Shipping a crate to the Pilippines by sea freight?
Fisherman02452 asked: Would anyone know a cheap freight company within the Boston and New York area that i can contact to ship a crate of goods to the Philippines by sea. Thank you. Fisherman [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 15:35:03
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Yet another reason not to buy cheap clothes
Every once in a while I take a bag full of clothes to the charity shop ... away, they sell them. “It takes too long to ship things to disaster areas, and to air-freight them ... ) and made into cheap blankets. . . . The problem is that much of what is donated is synthetic [more...]
Date: 2008-05-29 10:20:59
Lets Talk About Rust- By Jim
Corrosion is an unfortunate part of my daily life. I work on aircraft, I may have mentioned, so between cracks and corrosion, ... ) but was cheap (I think 14.00 at Harbor Freight) and is portable for doing bumpers ... ... that whole set up was ...I think about 200.00 maybe a bit over..... at Harbor Freight, but it reuses [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 14:52:43
Is L.A. Willing To Pay For Safe Trains?
Is L.A. Willing To Pay For Safe Trains? California California Planning and Development Report Elections Transportation Transportation Spending ... it is a public transit success, Metrolink was cobbled together with old freight rail lines. It was a relatively cheap and quick way of providing rail service, but its drawbacks have become obvious. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 21:00:00
The (renewable) electron economy, part 3
By Michael Hoexter This is the third in a series on how we can build an energy future based on our best science and no longer critically dependent ... more efficiently achieved through the use of electric drive transport. Cheap oil has enabled individual ... , will allow trains, freight, and large passenger vehicles to function independently of oil supply [more...]
Date: 2008-08-10 19:12:07
Beautiful Sunday in FLA
Fall/winter has finally arrived in Florida! In the past week or so the humidity has subsided and temperatures in the daytime are in the mid 70's to ... for a visit to Harbor Freight, the home of super cheap (and often junk) tools. I took old hwy 92 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 18:30:00
Smith & Wesson Nut Drivers
Dirty Harry wouldn’t have been nearly as cool had he whipped out a Smith & Wesson nut driver and extolled the virtues of his gunsmithing tool ... S&W set isn’t cheap — a trip to Harbor Freight or even Sears will get you a set of six SAE nut [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 16:26:20
Asia: Is the Global Supply Chain ready to snap?
The complex logistical web that supports our current economic system in the developed world evolved in an era of cheap energy, ... . The Baltic Dry Index, which measures freight costs for bulk dry goods like grains and coal, is up 50 ... suppliers, production facilities and distribution centres closer to the main markets [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 08:00:00
News: Lil' Richard Plushies
***(Update: Please see post below for LFG Film news!) ... have gotten them much sooner, but that would have added a lot to the price point. Air Freight is not cheap [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 23:01:43
X/Y Table Motion, or 2.5 axis CNC router
Y-axis Servo and pusher assembly Since my last post I have constructed the Y table servo mount and pusher ... when cutting actual material. The device holding the sharpie marker is a (cheap, and inexpensive) “Dremel Drill Press” from Harbor Freight Tools that cost me $15. I can no longer find them [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 14:17:27
NAFTA Superhighway
Sunday, August 03, 2008 (Will the real NAFTA Superhighway please stand up? Image by NASCO.) ... , acres of wilderness. Equipped with high-tech electronic customs monitors, freight from China ... , bound for Kansas City, where the cheap goods manufactured in booming Far East factories [more...]
Date: 2008-08-03 15:35:00
wheelchair shopping
wheelchair shopping October 25th, 2008 Once again Amazon.com to the rescue ... no state sales tax. So even if prime shipping doesn’t cover it I can see the freight costs and decide ... . Early on I bought myself a cheap wallet to just get by on. Now I am feeling better and stronger [more...]
