Sad but true. It's all about greed. Apple made $53 billion in profits last year, but they want to make more. "profit - noun - 1. a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something." Profit is basically excess money.

The mass air flow sensor in my Honda Fit went bad, so I bought one from AdvanceAuto for $76. It didn't work. A mechanic told me that for electronic parts, I should buy from the dealer. The Honda part cost me $268, but it works. If I want a replacement key for my Honda Fit, it will cost me about $350. Remember when you go to a hardware store and have a key made for $0.50? Honda no longer makes service manuals available for their cars. I've owned these manuals for every car I've owned since 1962, but if there is no manual available, owners will tend to go to the dealer more often.

I wonder why laws are skewed toward businesses. Yeah, that's a real mystery.

Today was at a local gun show. Sat with a friend for about four hours. In that four hours about 30 people show up. Only saw 3 fire arms sold. Talk to people who where selling firearms, their were telling me that is was the four show their have done and none is moving. What is going on? My views of what is going on. Live in New York State(Northern New York) all sale of firearms had to have background check of the person buying the firearms. Cost of this by a dealer is $25 to $30. Add sale tax on to the cost of the forearm. So one has a added cost of $40 to $50. This will stop people buying. What kind of firearm is selling? Age of the person will tell you that. A person my age(73) is looking for firearms made before 1960s, this is true of Winchester's firearms made before 1964. Because of that the price of firearms my age group want have getting to the point of over price themselves out of the market. Winchester Model 94 ( The deer rifle of Northeast US) Price $400 to $700. Is that nuts, yes. Ok, under 40 year old group. First want none to do with grandfather's firearms. Want a firearms that shoot out 100 rounds a second. Firearms have to be high tech. Cost $1,000 - $1,500 ranger. Yes, people will pay that and more. People can go to Walmark and get a firearm cost less than going to a gun show. Ammo: Cost of ammo for a Winchester Model 94, 20 arounds $30.00 that at Walmark and gun shows. Hunting: Less people are doing it that 10 years back. Add up all I wrote about I see the end of gun shows coming. My view only. What your view on this?

Need Help from Older Americans with this "Simple American things lost" list



milkman

gas station attendants
ck. oil
clean windshield
ck tires

elevator operators

checker cabs

telephone operators

bottomless cup of coffee

cigarette machines

children walking to school

typewriters

drive-in movies

nurses in white

paperboys

10-cent BOTTLE of pop

perfect strangers giving chidren caught in the rain a ride home
(this last one is the greatest lost)