Not true- when the fare is calculated, a $1.00 safety fee is added to the fare specifically to pay for commercial insurance when the driver picks up an Uber passenger. This is itemized in the bill you receive by email when your ride is concluded.

Actually, I'm so much safer flying than taking a train or driving that I'm comfortable with a small risk.

And every city has loopholes around the medallions.

This seems to me a reasonable precaution for Hillary.

Probably not illegal.

Oh, yeah, didn't the Rachel Maddow show create that warning sign for another city plagued by a monster mugger owl?

Yep, I never forget that birds are the descended from these-

Now as far as the bra slippage issue - try sugru!

Plants take to elephant poop incredibly well. Used to run a tiny community garden in downtown Houston; the zoo would dump elephant waste in a huge pile outside the back gate for gardeners. I'd line my trunk with a tarp and bring back a couple hundred pounds of the stuff back to the garden. The "raw" waste product…

Well, I do agree that this is a very unattractive dress in either color combo.

No it's not. I certainly harbor "2nd amendment remedy" fantasies against them that want to harm me. And look, I love guns - there is nothing like putting on my best "Dirty Harry" face when I drive over to a gun range, borrow one of their machine guns, and plink out a few boxes of ammo.

I'd give Nomadic Matt's site a visit. Yes, he does have a really good book, but check out his website first. He's got good advice on using points from any decent travel credit card to fund the bulk of your trip.

Well, Dear, I don't know much about you except that you're a thoughtful commentator and an excellent writer far beyond your very young years. As far as I'm concerned, the ability to writer and think is a true meta-skill; a grand tree that all other skills ornament.

My dear, age is really a state of mind - and it does show in your looks.

Cool!- tho' who's Jane?

Sure, Etsy is great for this! And just to let everyone else in MilliHelen land know the terms, buying from a shop that has the pattern pre-cut and then getting it custom cut and tweaked on demand is called "made to measure." If the outfit is made with a custom pattern that is created exclusively for you from…

I think I remember reading something 'bout that ballooning thing in Charlotte's Web - wasn't that the way most of Charlotte's daughters left the pig pen?

'tho I suspect some of these communities would substitute for re-education camps quite well.