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In another life, I worked in a profession where people who wore ties played the game for keeps. In that world, you develop a keen eye for tie quality, fabric, style, width, color, design, knots, trends, etc. You played the tie game well not to stand out but to blend in. Wearing the wrong tie at...

How would it work out? I would hope that every driver would vote for the carrier he or she is running with. That would give the edge to the largest carriers. If you would not vote for the carrier you were running with, why are you running with that carrier?

They dance around this issue with grace and finesse. There was a time when they asked in departure calls if we were in uniform. That changed to "contractor apparel" at some point. Diane and I like the idea of wearing a uniform at pick ups and deliveries. It presents a good image and reinforces...

Even in rebuilding a truck you own, the options are limited by EPA and CARB rules. These rules have proven to be a moving target as they are announced, changed and changed again. I am not up to speed on the current set and therefore cannot discuss specifics. Our truck is years away from...

That's right. When it comes to new trucks, the new trend is higher prices with no benefits added unless you count the government mandated emissions add-ons as a benefit. Fuel economy improvements are claimed by the manufacturers but I don't know if they are enough to offset the higher costs. I...

I think it is more true that the drivers who make more money may also be willing to wear a tie on occasion or as a matter of course. I doubt that the top producers who wear ties would see their sales and customer service skills disappear or their revenue decline if they stopped wearing ties...

The Washington Post reports that pilot rest rules are under review by the DOT and FAA (story here). This debate and the truck driver hours of service (HOS) debate are similar. To me, the most frustrating part of these HOS debates is the assumption that a "science based" rule can be created at...

I hear that!

It's not a tie the polo shirt people would have you wear but a leash.

Dispatched for a Monday pick up. Spending weekend at the Pechanga RV Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA.

Have you a photo to share? Dakata's hot tub comment got me to thinking.

Laid over in Temecula, California. In service, waiting for load offers.

I was hoping people would post good alternatives. Thank you, redytrk, for the non-ap site.

Are you missing the Sirius XM Weather and Emergency Channel like Diane and I are? It seems to have been discontinued without explaination. This is a significant loss for Diane and me. We travel all over the country to places at random on short notice. We have friends that do the same. We...

But owners such as them are not ashamed and that is how they are able to successfully prey on drivers again and again. Honest drivers become prey when they allow themselves to believe that the owner is as honest and well-intentioned as them. Drivers get into these situations by counting more...

Alaska. It would be the 49th state we drove in and we'd stay a week or more to vacation there. The next choice, for the same reasons would be Hawaii. It is unlikely but there are rare cases where FedEx has put a straight truck on a plane and flown the load to a non-North America location. We...

Not yelling, just asking; if you could care less, why do anything at all?

It is the former; wishful thinking clouds good judgment. You can spot it almost every day at truck stop lunch counters. One disgruntled driver will turn to another and ask "How is it at (carrier name)?" Or how is (flatbedding, expediting, car hauling, whatever) working for you? If the answer...

In a recent post, an Open Forum member urged members to "...get back to what this site is really all about!" It occured to me that members do not have a unified view of what this site really is all about, and that it might be instructive to hear what members think EO really is all about. So...

If you asked 100 members what this site is really all about, I think you would get a number of answers. Lawrence's answer would be the on of greatest interest to me. I'd also be interested to learn what you think this site is really all about. Actually, don't answer that here. I'll start a new...