Don’t expect this week’s gas-out to solve anything
Last Saturday a woman standing in line with my wife and I told us not to buy gas on May 15. She beamed at her Ford Super Duty pickup. She said she's tired of paying so much to fill it, and she's...
View ArticleA story of a truck, some trains, a vet, and a possible scam
I think I've been taken for another Internet scam. Of course the Internet is ripe for this kind of thing. The story of Kaycee Nicole Swenson is one infamous example. Unfortunately I fell for that one...
View ArticleIs it OK to sell gifts on eBay?
This is a followup to Friday's post. I really should let this go, but the journalist in me loves a great story, and this story has lots of twists and turns and weirdness. I wrote on Friday about...
View ArticleThe Christmas train
I saw a story on one of my train boards today that illustrates just how much the world has changed since 1923. This story came from the 1950 book Messrs. Ives of Bridgeport, by Louis H. Hertz. The post...
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