Date: 2008-10-25 18:54:34
NAKED CITY, a daily news report
UPDATE: A reliable source close to what's going on as officials deal with the Chatsworth train collision informs me that situation over the weekend ... and accepted responsibility for running the commuter rail system on the cheap and told the public ... on these lines, particularly when you have freight and commuter sharing the lines...I think between [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 15:23:28
CIBC Sticks its Sell-Side Foot in its Mouth
CIBC Sticks its Sell-Side Foot in its Mouth Posted At : August 12, 2008 3:01 AM Related Categories: ... . It has absolutely nothing to do with freight or the cost of oil. It is because we have a cheap dollar." More ... has been a CIBC World Markets study that suggests the cost of shipping a container from Shanghai [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 10:01:00
panch-tattva talk…the hopeful signs
October 1, 2008 – 9:18 am Posted in panch-tattva talk Tagged economic and political back drop, India's strength and place, US imperatives Friends, ... crisis directly.The freight rates are down and would give phillip to international trade and cheap ... into and out of India as per the need. The USA is in process of loosing its clout in the economic and [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 04:00:49
Slice
Graypants has created this beautiful chair, where the footstool can slide out from underneath the chair ... ) They have also created these very cheap "scrap chair" out of materials such as layered plywood, newspapers, cardboard boxes, and freight pallets. Again, simple but beautiful. - Read Comments Tip [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 23:50:57
Trailing Edge Technologies
One of the worst of the booby traps built into the contemporary mythology of progress, it seems to me, ... noted that the cost of shipping a container of freight from China to Europe is now three times ... blowoff of the age of cheap oil, and as that age ends, so do the economic factors that made globalization [more...]
Date: 2008-07-10 05:19:27
Liming, The Best Value in 2008
Liming, The Best Value in 2008 November 3, 2008 Written By: Craig Dick If you have acidic soils there is no better time to lime than this year. With phosphates and potash at all time highs, lime is comparatively cheap. Not to mention ... is only 50% effective, but you'll pay the truck freight for the whole ton. Since SuperCal 98G [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 06:00:00
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train classes up its act
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train, ... ) has been retrofitted with new air-conditioning. Very welcome, I imagine, in summer when you’re stuck behind a freight ... s Oakland-based senior director for product management. Coach class: Denizens of the cheap seats [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 01:23:08
Good Quality Field Recording on a Budget
I made this recording of a freight train near downtown Minneapolis today using an old third generation 20 gig iPod running Linux ( ... something cheap, tiny and battery operated. I’ve ordered a replacement battery for the iPod, and I’ ... else have similar techniques? iPod Recorded Freight Train [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 04:34:50
Thursday PM Linkage
2536914533_87e5392a0f.jpg View of Crescent Avenue courtesy Curbed SF Flickr pool member markjroquet &#183 Noe Valley: Not so cheap. ... SF Schtuff &#183 Being green 'cause the cool kids are doing it? Probably. Oakland Tribune &#183 Freight line doesn't wanna share with high-speed rail. SJM &#183 Paging Bill Cosby: Mission [more...]
Date: 2008-06-06 00:18:36
More Louisville Transit Goodness
In my Pecha Kucha presentation and my list of quick, easy, and cheap improvements to Indianapolis transit, I suggested a better "How to Ride" ... , however, and simply operated on a freight railroad river bridge! "Steam (and later diesel [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 17:50:29
Bentley to release Continential Flying Spur Speed at British Int'l Motor Show
Filed under: Sports/GTs, Bentley, Misc. Auto Shows Click above for a high-res gallery. Big, blocky, heavy, low - whatever ... powertrain from a freight locomotive into a car, without all the noise and industrial fumes. Set off ... we scour the intertubes for cheap airfare. Press release after the jump. Gallery: 2009 Bentley [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 17:02:00
William Ayers: No comment, thank you
by Mark Silva Willliam Ayers, the Chicago education professor and former leader of the 1960s Weather Underground, ... -littered freight elevator in an unsuccessful attempt to duck ABC News cameras waiting outside ... are made simply to try to score cheap political [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 18:27:21
Idea #5: Disruptive Logistics Marketplace for Remnant Shipping Capacity
Or some such title. Agree, sounds boring. But every day planes, trains and automobiles travel throughout Europe with a common cargo: nothing ... to start with some of the large national trains or air freight providers for initial liquidity ... . Then, become the standard “first check” for folks who need to send cargo on the cheap and don’ [more...]
