Recent content by Skipper Jack

Try Google Local Business Center. Your business should show up under a listing called "Local business results for CAR WASH near CITY, STATE" for people that searched for the term "CAR WASH" and only for people near the "CITY, STATE" where your car wash is located. The listing includes a link...

tax rates During the 50s and until 1963, a time many consider to be "the good old days", and the biggest part of the post WWII era JJJ speaks of; the maximum tax rate was 91%. It is now about 35%. It was 39.6% during the Clinton era. If you were among the wealthiest Americans during the post...

The poor grammar is usually a giveaway. This example is a little unusual for a phishing attack, since they usually point you to a bogus web page within the body of the message. A Google search on the phone number does match to Bob Thompson, and a Google search on the email address of...

As most of you know, Paul Newman passed on the other day. I was a boy in the 60s when 'Butch Cassidy' came out. I was a young man in the 70s, losing very amateur races in my Formula Vee when he was winning them in his Datsun. I was an adult in the 80s when he showed me what a man was in...

It is the "handling" fee that pushed up the cost. UPS shows that the worst case pricing (Seattle to Miami) for a 1lb package (minimum weight) is $10.46. I suspect that the vendor does not do enough shipping to have scheduled pick-up, so a trip to UPS is required. Also, boxes are not...

There is a large installed base of analog devices that depend on POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service); not just consumer's phones, but faxes, alarm systems, many company PBXs and etc. These systems can co-exist with digital service now, such as DSL service and POTS over the same copper pair...

The 'ignore' feature can be a dangerous tool for a forum. A critical mass of users is vital for any forum to thrive. In my humble opinion, this forum is getting more cliquish and unwelcoming, particularly towards those that don't fit the conservative paradigm of this forum. If the goal is to...

R U Kiddin' Me "Had same thing happen in our tunnel so we removed wraps(from spindel) and took them down to washerteria and ran them thru several wash cycles." I sure hope you are kidding!

Any update Reds? My painter uses Sherwin Williams Elastomeric (Sherlastic) paint on masonry, but SW recommends Loxon for brick.

If you are being audited for taxes, it probably has nothing to do with your dispute with workers comp. In most states those are entirely different entities. Cynics may think otherwise, but an employee in workers comp (WV Dept of Labor?) has no influence over who gets audited for taxes (WV Dept...

The seller did say in his ad, "...just sit back and collect money."

You mentioned crawl space, but Mac and Parker seem to be talking about attic space. Crawl space always meant under the house to me. If so, Is there a vapor barrier on the ground? What about increasing air flow, there are fans that replace the standard vents. Finally, what about leaks? A...

The 1-watt transmitter from hobbytron is marked as export only, implying it exceeds the maximum field strength of 250 microvolts @ 3 meters. it is no longer as simple as measuring power at the antenna, because the transmitter and antenna has to be certified as a set. However, 1 watt is...

Newtothescene said "where two guys are ready with towels to dry them off" I wonder if noise concerns drove the decision to towel dry over forced air. In my area the amount of noise allowed at the border of a commercial lot is 65dB, 60dB if the neighbor is residential. A 5dB increase is...

I have been loaning on kiva.org for only a little over 2 months.