You may remember an article I did a while back called Life's Curves. Well here is a little update on the happenings with my friend Dale....

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Most of us meander through life with purpose and some fore-thought, but how many of us are really prepared for the ugly twists and turns that life can throw in our paths....

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Putting ones self in harms way is how our Canadian armed forces have secured the freedom we take for granted. The same one we use to bitch about the armed forces. We thank them for keeping us safe while in the same breath complain that they are war mongers. I thank them for protecting my right to express myself freely and only wish the government that is supposed to support them did. I am also glad to have a neighbour like the U.S.A. who fields a group of like minded men and women who give us the ability to sleep at night. With the poor excuse for support that our government offers our troups I'm surprised they are able to preform at the levels they do - my hat goes off to them. [Read More!]

Hi there; Here's another little epistle in my observations on our world.

I don't know how many times I've heard the expression "ooooooh that damn Microsoft" or varying
expressions in the same vein, some a lot more colourful. Microsoft is blamed for a lot of things, some deserved some not. [Read More!]

I've been staring out the windshield navigating one of these highway beasts across our two countries (Canada and the U. S. A.) for the better part of thirty years. Few jobs around offer the freedom this one does and few ask as much from its people. In recent years the advent of the cell phone and satellite communication has brought family and dispatch a lot closer to us than in the past. Though nothing brings a driver closer to their family than the front door to their home. A dispatcher to us can be a good friend or one of our worst nightmares. They can help us earn our livelihood and see the ones we love or help us into bankruptcy and divorce court. Extremes you may think but truer than you know.
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I will say here and now that I only worked as a dispatcher for a matter of three months (so I was still very wet behind the ears when I left) and if I could have learned a little more a little faster I might still --- no I wouldn't still be doing it.

There are some people that can handel the preasure of dispatch and thrive, alas I am not one of them. [Read More!]

Thinking of moving on - time to try working elsewhere - is the grass really greener somewhere else? Here are some of my observations over the time I've been in the trucking industry. An industry that I've had varying roles in, as a driver I have pulled many different types of comodities: dry van, reefer, flatdeck, dry bulker and tanker to name a few. As a dispatcher (in training) I've heard the comments from management about truckers and truckers about management. From both sides some warranted and some not.

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