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"The shutdown comes after Yellow failed to reorganize and refinance the roughly $1.5 billion dollars it had, as of March, in outstanding debt, a large portion of which came from the $700 million pandemic-era government loan." Too much debt and they could not manage to find any path to refinance it. A small amount of turmoil over the next few weeks as customers find alternate carriers. Trucking companies are dying for freight and drivers. They will quickly absorb both from YRC. Without getting into any political discussion or discussions of unions I will say that the Teamsters did not do YRC any favors. I worked for YRC years ago. I just picked up shifts in the busy season as a side gig but the influence of the union was readily apparent even to me, not in a good way either.

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First off, glad she is ok. For as much as we complain about technology having too great of impact on our lives, there are times it redeems itself. Being involved in dispatch systems for 20+ years it's amazing the things that are available and that truly make a difference in response times. I am so glad no one was in that passenger seat. Things like this force us to appreciate the little things a bit more. Glad it all worked out ok.

My wife talked me into entering a holster I. The county fair. I guess they liked it.

I found this when cleaning out a closet. My wife and kids gave it to me Christmas one year. Apparently I had to get back to work on the road. I don’t remember when I got it. But check out that price tag. Not to mention it came from K-mart.

That's a poor excuse by people who don't want to take the blame. UPS employees are in the same union and they made $13 BILLION in profit last year. Yellow was poorly managed. The longer I work for a corporation the more I come to appreciate unions. Drivers are horribly underpaid when you consider what they have to deal with and unions are about their only chance of getting decent pay and benefits.

I have a friend who was employed by YRC until yesterday. The company has been mismanaged and dying for years. They have been repeatedly bailed out by the federal government (most recently $700 million in Covid money) and the Union (multiple concessionary contracts) and the union didn’t so much kill them as refuse to bail them out again letting them drown under their own ineptitude. Their customers knew what was coming and over the last year they’ve lost 30% of their volume and over the last number of years have shrank to 9% market share. Yellow was always going to die, it was simply a matter of when.

From reports I read they've been in trouble for years. Much like the old Skyline Freight in the 90's I'm betting they will be bought up by one of the other larger companies for peanuts and sold off accordingly. In the world of logistics I doubt their closure will even move the needle for more than a week or two.

Union kills another company.

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I'm not a trucker, and don't pretend to know anything about that business, but happened on an unrelated article today stating that the entire trucking industry is currently suffering from a glut of capacity and a reduced number of available loads. According to this article, this industry is noted as having a long history of "boom and bust" cycles, with the huge uptick in shipping during the Covid fiasco and the subsequent slowdown since only exacerbating this tendency. Assuming that analysis is true, it's logical that the most poorly managed and financed companies would go belly up in such an environment. Yellow may be the first of several such large freight companies to go under ...

OK...so I'm odd. My favorite role of his was as the Vampire sidekick in Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Side note...Kristy Swanson was the Best Buffy!

Never underestimate an idiots ability to fail.

That's correct. There is so much capacity right now that this will ultimately be the case. I feel for their 30k employees and wish them well.

Pauls sister, Abby, still practices law here in Nashville. Her step daughter and my daughter went to school together. She spent the weekend over at their house one weekend. She came home with a big grin and said guess who I got to hang out with this weekend. Paul had come home to visit his sister. I was so irritated that she got to hang out with Pee Wee and I didn't. lol

GOODNESS!!! Bill, I have nothing to add that the others haven't already said, but it is clear the God has a purpose for her yet in this life. And hooray for whoever at Apple came up with the idea to build "crash detection" into the iPhone. WOW.

@peejman The green beans are Landreth's Stringless Bush Green Bean. I've been using them for a couple of years and they definitely have produced more and for longer than any other green beans I've tried. I get the seeds from https://victoryseeds.com/ Everything I've tried from them has had good germination and production.

He fits in well with Lee. I can’t believe I fell for lees lies that he was a conservative and pro 2nd amendment!

I have two non-negotiable requirements for a pistol that I'm going to pocket carry - but a lot of moving pieces affect both of them. If I'm going to pocket carry, I have to first be able to get a full firing grip while it's in my pocket and second, I do not want to have to readjust that grip when it comes out of my pocket. If either of those conditions are lacking - it's a no go for pocket carry. In a full stress situation, you're not going to have time to draw, readjust your grip, and get on target. At best it's going to slow you down a lot - at worst you're going to fumble the pistol. The only pistol that has ever fit that bill for me is a j-frame riding in an aholster. Obviously all that is affected by a person's frame and build, and their clothing choices. So, YMMV.

Oh yeah. Jalapenos are doing well. So Friday afternoon I decided I needed to eat a few. Thankfully I had cream cheese, Mexican cheese and bacon on hand. Any suggestions of the photo thing? Drat!!!!

