Buying a used car from Craigslist - Mini guide.

Buying a used car is always a daunting task. You are usually meeting people you do not know, and you have to trust them when they give you the history of the car you are interested in.

 A few quick tips can make your car buying experience less stressful.

1. Pick the lowest mileage and most recent model you can afford. Most recent cars have about the same reliability, it they are treated reasonably well. Many domestic cars offer amenities that only a few years ago were reserved for high end imports like the Lexus branch of Toyota Motors.

2. Check the fluids. Look if there is a sticker on the top of the windshield on the driver's side that shows when the oil was last changed. Is the oil very dirty? Inspect the transmission dipstick. The transmission fluid should look reddish and clean, and not look like motor oil and smell burnt. Use a clean white lint free tissue to wipe off dipstick and this will provide good contrast to have a sense of the state of the fluids.

3. Take the car for a test drive. If the seller objects to this, then walk away. Obviously there is something seriously wrong they do not want you to find out. Allow the motor to warm up slowly, check the guages and make sure the temperature guage rises and stops when the engine reaches normal operating temperature. Shift into gear and listen carefully for any hard clunks or strange sounds which may indicate wron out transmission components.


4. Check the VIN of the car, make sure it matches what is shown on the Title of the vehicle. Look carefully and ascertain that there are no liens on the car. Have the seller or yourself draw up a Bill of Sale. Fill this out, and sign and date at the bottom.

5. As much as possible, try to pay by check so that there is some degree of traceability in case of problems.


6. Have your mechanic check the vehicle out, and have any minor repairs taken care of right away.

Enjoy your new - used car!!!

Ideal length of a Blog Post.

The internet is growing faster than ever. Users find new ways to interact and social websites like Facebook have grown far beyond anyone's imagination. For some, the online experience is enhanced by sharing their knowledge, life experiences, and thoughts on Blogs.

There has been a question as old as Blogs have existed. What is the ideal number of words to have in a typical Blog posting?

A fair enough question, but the answer varies depending on whom you talk to. Important factors to consider are the target audience, your frequency of posting, and the subject matter of the post.

Whereas it may take a few words to make a point and throw in a few graphics to satisfy the visitor to a gossip blog, a more tech oriented Blog may require more words, and go into far more detail that exceeds the needs of the occasional recreational blogger.

To get a point across and still remain relevant while blogging about something like - how to get Apple's Macintosh OS X to run on a windows laptop (Hackintosh), a blog post will be long, and very technical, and that is what the readers of the posting will expect, no less.

But a general consensus is that for the vast majority of blogs, each posting should be between 100-250 words, for anything beyond that, you are going into hardcore niche category.

Keep on blogging!

Is it legal to buy antibiotics on AMAZON.com in the USA?

Many people live in the USA without adequate health coverage. According to the USA census bureau, in 2009, there were about 50 million people, translating to about 16% of the US population that was living without health insurance. You cannot say these 50 million uninsured people live without health challenges. But how do they take care of themselves and how do they obtain some obvious medication without visiting a doctor's office.



For many years, folks in rural communities have been known to take antibiotics intended for livestock. When you work at a farm, injuries are a fact of life and you soon get to find out what works and what doesn't.

Now, with the use of online media, more and more people are finding ways to bypass going to hospital to get an adequate consultation and appropriate treatment.

Online retailer AMAZON.COM has a booming business that caters to pet owners. Some of the goods it sells are listed as antibiotics for pets.


As such, you have products with names like FishAmox which is nothing more than Amoxicillin. other anti parasitic medication and antibiotics are found on the site.

Abuse of these medications by using them in the wrong doses and applications can lead to the development of resistance to these drugs. There is only so many tools we have to fight disease and mankind has a duty to preserve the effectiveness of drugs that took many years to develop.

Hopefully, the abuse of these online antibiotics is not widespread and maybe someday, there will be a sensible legislation that will regulate this commerce.

New changes to ADSENSE

I just made some changes to my layout to see if that helps generate any revenue.

Since the start of this month, I have been able to make just $.69. This is most unusual for I have been on a roll recently (for my standards) making on average $1 a day.

I remember making some changes to the layout of my blogs and now, I have reverted to the original slim blogs I had. I have just one banner ad at the top of my posts. 

My thinking is if someone wants to place an ad, they would want as little competition as possible, so, being the only ad on a webpage should cost more! 

I am also going to start updating my two blogs regularly so that the content is always fresh and current.

Will report in a few days on how my revenue stream measures up to these changes.

First Google Adsense Payout!!!

I just got my first direct deposit from Google for its adsense program! It could not have come at a better time.

I never believed this day would come as in the past, I had a very low daily income of usually less than 5 cents. Then I started writing about current events especially politics and slowly, I saw my revenue stream increase as well as the number of visitors to my blog.

This was very encouraging and spurred me to write daily for a while. But then, I forget writing new articles at times for weeks, but my revenue kept flowing in!!

Then, suddenly this week, I made some changes and saw my daily income drop in half!!! I am like, " What's going on?''

I am pretty certain my tweaks resulted in less than optimal ads being displayed on my two blogs.

  I will start unwinding the damage I may have done, especially reducing the number of ad units by seventy-five percent and see how that works out!

Wish me luck and I will be posting soon how that goes.

Drop in Adsense revenue!!!

Hello reader. It has been close to two years since I have been blogging now. I update my two blogs irregularly. Over this time, I have come to reach a constant adsense revenue stream of about 1 dollar a day and this has been holding steady for about the last six months.

But last week, I noticed a considerable drop in my earnings. The only thing I can recall doing was using the option to restrict low performing ads under the control panel for Adsense.

Anyone has been having the same issue lately? I would love to hear.

Thanks for reading my post and come back soon!