UBER is a massive scumbag company. Their goal is to crush the competition with low, low prices (and a more convenient way of accessing transport) then when the competition is destroyed they will jack the prices to as much as the market will tolerate. All the while screwing over the middle class. As a consumer, I love…

Journalists, get the facts before you start typing. Bezo’s yacht won’t fit through the bridge WITH ITS MASTS INSTALLED. The plan, and it is already in motion, is to install the masts AFTER the ship has passed under the bridge. I know how temping all them internet clicks are, and a headline about “world’s richest man…

What did Elon do to you?

Great article. After the founder is gone, companies tend to act like sociopaths. If the elected CEO misses a single opportunity to increase benefit to the shareholders they can get voted out. That means no more corporate jet, just scheduled business class with all the other losers. So they do tend to play hardball to…

This is why flying is a high risk activity. Brain farts are lethal. I drove off in my van with the tailgate open a while back. No biggie in a van. Pull over, get out, close it. Not so much in an airborne machine moving at 200 mph.

I’d read that one of WalMart’s keys to success was they were great to do business with. A cash on the barrelhead company that pays upon delivery, as opposed to net 90 - fees, -charges and -returns. But, times change and companies “realign themselves with current market directions, and tangentisize their core value…

I’m one of those weirdos who believe in living well within my means, and even prepare for downturns. Not in a prepper kind of way. That’s just stockpiling food for the most aggressive tribe. But I have not had a car payment in well over 30 years. I have friends with nice, new cars and I do occasionally feel a pang of…

I read that 1/3 of Americans making $125,000/year are living paycheck to paycheck. Quick math: $10,000/month - 30% tax / deductions = Cash in hand $7,000 / month. Deduct $3,000 for house & living = gonna buy me a pimp ride even if it costs $1,000/month. 

This is the problem with the world today. You question any sides narrative and you are instantly accused of supporting the opposite side. It is a recipe for disaster.

Not so long ago I was driving in a very old Toyota Century. It had 4 wheel drum brakes. I could not help but notice how smoothy it glided to a halt. Serene and smooth. A much different sensation then with disk brakes. Rolls Royce should re-engineer drum brakes for the 21st century. Great big powerful drums with…

That’s a big bird. I was riding one of those weirdly wide and low airport tarmac shuttle busses and first we passed 737s, then 757s then 787s then a 777 and then.......BOOM the A380. That thing is HUGE. You could fit a 737 in the glovebox. 

4x is, statistically speaking, a massive difference. Insanely huge. 

Like physics, finance hath no myth.

Yeah but there are no state income taxes in Texas. YeeHaa!! Oh wait !! A tax is a tax is a tax no matter how you dress it up.

I’d fire their asses as well.

Here’s a thought: The oil business is a very Republican business, but it is also a National security Interest, so the oil companies don’t operate with total independence. There is always an element of Government control which you could assume is strongly Republican. I believe that when a Democrat wins office, the oil…

Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA). Their acronym sounds like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. In this case a twisted lie out of some politicians butthole.

Worst becomes best : Driving in the mountains of Japan, fully loaded for a week of camping with the kids, when the rear suspension decides to collapse after going over a large bump. We slowly drive back down the road to a conveniently located Dinosaur museum (it was not haunted in case you were thinking that is where…

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The real crime here is that lottery winnings are taxed at close to 60% !!! Lottery’s are such a chumps game that Governments can ballpark the expected lottery payouts for the year, then work the numbers backwards and tax it to plug budget gaps. Nobody complains because they have not won it yet. I think it is time for…