by Dwayne Phillips I am seeing this sign more often the past week in southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. Mostly at car dealerships – used car dealerships. These businesses make their money on financing. There is no telling what kind of interest rates they charge and what they find for collateral. My guess is they […]
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Buy Here – Pay Here
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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Did You See…?
October 18th, 2008 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This is the second most asked question. Did you see such-and-such thing when you were near such-and-such city? The answer is usually, “no.” The reason is simple, We are walking on U.S. Route 11. If it isn’t on this road, we won’t see it. In some ways, this is narrow minded. This […]
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Are You Losing Weight?
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips This is the single most asked question about this taking a walk. The answer is, “no.” There are various reasons including: I didn’t have weight to lose. We are walking with a car, not hiking. Losing weight requires going hungry, and I don’t want to do that now. I have enough to […]
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Follow Our Walk on a Map
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments
You can follow our progress on a map on the Wayfaring.com site. Our map is on this page – click to see the link.
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Rural Fire Hydrants
October 4th, 2008 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I have seen fire hydrants on several stretches of road. I am all for fire hydrants, fire safety, lower home owners insurance rates, and so on. I am also puzzled by a fire hydrant every quarter mile for miles on end out in the country. Sometimes there are eight hydrants per mile. […]
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Aha! Solved the Mysterious Bicycle Sign
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Some endless digging (well, only ten minutes on Google and Wikipedia) and I have solved the mystery of the bicycle sign shown here: This is from U.S. Bicycle Route 76. That route, established by the U.S. government in 1982 (see, we aren’t all a waste of money) runs from Illinois through to […]
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