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With the declining aircraft safety records, poor maintenance, terrorists, bombs, proliferation of anti-aircraft weaponry, and suicidal pilots I'm simply glad I just don't have to fly any more. Never had a fear of it, but it was always a PITA after 9/11/01 and the enjoyment wore off, and the...

Bingo! It's not a surprise that most people who are against OTHER people stockpiling (e.g. hoarding) physical items, are themselves often sitting on hoards of cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, bitcoin, excessively large houses, numerous cars, lots of kids who consume more than their "fair...

My view of a fair discussion of "universally bad movies" involves films with great potential or pedigree, usually sufficient budgets, that just absolutely blew it. Not things with no real potential, cast, or budget because that's an endless list. So my list of "universally bad movies" would...

Magnum was a great TV show for the era and still holds up moderately well. The action is a bit hokey but the character development and storyline and diversity of topics was well done and underappreciated. I saw parts of the remake and it looked absolutely soul-less and terrible. I also do NOT...

For those that say it's unsafe, I'm not really understanding. If you keep your hands clear, and the wood is secure, why would you be at risk? Lack of guards and too much blade?

And having thought about it I want to be clear my above message was not meant as offensive to folks, it's just that I've lived in squalor and understand poverty, here and abroad.

I think to appreciate this you have to look at it thru the lens of the 95% of the world that is extremely poor, not an overweight overpaid spoiled American who can get these cars on demand. Most of the world does not live in luxury.

I'm sorry for your loss. I concur with the general assessment in that someone likely fired a rifle and through absolute dumb luck, accident or pure negligence, the bullet struck your relative and passed thru, causing fatal injury. Probably large caliber full metal jacket rifle round. It could...

Yeah, a million or more dollars on a $3000 investment return in 10 years.

Depends on how much you care about or need the vehicle, or how easy it would be to replace. I think about 1 year is about the max for oil IMO once it's introduced into a vehicle and driven. Oxidation, moisture, chemical breakdown, mixing with fuel and old oil (10% of the oil in your engine is...

Everything in life is speculation, when you boil it down. Leaving your house, you speculate on safety vs. needs to go somewhere. Remaining in your house, likewise. Buying Apple, or MCI Worldcom, or any other item meant as some type of an investment vehicle, you speculate on which car to buy...

"[Land, gold, stocks, mutual funds, houses, guns, marriage, kids, etc.]...is all about creating a notion in someone's mind that they need to buy it ot else, it's the fear of missing out."

Recall cash!!! $$$ I see the old 70s-80s Sears radial armsaws from time to time. If they are free, get it. Emerson used to give $100 for it under their recalls, now it's $50. You register it, they send you a box, and you chop off the engine and send it back and they send you a check. There...

Any non-tangible good and even many tangible goods are fiat wealth. That includes precious metals, gems, stocks, bonds, contracts (e.g. promises), oil, etc. including HOUSING. Gold is really only worth what someone else thinks it's worth, on the global "agreement" market (often manipulated)...

First, "price gouging" doesn't apply to non-essential items, if at all. Second, Amazon is notorious for wild price swings often as frequently as intra-day. I've learned to check CamelCamelCamel to see the price history, and park an item in my cart until the price goes down. And third, inflation...

Nah, it didn't work. We tried, off and on for a few years but it was not meant to be.

Oh my, I feel confused about the OP's story and his wife. But let me share my own really really stupid "run out of gas" story. Hope it takes some heat off the OP and I'll take some flaming... I can laugh now, years later. About five years ago I took my girlfriend on a romantic weekend...