Alka-Selzer Plus

This stuff is great.  I picked up two boxes this morning.  I have had a raging sinus infection for a week.  My throat was so sore I could not swallow. I drank a cup of the Day time Alka-Selzer Plus.  It worked great.  Hopefully, the night time one will let me get some sleep.  Doesn't taste too great, but really works.

Tidy Cats

Tidy Cats kitty litter has a new litter out.  It is called Duel Action odor control.  It has a sick sweet scent and stinks up the whole house.  It is really worse than smelling the dirty kitty litter.  Why mess with a good thing?  I like the original Tidy Cats.  I won't be buying any more of that duel action kitty litter.  My advice, before you buy it, open the container and smell it.  If you like it, more power to you. 

AAmco

I have written AAmco asking that my son's money be reimbursed.  We will see if they are honest.  I doubt it. 

AAmco

If you need transmission work, I would suggest you take your car anywhere but to AAmco.  My son had a transmission rebuilt in his 1994 Chevrolet 2500 Diesel.  He picked it up, drove it out of the lot and got about a half block and the transmission dropped down onto the drive train.  He got it back to AAmco.  They apoligized.  Supposedly fixed it.  He picked it up again a few days later.  He got as far as my house, 3 miles, and the transmission contents just gushed out of the transmission.  They had stripped the plug.  Ok, back to AAmco.  About a week later, he picked it up again.  This time it would drive, but would not shift from 2nd gear.  He took it back.  They then told him it was the torque convertor.  He knew better, but he took it to Chevrolet.  The transmission mechanic told him it was the transmission and it could not be rebuilt.  So then he is trying to to save the money to buy a new one  and at the same time trying to get the money out of AAmco that he paid them.  They wouldn't reimburse because they held that it was the torque converter even though two other transmission mechanics had said otherwise.  Also, he could not even find an attorney here that would even talk to him.  So he finally saved the money to get a new transmission to the tune of $3500.  All in all, this transmission has cost him $6300 with AAMco stealing $2800.  So, like I said, unless you enjoy being screwed, stay away from AAmco. 

Turbo Tax

I have used their software for several years. And so has my computer it turns out.  I have been trying to uninstall one of  their programs.  I finally got my son to do it.  It was slowing down my computer.
So, I have been trying to get hold of Turbo Tax.  No one is available when I am home.  And I work from 8to 5 so no time to call.  Maybe I will have to use another company this year. 

Ford Freestar

My company vehicle is in the shop so I drove a Ford Freestar minivan today.  I like the room in it.  I was not happy with the braking system.  The brakes were too soft.  On my dork mobile, I can touch the brakes and no problem slowing the car down.  On the Freestar, I had to push hard on the brakes.  It felt for all the world as though I was slowing down a big Chevy suburban and the Freestar is no where near as big as the suburban.  I would not buy this minivan for my personal use. 

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Don't have a lot to say today.  I can, however, give you an update on the Nissan Versa.  It drives good.  You really zip around in it.  But I can't keep from thinking about being in a small, 2000 pound, fiberglass box.  I am looking for another Mercury.  If I can't find that, then I am going back to a truck, Dodge specifically.  I know that the mechanics trash Dodge, but I have to say, I have never had a problem with any of the Dodges I have had.  I cannot say that about the GM products.  I have paid for at least 4 transmission rebuilds and one new transmission outright on GM products.  And they finally admitted that the transmissions they used in the 90's were crap.  Two went out on Buicks I had before 80,000 miles.  I won't drive a GM product again.