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It's kinda fun watching both parties scrambling for whatever edge they can get. It seems to me that GW is getting ready to dump D.Cheney as his VP.Cheney is carrying alot of baggage these days ,including his recent cussing out of the Senator from Vermont. I have noticed that Jon McCain is doing...

Lots of talk these days about fuel costs,gas vs diesel,surcharges etc.Last Sunday I was in a motel in Hickory NC and started looking at figures for 2004 vs 2004. For the first 5 months of this year fuel costs were 14.8 % of my total gross revenue.In 2003 for the same time frame fuel costs were...

Today XM sent out a E mail that the National Association Of Broadcasters is trying to stop them and Serius from giving real time traffic and weather conditions in major metro areas.I guess they want us to listen to local sceaming DJ!s and make sure we vist Tom!s Ford this weekend. They have a...

Dave and Glen,I left both of you guys a somewhat important message in the Moderators Forum.

During the last week I started to hear a small chattering noise coming from the transmission area.It only would come when the truck was pulling hard at speed,example is if I was crusising at 65 mph then hit a hill or a strong gust of wind would come.If I then gave it some more thrittle I would...

Last week the Mattel Toy Company anounced that Barbie and Ken are spliting up after 43 years together. Runor has it that Barbie was stepping out on Ken,However it was learned that Ken and GI Joe were holding hands as they boarded a flight to San Francisco.Wonder what is goin on??

I wonder how many of us are in the Trucker buddy program.About 12 years ago this program was started by a trucker to help create a more positive image of truckers. It links up truckers with school classrooms around the country. Basically the the trucker sends some postcards to his/her class a...

This year the number one speeding ticket was given to a Doctor William Faenza, 35 years old. Pennslyvania State police clocked him doing 182 mph in a 55 mph zone.The only caught up with him when he was stopped in traffic. Wonder what he was driving and how would you like this guy to operate on...

I just read that land Line article about the Conway Lady that had a long wait to get unloaded in Long Island NY and could not run her engine for heat. When the new rules go into effect she may have had to wait an additional 10 hours before she could get warm,or buy a Motel room.Last Saturaday a...

Landstar Express America annouced that a good guy has left us.Bill Mcloud who was a long time Roberts/FDX CC recuiter passed away on Sunday.Bill originally recruited me way back when ( when my hair was black)and through the years whenever I would run into him he was always a pleasnt person to be...

Years ago we used to see a lot of UD!s and Hino!s doing expediting work.But they seem to have gone by the wayside.I was wondring if anyone has had experience with the UD 3300. A new UD dealership has opened in my area and they sent me a brocheure where UD is giving zero percent financing on new...

Hey George that was me that passed you last Friday morning at the Norfolk Naval Base. That Western star looks good, sorry I didn!t have the time to stop and purchase something from you.LOL. No offense meant.

Our good old HP computer had the printer crash the other day.tried to get it going to no avail.Finally we deinstalled and reinstalled the Windows 95 (I know it!s old) software. To reinstall AOL it was necessary to call them twice,guess what the old call center was in Virginia,the present call...

On Monday morning I was making a delivery in Pasagoula MS and noticed that the right rear outside tire was low.It looked like I had about 12,000 lbs on board when actually only had about 500. I didn!t pay too much attention to it and after the delivery stopped for cheap MS fuel on I 10 and...

A little hint for those of us with FDX CC or anyone else who uses Trip Pak to send in their paperwork,is too write down somewhere on your copy the date and the location of the Trip Pak box you used.I heard about a guy that had his paperwork lost by Trip Pak and they wanted to know the box...

I was called for a random drug test the other day and on my way home started thinking about how these athletes get away with little minor slaps on their hands when they test positive but our lives and carreers would be ruined. Any of us that drive commercially would be terminated and be unable...

A little know fact is that it is a sin for A Taliban man to see any woman other then his wife naked.He must immeadiately commit sucide. So in order to weed out the Taliban in the USA at 4 PM on every Saturday all American Women should walk out of their homes or trucks COMPLETELY NUDE and walk...

In January the new hours of Service rules will take effect. I thought all along that it was no big deal and I would gain one more hour to drive,loose one hour of on duty and have 2 more hours of off duty time. I read where Walmart is fighting these changes and I can see why. The new regulations...

Wondering if anyone out here has a Rhodes Rambler Sleeper with the AC blower mounted under the sleeper. I am having a very bad intermittent problem with the blower.It runs whenever it feels like it.I have changed the on/off switch, changed the fuse,checked continuity of the 12 volt line to the...

While not relating directly to expediting the July/August issue of Mens Health magazine has a 36 page supplement in how to avoid a heart attack. Lots of useful information to keep yourself going, can also apply to Women too. Stress is one of the Biggies,and all of us in the expediting field know...