper other than >while on a PRO. The rest of the time is my time just the >same as the doctor on call. He isn't required to sit in the >doctor's lounge, just to be available as needed...

>Calculating all the hours from leaving till returning isn't >realistic for comparison unless you take the weekly wage >earned at a stay at home job and divide it by 168. You >aren't paid for hours sleeping in the bed at home so why >count those hours when in the truck? I understand the...

I think dogs love to be with humans under any condition. How we perceive their happines is just that. A perception. Don't forget that many of the smaller dogs were originally bread in the 17th and 18th centuries to be lap dogs. Dogs that were trained to be sedentary animals that would be...

I know not all expediters drive the same type of vehicle. But, none the less, it is still the driver's bottom line. Approximately how much an hour does your vehicle/business generate for you? Include all hours from when you leave your home, until you arrive back. Be it 3 hours or even 3...

Moot: Excellence Post. "My daughter recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her first year there I forced her to take the Greyhound from Madison to Minneapolis. It is my firm belief that everyone should take a bus trip at least once in their lifetime. I considered it...

Amazing stories. The common thread here seems to be a sense of uncommon independence and some hutzpah. When you think of what a small percentage true expediters represent it boggles the mind. I almost bought a D truck several years ago. I wanted to team with a very close lady friend of...

Coco (and Tod): If Tod could regain his previous steel job again, would you sell the truck and go back to life before expediting ?? Be safe and happy.

Moot: Did leaving CCX effect your pension ??? It sounds like you would do it again. Or, would you ?? Be safe and happy.

As for myself, I saw a local ad in the newspaper posted by C&M in the 90s. After an interview with one of the owners, I did a WWW search and discovered EOL. I never did drive one of the C&M vans only because of the time away from home. I can tell you this, however, in the past two (2) years...

I got similiar outrageous quotes this past fall when my HMO went out of business. When talking to one of the underwriters at Blue Cross in Cleveland, she gave me the name of an independent broker in the Akron area. The company found me another HMO for less than half of what Kaiser and Blue...

I have found credit cards invaluable. In fact, I just renewed my American Express Card. They offered 5% cash back on all fuel purchases and office supplies, 1% cash back on all other purchases, 0% APR (for 12 mos.) and NO annual fee. I refuse to pay any interest rates on anything, so by...

RE: YOU HAVE TO QUIT EXPEDITING - WHAT WILL YOU DO Davekc: Being the successful over-achiever that you are, one would expect to see many merit buttons on your blue vest. LOL Be safe and always wear your seat belt. It's our law !!!

Mutual funds may be the way to invest. CNN announced at the end of the year that 2006 Stocks returned a whopping 15%. 2007 is expected to due well also. Vanguard (no-load) had several mutual funds that returned 13% Be safe.

Besides working there for 18 months in the 90s, I still keep in touch with three (3) drivers that worked for Prestige, Cleveland, Ohio office in Garfield Hts. Their main source of income is delivery routes to Key Bank offices and a very large pharmaceutical company. They had a good rush...

Great job Terry and Rene. Hard data for the newbies or the gullible to digest and make a practical decision. Your experience, honesty and good advise is valuable. In the all years I've read the financial mags (Fortune, Biz week) and rags, Wall Street Journal, etc.), I don't ever remember...

A-Team: With all due respect, anything may be possible in the future. One of us may even win the lottery. Perhaps all of us. While very unlikely, it is possible. This is a great topic, but true or false questions should be left to history. Be safe

A-Team stated: {last two (2) paragraphs} "Rose colored? I think not. Above average? Absolutely, but it can be done. "If a team has an upper-middle-class retirement lifestyle as their goal, the ability and willingness to do what it takes, and fifteen to twenty years to work with, I see no...

RE: YOU HAVE TO QUIT EXPEDITING - WHAT WILL YOU DO This was my thread, so I get first dibs on Terry and Rene's Hampton hideaway. Be safe