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That would make two of us then. While I have been talking about an anticipated recession (and advised caution and stronger balance sheets because of it), and have referenced reports from other expediters here in the Open Forum that freight is slow, our run count is the same now as it has been...

Yes. Thank you for EO. EO has been and continues to be a blessing to many expediters and expediter wannabees.

Now we know what we are doing for Thanksgiving, almost. Delivered today (Wed) and got dispatched on a Friday morning pickup that runs 2,500 miles and delivers on Monday. Thanksgiving dinner plans remain unmade. We will figure that out tomorrow.

My main question here is what do >you all think of future for this business? Fuel costs, sur >charges, competition, shift in economy and anything else.. >Thanks, Wayne There will always be customers that have a need to move freight fast (expedite) and/or with special care (critical...

From the L.A. Times WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for a historic ruling on whether the fiercely debated 2nd Amendment protects the rights of Americans to keep handguns at home. The justices said they would review an appeals court decision that struck down a 31-year-old...

Online education offered by acredited universities is increasingly common. A little searching will provide a number of options. I do not recall the details but a few months ago, one of the trucking magazines did a piece about a college in Tennessee that offers courses specifically designed to...

See also the thread, "Have Fuel Prices Changed How You Run?" http://www.expeditersonline.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/6533.html

>We have an acquaintance who has several DR trucks. He >believes he has solved the IC/employee problem by only >hiring corporations to operate his trucks. He does not just >lease drivers, he leases teams who have incorporated >themselves and are employees of their respective...

>Well Phil, I am so surprised that you would ever say that. >You know what would happen if you were hospitalized while >under a load and Diane would have to be with you, they would >expect you to give them the truck. Not true. It happened to us once. I had to come off the road and go to an...

>What I worry about is our truck getting broke into is when >we both gather up our shower bags and take off for the truck >stop. Everyone pretty much knows you are going to be inside >for at least an hour. Anyone watching the truck knows that >even if the curtains are shut there is no one...

The U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia teaches that "No plan survives contact with the enemy." They then go on to teach soldiers at all levels how to plan. Some of that how to plan training is in depth and goes on for weeks. Because U.S. soldiers plan, the enemy tends not to...

You said it best Cherri, " Regardless of what the customer wants, no carrier has the authority to put another driver in a truck they don't own...."

I get it that illness, breakdown or running our of hours may require a load to be transferred. The same has happened to us. What seems to me to be so out of the realm of possibility (and thus hypothetical) is that a carrier would even consider putting another driver into equipment that belongs...

People are people. There are those who will complain in the very best of circumstances. There are those who will express hope and joy in the very worst. Good research into the expediting business opportunity will focus on the business itself more than how people feel about it.

This is more hypothetical than real. Except as a form of entertainment, it's not a situation worth pondering. The liability issues for the carrier are sufficient to keep the carrier from making the requiest. And if a dispatcher was clueless and made the request, the owner's "NO" would stop the...

Interesting list. I listened to Saint Louis people bristle about the report on a radio interview the other day. Their point, a good one I thought, was that crime is localized. There are good parts and bad parts of town. It's not like the whole city is crime-ridden. Reporting crime not by city...

I'm glad to see the Old Testament references to angles. You don't have to be a Christian to believe in angles. Jews believed in angles long before Jesus Christ was born. Gratitude and thanksgiving is common to all cultures and religions.

>Sounds like just good luck to me according to what you >wrote. > >You know Phil you sure do think alot instead of just being >greatfull. I was grateful. Did you miss me saying, "I have the deer to thank for our trucks still-intact front end."? >So what were you gona do if she did not run...

If maintained, an attitude of gratitude produces positive results not just during Thanksgiving but all year long.

I wish more carriers did what FedEx Custom Critical does in publishing its annual revenue averages. It would help answer a lot of questions. I don't have a current revenue sheet handy. The 2004-2005 sheet shows the average non-White Glove team grosses $145,791 per year in a D-unit. That works...