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McDonald's may win in court over teen's charity name, but losing big in court of public opinion {WalletPop}
Jan 27th 2010 3:39PM To me it is as simple as this......I will not buy from McDonalds again unless they drop thier court action. If millions of people do like wise they will get the message, even if it is for a week. When thier bottom line costs them hundreds of millions then they will rethink thier ways.
When sex doesn't sell: Slew of bad ads backfire in the blogosphere {Daily Finance}
Dec 7th 2009 8:00AM So a barbie doll giving oral sex to a ken doll for a tooth paste ad would be okay in your eyes right?
When sex doesn't sell: Slew of bad ads backfire in the blogosphere {Daily Finance}
Dec 7th 2009 7:43AM Anymore the ads are so in your face loud in volume, stupid for the most part as to be insulting, and now degrade the last happy part of childhoods memories of Christmas. I record everything nowadays and skip all the ads all together on fast forward.
Sorority Suspended Over Allegations of Starving, Abusing Pledges {Lemondrop}
Sep 1st 2009 1:44PM Sent them to school spend big bucks and they still come out stupid.
Linda Hogan Wants Harley, Hulk in Jail {PopEater}
Aug 27th 2009 1:55PM Hulk's ex is lower than what comes out of my dogs rear end.What exactly did she ever do to earn HIS money. She brings a new low to the word GOLD DIGGER!Give her the harley but add sugar to the tank frist and run it for a bit.
Mexican airlines grounded after safety violations and unpaid bills {Gadling}
Jul 25th 2009 2:49AM Also that Southwest 737 that had a failure of the fusalage mounting for an antenna is one of the newer 737s. Not all aircraft have that antenna mounted on them. We have inspected the same area on our fleet that do. The ones with that antenna are some of the newest aircrat in our fleet. So that is a design flaw that is being addressed would be my guess. As we have a recurring inspections of that area at set flight hours.
Mexican airlines grounded after safety violations and unpaid bills {Gadling}
Jul 25th 2009 2:35AM I know the airline I work for retired all 737-100/200/300/500s a long time ago. They are sold to who ever has the money or are cut up and scrapped. We only fly 737-700/800/900s now. Along with 777s 767s 757s and soon 787s. The 747s DC10s DC9s and all Airbus are long gone. We fly the newest for the best fuel burn and even have added winglets to most of our fleet for improved fuel burn.
A,B,C and D checks are not determined by age. They are determined by cycles. How many take offs and landings the aircraft has made. When a flight is made the aircraft is pressurized. Think of it like blowing up a ballon and then letting the air out. The skin expands and contracts with every cycle. Which is were metal fatigue comes into play. Aircraft are inspected using NDT to find cracks . A carriers that makes shorter flights is going to have a higher cycles record. Putting it at risk of metal fatigue Far sooner than an aircraft that flys long haul with fewer cycles.
Mexican airlines grounded after safety violations and unpaid bills {Gadling}
Jul 25th 2009 2:09AM It always amazes me how many jump on the band wagon without a clue. The FAA grounded Aero California for the same thing years ago. I don't see them flying in the U.S. anymore. These are very hard times for American carriers flying the newest aircraft that get better fuel burn. Our airline lost 213 million in the second quarter alone. That was with a decline in fuel costs of 762 million. The FAA is at our stations doing thier job as we do ours. I can say in the 25 years I have worked for "My" airline they have never side stepped any maintenance in our fleet. I am sure the Mexican airlines are doing the best with what they have to work with. I am sure thier are smaller american carriers that are in the same boat.
Jeremy Clarkson calls Honda Insight "Biblically terrible" {Autoblog}
May 19th 2009 2:29PM I have owned alot of cars in the last 55 years. From VW's to Corvettes, and Jaguars. I currently own two 2006 honda civics. One made in Japan one made in the U.S.A. I have 107,000 miles on the one made in the U.S. all trouble free, The other has 38,000 also trouble free. I would say the car that cost me the most in maintenance was the Jaguar and Corvette. I do have an edge over most people as I do all my own work from headlights to taillights. To be fair I poured alot of money into the Jag as a show car. Jaguars bad rep was not really deserved, It has 120,000 miles on it nad I still own it. The Corvette I sold as it was very fast , but that was it. It rode like a rock in all ride selections, the seats were cheap and broke. The steering locked up costing me 300 bucks to fix. I bought the Hondas as I used to work on cars for a living. Funny thing, even 30 years ago the hondas always ran great with very little maintenance. So I remembered that and bought some after "buying American only" for so many years. I have never regretted that decision. I can get 40 miles per gallon if I hold it at 65 miles per hour. They have plenty of zip. Another thing I was pleased with was the way the Honda dealerships honored thier car warranties. Even installing stuff that we never had any problem with. All at no charge. As for the GM dealerships all thier C-6 had recalls for steering lock up, but I had to pay as mine was to new they said. Yeah I payed and sold it off soon after gas hit almost 5 bucks a gallon. I worked on army tanks,semi trucks and car dealerships for 15 years. The last 25 years I have been working on 80 million dollar aircraft. I have an extreme knowledge of all things mechanial. I wonder just how hands on knowledge these so called TV host experts have. I would Go head to head with them anyday. I like the insight styling and expect it to be every bit as good as Honda has been for the last 30 years. Don't let so called experts misdirect you when selecting a car. Talk to owners and get the real story.
Jeremy Clarkson calls Honda Insight "Biblically terrible" {Autoblog}
May 19th 2009 1:57PM test
