Recent content by jjbee62

Depending on the franchise, you can make a decent living owning a franchise, just don't expect to retire any time soon. The upside is that the franchise is reducing the risk. They (depending on company) will make sure your location is viable and give you the brand name recognition. They will...

Any shop that you go to will mark up the parts at a minimum 50% over their cost, and you'll have a tough time finding someplace with that low of a markup, most will charge 67-125% extra on the parts. If you choose to go to either a dealer or a shop, take a good look underneath your car first...

Fortunately, they aren't satisfied with just looking stupid. Many of them are making sure their stupidity is quoted for the laughter of future generations.

My personal taste is, I don't like the stories, for the purpose of a review, but they can be entertaining. Numbers by themselves don't tell the story. What does each person consider to be a 7 or an 8? A good description without too many adjectives is what I like to see. How was the booking...

Parts are fairly cheap and replacing pads is easy. It's unlikely the rear rotors need machined or replaced. Unless you're planning on keeping the vehicle for several more years, you probably won't need to worry about the front rotors. Probably can get a fellow Terbist to help with the job and...

An inside joke for yoloso.

You're right, I do. Do you find something offensive with being nice to people? Is smiling and being happy such a bad thing? Should I be bitter and angry about my problems or my life? I see people like that every day, and I think it's rather sad. I'd rather enjoy everything life throws at...

I've been to quite a few of both types of bachelor parties. The wild crazy, naked women, get totally trashed type of party is a great time, but it almost always ends up being the groom's "last night out with his boys". The reason being, either the bride will find out at least enough details...

It's nothing personal, but I take the achievements of everyone, with whom I am only acquainted online, with a significant number of grains of salt. Over the past 20+ years (I became active online in '91. Before that I was mostly a silent observer/game player dating back to '89 with Compuserve...

The pertinent ruling has already been made. In Everson v. The Board of Education, Justice Black ruled: The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one...

I'm still trying to find an answer on how it benefits anyone in the United States, or for that matter, anyone in the world, who is not a terrorist, to call him a terrorist and treat the case as a terrorism trial. "Terrorist" is just a word. Why use the word when there is no benefit and it has...

Let's get hypothetical for a moment. Let's assume, instead of just being a 64 year old woman who is already barred from military service, she is a 64 year old quadriplegic, unable in any way to bear arms in defense of the country. Would she still be barred from citizenship? The Selective...

The law is requiring her to provide proof of membership in a religious institution in order to be opposed to personally committing violence against another person. Besides the irony of using religion as an opposition to violence, this is a law that defines pacifism as belonging to religion...

Too many of my fellow Americans can't grasp the concept that religious freedom gives one the right to not follow any religion.

I can save you the money. The key to all of the above is to convince 50 people, 3-4 times a week, to give you $1000. Another waste of time and money is the "Learn how to flip houses seminar" that is being heavily advertised now. I've heard the radio spots for London and Cambridge and I'm sure...