Date: 2008-05-28 21:10:34
The Cost of Consumerism
In the free market, the consumer drives what is sold, and how ... products could be given preference in marketing, product origin, freight and global impact information could be provided at point of sale Ultimately, the whole premise of the supermarket relies on cheap [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 12:00:59
2010 Ford Mustang Goes To The Airport: A Children's Story [2010 Ford Mustang]
The new 2010 Ford Mustang had heard all about Ford's plans to build vehicles down South ... were so very cold. He wanted to roam an eternally sunny countryside where gas was cheap and subsidized ... to Detroit's Metro Airport to catch a flight to Mexico. Except he forgot just one small thing — freight [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 20:40:00
The Walt Disney Company’s Fiscal Future
I didn’t get a chance to listen in on the conference call last week summarizing Fiscal Year 08 and projecting a bit about 09, ... tickets are a cheap giveaway, since after a 4 day base ticket, 3 additional days is about $9 a ticket. You still have to pay full freight for the park hopper and the park hopper/more options [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 03:11:54
I am Overwhelmed Vinyl Collective Update
I had really hoped to post this update on Monday, but my day began with our landlord telling me that we were getting a delivery in the back of the ... that it isn’t UPS, it is a freight company bringing us 4 more pallets of vinyl. I knew we were getting ... on posting the pre-order for 2 new records on Tuesday, Kid Dynamite’s “Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems” [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 13:52:34
More on Trade Woes: "Firefighters better scramble to save letters of credit"
In a bit of synchronicity, it seems that some mainstream commentators are starting to to take interest in a topic we've commented on in recent weeks, ... in the contraction in international trade (see our related post earlier today). John Dizard in today's ... , are not. When an international seller is unsure that he will be paid, and an international b [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 14:27:00
The New Economics of Parenthood
Talk about money with parents of young children these days, and it's hard to find good news. Daily life keeps getting costlier, they say -- schooling, doctors, mortgage payments. Even the best office jobs no longer come with the bonus schemes that had our parents living by golf courses by age sixty-five. People are concerned [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 00:53:08
Time to tax international food shipping costs?
Why are those Chilean grapes so cheap in our supermarkets? Why is Italy now ahead of New Zealand as the world’s largest kiwi-growing country? ... a Bretton Woods-era agreement keeps international fuel for food shipping from being taxed. And, today ... of the U.S. in 21st-century insight, is going to change that. As the story notes, all freight-carrying [more...]
Date: 2008-04-27 16:08:03
From Enron to Exxon
I think there's something almost refreshing about the new "Drill Here, Drill Now!" battle cry from Republicans, oil companies, and conservatives. It's at least blisteringly up-front about being a giant screw-you to environmentalism, to the oncoming freight train of peak oil, and in fact to having any actual energy policy in general [more...]
Date: 2008-08-02 17:50:27
One Person’s Answer to the Driver Shortage
This white paper that this article is talking about is at www.trincon.com and is worth the 5 page download in Adobe format ... the best. No time for cowboys …trucking will never cure driver turnover until it starts turning to a new breed of employee. “Trucking executives must be visionary and meet their demands for drivers [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 06:28:51
The Truth About Cars, the Potential of Cities
This article was written by Alex Steffen in January 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Today's cars are costly, dangerous and an ecological nightmare. What if the solution to the problems they create, though, has more to do with where we live than what we drive? [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 22:09:40
Prove of Shipping Document
Document bears my name & address so whoever produces the same document, you should know.. * Only Spree Dynamic getting supplies from me. To counter the recent “Made in China” F Cup Cookies, I’ve uploaded my prove of freight document ... are shipping directly from the manufacturer. To Shopper Out There! 1) There is no 30pcs of Strawberry F Cup [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 00:39:19
Here and ready to shine
It’s certainly going to be a busy evening at Emirates Palace, as Grammy Award-winning singer Christina Aguilera finally takes to the stage tonight from 9pm. Her first Middle Eastern show, which is sponsored by telecoms major du, comes a month after a spectacular comeback at the 2008 MTV video music awards, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 14:49:54
Western States of USA
