If you even have a fond remembrance of the Doors, do NOT listen to Soft Parade. It will ruin any kind things you think about them.

Same. I think so mcuh of it is written with just enough of a sense of awe that parallels what I feel when I see that plane.

As someone who is trying to unload his ‘93 Ranger as we speak, I very much endorse the timing of this article.

My (least) favorite example of this is when people swing WIDE left to take a right hand turn. You’re not driving an 18-wheeler. You can just turn right. No need to swing out.

Or the ever-so-sneaky “bad ground,” which can exhibit like a weak battery. Stupid electricity.

Remarkably difficult to take a wheel off when it’s on a ramp.

I had a ‘93 VW Passat VR6 when I was younger. The thing was a nightmare in many, MANY ways, but the one repair story that I alwyas think of was replacing the starter. It was making an odd noise when starting that sounded like it was missing a few teeth or something — i don’t remember exactly what it was but even as a…

Depends on the state, I guess. I’ve never heard of DMV fees on a sale though...?

That’s really not the point. i’m not arguing the importance of a nice front door. I’m just arguing that home prices are not that well thought out. Things like doors and staging will make it easier for you to sell your house quickly, maybe, but to say they “increase the value” by a certain amount is disingenous. No…

Sure. Double doors with side lites say “ I live in a neighborhood where I don’t have to worry about break-ins.” :)

Right? What the fuck is a plastic dumpster? Something that families with 11-year olds with diapers need?

I think you’re kind of missing the point. I understand that it’s complex, but it’s still instantaneous (in human time). The instant I make a purchase with a credit or debit card, I can SEE it in my online statement, meaning the bank that holds my card has approved the transaction. Lots of stuff may go on behind the…

Pretty much exactly my thoughts.

I have a REALLY hard time buying that you get “1200 dollars” back from a front door replacement. I’ve been through the whole buying / selling a house thing a couple times, and the price is nowhere near thta well-thought out, and depends far more on comparable houses than a small improvement like that. I get that it’s…

I guess I mis-spoke, in that I understand that this IS the case, I just don’t understand why. Debit cards are processed immediately, and it essentially works because a number is sent to some processing computer at a bank and the bank says “yes, that accont has that money” or “no, that account does NOT have that…

I’m not talking about people, I’m talking about some computer illiterate dolt bringing a money order to a professional institution that specializes in MONEY, and that institution not being able to ues their resources to tell whether that money order is real or not.

Ha! I guess I don’t take my candy bars all that seriously. I also don’t really partake in them very often, so when I do I’m looking for “delicious,” not “having a strong identity.”

I think this is more often stupidity than a scam. The end result is the same though. You wil NEVER have working A/C.

Oh I believe that it happens, it’s just amazing to me. Between that and wire transfer scams — which have been around for DECADES and yet people still fall for them.

I understand regular people being fooled by a money order, but in these computer days how is a bank? Don’t they just type in the routing information and say “NOPE!”?