Jason

Clearly it was not. Most third graders in this country possess the research skills to go to the library and research people like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, and Thomas Paine.

These are our "Founding Fathers" and they worked very hard to establish the precedent that this was to be a secular nation. Why are people now trying to re-write the past only to force their religious dogmas onto me and my family?

I'd like to know which question gets asked the most. I'd also like to hear any "dumb" questions you've managed to come across in this section. I'm sick of reading "why dont they make the whole plane out of the black box," "Why aren't there parachutes on board jets," and "what make aerplaen fly" If you have any others, please post them here. Funniest answer wins!

Here's the situation. My policy renewed automatically, but my agent neglected to renew my auto-withdrawal. So my policy goes into default for lack of payment and is eventually cancelled. This happens without my knoledge as I was out of the state attending training for a new job. When I returned home, I found this out and started the process of getting my insurance renewed.

I received a few quotes, all about the same price so I elected to stay with my previous agent. I spoke with him over the phone one night as I was preparing to move to Utah, and I confessed that I needed insurance NOW because I was getting in the car and driving there. He put together a quick estimate of "about $100 a month." I told him to go ahead and resign me, and gave him the authorization to renew my policy.

A week later, the charge showed up in my checking account for DOUBLE what he had originally quoted me. I called him and asked and he told me that was the penalty for allowing my insurance to lapse.