The real lesson, imho should you choose to accept it, is that seeking happiness from material objects will invariably lead to unhappiness. Read "The Art of Happiness" by the Dalai Lama. Owning a Ferrari leads to wanting a better Ferrari and being unhappy when you can't have it, just as owning that Porsche will, I…

Why not just rob banks (or convenience stores, or pet stores — find your own niche) or become a drug kingpin. Those careers dont require any degree at all.

Now I'm leaning more towards "exception". I know two people who got screwed by their mortgage/escrow holders. The county where we live would not care whose fault it is. They say you own the house, you're ultimately responsible, take it up with the mortgage company AFTER we get ours.

The Art of Happiness. I refer back to it when I need to be reminded not to desire the latest and greatest toy or gadget. It won't bring me happiness and I'll just be depressed again when then next version comes out. Better to have self-control and enjoy the here and now.

This car always reminds me to practice my French pronunciation: MR2 = merde.

I don't know whether your experience is the exception or the rule, but when the mortgage company has a brain fart with your insurance and taxes, YOU'RE the one they come after for the money. Do not expect the mortgage company to represent you in court.

I want a beefy-looking electric cruiser/commuter. I need 80 mph-capable (at least in short bursts for the highway, but don't care about 0-60 acceleration) with a 75 mi range. While we're at it, make it look like either a Suzuki Boulevard M109 or a Harley V-Rod. Current electrics either look like scooters, dirtbikes,…

Looks closer to a true red, way better than the maroon they currently call "red"

@Mr Red - Dating is a numbers game. Think supply and demand. If youre in too much supply, girls will not demand you.

My second car was a powder blue '81 Rx-7. It barely made it to its10th birthday before catching fire from an oil leak onto the superheated catalytic converter. Not sure if i miss it or not.

I dont know where you live, but in my area $50k is doing pretty good for someone without a college degree, possibly without a HS diploma.

By that logic, you're not eliminating alien abduction, correct?

Sir, you win today's "use violence to solve a non problem" award. Unless you plan to hold onto it, please give it to tomorrows winner.

Minor lands of little strategic importance? Oops, sounds like someone has never heard of oil as a good reason to go to war.

Not caring about some little islands in the middle of the ocean with crappy weather only shows how much you didn't/don't understand the bigger picture. You might as well say that the only reason the US & Japan went to war in the 1940s is because the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. That's missing the big picture and, as…

I don't remember which Sonicare I had, but I remember the gunk. Still, when my Oral B dies, I'm going back to a Sonicare.

I don't remember which Sonicare I had, but I remember the gunk. Still, when my Oral B dies, I'm going back to a…

It's more of something to discuss with my therapist, but the backpackers were really getting on my nerves in Hanoi recently. Blocking large sections of street/sidewalk just standing there looking at maps, bumping into everyone, dreadlocked & smelling of patchouli.

When I went on safari, hot water was scarce and camp sinks didn't always have stoppers. I used a gallon-sized Ziplock bag as a washing machine. Add soap & water, squeeze out the air, and you can knead your clothes very effectively.

And dark colors also attract tsetse flies. I learned this over and over on my own trip to Tanzania.

Ahh, fond memories. I was training and soloed in a T-41 on 17L while extremely noisy F-4Cs screamed past on 17R.