I love ignorant people

If you drive a diesel engine vehicle you can make your own diesel fuel from used motor oil.

What kind of motor oil are you using, Earl? //Motor oil is motor oil!// cuhulin

I changed mine for years in a gravel parking lot, spread with a rake. Keeps the dust down. Nowadays you can't do that.

Shoot! The street I live on is pebbles and tar, and they respray the tar every two-three years.

It did originally come out of the ground...

The street I live on is made of tar, tar and pebbles/rocks/whatever.Asphalt. When I was a kid many years ago, a different neighborhood I lived in, us kids would go barefoot in the Summer time, running around and trading comic books.That soft tar would stick to the bottom of our feet. cuhulin

Wow. I wish I'd finished Law School! I smell Class Action Lawsuit!

I bet I could make $2M on this, and get you a coupon good for trash pick-up.

That soft Summer time tar was the only shoes we could afford. I used to have to wear hand me down shoes, leather shoes.Have you ever had to put some pieces of cardboard in your shoes to cover over the holes in the soles of your shoes? I used to do that, back in the 1940s. cuhulin

Luckily, I grew up in the 60's, when America was the greatest country in the world! ;)

Some people dont hold Consumer Reports in high regard. I certainly have felt that way at times when they kudoed products that I personally knew were junk.

Nontheless, if they had data to back up their claims, that would be a big step forward. Now, we mostly get testimonials.

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Agree, they highly rated LG refrigerators for example, and the anecdotal reports of their reliability and service are frightening. (bought an new fridge last year)

nate

Dummy!

By the end of 2009, consumers nationwide will be able to take advantage of a federal "cash for appliances" program offering rebates on purchases of a wide array of home appliances certified as energy-efficient by the EPA's Energy Star program.

Backed by an initial $300 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the state-run rebate program is intended to help make American homes more energy-efficient while further stimulating the economy.

(Takes effect April 22. )

well, yeah, there's that, but when your 20+ year old icebox starts getting louder and louder and running all the time, you either buy a new one or hit craigslist, and the design department wanted a bottom freezer deal. If only I could plan appliance failures around tax incentives!

nate