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Where I grew up in Maryland, they were called Bob's Big Boy. I believe there were also Shoney's Big Boy restaurant's in other parts of the country. The food was awesome, especially the hot fudge ice cream cake for dessert. You would think they would have enough repeat customers to keep the place...

I think you will do quite well once you find your market niche. My truck driving instructor once pointed out a small wood shop in Texas that made tables from the slabs of huge tree trunks. Each one was a unique creation and sold for around $900. They had a waiting list of wealthy customers lined...

Back when I drove a truck for Swift I grew a beard. After I returned home for good my wife made me shave it off. She kept calling me a terrorist or homeless and would not stop campaigning against it until I finally got rid of it. Now she's still hounding me to lose the 50 pounds I gained driving...

Dogtown and Z boys is a very good documentary. Team Zephyr impacted their favorite sport in the same manner that Tiger Woods helped to transform his favorite sport. About two decades earlier, though.

I've never been to Chrysler's famous proving grounds myself, but according to photos there is this very steep hill located there. OK it's a 32% grade according to the sign. Makes sense as they need to simulate stresses their products will face out in the real world. One photo is of the 1966 Hemi...

1979 movie "The Jerk" - Dodge Dart Here's the clip on Youtube, car appears at the 1:25 mark The Jerk (7/10) Movie CLIP - He Hates These Cans! (1979) HD - YouTube

A few that I remember; How about the bad guys' GTX from the movie "52 Pick-up" Or the Steve Lisk '71 Pro-Stock Challenger, notorious in the 70's Detroit street racing scene. Also featured in Hot Rod, Car& Driver articles around 1976 or so.

Some friends had these cool stick shifters toys. The "engine" noise did get louder as you shifted through the gears, then it launched a wheelie. Later versions had a plastic T-shift handle with"Hurst" logo. Talk about a gateway drug... Here's a vintage TV spot Hasbro Stick Shifters Drag...

I rolled into the Dodge dealer in Georgetown,TX where I got my 2010 Challenger to price out some Mopar mudflaps. A salesman talks with me about my aging R/T Challenger when it dawns on me. Where are the Challengers anyway? The front row is nothing but Jeeps and Dodge Darts. What Challengers they...

The 1999 movie "The Bachelor" with Chris O'Donnell/Renee Zelweger was pretty funny. It was more of a guy's type of movie than I thought it would be. Don't rule it out, unless you just don't like the actors. Ane even older movie, "Housesitter" with Steve Martin/Goldie Hawn was a movie I always...

I'm currently in between jobs and would like to stay productive financially. With all the work at home scams out there it's hard to tell if any of those offers are legit. I have heard I'd a work at home service called Odesk. Does anyone know of any success stories with that company? Any other...

To be on the safe side, how about setting up an free checking account at a bank near you, that you don't use for anything else but paypal/ebay transactions. That way, if a scammer does manage to access it, the damage wouldn't be catastrophic because it isn't your household checking/savings. I...

How about Red Foreman? He's also a funny TV dad even though not among the original choices.

Yup definitely remember the Capitol Centre when it was still called the Capitol Center. The stadium roof kinda looked like giant Pringle's potato chip. Also, there wasn't much around it but forest and trees back in those days. Anyways that was where I attended my first concert, the Styx...

Not to go too far off topic, but old Stingrays are in short supply now thanks to Evel Knievel and BMX. Lots of Stingrays got mangled by kids who tried their best to emulate Evel Kneivel's famous motorcycle stunts in the 70's. Usually their folks were so furious they refused to pay for repairs or...

I've been into Stingrays since about '98 or so. Never had one as a kid, just had a purple Western flyer banana seat bike. The bright red shifter bike is a real Schwinn, but it's a mutt. I bought it sight unseen off of a bike collector's forum. I bought the stick shifter for it off of ebay. The...