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>I do not find your "mottos" offensive. I do. Being an American means buying American!!! Saying that I am not American, or worse, un-American, if I should choose to spend my dollars on a product in a way that gives me the best value for my money, and that product is made overseas, is a...

>While there is nothing illegal about an officer making these >notations, all I am saying is that I believe it to be wrong >for the officer to try and influence a decision BEFORE the >case would even go to trail - if it would even go to court. Huh? What decision? Circling a ticket number...

The concept of the street address was invented in Venice, Italy. OK, so it's not really germane to the conversation, but it is a bit of fascinating worthless trivia.

Yep, it's the low voltage zap causing the inverter to shut off. It might be a weak starter battery, but in some systems an inverter will sense too low of a voltage regardless of the battery's state. In any case, an auxiliary battery for inverter use is highly recommended. Connected via a...

If the delivery time is not confirmed, does that mean you can deliver it whenever you want? Just...whenever...will be fine? Not in expediting. And it works both ways. What's good for the goose and all that. If I'm contracted to pickup and deliver at a certain time, and I fulfill my end of the...

Any business, be it a carrier, fleet or truck owner, is a reflection of those who work for them. I'm sure there are lots of reasons why a carrier or an owner wouldn't want someone else speaking for them on here, even something as simple as publicly stating who they work for, so as to not have...

How about, as a requirement for being a driver, you first have to put in two months as a dispatcher? I think it's a safe bet that no company will ever require a low-paying dispatcher to go through the process and expense of getting their CDL with a HAZMAT endorsement and then force them to...

> FedUp Ex-Con Bolts Panther Film at eleven

Yeah. I dunno if it was worth deleting, tho. It was just a little sophomoric. Besides, the grammar and punctuation was so bad it was hard to tell that he was actually calling people names. :D was so bad? were so bad? I never paid attention in English class. Tho hehe

Dip Stick, nimrod, butt head? My, my, my, aren't we just the little slice of sunshine! Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.

"...if you wanted to bad enough." I don't. :) For several reasons. One is, there's nothing particularly special or interesting about this year's Thanksgiving with my family. The big plans are to assault Cracker Barrel this year, instead of having mom do the bird. It was suggested that I go to...

Does anybody really care?

I dropped off in the middle of the Napa Valley wine country yesterday afternoon, sitting here on the outskits of beautiful downtown Lodi, CA at the moment. Well, at the Flying J, anyway. I'm 2200 miles from home. An empty move that far is a little silly, especially since I'd never get there by...

Which is why dual speed limits are just plain goofy.

The Con-Way buyout was 7/22, though, so those 05/31 numbers are gonna be way off. The increase of 200 trucks is low, but they just stated "over 1500" and not an accurate number. Some Con-Way trucks declined the initial move, some left shortly thereafter, and some existing Panther trucks have...

Well, I believe in giving credit where credit is due, but also in not overstating the credit. The OOIDA was involved, as was the ATA, the CVSA (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance) and the AAMVA (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. But regardless of how many phone calls were...

: You didn't come off as rude at all. It was my fault, actually, because I was addressing solos, not teams, when I used the 500 loaded miles litmus test. That's what I get for being a solo van driver and thinking like one. For teams, it's different, as you'd have to take a close look at those...

Had a load once that a driver didn't want to take into Manhattan, so I took it the remaining 100 miles or so after a swap. 5 miles headhead. Two skids, 3000 pounds, 200 boxes about the size of shoe boxes. Marked and booked as HAZMAT, but it was specially packaged consumer hair care products...

Yep. Got it. Thanks. Would like an explanation about that other post, tho.

Union. Too funny. lol .77 a mile is low, but I wouldn't mind that for longer loads, since it's more often than not a pretty easy gig. But on shorter loads, the rates need to come up, and not just after you turn it down twice or beg for it. As an example, and I hate to do this cause they're...