As many know, I am now back in the saddle of a big truck. While I wait for my new iron to arrive, I am driving around western Canada in a new International Eagle 9200i. It ain’t a Cadillac but it gets the job done.
Due to the “just in time” nature of the […]

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Current Mood: MischievousThis entry is both a test and an announcement.
The announcement is this site is now completely mobile compatible. This means you can keep up to date on what’s new here utilizing your mobile device’s wap or normal browser.
The test is another plugin which allows me to post from my Blackberries.
The old trucker […]

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Trucks can keep up with the cars. So quit whining if you find us in the left lane. Chances are YOU are ALSO going too fast!!
How fast them trucks can GO

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Alberta’s privacy commissioner will rule in February whether bars in the province can continue to scan ID cards and compile personal information from customers as part of their efforts to keep out troublemakers.
Alberta privacy commission to rule on bar scans
This should be a complete no brainer.  Do we really need the privacy commissioner to […]

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This is getting ridiculous.  Lawmakers are now deciding that truckers should butt-out in the trucks.  Are they insane? 
Of course this only applies to provincially legislated carriers, for now.  If the company is federally legislated their employees fall under the federal law which allows employers to designate smoking areas for employees, including in the cabs […]

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While trucking is by far my first love, there are a couple of things I enjoy almost as much. One of these is turning excellent coffee beans into cups of AMAZING coffee. Coffee is the topic of my newest blog, which should open in the next month or so. Keep checking My […]

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Here it is again, a new year. One must question whether anything is going to be different or if it is going to be another year of same old same old…
Living in the communist province, little is different today than it was yesterday. We still don’t have rent control. We still have […]

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As most who know me are aware, I am a big coffee junkie. Unfortunatley, the Edmonton coffee scene isn’t what I would hope it be. To see what I mean, run a Google search of Coffee Edmonton. Then run one of Coffee Seattle or Coffee Toronto. You will find very little […]

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‘Tis the season once again. Why does it have to be an annual event? Let’s leave religion out of it for a change. The Christmas season is no longer about religion at any rate. The only time religion, or Christ comes into Christmas anymore is when the conservatives decide that we […]

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And what better way to kick it off than with a joke…..
At a grade school in Regina a teacher was talking with her students about football. She told the students that she was a Saskatchewan Roughriders fan. She then asked her students to raise their hands if they, too, were Riders fans.
Everyone in the class […]

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