This is a real long one, seeing as we were traveling for one full month and over 4,000 miles (6437km). I will program in more hyper-links and pics daily. Seems like each trip beginning has it's own low point. As we were driving the Motor Home out of the back yard, the auto-retracting 'Kwikee' steps caught on the wall [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 04:33:00
The Broughton report
“You’ve got to be able to do what is right – not what is politically viewed as right.” –Donald Broughton, managing director-equity analyst for transportation at Avondale Partners. Listen to Donald Broughton’s perspective on the state of the U.S. economy and you will NOT be bored, I guarantee you. Now, you may totally disagree with parts ( [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 11:18:29
The Last Bender, Chapter 8
CHAPTER EIGHT Before going to lunch with Linda I stopped in at the office to chew things over with the guys. No one chews a bone better than a room full of rum faced, tobacco stained dicks. The security section is a cinder block tank about four thousand feet square, with a tan vinyl floor, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 14:10:26
Benq G2400WD
Until recently, I made my living on the road. Everything I bought involved size and durability as the leading consideration ... the search for 22 or 24 inches of relief, hopefully, on the cheap. After breaking my piggy-bank ... around $400 at a number of online retailer plus or minus shipping or applicable sales tax. Nobody [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 04:22:56
The ugly face of politics
UPDATED (with adds): Today, at defence questions, on the basis of "information received", I had expected to see the unedifying sight of Mr Gerard Howarth leaping to his feet in the House of Commons, attempting (Speaker permitting) to wax indignant about the fate of the four British soldiers killed in a "Snatch" Land Rover last June [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 14:30:00
The ugly face of politics
UPDATED (with adds): Today, at defence questions, on the basis of "information received", I had expected to see the unedifying sight of Mr Gerard Howarth leaping to his feet in the House of Commons, attempting (Speaker permitting) to wax indignant about the fate of the four British soldiers killed in a "Snatch" Land Rover last June [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 15:59:00
Year In Review
November 4, 2008 “Time is the ultimate disguise.” -Christian Sands It was pointed out to me that the defeated-looking guy who invariably took the table between the ladies’ room and the Picasso poster at The Supreme Bean was Chris Sands, who had once meant so much to me, as the walking embodiment of his records, at least, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 15:48:18
New recommendations to solve our financial crisis (and I admit that I was wrong)
Summary: Please vote, and do so carefully! This could be one of the most important elections in American history, ... out A solution to our financial crisis, in three parts. (1) Stabilize the financial system — Being attempted ... of the global financial system – has become so great that these measures will prove insufficient [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 12:00:54
Woodworking Through the Economic Crisis: 11 Resources for Stretching Your Woodworking Budget
In Woodnet today I found a great thread discussing the ways that the current economic crisis has affected woodworking habits: ... already cheap enough take the woodworker cheapskate quiz If you come up “Frugal” or “Easy Spend” ... you to save money 1) Buyer Beware, A Harbor Freight Buying Guide: The Good Enough, The Bad and the Abysmal [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 16:18:51
The Wages of Sin
The Wages of Sin - by Stephen Lendman "Reaping the whirlwind" for money manager and market strategist Jeremy Grantham in his latest no-nonsense commentary. Worlds different from most in the mainstream. Cheerleaders in upturns. Downplaying risks. Soft-pedaling reversals and still many in denial about the severity of today's crisis [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 11:16:14
Taking a Quick Look at Ferryonline.co.uk
Air travel annoyances and Eurostar hold-ups have me searching the web for alternate modes of to-n-fro. How about a ferry? ... they feel is necessary to ensure what looked like a cheap ticket is no longer a bargain.Besides, air ... . Remember back in those pre-9/11 days when flights were cheap and you didn’t have to worry about how [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 18:42:00
Neal Stephenson Answers Our Questions
Thanks to Neal Stephenson for taking the time to ride in my pedicab for an interview last week ... Freight, cost has come down from thousands...' does this mean that you subscribe to the dangerous drug that is harbor freight? An English wheel is a really simple device, so I figured there wasn't [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 22:59:51
The (renewable) electron economy, part 4
By Michael Hoexter This is the fourth in a series on how we can build an energy future based on our best science and no longer critically dependent upon exhaustible and polluting fossil fuels. The tripartite approach allows our society to cut oil demand and dependence substantially within a decade, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 15:40:52
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