Your payment records are also part of your credit history. I would think that if you pay your CC in full every month without fail, you're doing yourself a big favor.

So paying the balance in full every month is bad for your credit score? That makes absolutely no sense.

Number one rule: DON'T CARRY A BALANCE! If you get started in the revolving aspect of credit cards, you'll have a hell of a time getting back out. The interest will kick your ass.

I tell you all what. Up here in Central New York, it gets cold in the winter, colder than you pansies in the Sun Belt can handle. And it snows, 100+ inches a year. And winter runs from November through April. I don't even wear a jacket unless it's close to freezing because I'm sweating like crazy in it otherwise. …

Toyotas are pretty much bulletproof. We have a neighbor who swears by them.

We ran our last two cars about ten years each. Those were the days of Mom's Taxi and Dad's Limo, which have since gone out of business. We're putting about 2/3 the miles on our cars that we used to, so I'm hoping for 15 years, or until sodium chloride turns them ratty. Who knows? Maybe ten years is the best you…

Well, the number one rule of the All Star Game is to make sure your outgoing veterans get their last moment in the sun. Or under the lights, whatever.

Such as the heat tabs they have in the Army. We made a variant of this stove where you (1) cut the can in half, (2) poke some holes in the bottom for ventilation, (3) bend over the top in a few places, as if you were making an ashtray. Voila! Now you can cook anything you like using your canteen cup as a pot.

That is, if you count watching the game on TV 'live.' What I'm really regretting was that I was too young to really appreciate having been in Wrigley Field during Ernie Banks' career. We lived in Waukegan in my pre-school days (late 1960s) and got to go to a Cubs game about once a summer, probably when the Braves…

Actually, they used to alternate WS home field advantage. That's fair.

Bud Selig is the worst thing to happen to baseball since the 1919 White Sox.

I tried false-zipping, and found out that the zip is also used to verify your credit card. Give the wrong one, and your transaction gets rejected.

Thank you. I'm a big fan of this guy they called Jesus of Nazareth. If more people followed his example (I mean for real, not just for show), I'm sure the world would be a better place.

Well, there's nothing wrong with being a better friend than your friends are. Who knows; maybe some of that will rub off.

Wow, font format carried over when you copy/paste. Didn't know that. If it bothers anyone, go ahead and nuke it.

What? No hate for fake convertible tops? All you have to do is Google it and laugh your ass off at what people really think about that dealer-added waste of money.

To advertise to the world that you are a certified redneck. Why else?