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Lisa Kelly to make appearance at bowl game Dec. 18
Whether you’re getting opportunity to spend some relaxing time today with family around a dinner table, with friends at a football game, or you’re out on the road, here’s wishing you a Happy...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Personally, I know I’ve got lots to be thankful for, but this is a trucking blog, isn’t it? In any case, if we can’t exactly be thankful for much this year — with the exception for the fact that I’d...
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Thankful from the road: Pretty trucks, inspirational owners
Once again, mankind has redeemed itself and we’ve met some of the coolest human beings alive. We stopped at a rest stop on I-10 near Ft. Stockton, Texas where I noticed the old trucks immediately. I...
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Home (and away) for the holidays
If you’re anything like independent owner-operator Mike “Mustang” Crawford, you’ll be on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow. Checking in with Crawford this morning, he noted he was loading...
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Turkey day dispatch: More docs with CDLs needed?
I imagine your answer to that question would be a resounding yes. For one example, look to this report from Minnesota Public Radio about Dr. Clayton Cowl and his practice, part of which includes...
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What are you thankful for, driver?
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? No matter how small or big — trucking related or not — we’re interested to hear. As part of a Thanksgiving-related story package, we’ll share with drivers...
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Time to be thankful for time
It’s hard to believe it’s Thanksgiving again. The older I get, the quicker the holidays come. Decades seem to whiz by and the thought that kids who were born in 1992 can legally buy alcohol doesn’t...
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Giving thanks: Driver dispatches
We asked, and you answered. Following find a round-up of readers’ answers to the question What are you thankful for? As for Matt Owens, commenting on our Facebook page, he kept it simple. “I’m...
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Potluck Olympics
“PEEEEE-CAAAAN…” We were blessed to be home for the holiday, which meant not one, but two awesome, delicious, and thoughtful meals prepared by people who love us dearly and really are happy to see us...
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Another voice on the hours of service: Owner-operator Tom Quinton
It’s been a raucous couple weeks on the site here, plenty of thoughts and notions to chew on, particularly with regard to the hours of service — from a lively discussion (with more than 50 comments and...
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Meals for 18 wheels delivers
“A hot holiday meal is a special thing .. taken for granted” by many American, writes David Hollis of Overdrive sister website Truckers News. For long-distance truckers over-the-road during the...
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Giving thanks with fellow drivers: Brian and Bettina Cameron of Cartersville,...
It’s that time of year, folks — the one where we give thanks with food and friends and fellowship all around. For too many drivers, the Thanksgiving holiday is spent on the road — “Thanksgiving. And...
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Thanksgiving 2014
It’s been theorized by health experts that people who are grateful, and express their gratitude, are generally better adjusted and seem to live longer, happier lives. We have an abundance of things to...
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Unintended offense and other social (media) faux pas
People get mad at the weirdest things. You’d think I’d have learned my lesson when I got hammered for being a racist for saying something about “tiny Mexican villages” in the bottom of potholes in...
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Thanksgiving cargo thefts on rise in recent years
(file art) Thanksgiving week over the last three years has seen thefts of $6 million in cargo, 44 semitractors and 51 semitrailers, according to crime analytics group CargoNet. Texas has experienced...
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Further evidence to give an abundance of thanks
It’s hard to top a piece that starts with the opening line, “Once again, mankind has redeemed itself and we’ve met some of the coolest human beings alive.” Little did I know when I wrote it three years...
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Happy Thanksgiving, drivers!
What are you most thankful for this year? From all the editors at Overdrive, here’s hoping yours is a great day, whether on the road or with family and friends — or both! Thanksgiving 2014What are you...
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No penalty for Christmas music after Thanksgiving
The holidays are officially upon us, and we can’t even be mad at people for playing Christmas music, because after Thanksgiving, it’s fair game. It doesn’t make it any less annoying to hear “Frosty the...
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