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RIP Bill Johnson, the first American to win an Olympic Downhill Skiing Gold Medal. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2610139-bill-johnson-former-olympic-downhill-gold-medalist-dies-at-age-55?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Happy Birthday, Mike. I hope that you have a great one! Please say "hi" to Debbie for me.

Happy Birthday!

RIP Dallas Taylor. This year is starting to suck.

RIP Dale Griffin.

The Eagles were my favorite band during my college years (71-75) and have remained a top 5 band for me since then. Take it easy, Glenn. RIP

Muchas gracias

Agreed, nice looking taco, Nate. Could you please point us to the recipe for the slow-cooked carnitas?

You should have wrapped the bacon around the steaks. That way, you would have had two more slices of bacon. :-)

Sorry for your loss, Marshall. Condolences to you and your family.

And bacon squirrel. Happy Birthday, Grahame. Have great one!

RIP David Bowie and Alan Rickman, two huge losses.

Happy Birthday John and Frank. Hope it's been great!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Jacob. Have a great one!

Happy Birthday, Chris.

Happy Birthday, Ric. Just got back into town last night. Hope it was a great one!

Wishing everybody Happy Holidays.

Thanks everybody. I had a pretty quiet day today. I'll be heading to my sister's house in Thousand Oak soon and then to Hemet for Christmas. Thanks, but who is that old man in the picture?

Happy Holidays to all!

Very nice gift, Jacob.

A doubly bad week, it appears.

I had good luck with the Edmunds.com buying program. Chris likes TruValue. You might also try the kbb.com (Kelly Blue Book) and any other that you might find. The nice thing is that you can get several quotes and choose based on both price and dealership. Edit: Of course, you have to know what make, model and options you want before you can take advantage of a web-based buying program. You can research those things at the aforementioned sites. You can also get different cars and option combos if you want.

I agree that using a web-based sales tool is the way to go. Most dealerships have an internet sales department. I used Edmunds.com when buying my last car. I got a price for the car on line. Unfortunately, the dealer was about 1 hour away. I took the quote to my local dealer and they matched it. This price was below dealer invoice. I controlled the out the door cost by refusing almost all of the suggested add-ons. I was planning on paying cash, but they had a deal for .9% interest. I decided that it was cheaper to take the loan than pay cash.