Recent content by Abbott

Bible_Belt: I know that they often have high mileage, although in some cases you have a diamond in the rough. On occasion I've seen cars for sale that did have the police package but didn't appear to have high mileage, although you're right that most of them do. I know that high mileage is...

I'm thinking of perhaps downgrading to an older car, since the theory is that the insurance will be cheaper, even if I maintain full insurance (every option, not just liability). If I do this, it'd probably be a 1988-1991 model, just under 20 years old. I know that lower mileage is almost...

Why not the phone number? It can't be any harder. I see no point in E-mail unless you want or need to exchange files for whatever reason.

I've never been to NYC, so I can't give you any suggestions on places. But I will tell you to look around. Surely there's got to be some. It's a big place with a lot of people. I live around STL and I can tell you that some places have them while others don't. I'll even tell you that the...

Aha...that's it. Statistically speaking, I'm much thinner than the average man, or even the average woman. I have trouble buying new clothes, and some entire store chains don't even carry my size most of the time. So, I've learned to only go to certain stores that always seem to have my...

I have wondered what the point of a SAVINGS account was. If you don't have that kind of cash lying around, you wouldn't have a savings account. If you DO, then you're better off with a mutual fund or, if you know what you're doing, the stock market. As for the "power of VISA," the...

*Sigh*.... It was never my intention to start a flame war. Even so, I can't control the actions of others. However, I do think there's more to people than the clothes you wear. There's the saying "The clothes make the man." I don't fully agree with that, though I think it can be a...

I don't know if that was a rhetorical question, but no it doesn't sound like me. I (obviously) have a computer, which still has a fair amount of residual value. My car also has a fair amount of residual value, it's not a $400 P.O.S. I don't wear clothes that should have been thrown out a long...

This hasn't happened in a while (at least six months), but a couple times in the past some people have accused me of using crack. Common traits I've noticed among those people are those who are punks and they almost always seem to be blue-collar (no offense to blue collar people, but it's...

OK, this is probably a dumb question, but what I'm wondering about is: If you go out on a night on the town, and it's late (after 10:30), do people assume you're dressing up or trying to show off? To be honest, I never do that. I dress exactly the same way when I go out as when I do...

If there's something you can't give up, consider cheaper ways of doing the same thing. About coffee: Do you have a coffeemaker? You can buy a coffeemaker and a grinder for $50-$60 total, and I always get the $9/lb. coffee. You can make many pots out of a pound, and it's way cheaper than...

How do you pull that off? That never happens to me!

Pretty much. I think it's mostly a legacy biological urge, since it's normally difficult to have children after a certain age. Although I've heard of women in their 60s having children. With modern technology more things are becoming possible. The attitude that older people aren't as...

I've been asked this. Usually I say things like "Old enough," which implies I'm 21+, which I am. Or sometimes I've said "How old do you think I am?" After they say I tell them. A few times I even told the truth right away, but not usually. Once I even dodged the question. As for the...

Once, a woman did indeed ask me that. I said "Why? Are you interested?" She pauses and then says "I was just wondering." So I'm inclined to think it doesn't mean much.