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Choosing an Automobile Dealership

The dealership is where most people will buy their vehicle be it new or used. Once you decide on model and style, how do you decide where to buy it?

Now I may be entirely off base here. It could be that all dealerships are alike enough so that picking one over another has [...]

Blems

Blems are tires that are blemished but otherwise servicable. They are usually offered at reduced prices and available through most discount stores dealing in auto parts.

Several years ago I maintained a membership at a local and famous wholesale store selling everything from tires to grocery items. A membership cost $30 a year but [...]

20% OFF

That is what the sales ad promised. Twenty percent off. Meaning that you would save 20% over the normal cost. So on a $100 item that would amount to a $20 savings. Sounds like a good deal but how do you know that the item is worth $100? Maybe it [...]

The Final All Band Antenna Solution

When last addressed, my approach was to use a three band trap dipole to cover 75, 40 and 30 meters and rely on the triband beam for 20,15 and 10 meters.

Since then I have discovered that trap dipoles exhibit reduced bandwidth. The bandwidth gets narrower and narrower as more bands are added. Therefore [...]

Securing XP

I have a number of computers all tied to a local area network with all of them capable of accessing the internet. Most recently this included my best computer an Athlon +1800.

I use the Athlon for my ham radio activities and it serves as a digital mode interface as well as a TV receiver [...]

Spaghetti Sauce

We used to use Prego or Ragu. Now we use tomato paste. Why? Because a can of tomato paste costs about 20 cents while a jar of Prego or Ragu is more that 2 dollars.

You save about 1.50 per jar. Say you have spaghetti or pizza once a week and use one [...]