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Okay, we have now received 4 emails from NY State Motor Vehicles. The subject is about "tickets" issued. They show up in spam. Is this a "phishing" thing? They have attachments. Where did they get my email? Why would they not call? What kid of garbage is this? Anyone else seen anything...

Be careful in the Phoenix area for the next 4 hours or so. The weather is BAD. Severe thunderstorms all over the area along with a pretty bad sand storm. Very high winds and dust covering Scottsdale right now. We just had our truck washed today too.

There is a line of severe storms moving into SE Michigan and NW Ohio. This includes Toledo and Detroit. These storms have produces large hail and straight line winds in excess of 85MPH. US-23 and I-75 are being affected now. It is 1240 local as I post this.

Some no good fool set a "nozzle bomb" on the fuel pump we just pulled into at the TA in Bloomsburg, PA. Mrs. Layoutshooter turned on the pump and got a face full of diesel. An entire diesel shower. It got in her eyes. She got it washed out and I sent her in for a shower. What is wrong...

The "Blitz" is on!! I was in the shop at the TA in Houston, 4 drivers were looking for first aid kits. Seems that the DOT is looking for all the LITTLE stuff to hammer people on.

We have been talking about rates per mile for a bit. What about "rate per day"? Assume for a minute it is Friday. You are offered a load that pick up on Monday or Tuesday and delivers on Wed. It pays great per mile. Not real heavy etc. BUT the total pay is, let's say, around $3200 bucks and...

Stay away from I75 going through Detroit. There is an overturned T/T on the Northbound side. Traffic is stopped at Outer Drive. It is back up all the way into Lincoln Park. It is going to be a mess for several hours. The freeway is closed at exit 43.

There is a line of very bad storms moving ENE from Northern Indiana heading for Toledo north through Metro Detroit. Damaging winds, 65-75MPH are expected along with hail and isolated tornadoes. The Ohio turnpike is right in the middle of the mess. Stay out of the area until after 10PM if you...

There is a line of very bad storms moving ENE from Northern Indiana heading for Toledo north through Metro Detroit. Damaging winds, 65-75MPH are expected along with hail and isolated tornadoes. The Ohio turnpike is right in the middle of the mess. Stay out of the area until after 10PM if you...

When it rains it pours so to speak. We were traveling west bound on the Ohio turnpike when the storm hit. I seen it coming. I slowed down to about 10 MPH looking for a wide spot on the shoulder. Then came the hail. Ping Pong ball to tennis ball sizes. The windshield took 8 or nine hits...

The news is reporting that Joplin, MO was hit hard by tornadoes yesterday. They are reporting at least 89 dead. Where there any expediters down there when this hit?

Well, we had our excitement for the day. A police car pulled up about a hundred feet away from us a bit ago and stopped. He sat there for about five minutes and then put his lights on. A truck across the was started to move. The cop got out and put his hand on his gun and yelled at the...

We WERE going to go back in service tomorrow, not any more. The storm knocked the power out. The power company said we will not be back on line until tomorrow evening at 8PM We are running a few things at the house off of the truck APU. We have a wood stove for heat upstairs and we...

Be extra careful today and tomorrow if you are coming into Michigan. The weather is dicey. It is snowing now, is going to switch over to freezing rain later then snow some more tomorrow. I don't know about the interstates right now but secondary roads are very slick.

OK, since random drug tests have to be logged, what happens if you are on a 34 hour reset? Does it cancel that out and you have to start it over to get your clocks reset? What about the limit on off duty driving? It is often more than we are allowed to drive on our EOBR to get to these clinics...

There is going to be a partial interruption of the GPS system in the Southeast U.S. between Jan 20th and Feb 22. A similar interruption took place on Jan 10th in the Northeast, in the MD/DL area. I was lucky enough to see that one. Watched my GPS receiver lose signal for around 20 minutes...

I learned a new thing today thanks to the FDCC Safety Department. They saved me from a possible violation that I was not aware of. I am sure that many in here already know this but I am posting it for the benefit of those who do not. The last time that I renewed my CDL I was able to pass the...

Have any new business goals/plans for the New Year? Add a truck or two? New APU?

Not only truckers are NASTY in eating places. I seen a man today put a salt shaker in his mouth to open it because not salt was coming out. Then he placed that one on another table, took the clean one off that table and went on eating. I told the waiter to get that contaminated one off and...

Ain't it just fun? You get to a shipper only to find out that it will be at LEAST a two hour wait to get loaded. THEN they make it worse and tell you that the freight has been there since morning only no one told anybody. SO, we sat around all day waiting for an evening pick up. How fun is that...