This is just ridiculous. Casinos are just like insurance companies. They only clients they want are ones they don't have to pay out on.

At the farmer's market I occasionally visit (it's pretty small) all the vendors are sworn to selling competing products at the same price. It's OK to ask but they won't budge on the price unless it is something that is damaged or about to go bad.

When I tether to my laptop I use a USB cable which also charges the cell phone battery. I guess if used blue tooth between the laptop and phone it would drain pretty fast.

You can't deny that it pays well!

A video of this would be spectacular! I've seen simulations of what a vehicle encounters upon reentry. Why not the real thing from a chaser?

This works out pretty good sometimes. The problem is the friend often ends up getting obnoxiously drunk and screws the whole thing up.

Programmable thermostats can help cut down on consumption but this depends a lot on how well the space is insulated, the efficiency of your unit and whether it is properly sized for the space.

I don't like them because they destroy my bird feeders by gnawing on the holes, lid, etc. I have a squirrel feeder...they just like to eat the bird food too.

I have a flipper. It worked quite well for a couple of years. Now the battery will no longer recharge. Damn squirrels!

That snake is going to get freezer burned if they don't eat it sometime soon.

I have this Linksys powerline adapter [www.amazon.com] installed. It works fine for casual web browsing. In my situation it does not provide enough bandwidth for streaming media content. I would recommend going all wireless.

If you don't want to flash the router for whatever reason you can buy this one with DD-WRT already installed:

Will I have to turn in my badge if I read the wrong article?

That was entertaining but I kept thinking, "Dude needs a Dremel."

According to this you can but I've not tried it.

I'll be back!!!

I took a vacation in Mexico back in the 80's. I kept some pesos as a souvenir. I came across them a few years ago, reminisced for a moment, then wondered what they might be worth in exchange 20 years later. Guess what? In 1993 Mexico switched to a new currency and the old stuff became worthless (after a conversion…

Chicago is not the only place this is happening. There have been numerous reports recently in my area of units being stolen from churches. God'll get'em for that!

(About the update on using salt) Sprinkle rock salt on the ice and it will cause the ice/water/salt solution to drop below freezing. If the beverage is in the solution very long it will actually form ice inside the can. Now that's cold!