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tmbm: Try spending a week, without pay, riding around with your wife in her courier vehicle. There will be some weeks that a team in an expedite van will earn no more than a single driver. I can't imagine a person of your background being happy AND profitable in an expedite van. If a...

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Kathy: after doing all of the above, I seem to be doing ok. Got rid of lots of adware, all the cookiesand a PUP. I'm keeping your add'l info on hold if/until I get into more trouble. Thanx for the help. Terry

I like the Chief's collapsable pool idea. A kiddie pool can be stuffed into many a belly box. I also like a small bag of kitty litter; it's a good sorbent but also can be used for traction in the witer ice, at least for a van. I sure wasn't suggesting we each carry a few bales of straw/hay...

I don't know the name or the source. FedEx Ground Home Delivery uses the program and makes it available to it's independent contractors, for a price. Trash disposal companies use it to coordinate routes for efficiency. I read about it a couple of years ago and it was too expensive for a solo...

sancman: I'm a GPS addict and I think you hit it on the head. They can save, time and they might save money if you get an affordable one that has features suitable for a truck. If your friend just does local deliveries, he probably knows the streets quite well and can navigate the city well...

HK: We once had a small dog that was a great stress reliever as well as part of the family when we entered expediting. Your choice of dog is important. You don't want one that sleeps during the run and won't respect your need for sleep when the run is over. Face licking is not conducive to a...

Wait for the viagra to wear off and move your pills out of reach of the dogs.

Blip01: I've been expediting in a van for 17 Calendar Year first quarters and heve never experienced the type of dry spell through which you are going. I believe there are some basic reasons that an O/O isn't moving at least a minimal amount of freight at this time of year; run offer to Canada...

Thanx unorthodoxneon. Did all that including the ad-aware full enema. Time will tell. Terry

Kathy and Greg: It's back. I use Webroot Spy sweeper and Spam Shredder and McAfee Firewall and Virus Scan and now, Ad-Aware. I also get the phishing attempts in the guise of Bank America, Wells Fargo, Paypall, E-Bay, et al; I've never been tempted to open any of them. I also never have...

Kathy: Installed, scanned, deleted, not looking forward to any more blackworm ads. Thanks, your my heroine, Terry

I get continuous pop-ups by www.amaena.com announcing a blackworm virus and offers a solution. I can't bring myself to accept their offer to stop the so-called blackworm virus as my mcafee scans ok. anyone else having this problem and/or have a solution to these pop-ups? I'm a novice user so...

Wow! You folks are great to even think of such a thing, and no, we're not offended that you mention the idea; however, we've got two good insurance carriers and doctors that have, thus far, been agreeable to accepting the insurance company fee assignments. We're also fortunate to be able to...

FTP: I am lost among the crowd of Blackberryless peasant expediters, and have seen, but never considered using the device, as it appeared to not be cost effective in terms of benefit to be derived therefrom. So, what's a peasant to do, and what's a peasant expected to pay for the basic device...

Here's a link to U.S. Government benefits to which many of our members may be qualified...Check it out. http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Great Florida observations...and, Stalin said that.

Amos: See IRS Publication 463 for the reference of the answer you seek. In summary, you can't take a 1/3 of a day if that is the only day you are gone from home, but you can take an extra 1/3 day if you are gone longer than one whole day. In essence, you must be gone from home long enough to...

Thanks Amos for asking. Yesterday, I posted this under a thread started by Highway Star so I reckon it's appropriate to repost here. Thanks so much for the support, without which we could not have endured the news we just received this morning. Rene' has developed a kidney infection and the...

Congrats on the successful follow-thru on your situation. Your experience proves the desirability of a written contract over a hand-shake deal. Concur with the Col.; when the facts are accurate as best you know them to be, names are appropriate so that other members can make informed choices.