Countdown to 11/29/11

It was during the era my wife, Lyn calls “BK” for Before Kids. My mother-in-law invited us to go to Washington, DC for a weekend on her. Since we were usually broke, we took her offer.
While doing the standard DC tour, we stumbled across a line formed outside the mint.  My job was to find [...]

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My 19 month old, flat screen Polaroid HDTV wouldn’t turn on.
I had no warranty. I don’t believe they save any real money.
The vendor had gone out of business. You remember Circuit City?
Polaroid won’t send a repair guy unless I tell them the broken part’s number, AND despite my best efforts, I couldn’t remove the unit’s [...]