There is no badder ride than one of these.  They are big, loud, capable of going almost anywhere while carrying almost anything.  They are built for a variety of jobs from firefighter to fuel tanker to cargo carrier.

I saw one of the firefighting trucks on the highway one day.  It was funny…  Guys were jockeying for position to get a better look.  Like kids trying to see a monster truck.  They look like nothing else on the road… and they look like Mammoth Car from Speed Racer (the original series).

What is it? 

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Who can argue with the Shelby Cobra?  Carroll Shelby took sports cars to a new level of nastiness with the Cobra.  The 260 was a bit disgruntled.  The 289 Cobra was aggressive.  The 427 was downright mean.  The 427C… Competition… was

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Ok, you’ve seen the TV commercials and scoured the Thanksgiving paper.  You know that the best deals require that you get to the store by 5:00am… or even 4:00am, right?

Sleep in, call me, and let’s go get you a new house (ok, a new to you house…) and save $100,000.  That is even better than picking up a new flat screen for $300 off!

I have found a few deals.  They range in price from around

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I thought I would share a few real turkeys for Thanksgiving.

My son and I are sitting here having just finished the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (please, Producer… if you are watching, more marching bands, less Hollywood and Broadway!) and we are now watching the National Dog Show.

I thought it would be a good time to take a moment and come up with some turkeys while the toy Dog group is showing…  Personally I like the Sporting group and the Hound group.

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The Case-Shiller Index of home prices came out yesterday.  It is an interesting index because it concentrates of resales and looks at the new prices of properties that have previously sold.  In theory, it is tracking the same houses over time to see what values are doing.

In looking at the methodology, I think that there are some weaknesses in the way things are looked at, but the data is still  interesting and relevant.

For the Atlanta area, C/S saw

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