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Tony Justice: Making dreams reality with new record
The quality of the writing and production on the best tracks on Justice’s new record are primed to earn wide attention – if not in the mainstream, definitely among the audience Justice knows best. That’s you.
December 9, 2013
Tony Justice for Overdrive Magazine photographed by Tyler Oxendine
Business
Have it your neigh
On U.K. horse-meat fast-food burger scandal: “I’d actually be happy to find out it’s only horse meat, and not something unspeakable, like ground-up baby diapers drenched in pig fat.”
November 22, 2013
“Hold the pickle, hold the horsehair.”
Business
Do you have a permit for that?
Annals of obstruction: If such questions keep up, Wendy says, she’s may just require sources sign a “waiver … to read my articles from now on.”
November 15, 2013
“Take me to your corporate.”
Voices
Fuel-island etiquette: What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Wendy Parker struck a nerve with her “Short fuses at the fuel island” blog post. It dealt with commonly expressed aggravation with long waits as some drivers use the island for things other than fueling.
November 13, 2013
Best-case scenario?
Life
Coffee is king! The once-upon-a-time story of the brew’s origins
“Whether you pay for it or not, coffee is king on the road, still out-selling energy drinks, and being consumed by 80% of the population on a daily basis. All hail the mighty bean.”
October 2, 2013
Wendy Parker, this story’s author, writes the George & Wendy Show blog, appearing several times a week on OverdriveOnline.com, dispatched from her ridealong position in the truck with her owner-operator husband, George.
Business
Love’s Raises $2 Million for Children’s Miracle Network
Love’s Travel Stops has given $2 million to the Children’s Miracle Network to benefit 92 CMN Hospitals across the country. Love’s recently wrapped up a five-week fundraising campaign at its 304 travel stop and country store locations. Love’s employees and customers worked together to raise the record amount for its 15th campaign, most of which […]
September 30, 2013
Business
Pilot opens two new stops
Pilot Flying J will open two new truck stops — a Pilot Travel Center  in Oakwood, Ill. and a Flying J Travel Plaza in Vandalia, Ohio.  The Pilot Travel Center in Oakwood, Ill., is located off Interstate 74 at Exit 206 at 503 N. Oakwood St. and offers various amenities, including: ·         Seven diesel lanes […]
August 19, 2013
Voices
Roundup: Return fire in owner-operator war, driverless trucks, truck-stop cuisine…
Independent rebuttal to prognosticators of insurmountable challenges of the owner-operator model; Driverless trucks: income opportunity?; Insurance: “we’ve got to stop this bill dead.”
August 15, 2013
Cody Blankenship’s truck and reefer
Business
Do not smell this sandwich
“Miss, could I get you to smell this for me and tell me if it’s good. The date says today, but I never trust ’em. Can’t smell too good, myself.” / “You should ask your doctor if you have questions!”
July 28, 2013
free smells
Business
How much toilet paper? Iowa 80 funny facts illustrated
An infographic published recently details just that, along with how much coffee is consumed at the Walcott, Iowa, ruck stop and how many eggs are eaten there, too.
July 17, 2013
i80 truckstop featured
Business
On tact and being tactile
“I see approximately seven hundred things I want to touch every time we stop. Unfortunately, five to six hundred of these things are usually attached to other people or their property.”
July 3, 2013
furry things
Business
Goodyear boosts tire availability
Steer, drive and trailer tires in the tire manufacturer’s Fuel Max line will be available at TA and Petro locations in July 2013.
June 21, 2013
The G399A steer tire with Fuel Max technology is one of three models with new availability at TA Petro locations.
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