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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Welcome 2014 This is it—your year

    Here we go! It's 2014, and we're headed full steam into an entirely new year. A brand new beginning. A fresh start, if you will. It's probably good that we get that fresh start at least once every year, isn't it? And there's no better time than the beginning of a new year...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    be your own Cheerleader

    And when it comes to expediting, getting that thumbs–up, kind word, or pat on the back can make all the difference in the world, especially when it comes from the person who matters the most—you. It can be hard to support ourselves through this expedite world, because we tend to be the...
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Focus

    Looking forward to the future is an exciting part of expediting. We constantly envision how great we'll feel once we hit goal. We develop "tomorrow tunnel vision": "Tomorrow I'll be one day closer to goal." "Tomorrow I'll be one dollar closer to goal." "Tomorrow I'll be one step...
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Revisit: Dedicated Bidding teams

    Ok at first I wasn't too sure about this....but as most can attest this "new" system is all over the chart...people calling " what your lowest rate?" and stuff like that... I am thinking teams or calling them "pods" or dedicated teams....3 bidders get 30 trucks...and so forth...instead of this...
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Long Tail T shirts and Blue jeans made right here in the USA!

    Hey no more butt crack showing...think I' ll order me some..... 3" longer then normal the T-shirts....and they come with a pocket... Longtail T-Shirts - Men's Longtail T - Longtail Shirts - Duluth Trading Company
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Message Re: scanner cleaning this morning

    I rescanned my last BOL and previewed it was a bit dark but readable on my end....used the cleaning cloth that came with it and did the white paper thingee for calibration.....rescanned the same BOL again....a heck of an improvement...semi-dark shadowing was gone....so I re-sent that one..
  7. OntarioVanMan

    TA verus Pilot

    IF it were even remotely possible......are you willing to give up your .05 discount at Pilot for a TA/Petro fuel card? Yes or No
  8. OntarioVanMan

    Thank you Pilot!

    I don;t fuel up much at Pilot but when I do....they ask for Zip code.....I enter 48180...Card rejected! Thank you Pilot for reminding me of where I do live.....LOL Btw...ever wonder why a Mac 19 takes so long to return when at the yard? It takes the computer that long to add them all...
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Happy Birthday and Congradulations for Crapshooter

    Don...have a good one......and congrats on your success with the recent addition of what was it? 3 more new sprinters this month?.....awesome looking
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Why the change?

    for our randoms to Concentra?.......they make us wait for hours...the last place was almost in and out...and closer
  11. OntarioVanMan

    February Banter and Location

    Good Morning from Perrysburg Ohio Walmart.....54 degrees here...:)
  12. OntarioVanMan

    Thank you John and dispatch

    For NOT prostituting us out in Laredo....:D I may have have left empty but I leave with my pride intact...and I'll not give them shippers the satisfaction that Load 1 will stoop to such a low level as some carriers appear to be doing...There is no need for that crap...it is not even competition...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    Classroom time.

    Using 19 effectively.... A Lansing 19 takes in some of Detroit...Gr Rapids 19 only as far east as US 23....I69 to Lake Michigan there is no one.....If someone else was in Lansing they'd show up on my 19 I did for GrRapids.....hence triangulation...:D work smarter,make more....
  14. OntarioVanMan

    List Your Smartphone

    your model you use and why...Please?...:)
  15. OntarioVanMan

    Shadow Birthday

    Happy Birthday grasshopper...:D another year older..
  16. OntarioVanMan

    JuJubeans Birthday!

    Yet another year younger....:D
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Christmas Wishes Thread

    Let me start this off.... I am finished for the year and a great year at that, broke a lot of personal bests with Load 1. First, it is all possible because of John Elliot and the business model he has set-up....and then the staff following his leadership! A #1 all around from dispatch to...
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Glitches in the system

    No computer system is perfect and neither are the people running them... If you've had a misfire and been resolved... Please post any problems and resolutions to any nagging problems that pop up regarding computerized system... 1. Split load designated as a straight trick load 1st leg run by...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    November Banter and Location

    Hey hey...In KC still....26 hrs now...:D
  20. OntarioVanMan

    Novembers Guess-timates?

    Well John..I figured you've had your crystal ball, ouji board and tea leafs read....what is November looking like?:p
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