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  1. VBobby

    When are people gonna learn to drive?

    I hope you found another witness and called the police. If tey wanted to they could have him in jail in a few hours for hit and run.
  2. VBobby

    new to expediting

    When I realized I was an idiot, I felt sorry for myself. Then I met someone who was stupid.
  3. VBobby

    Decision is Made

    I have been here since January and have studied enough to at least get an Associate in Expediting if there were such a thing. I have decided not to pursue this any further. While it is very intriguing, and despite all of the different ways to be an expediter, I have made up my mind based on a...
  4. VBobby

    Phil Madsen: What happened to NOW?

    I joind this site in January. I subscribed to NOW but have never received one. I also check the now web site and it is still Christmas there. I figured it is quarterly so I keep waiting.
  5. VBobby

    Warning, no cell phone N.J.

    Cell phones don't kill people, people kill people. I don't see this as a problem for professional drivers. What about the CB. It has been there for many years. Here is a list of things that could be outlawed for the same reason. Cell phones, CBs, QCs, Sat radio receivers, AM/FM radio...
  6. VBobby

    OLD Ways are a thing of the Past

    Henny Youngman is an expediter? A bum asked me, "Give me $10 till payday." I asked, "When's payday?" He said, "I don't know, you're the one who is working!" A bum came up to me saying, "I haven't eaten in two days!" I said, "You should force yourself!" Another bum told me, "I haven't...
  7. VBobby

    Thinking About Returning to Expedite-Solo ST

    Welcome RoadDawgg. That's the same question I'm trying to answer but without the prior expediting experience that you have. I posted a request for discussion about that further down the page; Discuss going Solo in a ST Good Luck
  8. VBobby

    Expediters: What Does This Mean to You?

    As a green horn trying to learn, I too would like to see some answers. Phil, your question, based on the facts from that article, casts a large shadow of doubt in the mind of someone like me contemplating getting into the business. I think the dynamics of the change are going to cause...
  9. VBobby

    Expediters: What Does This Mean to You?

    I'm not an expediter yet but just looking at the thing as a whole; I see one of our nations main engines, not just being shut down, but being disassembled and the parts being scattered.
  10. VBobby

    SMOKERS, For your consideration

    I don't smoke. No smoking is not a right. Liberty is a right. privilege n. a special benefit, exemption from a duty, or immunity from penalty, given to a particular person, a group or a class of people. PRIVILEGE, rights. This word, taken its active sense, is a particular law, or a...
  11. VBobby

    Discuss going Solo in a ST

    I hope to start a discussion that ST Solo drivers will join and offer tips for making it work these days. I know, I know... at lot of posts advising against it but I also know that there are lot of ST Solo drivers making it. Bob
  12. VBobby

    Who is Getting Truck Loans These Days?

    There are ways to get around the traditional lending institutions. Right now savings investments, like IRA’s, that are managed by most investment firms are unable to provide a decent return with the market the way it is. If people want to get creative and take control of their own investments...
  13. VBobby

    Killer Truck Drivers

    What do you expect from those phony, plastic haired, over dressed, made-up, ambulance chasing, media types. They just make up the news to get ratings. If it bleeds it leads. Uh, am I stereo typing?
  14. VBobby

    I was just thinking

    My memory is poor. My thoughts remind me of my thoughts.
  15. VBobby

    I was just thinking

    ... and you didn't have to think about it to find out...
  16. VBobby

    Good Lease Purchase/Know any Good Ones?

    Re: HELP! Need Info Please Hey ds, I'd be interested to hear about a lease purchase experience as well. Thanks for asking. This will bump your question back to the top for a while any way. By the way, I'd also like to hear how you are doing operating solo. Are you in a straight truck?
  17. VBobby

    newscast on trucking jobs

    What if, in the year or so that it takes for freight to come back, the rif-raf drivers are culled out. If the standard is being raised and educated people with professional backgrounds replace them then we may see a more civil culture among drivers. Naa, I'm just dreaming. But what if...
  18. VBobby

    Getting Qualified

    Thanks ya'll.
  19. VBobby

    Introduction and in need of help

    One thing you said concerns me. Did you say he got a CDL in a state that he doesn't live in? That doesn't seem right to me. If you lived in Georgia, as I do, then you would have to take the written and the driving test in Georgia, even if you schooled elsewhere. Wow, layed off from pizza...
  20. VBobby

    Introduction and in need of help

    Saturnista - I went to a company school as well. Don’t listen to all of the people putting down USA Truck. He had a plan when he went to their training and it was not a bad plan considering the circumstances. He has already invested a lot of time into his training and is about to get the cdl...
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