You stated “The leaders and agencies of The United States of America are the terrorists.”. That was the post I was replying to and I don’t take a word of it back. The US entities, while not blameless, killed 1/10th of the people who died in the Middle East since, what, 1989. Worse, if you include the Iraq/Iranian war.…

Well, then thank you for revealing yourself to be a freaking idiot. I think we all wasted way too many lives trying to help people in the Middle East, many of whom then turned out to be happy to kill 10 times as many people as the western forces ever killed. I now think most of the dollars spent in the Middle East…

Well, I sold a Mercury Mountaineer with a dead mouse in the heater vent. To make a long story short, it got in the car and then hide in and got stuck way up in the driver’s seat heater vent. Then eventually died. (I had no idea it was in there, though I suspect it, which is another story.) Stank a LOT. Took it to the…

Just curious what all of that cost you and the number of hours. Our 99 Wrangler blew up about 2 years ago. Sold it to a buddy for $800. His dad-in-law took it apart and found a gasket ring thingie (just so you know my level of wrenching..) busted. Replaced that, put engine back together, and I think he’s planning on…

“The idea of a nightclub landscape ruled by Stevie Ray Vaughn clones. Were the late ’80s really like that?”

The real list of people who have hit for the cycle is j-u-s-t a bit longer.

I was diagnosed with depression in 1999. My wife has been great. (Beyond great, really.) However, for me, prescription meds really gave me some mental space (some feel of normality) so I could then augment that treatment with other practices, such as meditation, exercise, travel or gaming, etc, that help give you some…

Wonderful, beautiful country. I am envious of your life in Bhutan. Great, great teachers there. In my next life, I want to visit Paro Taktsang:

Well, I starred you for your third sentence, which I then realized refutes your second sentence somewhat. Poland, etc., would love to see their econony get the boost Germany’s did (and the rest of the now-EU) after the end of WWII, by dint of hosting America military bases. I wonder how much of Europe’s economy was…

Yeah, it would just my luck that I would wait to long to eject the battery (with drag-chute) so that, while celebrating the successful emergency landing, have the umpteen-pound battery then float down and crush all occupants in the 2-seat craft. Doh!

I might buy it, but I wouldn’t let anyone (in-game) from Halo drive the f#(%!ng thing!

Kia SOUL? Bah-ha-ha! The truly most stupid car name of all time. (And only slightly worse than Dodge SPIRIT.) Geez.

It’s just more broke than you are prepared (or are able financially) to fix. Maybe not so for someone else. Just be honest in your ad. Last year, my son’s ‘99 Jeep Wrangler broke down and the shop said it needed a new engine. No way we were prepared for that expense. So, both my wife and I simply talked to folk where…

If you speak English as well as you write it, you would have no problem living in Germany as nearly every native speaks English nearly as well as us Yanks and Brits (and often better) since it’s taught in school from the early ages. But, yes, it is expensive. (This Virginian lived there 3 years in Stuttgart.) Cleanest…

That is (I assume) because hot dogs are cheap and hard to make a profit on. Yet every baseball park (in the US, at least) has hot dogs that taste GREAT. That’s all they need to do. Relish, mustard, own-ions, (and chili occasionally) = drool!

Back in 1977, while in the Navy, a friend had a brand VW Bug motor totally broken apart in his barracks room. The parts were spotless (in readiness for the weekly inspection). He then put the engine back together some time later. I will never forget that.

Being a mom or dad is the one truly wonderful thing one can do in life. I tell my grown kids that if you don’t want to do it, then you shouldn’t until (if ever) you are ready. But, seriously, nothing else anyone does in the whole world is 1/100th as important as a parent raising a kid. Everything else is simply…

Sorry. Not pumped at all. Just another reboot. Sick to death of reboots.

You do realize your reply is anti-capitalism, in the least! If EVERYONE followed your advice, the cosmetics industry would collapse, the clothing industry would crumble, amd the cosmetic surgery industry would deflate (heh). However, restaurants might be fun, again. Now we just have to figure out how to make drinking…

If you are paying (or paid) $300k, you are doing it wrong. $30k/year with room and board is possible IF (and this is a big IF) you use the state’s 529 program. For all parents, start using your state’s 529 program when they are in elementary school (and do NOT use the one where you can play with the stocks unless you…