Rants
Deceiving potential customers
Thursday, June 5th, 2008It seems that this is your first visit. Would you like to subscribe? Enjoy your visit! If that’s your business plan, you probably need to stop and rethink.
Check out EVC, makers of electric motorcycles.
If you download their pdf brochure on the X21 HP, you’ll see in the description,
“The X21 HP sets the standard […]
South Carolina fights back against hypermilers
Saturday, March 15th, 2008 Yesterday while I was researching ways to get out of the speeding ticket I got in South Carolina, I came across an interesting tidbit in the SC code of laws. This item seems to be intended to prevent you from making the most out of your gallon of gas.
SECTION 56-5-3840. Coasting […]
Another way they get you
Friday, December 28th, 2007 I stopped at a car wash the other day to vacuum out my car.
75 cents, right?
Close, it was three tokens. You could buy four tokens for a dollar, but not one for a quarter. That means that that 75 cent vacuum actually cost me $1.00, which is exactly what they wanted.
I’m afraid that the […]
I can’t drive fifty-five!
Monday, April 3rd, 2006Because nobody will let me.
Let me back up a bit.
Spending 10 years in the Navy gave me the opportunity to live all over the country. This (Salem/Seneca, SC) is the only place I’ve lived where I routinely get stuck behind someone going less than the speed limit.
And I’m not just talking about three or […]