If you haven't filed your 2006 taxes yet, you still have a couple of days left. We get a couple of extra days this year because April 15 falls on a Sunday, and the following day, Monday, April 16, is Emancipation Day, a legal holiday in the District of Columbia.
So, Tuesday, April 17, is the official deadline. If you need more information about the IRS, (usually it's the other way around, the IRS wants more information about you) you can visit their website at IRS.gov.
If you've already filed, then you can go straight to Mail Call.
Mail Call
From: MD
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:01 PM
To: jobs@truckdriver.com
Subject: comments
These days I rarely turn on my radio, even the older guys are acting like idiots, like saying "I ain't got no panties on."
Complain, piss and moan, griping all the time.
We don't need any of these immature fools on the highway. I call in on them and I don't care what others think, some call it snitching.
If it's snitching, then you must be one of the jerks I'm talking about. We don't need you out here causing problems. Go home!
And, as for you radio Rambos, you're just loose cannons, go home! If you are that angry all the time, then go get some help.
That's all for now.
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From: MM
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:21 AM
To: jobs@truckdriver.com
Subject: Drivers Pay and retention!
Dear Sir:
I have been a professional driver since 1977. I cut my teeth on a '71 F model Mack with no power steering and no air conditioning. I drove coast to coast and back with that truck. It had a 335 Cummins power plant and a tag axle. I remember parking in Gila Bend, Arizona and trying to sleep in the little sleeper and it being 105 degrees.
If these companies want drivers then get the damn pay where it should be. Drivers over the road should be making bare minimum 75,000 a year with benefits.
Companies realize they are losing great drivers.
They want a driver for the cheapest price they can get away paying them. You want a quality driver you pay quality pay. Its that damn simple folks!
The 4th Annual Tennessee Truck Show will be held in Nashville , TN at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds on May 11th & 12th, 2007 I-65, Exit 81.
Free Admission
Free Parking
Free Food for CDL Holders
Breakfast is sponsored by Forward Air and Dave Nemo Entertainment while Lunch is sponsored by Idlebuster.
Lots of Wonderful Prizes! Joining this year's Free Concerts is Joey Holiday, the Legendary Red Simpson, and newcomer Jeff Harrison.
Two Show Truck Categories
Wash & Park
The Best of The Best
Comes check out all the Fabulous Trucks on Display !
The Nascar Simulator and other Semi Tractor Trailer Touring Units will be on display for your convenience, along with several vendors waiting to answer any and all of your questions.
So, Come Join the Fun and Bring a Friend to the 4th Annual Tennessee Truck Show !!!
www.tennesseetruckshow.com
Did you hear about truck driver Justin Brady? He recently changed his name. Check it out at
MSNBC.
And, speaking of truck drivers, they must be the same all over, with the same problems all over. Here's a real tight spot in Australia that wasn't built for big trucks.
TruckDriver.com
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From the results of the recent Quick Poll it appears that application processing isn't as big a problem as recruiters make it out to be.
Twenty-five percent of you responded that you went to work the same day that you applied, for a total of fifty-four percent of you saying you went to work the same week you applied.
Another thirty percent said you went to work the following week, while only sixteen percent of you said it took longer than the following week to go to work.
Recruiters should see that as good news.
Now, the question becomes what happens when you go to work. Tell us what you think about company orientations by taking the Tell Me Something I Don't Know Quick Poll.
And, don't forget, there is still time to take the TruckDriver.com Truck Driver Turnover Survey. Is there a driver shortage, or is there just a shortage of good drivers?
Until next time, keep on truckin' and please drive safely.
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