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You will find that my political remarks on EO are very limited in number and in this thead, my remarks were not political. My words about the mayor has nothing to do with his party affiliation. It has to do with his competency. I am equally critical of certain Republicans that also dropped the...

The New Orleans mayor is cutting short his visit to the Democratic national convention in Denver to return to New Orleans. Given his Katrina performance, I think New Orleans would be better off if he stayed in Denver.

The five-day forecast shows a category 3 hurricane heading straight for New Orleans, and making landfall sometime Monday. The forecast is of course subject to change, but it is not good. Five-day Forecast Map Having done some disaster relief work in the aftermath of Katrina, I don't care to...

You can't set via's in a route? From what I read about the 750 (a model one step down) in the Which Garmin Nuvi Model is Good? thread, I was under the impression you could. moose, you have me a little worried. I bought a Nuvi 750 off eBay for $278 with free shipping. I made the purchase based...

With blogging morphing into social networking, and social networking morphing into who knows what, it is getting easier than ever for people to find others with similar interests online. Look how this Open Forum has evolved over the years. Once something simple, it now has social groups...

Well, things don't always go as planned. The long run we were pre-dispatched on, canceled and turned into $11 of dry run pay.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "come out on top when paying for the fuel @ the Fed." Regardless of the carrier or compensation arrangement, the less fuel you use to get to, pick up and deliver the freight, the better off you are.

It sounds like you are looking into expediting for the first time. Expediting is unique in the trucking industry. To better understand it, you might want to read Introduction to Expediting, as well as continuing to read the Open Forum. The fleet owner wanting you to pay for significant repairs...

That is a commonly asked question but my answer to it would be misleading and may not provide the true information you seek. Our loaded miles per year are X. But by itself, X is a meaningless number because we do not get paid by the mile. We get paid by a percentage of the load. We have...

DougTravels, I did not know of your blog until you mentioned it here. Thank you for doing so. I will enjoy reading it. I have been blogging for a while now. The link to my blog is in my signature line below. Blogging every day can take some effort at times but at the Expedite Expo, I received...

We recently bought an iPod (Classic, 80 gig). Talk about opening a whole new world! Wow! There is nothing on an iPod that you cannot also do with other devices, but, wow, the iPod makes it so easy. Just this morning, I installed the harness we ordered to connect the iPod to the truck radio and...

My fondest trucking memory (not family memory) is getting back on the road after spending too many days at home. And, yes, Ark, you never stop missing your loved ones after they are gone.

Because if you stop on the tracks, you will be killed by the oncoming train.

Diane and I do this (expediting) because there is no work we would rather do. If there was, we would be doing that.

I hear you. The irregular hours of expedite driving does not make it easy to maintain a healthy eating routine. It can be as much a personal desire thing as anything else. Sometimes you just don't want to do anything other than grab a fast food meal to satisfy your hunger. You get tired. There...

On our reefer body manufacturer's (Kidron) recommendation, we treated our reefer body roof with Solar Guard. Since it is on the truck from the first day, we have no before/after results to report. Little info about Solar Guard comes up in a Google search; nor does a link to a Solar Guard home...

UPS was started as a on-foot and bicycle messenger service by a 19 year-old (Jim Casey) in Seattle. His slogan; "best service and lowest rates." The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Having worked both outside and inside government, and having worked personally with a number of state and federal lawmakers, governors and candidates for public office, I have observed that the people who have the power to make laws tend to pass laws that apply more to others than apply to...

Looking five years into the future, there is bad news and good news. The good news, for Diane and me personally, is we will be in fat city. Provided that we suffer no health or accident setbacks, we expect to build financial assets at a greater rate than we did in the previous five years. That...

Or, you can like your life now AND like your life in the future. As the man said, "it's all about choices." Attitude is everything. Choose, right now, to like your life today. Or to put it another way, count your blessings. Doing so puts you in a frame of mind that allows you to see positive...