Today we have a two class system where the haves: are willing to spend $100 (or have credit card credits) for the program, jump through hoops to get fingerprinted and admitted, and can pass the criminal and customs background check.

You can’t have any crimes or customs violations on your record for Global Entry. You can fly, just not prescreened.

In the military there is a difference between losing your job/assignment and losing your rank. It’s still considered being fired and sucks, but you are still getting paid and benefits. You can be a peacetime Navy captain of an aircraft carrier or one sitting at home waiting for an assignment. One job is much preferable…

If all you have is a train, then you assume all the world has tracks.

So the Obama speech coaching worked...

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Seriously, I am the first one to mention this? Highlander II anyone? This is fucking Highlander II.

“ limit the creation of lithium dendrites which are spiky structures...” you mean snowflakes? Snowflakes in a battery? 

This deal only applies to Frontier, Spirit, and Allegiant in the US. I live 20m from the airport and travel with my wife and son. I have done it at least four times at over $120 a trip - plus seat assignments for free. The whole process including drivetime takes about two hours. $60/hr is a pretty good wage.

The Irish are the reason we are even commenting about all this... they wrote down all the sagas!

WU is still around, big presence in Denver. I used to work there too. WU partners with Netspend on a cobranded card (my old project). If you want to send money (cash) quickly, especially internationally, it’s your first stop. Just make sure you actually know the recipient, because that money is not coming back.

It makes sense if you are working on a manufacturing line, or dealing with children. I coach on the weekends. I don’t have to ask per se, but if nature calls during a drill I am leading, I have to tap an adult to cover for me..

The brand per room concept is used at Harrod’s in London.

In Minnesota, apartment buildings have outlets in the parking lot for diesel vehicles with warming coils to plug into in the wintertime. Surely wherever you park your car has a source of electricity nearby.

I have Progressive, and in the two major accidents I’ve had, I dropped my vehicle off at their service center, and they released a perfectly repaired and washed vehicle back to me after I paid the deductible. It was super easy.

I love Advantage and other rental places that try to convince you that you need the biggest baddest 4x4 they have to make it up I-70 W bound at any time of year. In the winter, sure you need good tread on M+S tires or better (no guarantee their upgraded vehicle has that) and at the VERY least, you need windshield…

If I am not going to use up a full tank of gas in a sedan (15 gal or thereabouts), I am probably doing Uber or public transportation. In my experience (traveling all over the US for work and pleasure) the rental place rate is competitive with the price gouging of gas stations close enough to the airport that you can…

The biggest issue in this story was that Metals.com was selling gold and silver at HUGE premiums over the spot price, not that the metal prices were volitile. If you pay $32 for an $16 spot price Royal Canadian Mint Silver 1 oz coin, you are down 50% as soon as you take delivery. The scam isn't the coins, it's the…

It’s a margin game really unless you are traveling for work. The fact that airlines and hotels mandate that the traveler gets the miles/points basically means you get extra compensation for being on the road, even if all your spend is on a company issued card. If you don’t travel for work, and you don’t spend a ton of…