Yeah, except that’s not how it works. That’s not how any of it works.

Anyway, if the republicans get this much crap on defense issues, i can only imagine how hard the democrats will get hit

All hail the Kaiser! *wipes tear of joy from eye*

Seriously - what would anybody want to weigh in grams on a glass phone surface...oh, nevermind

Northridge 94 - our 12 yr old was at a sleep over, which worked out really well, once we found the heavy clock that fell off the shelf and into the middle of the bed.

So these are what we’re sending to fight ISIS Toyotas, right?

I’ve always thought “Spend Less Than You Earn” is unhelpful because it ignores the role of credit and investments (think a mortgage or car loan), much the way that “Eat Less, Move More” ignores the quality of calories ingested (think 100 calories of lean meat vs 100 calories of sugar).

Seriously, the only hidden value in extended warranties is the overwhelming value for the seller - that part remains well hidden from the buying public

They’re both made to look like insurance, but think of it like, say, a car. If you bought a car off the lot, and the dealer turned a 10% profit, that’s normal. If you bought a car, and the dealer made 200% percent profit, you just got ripped off.

Most forms of insurance lose money paying claims, and only earn profits on investment activity. Hospitals average a slightly negative margin, (-0.7%) according to Forbes, providing health care services. On the other hand, extended warranties carry profit margins in the 200% range. So yeah, they’re different.

It would be like health insurance only if people never got sick

Agreed, except auto title loans are worse than payday loans

So what happens if the aggressors win?

True that - I had a cup of coffee go kablooie once, found coffee all over the inside of the microwave. Now I always try to stir the water at the start, and if looks too still, I stick a long fork in there before I take it out.

It just feels like 3 minutes in the microwave uses less energy than 5+ minutes on the gas burner, with no leftover water wasted. I mean, a rolling boil is a rolling boil...

In SoCal, shooting from moving vehicles is part of driver’s ed

What I always take away from “The Tragedy of the Commons” is that every individual will always have strong incentives to behave in ways that are detrimental to the well-being of the group. So people will always need to be convinced, or manipulated, to conserve water in a drought, or to play a supporting role on a…

My personal fave is the private debt collectors going after unpaid taxes. Take what the IRS does, and give it to profit-motivated collection agencies that are frequently in the news for abuses. Now that there is some governance!

The answer is always Camaro.

A 4-door Swe-dan. Sweet!