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And "a moment of silence" is the most appropriate tribute imagineable, as well.

Many, if not most, schools, no longer offer Drivers Ed, leaving it to private companies, and parents. (Have to focus on those all-important 'tests', or lose Federal funding, you know). The relative scarcity of private companies offering Drivers Ed, whether due to prohibitive insurance costs...

I've got a new hobby, courtesy of Linder Caffee, (who credits Terry O'Connell with introducing it to her): downloading audiobooks, from Audible.com. While Linder downloads hers to an iPod, I dowload to my computer, then burn them onto CDs. The cost, including the blank CDs, is about the same as...

RE: Question on Personal/buisiness Laptop Computer My Compaq laptop is a little more than 2 yrs old, and has been in frequent use, with zero problems - at least, none that were the fault of the computer, lol. Since Compaq is now part of HP, I will probably watch for one of the overstock...

Ha! You thought I either forgot, or didn't know, huh? Well, I know that you deserve a wonderful day, even if you don't care to be reminded, and I hope you enjoyed it, and didn't have to call the Fire Dept to put out the candles, lol.;)

I was recently pulled around behind the scales in Colorado, and told that the information listed on the side of the truck, must include the last 6 digits of the vehicle's VIN.

Rich, after 21 years with you, she probably doesn't expect anything expensive, (or need it, either), so how about something that means a lot, but costs very little? Renewing your vows, with or without witnesses &/or fanfare, whichever way you prefer, is a lovely way to celebrate such a special...

Sorry, Barney, but it's not "a man thing", cause I have the same rule. It's easy for me to keep, as I don't like wearing shoes, and only wear those I can kick off as soon as my butt hits the seat. ;) According to Jeff Campbell, a cleaning expert, keeping the dirt out of your living space goes...

After the immediate shock, my feelings were near panic, over the safety of my own two daughters. When the first reports were aired of the plane crash in Pa, I was worried about my eldest, who had moved to SW Pa just 10 days earlier - I wasn't sure how close to the crash site, but I had to call...

If you insist on soaking the durn socks, why not do it in a bigger Ziplock baggie, that you can take to the washer? They're pretty much leak-proof. Now I'm going to make some banana pudding, with the sugarfree Jello stuff, lowfat milk, and bananas - which is the closest I've come to a low...

I don't care WHAT you're doing (for a living, I mean), I hope you'll keep popping in & posting when you can - you keep it lively and interesting around the Soapbox. Your point of view is always worth reading, and I look forward to more of it.

Um, Linder: why don't you just wear gray socks year round, and save your energy for important stuff, like figuring out a no calorie dessert that actually tastes good? ;)

You don't have to stay there, DD - just pop in & ask the desk clerk! I don't stay there, either, as I'm not even 'surface' - I'm subterranean, or something, I guess.:+

Well, that explains why I never see the towers: I'm generally looking at where I'm going, and the traffic around me, and hardly never at my cellphone. ;)

Vandriver, thank you for the explanation, which is pretty much the same one that I got from the people at Cingular/AT&T, but as I told them: drivers who have just one cellphone, and are constantly moving from one tower to another, can't turn off the phone that often, much less remove & replace...

I'm ROFL at DoggieDaddy's reply too, but if you do want to wash your clothes, Terry's suggestion is the goods - desk clerks at nicer motels generally know where everything is located.:)

Happy birthday, Redytrk! I can empathize with the happy/sad dichotomy, having 11/22 as a birthday. (For those too young to remember, that's the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.) I was a mite too young to understand exactly why everyone on the planet (it seemed) was crying in...

I'm wondering, since the government pushed this program through against the wishes of so many people, whether there might be a strong effort by DOT & individual state inspectors, to find a lot of Mexican trucks in violation of US rules - I sure hope so.

That's "the flip side" of drivers never agreeing on anything, lol.

Welcome, Fastlane, and thanks for joining in. The "companies" whose rules we live by, in this case, are pretty much the insurance companies - and they don'r seem inclined to change their rules much, except to reduce their own risks. It's a fact we have to live with: one mistake can ruin your...