Schneider won't except AZ students, got any ideas

Hello AfterShock,

My sky scan atomic clock just flipped triple digits for the first time for 2008. That's in the shade at 1653hrs.100.8F

 

No kiddin'?
Shux Howdy!
The temps have hit triple digits several times already this year,
here in SoCal. And yesterday was one of them.

It's about time Kingman decided to warm up.

Thanx for the weather report, IGM.

 

I noticed it on all the SNI trucks I saw. The first time I saw it, I though it was just graffitti or somehing. The 5th time I saw it, I was starting to detect a pattern. Never saw an un-painted trailer - they all had the exchange (middle 3 numbers) painted out. (this was everywhere I went between Atlanta, Fargo, and SLC in two weeks)

 

lol - you mean I can't possibly be the best thing since sliced napkins?

As somebody else pointed out - freight will still roll. And it IS still rolling. Yes, some companies are downsizing (rumor mill offers up all kinds of reasons)

I, personally, think the paradigm (I've wanted to use that word here for a long time!) is gonna shift:

Rail is gonna lay new track - improving their ability to haul from one end of the country to another.

Trucking companies are going to - generally - move away from long haul and become regional/local. Yes, there WILL sill be long haul trucking. Off the top of my head, things like nursery loads will still be road-hauled. Specialty loads - oversized, heavy haul, etc. Not gonna hit the rails. But my guess is that OTR will become 10% of what it is today.

Not gonna happen tomorrow, or even next year. Possibly not even 10 years.

Heck, I may be completely whacked and it'll never happen. But I think it will. It should. It makes economic sense.

I have less faith that the current economic downturn is going to be horrible. A bit steep, yes, as we recover from the Clinton administration (Take a look, and you'll find that it takes about 8 years for the economy to reach to a change in policies... don't ask why, I don't know. It's one of those things that frustrated the economics professor I was talking to)

 

Remember...... neanderthal man???

....and I get picked on around here for talking over people?

I want a vote of how many truck drivers know that the only form of energy the brain uses is glucose........... and you get glucose from sugars (which are most commonly carbs broken down)........... com'on, com'on....... how many?.....



And....... this one is for Chief...... if Lurch can talk about dieting (on a truckers site) .... then I can talk about real estate!!

 

I can't help it if I'm 6'6" and the rest of you are ... short.

You know I'm raising my hand, don'tcha?

What was that diet fad a few years ago... Watkins, Watson... WWWWW-something I think it was. Advocated eliminating carbs. Problem was, when the brain is not functioning right, one of the side effects is frequently depression. Friend of mine was on that diet for 6 months (over my objections). Finally died of explosive lead poisoning.

Well, you gotta admit that diet at least has SOME bearing on most of us wheel-jockeys. The only real-estate I'm involved in is my own home.