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Channel 19
More parking modest proposals: Register a truck, purchase a parking spot …
Bit of a tongue-in-cheek solution to the parking shortage. If trailer owners were required to purchase a space for every trailer they registered, why, “this would give us a surplus!” Can you see the billboards now?… “Call 1-800-WE-HAVE-SPACE to break ground now! Low prices for your mandated space!”
August 9, 2019
Channel 19
More on sun exposure and cancer risk, ways to prevent and a personal story of cure
Malignant melanoma can be very aggressive, traveling fast to other places in the body, but when the notion arose that the condition was a totally incurable one recently, Andrea Marks of TruckerNation took some exception — she’s been cancer-free for quite some time, following a 2007 initial diagnosis….
July 17, 2019
Channel 19
‘Secrets of trucking shall remain secret’: An elegy for the counter of knowledge
Gordon Alkire’s whimsical (but not all fun and games) take on so much that is gone into the past: the “In the sit-down diners was … the all-knowing, never-wrong counter of knowledge, usually manned by experts 24 hours a day.”
January 17, 2019
Channel 19
Tesla Semi and its clean inspection violate the eye test of more than one reader
The Tesla Semi, inspected at Donner Pass Inspection Station, received a clean inspection report; however, many Overdrive readers are not impressed by its looks.
August 17, 2018
Business
Things truckers deal with that would be weird if everyone did them
“Here’s a startling thought: what if everyone had a 14-hour clock? You’re sitting in the emergency room with a sliced-up finger and the surgeon sewing it back together falls out like a fainting goat half-way through the procedure.”…
December 6, 2017
Business
And just what a-‘bot’ that amateur-hour advocacy group
As reports surface of “bots” commenting on regs, Wendy expresses doubt, with humility: “I’m just part of that ‘amateur-hour’ advocacy group who didn’t nonetheless make a ‘rookie mistake’ by encouraging ‘bots’ to do a job people need to be doing themselves with genuine, applicable, relevant information to have any credibility.”
November 15, 2017
Business
Following along with the FMCSA
“Hi kids, and welcome to the first and only episode of ‘Following along with the FMCSA.’ Today our host, Dilly McDoodle, will talk about a few new rules and regulations the gubmint makes the general public believe increase productivity and safety on the highways of North America!”
October 23, 2017
Business
Bait and switch in mammoth proportions
“This here’s a stick-up. Put all your money into magic clocks and making those magic clocks safe, or you can’t earn money” … in which an org pushing ELDs for safety purposes plans to offer up a service intended to help keep public safe from hacking threat.
October 11, 2017
Business
Rediscovering discoveries just discovered — talking heads, leasing practices, puddles
Breaking news! “We join the scene live, with Monica McDoodlesnap, as she uncovers shocking, never seen before, completely 100 percent brand-new discoveries in the trucking industry. Monica, can you describe the general atmosphere among the natives?”…
August 4, 2017
Business
Thing-a-ma-bobs is dangerous
“This just in!! The super-popular ‘Thing-a-ma-bob,’ hottest toy on the market for Christmas 2016 and manufactured in Wehateamericastan, has been reported to cause hair loss and possible self-immolation!” …
December 26, 2016
Channel 19
How Elves Trucking LLC got back in service — just in the nick of time
A guest Channel 19 post from the desk of Richard Wilson and TCRG Consulting: “The DOT elves were on the prowl only to find a jolly old sleigh driver elf with a time card instead of a logbook on hand. …”
December 23, 2016
Business
The Haven
Wendy’s parody of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” poem details an encounter with a local LEO tap tap tapping on the driver’s door: “I’m here for sleep, and nothing more.”
December 12, 2016
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