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Glen called me from the hospital around 1:00 p.m. EDT today (Sunday). Janice was with him. Glen said he has been moved from ICU to PCU and that the rooms are nicer there. I asked him how he was doing and he said, "Not so good." He complained of pain which he described as "burning inside." He...

Janice shared this on Friday: Glen had a rough night and today wasn't much better. For a while, we thought he would have to undergo emergency exploratory surgery. Thankfully, towards the end of the day, he began to rally. He is still in ICU and has had several blood transfusions. He...

RE: FedEx Representatives Address Open Forum Topic One additional thought, Mudflap. Instead of continually running my posts into the ground and attacking my motives, why don't you do something more positive instead. There are dozens of high-traffic venues online where you could post...

RE: FedEx Representatives Address Open Forum Topic Lighten up, Mudflap. People are allowed to change their minds. Regarding my personal, non-commercial web site, kindly note that it has numerous links pointing to EO and no links pointing to any other expediting site. I spoke to Lawrence...

Janice sent this update today (Wednesday): I just got back from the hospital. Glen was doing fairly well. He is still in ICU but may be moved to another floor tomorrow. He is uncomfortable, hungry and thirsty. Just before I left, they were going to give him ice chips - he was happy &...

RE: FedEx Representatives Address Open Forum Topic >Phil, >But rather I am asking what these questions that were asked >are and what wasn’t asked which are more important. I know >there must have been restrictions what you can ask and how >you ask it, one reason is because you are a...

RE: FedEx Representatives Address Open Forum Topic >Thanks A-Team > >Enlightening information, even for those of us not driving >for fedex. > >Hopefully, our esteemed moderators WON'T go out of >their way to bash you for linking to your literary >work. They will. Just watch. I have...

In recent months, a number of topics have prompted a number of conversations here in the Open Forum. They include how FedEx Surface Expedite Network (announced at the 2006 Louisville truck show) will affect contractors and contractor pay, FedEx Custom Critical's plans to expand its fleet size to...

Looney2's post reminded me of a conversation I had with a former plumber at an RV park in Tampa, FL last weekend. Diane and I were staying there to rest up. This man was a company driver staying there too. He was there with his tractor, wife and pit bull. He was delighted to be out of plumbing...

We think more in terms of miles per month than per week. CR-unit, team, FedExCC White Glove (reefer, liftgate, pads, straps, dollies, fully credentialed team). A month in service 80%-90% with load acceptance 70%-80% produces about 12,000 miles for us (months vary). That would be 2,790 per week...

I was told by 3 different teams that I have met that >they tried to talk to Phil and he just walked away from them >and they thought he thought he was to good to speak to them. >I ask them was he on a load and they said yes. My thought >was maybe he was in a hurry I don't know. If you see...

Glen was in surgery for about four hours today (Tuesday). Doctors removed the tumor, his spleen and 70% of his pancreas. He is in intensive care now and expected to remain there for several days. The pathology report on th tumor will arrive in a few days. Doctors believe they were able to save...

Goal Oriented Expediting (Word count: 1,079, two printed pages) Having reviewed the numbers of our three-plus years in expediting, it is as clear to me as the sun in the sky that a one-truck (straight or semi), husband/wife expediting team with a good work ethic, clean record and ordinary...

>One point I think that you should make is that you made a >personal choice to sell off and liquidate your home and >possessions. Well not everyone can do that or are willing to >do that. In attempting to emulate you new folks could easily >fall into a money trap that they cannot get out of...

It is probably not a good idea to publish Glen and Jan's mailing address here. If you e-mail me, I'll pass it on to you. No fund for financial contributions has been established.

>...anyone investing into anything that >is going to be life changing should be using a Microscope, >not the vision in ones head of how it shoud be. Awesome words, Broompilot! VERY well said! The ability to distinguish between how you think things should be and how things are is one of the...

If you have not already done so, see "Introduction to Expediting." http://www.expeditersonline.com/downloads/introduction.pdf Conference and truck show attendence is extremely beneficial and well worth the time and effort it takes to get there. Invest some of your vacation time if you must...

When building the truck, I kept vendor info and truck specs to myself; making the case that since changes were being made through the build, it would be premature to release the not-yet-finalized information. At that time I took a lot of heat from people who said I should release information...

>I think this subject has probably come up a few times >before...There are a lot of things to like about expediting. > Perhaps for you it is the freedom. Maybe it's that you get >to see parts of our great country that you never would have >otherwise. Or is it the excitement of finding out...

I am surprised that zero replies were offered to the question. With all the hoopla that preceeded the change, I thought more people would have had more to say about it now. Personally, I lost interest in the question a few runs into FedEx's new compensation schedule. It did not appear to be...