Knowing What You Know Now, Would You Still Sign Up for Choice Today?

Thanks for your honest assessment. It's appreciated. I understand what you mean about the variables. I just want to keep the wheels turning and learn the lanes. The self dispatch is a big draw but it is a little intimidating. I work hard now but I'm forced to. Gotta keep at it. I'm sure everyone else has to deal with that issue too.

It's too bad about the West. I run the NW to the East and Southeast a lot, but that's with a reefer. I do hope I can figure out how to work my way across on occasion, just for the hell of it.

Lifestyle is right on too. Living in a truck and traveling the country may sound totally dysfunctional to many, but to me it beats a local job. I tried that and it just got too repetitive.

Honestly the whole O/O thing doesn't mean much to me. I would never refer to myself as such on a lease. I've snickered at those guys for years at my current company and others. I see this more as a good company job with self dispatch and good equipment.

Let's hope the rates pick up and we can all make a go of it.

I've only got one specific question right now. Does Schneider haul Coors out of Golden?

 

Post counts don't make the man drvr.

If I were lookin' to start trouble I would tell you the joke about the woman who went to the police station to "report a rapin'". When the detective sat her down and asked her to tell him what happened, she said, "It was completely dark, I didn't see his face, he didn't say a word, but I know he was a Texan." Aw you've probably heard it anyway...

 

Oh I'm not a know-it-all Scott. As a matter of fact, one of my favorite maxims is:

There are two kinds of people in the world.
Those who don't know, and those who don't know that they don't know.
Which are you Scott?

You kind of got carried away with the "spit" part, don't you think? Over the top maybe?

 

Many thanks to the Choice driver who hung back so I could pick his brain over the CB the other day in IL. He answered all my questions and then some. Class act.

"You had a choice and you chose us. Thank you!" The back of my Waffle House receipt this morning.

 

So the detective says, "But ma'am, if you didn't see him, and he didn't speak, how do you know he was a Texan?"

"Because", she says, standing up and extending her open hand outwards from her abdomen, "He had a great big................belt buckle, and a itty bitty dick.

 

My coffee and water setup. Years of testing involved here. These are all tried and true items, highly recommended.

I recommend the Aeropress. Created by the same Stanford engineer who invented the Aerobie, the flying disc that goes further than a frisbee.

It makes just four ounces of really strong coffee. Then you add hot water to your cup, like Starbucks does when they make an Americano. You will thank me. Clean up is easy. Take off strainer bottom, and plop out the grounds into the trash. Plenty of youtube videos. I just searched here and see I am not the first to discover it. 5,500 positive reviews on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Aeropress-Co...UTF8&qid=1472780305&sr=1-1&keywords=aeropress

A Hario manual grinder. If you can't handle manual, get a blade grinder. But the manual is a burr grinder and the grind is consistent. The blade grinders basically chop it up in different size pieces.

https://www.amazon.com/Hario-Cerami...&qid=1472780361&sr=1-1&keywords=hario+grinder

and believe it or not, Walmart sells Eight O'Clock Columbian Peaks whole bean coffee for around 6 or 7 bucks a pound. It is delicious.

I use a Proctor Silex electric pitcher to heat the water. Quicker than the microwave, and pours well:

https://www.amazon.com/Proctor-Sile...2780415&sr=1-2&keywords=proctor+silex+pitcher

The water is filtered through a Melitta Dispenser, another item I wouldn't be without:

https://www.amazon.com/Brita-UltraM...F8&qid=1472780184&sr=8-3&keywords=brita+water

Then I have a 7 gallon water jug that I fill at rest areas:

https://www.amazon.com/Reliance-Pro...1472780748&sr=1-1&keywords=water+jug+7+gallon

For those who would like a table in their truck, I had a Lifetime table in the last Freightliner I drove. You can practically stand on the #### thing, and if you are solo it can remain up all the time off to the side. I was very satisfied with it:

https://www.amazon.com/Lifetime-802...780900&sr=1-6-catcorr&keywords=lifetime+table

Just wanted to share my setup. This is after many years of experimentation, and many cups of lousy truck stop coffee.