sport coat , white shirt and slacks from the modest closet, spit shined school shoes and a borrowed tie; $2 gas for the car I bought myself; made a corsage and a nice matching bouquet for date's mother from my mom's garden, nice dinner for two at the nicest place in town ( $9 including tip.)  My parents paid ZERO; it w...more

What I understand is that VW also has a diesel Jetta that attains over 80 mpg that is not allowed in the US.  The emmissions from the Jetta excede US standards by a little less than 10%.  I assume the reasoning is simlar for the Fords. The Yanks would rather a 20 mpg gas hog that generates 5 or 10 times the pollutants ...more

Been there, done that.

I think the political remark was a bit tongue-in-cheek.  I spent 2 1/2 years in sub- Saharan Africa....You would not believe the size of the Chinese community.

Are you Chinese?  If not I totally believe you.

My father died in 1948 and I never knew him or any of his family.  His mother, my g-mother, however for many years sent a card with a $2 bill each Christmas and on my birthday.  I finally met her in 1965 a short time before her death.  I still have most of the twofers and over half are silver certificates.  I have no i...more

I'm sorry for the folks infected.  The only blood suckers I'm afraid of are mostly in DC or on Wall street.

I'm not in favor of manditory sterilization but this guy needs to have something cut off.

He sounds like someone who would CLEAN a loaded gun......My question is why would anyone in a gun safety class and not on a  firing range have a gun and live ammo in (I suspect) a classroom.  The instructor is totally at fault.  I have been an avid shooter for 60 years and a certified hunter safety instructor.   This s...more