Hyundai was a joke. The maker of the cheapest cars with the oldest technology. The only thing that you could buy that was worse was a Yugo. But Yugo tanked, and Hyundai and its sister company Kia improved and then thrived over the ensuing thirty years they have played in the American market. And not […]

RE: PANDEMIC CHANGES Travel to Europe lately? Essentially cashless with the occasional exception such as a mom and pop convenience store.  For years Europe accepted credit cards at the table when tabbing out at a restaurant.  What took the U.S. so long? We are not the progressive society we posit to ourselves and the world. […]

Re: Pandemic Changes Bob, you are so correct about the pandemic killing off cash. My daughter armed her first lemonade stand in our middle class neighborhood this Friday; she needed to post my wife’s Venmo, and after the experience, she told me she needs to take credit cards or Apple Pay for next time. People […]

In March 2021, I got $500 from the bank. I still have $300. And I’m kind of uptight, because it’s all in C-notes, which are traditionally hard to break. But I never need to, because I can pay with my credit card or Apple Pay EVERYWHERE! I predicted back in 2014 that Apple Pay was […]