January Locations and Banter

jelliott

Veteran Expediter
Motor Carrier Executive
US Army
Trying to have patience.. been rough start to the year.


Dale

I understand. But to be honest this is the completely frustrating and normal cycle that we and every expedite carrier go through every year. I understand people venting good and bad right now. It is a trying time. But it is the same thing we do every year. It is hard to remember that as we all look at what is going on right now or we compare things to the last month or such. This is the sector of business we all choose to be in. With that comes the ups and downs that are inherent to it. Monday I was happy with numbers, Tuesday I was nauseous, yesterday was in the middle. Point is we have to manage stress and what we do. We don't need to jump on one and other for a post. It does nothing but add to the stress. The industry gives us enough, lets not create our own. IMHO.
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
I understand. But to be honest this is the completely frustrating and normal cycle that we and every expedite carrier go through every year. I understand people venting good and bad right now. It is a trying time. But it is the same thing we do every year. It is hard to remember that as we all look at what is going on right now or we compare things to the last month or such. This is the sector of business we all choose to be in. With that comes the ups and downs that are inherent to it. Monday I was happy with numbers, Tuesday I was nauseous, yesterday was in the middle. Point is we have to manage stress and what we do. We don't need to jump on one and other for a post. It does nothing but add to the stress. The industry gives us enough, lets not create our own. IMHO.

Thank you....we are Load1 thru good and bad times and respectful of each other.
 

jujubeans

OVM Project Manager
Good news is only 2 weeks left in January!

goods news is that 40+ today will melts a lot of the snow cover!

good news is today I am planting cat grass!

Good news...I slept like a baby!

Good news...the coffee is great this morning!

Good News..my cup is half FULL!
 

Dreamer

Administrator Emeritus
Charter Member
I understand. But to be honest this is the completely frustrating and normal cycle that we and every expedite carrier go through every year. I understand people venting good and bad right now. It is a trying time. But it is the same thing we do every year. It is hard to remember that as we all look at what is going on right now or we compare things to the last month or such. This is the sector of business we all choose to be in. With that comes the ups and downs that are inherent to it. Monday I was happy with numbers, Tuesday I was nauseous, yesterday was in the middle. Point is we have to manage stress and what we do. We don't need to jump on one and other for a post. It does nothing but add to the stress. The industry gives us enough, lets not create our own. IMHO.



OH yeah? Well.. let me tell YOU something! I'm about to take up OVM's cigs LOL...


And another thing.. what is the DEAL with um.. wait.. I'm thinking... crap.. I got nothing.


Yeah, I'm frustrated, but you won't see me blowing up on anyone.. just stressin a bit. No money does that LOL.


And the news is, any driver that's been there a year, get's a $5000 longevity bonus! Yeah!

(I'm almost there LOL.. gotta get my renewed physical next week, if I can afford it:cool:


Dale
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
OH yeah? Well.. let me tell YOU something! I'm about to take up OVM's cigs LOL...


And another thing.. what is the DEAL with um.. wait.. I'm thinking... crap.. I got nothing.


Yeah, I'm frustrated, but you won't see me blowing up on anyone.. just stressin a bit. No money does that LOL.


Dale

Dale....you be doing this for how many Januarys now?....didn't the Feds have Januarys like this?....

There must be 300 yrs experience at Load 1 just in this forum
EVERYONE has experienced Januarys before and should be prepared for such....
If a few happen to get lucky then I thought we be better folks and be happy for them VS putting a muzzle on them...
 

Dreamer

Administrator Emeritus
Charter Member
You do and I'll come BACK out on the road and swat ya!


LOL.. I haven't smoked in about 15 years.. just think of all the money I've saved! And back then, I didn't even have the excuse of cheap cigs.. I liked good cigars!


Dale

(Edit... crap, I'm older than I thought.. been almost 18 years!)
 

Dreamer

Administrator Emeritus
Charter Member
Dale....you be doing this for how many Januarys now?....didn't the Feds have Januarys like this?....

There must be 300 yrs experience at Load 1 just in this forum
EVERYONE has experienced Januarys before and should be prepared for such....
If a few happen to get lucky then I thought we be better folks and be happy for them VS putting a muzzle on them...


I miss something? Somebody bein a rude butt? SHUT UP Punk. . I know where you live and.. no wait, I don't... um.. crap... wait... I got nuttin. :p LOL... (c'mon, what did I miss? Somebody throwing down at Isis?)

*disclaimer* above comments are made in jest and are in no way an invitation to anyone to meet at Isis for discussions unless they are paying. In which case we can talk about it. Thank you, that is all.


Yeah, I WAS prepared for part of it.. unfortunately.. life happens, time off for funerals, sickos, unexpected crap, and just bad timing... got a couple setbacks right now, but pluggin thru.


Dale
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
I miss something? Somebody bein a rude butt? SHUT UP Punk. . I know where you live and.. no wait, I don't... um.. crap... wait... I got nuttin. :p LOL... (c'mon, what did I miss? Somebody throwing down at Isis?)

Yeah, I WAS prepared for part of it.. unfortunately.. life happens, time off for funerals, sickos, unexpected crap, and just bad timing... got a couple setbacks right now, but pluggin thru.


Dale

Life has a habit of sometimes messing up the best laid plans...BUT there is nothing you can do about it...dispatch can't pull loads from their arses soooo waiting is what we do...LOL
 

Dreamer

Administrator Emeritus
Charter Member
Life has a habit of sometimes messing up the best laid plans...BUT there is nothing you can do about it...dispatch can't pull loads from their arses soooo waiting is what we do...LOL


WHAT? I thought I signed on with "Load One Travel Agency" where their motto is, "You tell us when and where, we'll get you there!"

No? crap.


I really must have missed something.. I sense undies in a bunch!



Me again.
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
WHAT? I thought I signed on with "Load One Travel Agency" where their motto is, "You tell us when and where, we'll get you there!"

No? crap.


I really must have missed something.. I sense undies in a bunch!



Me again.


Not mine...yours?... Johns maybe?...LOL

naw...banana's come in bunches...
 

Dreamer

Administrator Emeritus
Charter Member
Everybody's like

"The glass is half full"
"The glass is half empty"

and I'm over here like

"While you two were arguing, I drank the dang lemonade!"


Me
 

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
that said....

For all of the reasons above, people have a tendency to use this time of year as an excuse to slack off on the things they should be doing. You'll hear a lot of things like, "It's a depressing time of year," "There's nothing to look forward to," etc.

But what better time to accomplish a goal then when you've got nothing else going on? With no distractions, the potential for real achievement is at a maximum level, so use it wisely!

Sure, you could lament the empty months ahead and just sit inside and watch TV waiting for the spring to arrive, but what good would it do you? The time to act is now—and that goes double for your weight loss.

Now is that special time of year when you actually have the time to dedicate to your program. And, there are no heavy-eating holidays in the near future, which makes temptation even easier to avoid. All you've got is a lot of time and (we hope) a lot of willpower—two of the best things you'll need to achieve real results.

So turn this barren time of year into a fruitful one by making a dedication to use all of that extra time you have to your advantage. And best of all, when spring and summer roll around, you'll be way ahead of the game—and looking great!

Best of luck....
 
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