Jim in Anchorage

And most of the 33 million are frozen.

Who cares? Exxon was ordered to pay $5B in punitive damages shortly after the Valdez spill in 1989. They have yet to pay.

Whats the old phrase? "you are under arrest. We can make it easy or we can make it hard" It was the kids choice to make it hard.

Unless you resist.

That is valid fitness strategy that carrys though to adulthood.

Quit looking in the mirror and start a diet and exercise

How do you feel about gun control? Just a Question.

That will go good on Joan Rivers show"How did you get so rich?"

I dragged this up in light of current events. How would they know if you are on the"no fly" list?

He makes his money on shiping and handling.

I am more interested to hear about this understanding between you and DC Tom about your wife.

Queer, are ya?

Trying to blow up a a plane with a firecracker in their shoe is not beyond their reach, so who knows.

It still happened. As long as there are no "fees" involved I would go for it.

Hey, Lana Turner was discovered at a drug store. Who knows?

Sure if you want to call local government money"community money"go ahead. It no doubt was raised by voluntary contributions, not mandatory tax's on people who could care less about your wild scheme. And yes if there are are matching federal funds, it is "my" money.

With someone else's water, of course.

Pasta Joe made a reasonable post on oil drilling yesterday. Weird One in a million shots do happen.

Well he could blame evil bankers.

He's a see the forest type of guy, not like us tunnel vision types who just see the trees. Unfortunately he isn't interested to hear all the trees are dead.

Nice. I have a $800,000 home in a below average neighborhood. Was this site put together by Fannie Mae employee's?

Inflation? For $10,000 he is going to take a property that has been abandoned for years and make it livable? I am not a finance guy but I know the on the ground realties of such a piece of property. Broken water pipes, because the gas bill was not paid. Drywall repairs, because the plumbers Had to rip it up to get at the pipes. Non functional furnace/hot water heater. Kicked in doors. Broken windows. Flooded basement. No one pays the electric bill. the sump pump stops working. I could go on and on, but I think inflation is the lest of his problems.

Saves fixing the doorbell also.

Don't feel picked on. He offered to"shred me" over a remark I made that I thought was completely innocent. Guys got a big time chip on his shoulder.

poor poor NFL players.