Recent content by StephenWeinstein

A car cannot do that on its own. When a car appears to do that, it is usually because the driver tried to hit the brake, missed, hit the gas instead, thinking it was the brake, and thought that the gas was stuck, because it was down when the driver was not trying to press it.

You need insurance. Even if a person says a form saying that the person who signed the form will not hold you resposible, someone else (who is not a customer and did not sign the form) could hold you responsible. For example, if you "fix" a customer's brakes incorrectly, and they do not work...

I do not think that would work. Part of the handbook is pictures and diagrams. Audio will not be sufficient to show things like different types of intersections, signs, etc. They do make handbooks in other languages, for someone who can read, but not English.

When "plain text" e-mail is sent from many Yahoo! Mail accounts to any @jewishgen.org address, it arrives with various characters added, such as "=A0", which makes it appear to everyone at jewishgen.org that it was not sent as plain text. However, this does not happen when sending to other...

Philips sent me an e-mail with a coupon for $10 off on new brushheads for my Sonicare electric toothbrush. You can see a similar coupon at http://www.sonicare.com/email/reason-to-smile-november-2010.aspx If I click on "Shop Now", the computer goes to...

Citibank sent me a letter telling me I was "pre-approved to apply" for a credit card. What does this mean? I thought anyone could apply, and that you only needed approval to get the card after you applied. Since I am not yet approved to receive the card, and am only approved to apply, how am...

The information comes from your applications for credit. If you list a company as your employer when you apply for credit, then that company's name may appear on your credit report. If you have not applied for credit since you left that company, then the credit reporting agency (credit bureau)...

Airbags should not deploy in all accidents that occur at 40 mph, especially accidents in which a vehicle flips upside down. An airbag that did deploy in all accidents that occur at 40 mph, especially accidents in which a vehicle flips upside down, would be extremely dangerous and possibly...

This is not Obama's war. It is still Bush's war. He started it. Obama is continuing it only because we are already so deeply into it that stopping now would be, to use Bush's phrase "cut and run".

Yes. Get your leg x-rayed to see if you need medical treatment. Also, do not skateboard in the street.

You do not get a registration or title from any private company. You get them only from the government. First, you must get a document from Toyota finance releasing the lien. Then, you take that document and your current registration, etc., to the government agency that issues titles...

Yes. Get your leg x-rayed to see if you need medical treatment. Also, do not skateboard in the street.

A "settlement" is, by definition, something to which both you and the other party voluntarily agree. A judge can issue an order that you pay the amount for which you wish to settle, but it would not be a "settlement" if the judge orders it with the voluntary consent of the other party.

...less than in Europe? Taxes in Europe are higher than in the U.S. However, although taxes are lower in the U.S., most citizens of the U.S. are unaware of this and complain about the high taxes that they think they pay. Is the total burden on the U.S. economy (from taxes and from all of the...

You are confusing the card and the account. "Activation" affects only the physical piece of plastic. It does not affect the account. An annual fee is owed if the "account" is open, even if the card is not activated.