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You didn't actually read what I posted, apparently. THEY GET CHANGED OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS ANYWAY. Millions or maybe billions of signs across America are already going to be replaced even if the new regulations weren't in place. This new regulations simply change what the replacement signs...

My point was, and I guess I really didn't make it very clear (clear, get it? clear?) is that street and highway signs are built to standards, which change every now and then. The standards are in place for what I hope are obvious reasons, and the Federal Highway Administration is the one that...

Yeah, one little moment of frustration by Chris Matthews does not absolve MSNBC of the blatant bias throughout its programming day. Not even close. The "open debate" to be found on MSNBC is hardly open. Sure, opposing viewpoints get aired, and then more often than not are quickly dismissed by...

Well, it wasn't really a "stupid federal bill slipped into another bill", it was a straight up regulation change by the DOT and it's fearless leader Ray La Hood, based on numerous independent studies that showed upper/lower case signs were more readable. This was put in place in 2003 when the...

No, it's the city fire department. Obion County does not have county-wide fire protection services. Fire subscriptions (a.k.a. "pay-to-spray") are pretty common in many areas of the country, but especially so in Tennessee where there are many rural areas not directly served by a fire district...

Now if we could just get New York to do the same with the NY Thruway. Or at least run the numbers from west to east.

Excellent. Nicely done! LOL

No, it's all out there. If you live in the county and you want fire service, you must pay the annual fee, no exceptions. And everybody knows it. Including the home owners who have been living there forever, since well before 1990. Prior to 1990 those in the county had no fire protection...

Famous law borne of the soc.* and talk.* newsgroups over on Usenet where Mike Godwin was an avid participant during his law school days. The Law has since been applied to most any threaded discussion on the Internet. And for the most part, it still holds up.

Well, the property was in the county, not the city, and the property in that county isn't taxed for fire protection services, because fire protection is provided by the city, so that's what they have the annual fee for. They really and truly had no legal obligation to put out that fire. The...

Doesn't work for me, either. Weird. Straight copy and paste, yet the forum name in the URL got dropped in each one. Should be working now.

It's a safe bet that when someone tells you to buy gold, it's because they're either selling it, or they've already bought it and they need you to buy it to drive the price up so they can sell it. Same with stocks.

Yeah, to charge a house battery from the alternator, you'll need to hook that battery to the alternator, or to the cranking battery itself, which is connected to the alternator. You can do it directly, but when the engine isn't running, then the cranking battery and the house batter are still...

This happened in my back yard. South Fulton, TN and Fulton, KY are essentially one town with the state line running down the middle of it. They share the same Post Office. Some of you have probably been there, it's where the Purchase Parkway ends at the TN line, on the west side of town. Where...

Buy your own truck and be your own owner. Solves a lot of problems. That, or get it in writing that none of your pay can be withheld beyond a mutually agreed upon time frame that's also in writing.

For the same reason that a regular cranking battery doesn't work well for long low amp draws, it's designed to provide a high amp smack to crank the engine. Here's an idea, use a deep cycle battery that's designed for long low amp draws, charge IT while you drive, and use IT to power the heater...

Yes, really. Like I said, when they are sitting there on a couch and delivering conversational commentary passed off as news, it ain't news. Oh, it absolutely does, and they know it, and it's why they do it. They sit there and have a conversation with someone, including the viewer, and will slip...

Fox is overtly conservative. Fox is "fair and balanced" only insofar as they fairly balance the liberal news media outlets. They do not present a fair and balanced newscast when viewed alone, not even close. Those who get the bulk of their news from Fox News are no different than those who get...

"When the Constitution hangs by a thread, America will have to call on the Mormon elders to save it." You know who wrote that? Mormons. "Jews are God's chosen people." You know who wrote that? Jews. "Muslims shall rule the world." You know who wrote that? Muslims. "It's all a load of...

Exactly. And Carole Simpson and Chris Matthews are not the exceptions to the rule. I would submit that most journalism students these days leave college with an agenda to promote using their journalism career. Some, like Matthews are just more open and blatant about it. Matthews was all over...