We will be there Thurs night sometime to start setting up, Fri, Sat & selling/packing up on Sunday. We live near Kansas City, KS, west of the Speedway Track near the town of Basehor. That is a little over 2 hours from Axtell. My brother owns his own machanics garage in town and will be on the Axtell map again this year. Not sure how much "junk" we will have at the sale this year (my siste-in-law and I both are into garden treasures) but if you stop in, ask around for SweetMary. My brothers last name is Wagner. SwtMary

not having a trade you in a very desirable position. I HATE buying cars and all the bs that goes along with it. You really should try to use Edmunds to find your desired car then use the internet to try to get the car for that price. Once they agree to the price, just go drive it. If you like it they just have to write it up. Alternatively you can find the car at the price you want over the net. Pop into the dealership to drive it...don't tell them you've been in contact on the net. If you like it, go home ask them to write every thing up. You may need to email some info back and forth if you want a loan. Then just go in, sign the papers, pay and drive off---should be pretty quick if all the paperwork is much done. I do not know what you are looking for but 2010 Corolla LEs are selling under $300 invoice and had a $750 rebate last month. I am not sure what the rebate will for for Feb. We are talking out the door for about $16.7K or less. That seams like a great deal and I took advantage of it this week. If not pickly about colors, send for some quotes from local dealers. Then on or around Feb 25 say you want to purchase on 2/28 and tell them to send there drop dead best price. It should be pretty painless. Good luck. PS As far as Enterprise, I'd be weary. A low milegae car reccomended by consumer reports I might take a chance on...a car with a bed rep from Enterprise...forget it.

I live in MD by the Chesapeake Bay in what is fondly known in this area as "the bubble" b/c just north of us, the Baltimore area often gets snow while we just get rain as does the western side of Wash DC. We have had several "snow" days in my county when all we had was rain b/c the school system made one bad call this winter, starting school on time when every county around us had a delay due to an ice storm that arrived just when buses were headed out. We have had countless delays for a variety of "no show" predicted weather. Just over a week ago, we had a 2 hr delay b/c temps were in the single digits. That caused a huge debate. Then for school yesterday, another 2hr delay was announced Sunday night b/c temps were predicted to fall below freezing and cause black ice from melting snow. And yet temps did not fall below freezing until mid-day. One local FAcebook page had one woman all upset b/c there was ice on the school sidewalk which she thought was dangerous. The hilarious part was that she posted a picture of the sidewalk, 3/4 of which was heavily sanded for pedestrians. There were cones along the side to mark where people should walk. I was astounded that she was upset b/c the sidewalk was properly treated! Yet she wants schools closed b/c despite being heavily sanded, they were not cleared to pavement. I'd hate to be the decision maker b/c they can't win...they will never please everyone. I do agree that we are coddling our kids. The only ones complaining on Facebook around here are the ones whose kids have the means to be properly dressed, are dropped off at school or have a quick school bus ride. I'm sure the ones who can't afford proper winter clothing most likely *want* their kids to have school b/c they have jobs that either won't allow them to take time off or they can't afford to b/c it means they don't get paid. It also means their kids will have a meal/free lunch, something they might not get at home if there isn't much money. Funny thing is, my neighbor has discovered that on most of the local Facebook pages, the majority of people complaining that school should be delayed or closed are people who are employed by the school,system so it isn't an inconvenience to them like it is to other working parents.

When my mother graduated from university, she took a train trip from Dallas to NYC to visit one of her friends in Connecticut. She stopped in Cincinnati on the way back and enjoyed her time there. She never traveled by air and never visited me in California, even though there are trains from where she lived to Los Angeles. Her mother was much more adventurous and visited Europe many times - she had no fear of flying. She also visited Lebanon in 1957 and thought it was a beautiful place. She also went to Turkey and quite a few other countries. My grandfather used to go with her, but he got tired of traveling before she did, and then she just went by herself. When I was at university, I used to take the Santa Fe train between Houston and Temple, Texas, which is where I was born. Temple was built as a railroad town, has a Santa Fe Hospital, and is the location where the NorthSouth line intesects the East West line. I was not happy when Amtrak took over, but when I was at university, the Santa Fe railroad still operated the passenger trains. The train I took started in Houston and ended in Chicago or Milwaukee. At Temple, one could change trains to go west to El Paso and Los Angeles. I've also taken the train between Houston and New Orleans, which is pretty much a party train, especially around Mardi Gras. In California, I've only taken the train between Oakland and Vancouver. When Amtrak took over passenger train service in the U.S., they sold the nice stainless steel passenger cars to Mexico, including the sleeping cars, and I used to ride on those all over Mexico. Then Mexico ended its passenger train service and replaced it with "luxury" buses, which are not nearly as nice.