Yugo or some other similar POS. It would be funny to read about what broke this week. “I was on the highway flooring it to keep up with traffic when suddenly the transmission exploded. The guy behind me was not pleased, I tell you.”

All these situations become so much easier to take if you just drink heavily during them.

That being said, I think you do start to come out ahead once the mortgage is paid off and you don’t have those payments anymore. Case in point: my father has been mortgage free for about 25 years. I don’t think he’d be in the same situation now if he had paid rent all those years and was still paying it.

Renting v. owning is a lifestyle choice. As for me, I like the fact that 1) there’s a line in the gound that I can point to and say “everybody else, stay on the other side”; 2) I can do what I want, like install in-wall speakers or change out the light fixtures. But I can definitely see the appeal of 1) somebody else…

Seriously folks, as the article says, we’ve spent millions of years evolving this fabulous immune system, let’s trust it to do its job.

If this doesn’t work, ply her with (you can have some too afterwards):

Could you kludge it up to take water from the cold water dispenser on the fridge?

What: Jack Daniels

Plus, they make you reenter your CC information when shipping to a new address.

For international flights, grab a bottle of your favorite libation from the duty free and then clandestinely imbibe for the duration of the flight, or until you pass out, whichever comes first. Really long flights (12+ hours) are great for this because you can pass out, sleep for 6-8 hours, then wake up and do it…

Can I grab the bottle of whiskey and then sit on the couch to watch the game?

You sirs are the only people I’ve ever met who realize that Rocky was not a movie about boxing. Kudos.

Recipe? BTW, you’ve obviously never tasted my wife’s stuffing. Admittedly, though, she’s not from anywhere near New England (but yes, as you surmise, we do live here now).

Hey, thanks! Appreciate it.

I’m now seeing US government warnings advising against cooking the stuffing inside the bird, since the correct cooking time for the turkey is not long enough to ensure that the stuffing is cooked enough to be safe. Is this true?

Ponzi scheme is a bit of an overstatement. What it is is a wealth transfer scheme which depends on certain demographic assumptions. Once those assumptions no longer hold, yes, the game’s up.

SSA always deals with inflation adjusted numbers. I.e., if your benefit calcuates out to X dollars, that’s in today’s dollars. The actual number when you reach retirement will have been adjusted for inflation in the meantime.

“you’re still getting the same amount. When you claim earlier, your benefit is just stretched over more time”

“but it’s not likely to effect holiday travel plans.”

‘What’s so good to me as this? What ever has been? What else has kept away the cold on bitter nights, and driven hunger off in starving times? What else has given me the strength and courage of a man, when men would have left me to die, a puny child? I should never have had a man’s heart but for this. I should have…