Sprinter van's 2 engine a/c s are so inadequate for California.

93F in Napa and just out of shop Sprinter can't  cool it.

If you are buying a new car, do you know the term "non-interference engine" and "timing chain" vs timing belt ?? Could save you $1000s in first 5yrs mechanic crisis bill.

Car engines are still designed with maintenance  flaws. Some monor, some major.

Like Honda putting the oil filter inside the trany so you can't  change it and thus destroy another expensive transmission.
And another. Super bad design.

Which 2016 car models are "interference engines" and designed to suddenly explode ?

2016 could be the Year of the Write-in President

Too much chicanery  from both parties.

Hillary is pro-TPP and basically untrustworthy.

Trump says he's  a Republican,lord knows that party has done enough damage to the Nation since Ronnie Reagan.

Eliz. Warren doesn't  want the job; that's  a true pity.

"Bernie Sanders" still, superdelegates and poll tax, gets my vote.

Most or all car bus and semi computers are "coded" in #s, not plain English. For only mechanics not owners to read. Totally the Wrong Way !!

And so it goes.

Imagine if your car sensors and computer worked for You, since You bought the bloody expensive thing, in plain English.

Rumor has it: Tasting fees at at least Napa Valley Winery are "over $100.", i heard today from the Chamber of Commerce

Imagine.
California  Tasting Permit,,,2 fingers. Not a full glass?
"Over $100.",she said.

uber: no dispatcher, no one to talk to, no "cancel request " button after waiting 45min for "your wait is 5min"

serious design flaws

Samsung S7 has serious OVERHEATING problem.

Phone ,inside an air conditioned house, is too hot to hold !
Samsung has no software fix, yet !!

I was also refused service by T-Mobile on a BRAND NEW, bought in a T-Mobile store, $740 PHONE ,NO PHONE CALLS OR INTERNET SERVICE FOR HOURS !!

S7 has too many problems, like it deletes emails from inbox and files.

The voice-text is not worth 2c.

The spell check refuses real words.
Turn it off too.

You can't  turn off nav voice.
Nav is no better than my S3.

$740 !?
Not worth $300.

"You are not registered on the network" pop up b.s.

Avoid Kaiser: lousy MDS, botched operations, and bad medical opinions

My Dad had famous Dr. Iantoska operate on one cataract eye: perfect.
The next eye was botched operation by Kaiser and Dad bled during surgery and almost lost the eye.

I had my cut foot only partially sewn closed. "Stay on your Mom's  couch,foot elevated over the top back, and replace daily the sterile gauze packing to prevent infection." 7 months !! Gave up on female orthopedic surgeon  and let scab over 3-4 times without any infection. Went back to work.

Asked for a "second opinion" on "partial quad thigh muscle tear" diagnosis. It was a complete tear,not partial . But second Kaiser MD lied too, "partial tear, just rest easy and it will heal perfectly."

The trend of the restaurant Burnt breakfast potatoes, onions and peppers

You and i expect properly cooked food,especially at a paying restaurant.
Haven't  we had enough Burnt salmon;does not taste better.
And burnt chicken; if you can't  cook then don't.

Beware of this sinister secret "trend",may it die so quickly, of the unordered burnt breakfast potatoes.

Feel free to spank your wife if she tries to pass these off.

Gov. Brown and Senator Feinstein say "Vote for Hillary." So common sense says "DON'T".

Hell no.

Women politicians, outnumbered, have done little for California.

Ms.Feinstein, Pelosi, Boxer, Speier, Lofgren all could and should have done more for the public good with their politican careers.

So Hillary being a woman is just "pissing in the wind" with all the dismantle and delay male jerks in Congress.

Would you be surprised if you saw a Honda Accord 4dr sedan spinout in light rain, because it is FWD and too weight forward ?

I happened just so to my friend's college student in his first used car. Shocked.
Uncontrollable spinout.
Bumper hit median.
Luckily no other cars hit.
$2000 to replace both airbags.

They decided to "junk it, claim insurance, and buy another used car."

How many Honda Accord 4drs are in the US, waiting to spinout in light rain, next to you or in front of you ?

I confess, I am ADDICTED TO Langer's OJ. It's sooo delicious. And only Costco seems to carry the pasteurized gallons you can store for weeks in a closet.

What if Costco, Heaven forbid !!, decides to ,,, cancel ALL SHIPMENTS FROM MARS, or whereever, of ALL LANGER'S OJ,,, and their MANGO JUICE ??

What will I do?
How will I ,,, live?
Will breakfasts never-ever be the same, or as Good?
Will Republicans argue with Democrats in Congress for weeks that they will all become Boy Scout virtuous, if Langers and Costco agree , for "National Security" reasons that ,,,
THE JUICE MUST GO THRU ?

VA-sf, why are your eyeglass frames so cheap ugly and limited ?

Yikes.

Hillary may lose the entire West Coast. Ouch.

Triple ouch.

I accuse Google of trying to control civil free speech on Blogger; If they don't like what you are typing, your screen freezes and you get lots of error messages. This is un-American.

Google needs to be publically spanked by Congress.

Smart well-educated women do not like Kamala Harris for State Senator.

The news media should find out why.

The French move to California to do something that would be illegal in France: Raising the rent on working poor in the Bay Area 11-17% with no rental apartment surplus to move to and no price competition.

So unethical.
So unfair.
Shameful.
Are they good Catholics, tout ?

Thought price-fixing of an entire market cooperatively was illegal in the USA.

HP printers: STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED

Our family tried that brand for years, after LOUSY Epson.

The last big black "all in one" HP printer we bought at Office Max was 7 DEFECTIVE HP PRINTERS IN A ROW.

The manager of the Silicon Valley Office Depot just kept telling us "If it won't even set-up, then just bring it back in the big box and we will give you another one." No hassle, but what a waste of parts and time !!

We are sooo happy with our BROTHER PRINTER. The inkjet cartridges load so easily in the right front.

DUH BASICS: Yosemite

1- Entrance fees are way too high. $300 for a 45ft bus with only 5 passengers, a driver and a tour guide. The 4 entrance stations are not manned 24-7, so if you get there early and leave late, you skip the 90day wonder gate rangette, and don't pay. Or you can buy an annual pass.

2- 120 Tioga Pass from Lee Vining, eat fried chicken at Nicely's, is by far the most scenic entrance/exit. Then 140 along Merced in Spring.
Then 120 quicky from SF.
Then 41 from gang mother-rape dangerous Fresno and questionable points South. The Valley is at 4000ft elecation,1mi x 7mi, so less than a little of the huge, over 1000 sq.mi. park.

3- Best months to see the waterfalls , in the Valley, is APRIL and MAY, sometimes with a heavy rain Winter even JUNE.  That's it. The Summer crowds arrive in late May.

4- Curry tent cabins are way way way overpriced.  Alternative is to stay in motel in Oakhurst on 41.
Pretty well must take 2 hr Valley Floor Tour open air , benches for 70 ride for about $25. Especially "Moonlight Valley Tour" in Spring, full moon, at night, and DOUBLE RAINBOWS IN THE WATERFALLS people. Very very special.  Blankets and hot chocolate.

5- Highly recommend cheap booklet "YOSEMITE ROAD GUIDE", was $5 for decades , now like $20.