That is terrifying. I hope they fault the other vehicle or at least declare it no fault. Leaving a vehicle in the interstate travel lane with no lights is a recipe for disaster. I'm glad she's ok.

I don’t have a single 9mm that I would want to pocket carry. My P365 is perfect for IWB, but too big for my pockets. I’ve got a Kahr MK9 that is slim and short enough, but with it being a SS slide and frame, it’s too heavy and swings around too much. I’ve tried my wife’s CR920 in the pocket but it’s too bulky. About the only thing I ever pocket carry is a Gen 1 LCP in .380 or a NAA Pug in .22 mag.

STOP IT!!! The word you're looking for is 'Sale' An item you want to sell, is 'For Sale' Do better.

I am one of the guests on the That Weems Guy Show podcasts episode that drops tomorrow. We will be discussing John Hearne ‘s Cognitive Pistol with Tactical Anatomy and Who Wins Who Loses and Why classes . You can listen on Spotify or watch on YouTube. Check us out ! This is the link for YouTube…..https://m.youtube.com/c/leeweems . If you want to listen to just the audio in podcast form it is on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2OvkQAuGC0vhyolnjXWfTW And on Apple Podcast...https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-weems-guy/id1575361538 The episode is the latest one that started today.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/pee-wee-herman-actor-paul-reubens-reported-dead-at-70 I grew up watching him. Still love the movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

Have a 20 foot gooseneck i recently refurbed. New 2x6 floor with 2x oil treat New Tail and Clearance Lights with new wiring New 10,000 pound Jack 78" outside to outside Mesh Platform on neck Ready to put to work. Pulls good. Message for pictures. $2000 FIRM picked up in Lyles, TN

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I picked 3, 5 gallon buckets of purple hills today. We canned one and gave the other two away. I didn’t get half way through them. Anybody close to Macon County that would like some?

No words, Bill. Just so happy for you all! Been in a couple of pretty serious accidents. They are no fun! God was with her during this. No question in my mind at all.

Prayers with you guys KahrMan. Glad she made it. We just lost a 29 YO great nephew who was a victim from a senseless road rage incident. Totally sad outcome for him. Wasn't wearing a seat belt and got ejected. other 2 guys minor injuries. You guys better wear them.

A Taurus 7 shot 38/357 Mag Mdl 617 2" brl revolver in an altered DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster. Will rock your socks with Cor Bon DPX in 357 caliber. Been carrying this for 6 years now.

rumor has it the portion of YRC market share could be picked up by excess capacity in the LTL/TL market.

God bless you all . . .

@seez52, Those little critters have remarkable memories and can remember where they fed the previous years and that is why they keep going to that area. I try to put the feeders in the same places each year. Another thing I began doing with this hot weather is I have an old refrigerator on the back deck and at night after they have quit feeding for the night I take the feeders down and put them in the fridge and before I go to bed I go out and rehang them with the cold food in the feeders cause they do most of their feeding early and the nectar is still cool. My friends say I am a little overboard on taking care of the birds. I tell them it gives me something to do....LOL.

I'm with you on this. 100% I carry an LCR in an AHolster, but have certainly carried my 640 this way for a long time. I can have, as I've read elsewhere, a "Clandestine low ready" using this method, without telegraphing it to the world. I do have, and tried with my S&W Shield in an AHolster. Getting that full assured grip just wasn't consistent for me. Nor did it ever draw as smoothly as a J Frame sized revolver. Pocket carry is generally as a 2nd gun, but sometimes as a primary. The environment will dictate the carry method of course. Just my $.02 worth

Not much I can add, but thank God she's ok.

@KahrMan scary stuff man, very thankful that the good Lord protected her.

Glad she’s ok. Really lucky!

Thank You Lord!!! So happy she's OK KM.

Goodness that car! Modern engineering is truly amazing - on the automotive end and on the phone end. I am so thankful she’s okay.

Wow, sure glad she wasn't hurt worse, and that she didn't have any passengers, because it looks like it would have been bad for them.

Have you noticed how many towns are named after their water tower?

My favorite? Gotta go with the S&W 1911PD GUNSITE edition

I propose we remove the mentally ill from public rather than removing guns. How did a Republican get elected in Shelby county?

Personally, I no longer feel comfortable in Asheville. I’ve found the people are as rude as any around. Mostly younger know it alls that don’t like older folks and ideas. COVID pretty much ruined that city. Boone is a much friendlier town and the home of Mast General Store. Plenty of things to see and do in the East Tennessee/Western North Carolina, especially if you love to camp and hike.

Take it easy and heal up. That takes longer for us ‘mature’ folks now. I have a hard time not trying to do what I used to be able to do. For a while I used to say I can still do all the stuff I used to do, it just hurts more now. Now I’m recognizing that I just can’t do it anymore.