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When the dementia sets in
Beware, nursing homes of the future, here come Wendy and George…. “Take this post as one from someone who survived more than 10 years in the elder-care business through humor, and the ability to laugh instead of cry.”
March 10, 2017
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Life
Wreaths Across America recognizing truck drivers
Some truck drivers that have volunteered to help Wreaths Across America deliver wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery each December are being recognized by the organization through a series of blog posts.
March 9, 2017
Professional mover Steven Meyer (left) with Wreaths Across America’s Founder Morrill Worcester after receiving the “Greatest Impact” honor from the organization in 2015.
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Voices
Industry unites in effort on Kenworth T680 built to benefit Truckers Against Trafficking
By the time the truck finally hit the production line, Inland Kenworth manager Don Blake says it felt like half the industry was behind it.
March 8, 2017
Kenworth’s ‘Everyday Heroes’ T680 set to be auctioned features a 76-inch sleeper, a 485-horsepower Paccar MX-13 and an Eaton-Fuller Advantage 10-speed automated manual transmission.
Business
When inspiration is confused with insanity
What happens when Wendy, at 5 a.m., inspired by the recent story of one trucker’s beloved lost, then found, cat, decides she’s going to acclimatize her own kitty to the truck … (Look out, Wendy, look out!)
March 8, 2017
“I wonder if the cat will ride with us today.”
Business
Wicked big fun with Jay ‘Big Belly’ Chase
On trucker Chase’s social media alter-ego: “The wicked fun going on over in Big Belly land ranges from completely inappropriate and hilarious to slightly inappropriate and thought-provoking. Hell, he’s even done a cooking video…”
March 6, 2017
Jay “Big Belly” Chase has fun with a job that can sometimes be a pissah.
Trucker Talent Search
Overdrive accepting submissions for annual singing trucker contest
Back for a fourth year, Overdrive-Red Eye Radio’s Trucker Talent Search is looking for truckers who love to sing.
March 6, 2017
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Business
Five Apps for That: Keeping tabs on personal finance
These apps are geared toward centralizing your financial information from multiple accounts. Some have extra personal finance features, such as budgeting, paying bills or setting up automatic deductions for a savings plan.
March 3, 2017
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Business
Let the festivities begin!
Truckin’ to MATS: “It’s hard to believe we’re just a little over two weeks away from opening the show season. We are looking forward to MATS this year, and not just because all the big displays will be back.” …
March 3, 2017
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Business
See dozens of drivers competing for 2017 Overdrive’s Most Beautiful
This year’s winner will receive an expenses-paid trip to The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, where she will receive a makeover and will be photographed with a show truck. She will also be featured in a fall issue of Overdrive.
March 2, 2017
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Things I’ve learned about open-deck hauling
And dry van!: “I also learned that Golden, Colo., has the heaviest and cheapest paying loads out there, because they’re all beer and liquor and the beer companies should be ashamed of some of the prices they’re offering to haul it.”
March 1, 2017
Danger lurks in the tensile strength.
Business
From the big road to the big stage: MATS concert to feature driver-songwriter Tony Justice, Thompson Square
Driver/singer-songwriter Tony Justice will join international country act Thompson Square during the free Mobile Delvac Driver Appreciation concert at this year’s Mid-America Trucking Show.
February 28, 2017
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Business
The truth is hard
“Telling the truth is still important, even if it’s not particularly popular right now. The current climate of things is one lie to combat another, and it’s definitely not working out for the best.” …
February 27, 2017
The $5 knife of death
Life
‘The Backhaul’ — excerpting Fred Afflerbach’s ‘The Bison & the Butterfly’ novel
This excerpt from Fred Afflerbach’s new “The Bison & the Butterfly” comes from the beginning of the second big section of the book, “The Backhaul,” following 70-year-old small fleet owner-operator Ubi Sunt and his teenage grandson, Jeremy, across their trek from Texas toward Jeremy’s home in Philadelphia.
February 24, 2017
Pick up an ebook or print copy of Afflerbach’s new book via this link to The Bison and the Butterfly’s page on Amazon. Alternately, search the title via other retailers.
Business
The pemmican prophecy
In which Wendy tries out a recipe for the super-food of the native Americans: “I took a big, healthy, life sustaining bite of pemmican, and immediately discovered that I’m not ready for the apocalypse.” …
February 24, 2017
So good, you’ll wish it was Soylent Green!
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Out now: ‘The Bison & the Butterfly’ — rollicking sequel to former owner-operator Fred Afflerbach’s ‘Roll On’ novel
A road novel of the classic sort, the new book builds on the foundations laid by its predecessor — Afflerbach’s empathic, often hilarious, moving depiction of two generations of men coming back together through lived experience after separation and loss is a master turn in the literary arts.
February 23, 2017
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Ode to those who make us laugh
“Here’s to the people who make us laugh when we’d rather cry, especially my sweet husband. Make someone laugh today — you never know who feels like the cat’s been sucking on their hair, and you may just keep a trucker from crying.”
February 22, 2017
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Life
Mother’s Day Convoy to benefit Make-A-Wish for 28th year
The 28th annual Mother’s Day Convoy in Lancaster, Pa., will take place Sunday, May 14. The event set a world record last year for largest truck convoy.
February 20, 2017
The Mother’s Day Convoy in Lancaster, Pa., drew nearly 600 trucks in 2016, a world record for the longest truck convoy. This year’s event falls on Sunday, May 14.
Business
Can’t sneak away from trucking
In which Wendy steals off at 4 a.m. from her daughter’s hospital bedside for an illicit smoke in an underground parking garage, only to find out “you can’t do anything without a trucker. Not even sneak off to smoke a cigarette.”
February 20, 2017
Look at those lovely pipe bends.
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