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FG: Which Presidential candidate would you like EO members to support?

Talk to the folks at expedite solutions; their add is on the EO homepage

...and the winner is: "you tore out my heart and stomped that sucker flat"

Linder: I don't want to sound misogynistic but Bob also needs some consideration in the sleeper design.

Splitrock Light is one of the most photographed and photogenic lighthouses in the USofA. It was one of the earlier Light Stations that the Coast Guard converted to automatic operation and discontinued the lightkeepers' duties. I was assigned duties as a Light Station Inspector, during...

Very good, Star, you're on the right track.

In my former life, while working as a Pharologist within the Department of Transportation, an unmanned, non-descript, stone block lighthouse on a remote section on Nantucket Island Massachusetts crumbled to the ground after a storm surge eroded the beach beneath the structure. The original...

RE: Thinking about purchasing a truck can any one Dad: Mississauga to Chicago is about 500 miles. If you will be loaded both ways, you'll travel 2000 miles each week for $3000 or $1.50 per loaded mile. factor in any deadhead and if it's not excessive, you should do well...IF the promised...

I received this email today and thought it was ever so true. I trust some members on the forums will find the following quite apropos. DEATH OF COMMON SENSE My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It...

Born Brighton, moved to Wollaston Beach (Quincy) at age 8. Worked as gopher in the Editorial/Photo Dept of Boston Daily Record as a teen. Cape Cod is also our favorite place. Once had a home in Falmouth. Sons live in Harwich and Chatham sister in Yarmouth. We'll be in Hyannis for a week...

RE: Remember I did the greatest Rock Song of all t "The wind beneath my wings" Bette Midler

Broom makes a good point to ponder. Like any other chosen profession, expediting and owner/operating should provide any driver with the financial freedom to fully pay for the present and help provide for the future. Broom's comment is also something for all you carrier employees, lurking in...

Fastrod, you are correct as it applies to any independent contractor. You may refuse any percentage of loads over any period of time and you have the option to terminate your lease agreement with that carrier at any time. On the other hand, as was the case with Remus, his carrier opted out of...

I don't have the patience to find that link so early in the morning, but this issue has been ongoing for some time. Many owner/operators at FedEx Ground believe that the defined uniforms, defined truck and defined routes and hours place them in the category of employee more than independent...

An expediter AND an oldprof, you must be over the top and in the Mensa range while the rest of us are down below in the Densa category!

Take a look again. Truck drivers are indicated at the lower end of the scale but business owners are up there near the oldprof

For the benefit of any aspiring expediters eavesdropping on this thread, a comment or two is in order. There is a good reasonm for the ambiguity in the answers to Firegear's question. Many of our carriers' customers pay a premium dollar for a premium service which includes a driver's...

Looks like the oldprof is off the scale and the rest of us are waiting at the other end of the line.

RE: The The answer to your question is clear. As you so eloquently quoted my earlier statement, that I'll paraphrase here, EO was a website started by professional expediters and kept alive by professional acting expediters for the benefit of other professionals and aspiring expediters...

RE: The Rich: Firegears' "interest" is very clearly stated, concerning active EO membership. His "interest" in the PEN IS is also very clearly stated and he can't seem to avoid mentioning it.