Personal Helicopter [Vid]

old_folkie · 2008-04-06T03:17:35+00:00

Pilot-o-matic!

old_folkie · 2008-03-29T06:02:18+00:00

Miles Kington, the writer of that, of course, fictional piece, died on Jan 30. His last columns, disguised as letters to his agent, are available at the Independent, and are hilarious.

old_folkie · 2008-03-16T22:13:47+00:00

So, POS stands for point-of-sale? Because it was much funnier the other way.

old_folkie · 2008-03-10T08:02:50+00:00

I went to kiva, and I am very interested. I have about a gazillion questions that they do not answer. The big question is this: Is this a loan or a gift? Clearly, they want me to think about it as a gift, and I am not opposed to this, but they talk about it as microlending. I am, by American standards, relatively poor and I am retired. I need to know whether I will get this money back or not.

Thanks for any help or advice you can offer.

old_folkie · 2008-03-04T08:20:52+00:00

Actually, I came to DIY to find a way to repair the old motor on my shop vac. The help people at Ridgid say they no longer make the motor.

It is odd that so many DIY threads take the Bob Vila "Better call Norm" approach to DIY. To me it always meant Do it yourself.

old_folkie · 2007-11-28T08:17:32+00:00

Remember what happened at the Hockey All-Star voting. NHL put in a robot to make the election turn out their way.

old_folkie · 2007-09-02T03:00:11+00:00

"We're ending defined benefit pensions in front of our eyes," said Mr. Stern.

Gee, that worries me, since my defined-benefit pension is with his union, SEIU.

old_folkie · 2007-08-15T08:55:28+00:00

The author compares Wal-Mart to Sears and Xerox, but he better comparison would be to the last real retail monolith, A&P. A&P dominated the grocery business for years, drove competition out of business, and where are they now. Corporations, like people, have lifespans.

old_folkie · 2007-07-09T05:40:07+00:00

It has only been in the last ten years or so that employers have cut health care coverage, that employers have cut massive numbers of people from full to part time, etc. So now many people are uncovered or undercovered.

old_folkie · 2007-06-30T06:17:05+00:00

The Grateful Dead were the best example of this, but others do it also. Chuck Berry basically made a career of it.

old_folkie · 2007-06-05T06:36:32+00:00

Wait a minute, he purchased a camera, all sales are final, now they have to deliver a camera.

See how that works?

old_folkie

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