Send us a text First things first. As promised, here is the link to the article that brought about my tip-over point on saying something. "More Florida seniors face being homeless" https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/the-face-of-homelessness-has-changed-this-florida-woman-78-lives-out-of-her-car-and-eats-just-1-meal-a-day-why-more-and-more-seniors-in-the-sunshine-state-are-facing-homelessness/ar-AA1FuqNg?cmp_prftch=2&ocid=socialshare&pc=U531&cvid=9894248cbca34afa806b59a7b...

Send us a text A brilliant French film noir, "Elevator To The Gallows" is certainly an entertaining movie, but it's more than that, and that "more" makes it great art. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips...

Send us a text I really, really didn't want to go with a client to the Philippines. I really, really didn't want to meet the older sister of my client's fiancee. But, I did both of those things, and I got a wife out of it. Support the show

Send us a text Ive never thought much about Rock Hudson one way or another. I don't dislike him as an actor, but I never considered him to be a very skilled actor. Recently, I saw two of his films that changed my mind. Unfortunately, both films failed badly upon release, they never got much of an audience, and so, like me, the public never got to see Hudson get some great material to work with. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use"...

Send us a text Is there any car dealer in the United States that is completely honest all the way through a sales transaction? I'm talking about completely honest - no misrepresentations about availability, usefulness of the product, actual value of your trade-in (ACV), no lies about financing availability, the rates thereof, the lender's requirements, no mistruths about dealer cost, no lies through omission, etc. And let's say there is a dealer that can get through a single purchase transac...

Send us a text Told to me by a Russian, this joke is not so much funny as illustrative of the dark humor Russians are famous for. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyri...

Send us a text The Corwin Amendment was offered to the southern states before Civil War hostilities really got going, in an effort to keep the United States together, and would have enshrined the constitutional right to own slaves in perpetuity. The House of Representatives passed it, the Senate passed it, and it went to the states for ratification but the southern states, feeling very confident they would win the war quickly, instead continued with secession activity. And we all know ...

Send us a text My grandmother and mother get into a contretemps over my upbringing, with my grandmother offering her unsolicted advice to my mother about how to bring up boys. Support the show

Send us a text Road trip to Memphis from New Orleans and a Memphis cop scolds us for being in a dangerous neighborhood at 3 AM..... Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copy...

Send us a text I owned two Oldsmobile Toronados, a 1966 and a 1967. I loved both cars, loved driving both cars, and put many thousands of pleasurable miles on each one. Here are two stories connected to the 1966 Toronado and one story that belongs to my time with the 1967 Toronado. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use pe...

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Send us a text Our brains don't have a "Delete" function; you''re stuck with whatever got shoved in there when you were a kid. Your mind and personality are both like soft clay when you are a child - very malleable, easily shaped. And if you had some awful stuff going on in those early years, and you became a little misshapen, it's tough to make yourself be at least "kind of" normal as an adult. But, it can be done. Support the show

Send us a text Two famous husbands who were very different men, but their problem with Marilyn was the same. Support the show

Send us a text Short review of "Remittance", a drama about an OFW working as a maid in Singapore and her family's betrayal of her. Support the show

Send us a text The explanation of the step-by-step process required to change your legal name on your United States Green Card, including the necessary forms and fees. Also covers the in-person biometric visit to a USCIS facility. Current as of April 17, 2025. Support the show

Send us a text Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman, two actors at different stages in their careers, make this American film classic, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, really stand out in terms of emotional impact. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit,...

Send us a text The degree of difficulty has been increased regarding the process for approval of a green card for your foreign spouse. These requirements are in effect going forward from now (April 2025). Support the show

Send us a text Lots of talk about how other countries are stealing all of America's jobs, but the combination of AI and automation is going decimate certain job segments in the next 10, 15 years. American AI and American automation will be putting millions of Americans out of work. Support the show

Send us a text Although little-known at the time, and almost completely unknown to anyone except economists now, in 1985 some very smart economists from the Reagan Administration and then the subsequent George Bush Sr. Administration, and Japan, and several Western European nations, hammered out the Plaza Accord (so-called because the meeting happened at the famous Plaza Hotel in NYC) to depreciate the dollar. This would happen through joint currency intervention. They executed this cur...

Send us a text A quick overview of what's good and bad about being retired in the Philippines. Can you live like a king there for $1000 USD a month? Um, no. Is it paradise? Again, no. But it's still worth strong consideration. Email slapdashmethod@gmail.com with questions, comments. Want to support the podcast? My email address for both PayPal (don't get spooked by the ETNA logo) and Venmo is slapdashmethod@gmail.com and I'm going to use the money to buy bourbon. Or a couple of better wireles...