I'm an Indian and even I was sceptical that Tata could pull off a 1 Lakh ($2000) car !!. They did pull it off and in fact almost all the reviews say that the car (yes, it is a real car - and not a go cart) is more spacious than some of the cars already being sold and that it can comfortably sit four six feet tall adults!!. As mentioned in the article it has a claimed mileage of 50 miles per gallon !!
The car has passed India mandated crash test standards. Yes, it does not have an airbag or ABS but neither does 90% of the cars sold in India have that. The European version which will be sold in 2011 will have airbags, ABS with EBD and a 5 speed auto box.
I would definitely buy one if they were available in the US. It's so time that we in the States start transitioning away from the inflated "need" that we feel for such large vehicles. It's long overdue to have a high number or vehicle options that get over 35 mpg.
So although it may not be good to have such a low-priced vehicle available which could greatly increase demand, thus potentially creating a larger pollution problem, I would suppose that sooner or later, more and more citizens of rapidly developing countries will have ever-increasing amounts of disposable income, and will be able to afford even more expensive cars anyways.
And who can blame them? It's really tough for us in the US to try to deny others the same dreams that we have attained and become accustomed to.
So in summary, if they are going to end up with cars anyways, then I would definitely support starting with an option of this sort, rather than the gas guzzlers that our society was developed around so long ago. 50 mpg is a great start, and the low price should only just help increase competition and bring other carmakers to the table.
I had to make a decision that would possibly effect my life for ever. Almost 6 months ago I became gainfully unemployed at a pretty good paying factory job. But once I lost that job and I was losing money every day,and this was because I was living in Florida. Bad place to lose your job. Rent is out of this world. So I decided to leave for Wisconin. And ways hard. It came down to survival. And now I am lucky because I do have a family here to help me through it. yet, now beyond survival, changing view of the work place. I don't think I can go back to the sort of Blue collar work I had before, so you are absolutely right in saying "What better opportunity to make a change than to lose your job!" I agree with that. Jean.
So this is not real. But it looks like it would really be something that would work. I have heard of a few stories of young people making money this way. I certainly hope it is a genuine deal
We've cut way back on the Land line phone, but keep it for several reasons. 1. DSL, 2. Unlisted anyway, 3. Getting the Phone book (still easier to use than the web phone listings), and 4. LOCAL 911 for most folks. By the by, a "trick" I learned from a paamedic. Program the direct dispatch line for the PD and Fire Dept. into your cell. It's a bit of a pain when your daily routine takes you through multiple jurisdictions, but that will put you in direct contact with the LOCAL 911 folks.
Basic economics will keep the TATA out of the US. The cost of meeting US antipollution and occupant safety standards will run the cost of the TATA to the $10K plus range in nothing flat. Add the mechanical penalties (weight and inevitable power reduction) for the pollution control equipment the car will need and you're going to get way less than 50 mpg. Remember folks, the wonderul specs are for a country with extremely limited safety and smog rules. The concept is rather reminiscent of the immediate post-WWII European vehicles by Messerschmidt, BMW and Renault. In other words, extremely basic & functional. You will get four wheels and a weather tight cabin and not much else.
We currently use Skype, have retained one of our formerly three landlines (two home businesses) and a cell phone.
We've long thought about ditching the last landline, and went over all the thoughts and rationales expressed in the article and the comments. Given that it costs us $40 month(down from the $70+ unlimited with taxes)for the basic land line (which includes $9 for Caller ID which is one of those things that makes all our lives much easier and more civilized), it is, in many ways, throwing away money. Or at least paying a hefty price tag for a "warranty" that should an emergency (9/11 size or minor but still problematic) arise, we'll have phone access.
However, our concerns are more about the stability/availability of electricity and cable as well as cells, with or without a major emergency. In any given week, cable can and does go out (so no Skype or other VOIP). Electricity, not so much...but when it goes, as it has, there's no way to recharge the cell phones or use our computers.
If we only relied on cell? Well, having to go out to the street at times (middle of nite, etc.) to get bars...not really convenient as we run a business and a family.
The other thing is small stuff. Believe it or not, there are tons of delivery and take out places that simply will NOT accept a cell phone number for delivery or pickup. (We live in NYC.) Sound unreal? Well, it is but it's true.
More significantly, are the issues of accessing accounts via phone. We've got hundreds or more that are linked to our landline (now both biz and home). It would take forever to change all of these plus there are issues when you do (identity verification, etc.) that make it soo time-consuming on our part, that given our hourly rate for business, we'd be LOSING money.
Finally, we seem to spend a lot of time on hold with customer service for both biz and personal matters. You can't imagine how many minutes you can kill on your cell. (And for whatever reason, when we use Skype, calls seem to get cut off when you're on hold for extensive periods of time, which is MOST customer service calls.)
We get a flat rate of 9Cents for each of those 800 calls on the landline, which makes them far less than the cell costs (again, we try to use Skype when we can).
And the emergency issue? We've got 60+ apartments in our building. I can't imagine waking up somebody or intruding to use their landline if our cell won't work. And seconds count in real emergencies, so I can't just rush out to the street to find a pay phone (if there are any left, I haven't seen one and I'm in Manhattan).
So, for good or bad, we've decided to pay the "ransom" (as I refer to it) to Verizon and keep a landline. If Verizon was truly customer oriented, they'd offer cell and landline packages (they once did, but no longer and I do not want their DSL, which is in the packages--We tried it once, it was the single worst experience of our lives and the most time-consuming and frustrating nightmare that messed up our business and personal lives for month. And FIOS? We don't have enough time in our lives for the problems with that.)
I hope that Skype becomes more reliable (it works consistently on our Vista machines but not, for some reason we've yet to discover, on our XP systems). And if Time Warner was also more reliable, we'd feel we'd really be OK to cut the cord on a landline.
Too many things out of our control that make it better to have the double redundancy.
The part of your post that stuck out to me most was that it would drive the competition to find cheap, efficient cars. Honda, Hyundai, and all the other big cats need to get in the game and give us some budget-friendly/eco-friendly options.
I would totally buy one of these. We are a one-car family at the moment because between payments, the high insurance rates here, and our state's charming "vehicle tax" and whopping registration fees, we can't afford a second car. This would get much better MPG and save us money on my husband's daily commute; I could use our current car for things closer to home.
We would make use of public transportation...if there were any where we live. There is not so much as a bus line within two miles of our house, and even getting to that lone outpost of a bus stop requires crossing FOUR freeway on-ramps, because there are no sidewalks. It's all well and good for environmentalists to moan about how people need to use public transportation more, but they seem to come up short on ways to make it accessible to everyone. Smaller, more fuel-efficient cars are a good start. If you can take the first step of getting people out of that 'OMG I need to drive a huge car!' mindset, maybe more changes will follow.
For me the answer is a qualified yes.
The Nano being sold in India is lacking both anti-lock brakes and airbags(neither is required there). I don't think I would feel comfortable driving a car that small without airbags. If added safety features didn't increase the price too much then I would buy one, yes. I would skip the optional radio and absolutely spring for the optional AC(as anyone who lives someplace where temperatures can hit triple digets 4 months out of the year can understand)
We recently experienced the worst disaster ever in our state. A huge ice storm wiped out the entire communications and power infrastructure. Every power line was down including the large distribution lines. Our county had over 3000 poles broken. Every cell tower in 100 miles was without power after a few hours when the backup batteries went down. All available generators were sent to water pumps and medical facilities during the first 3 days. Within 24 hours the landlines were back up and some cell phones started coming back after about 3 days. The only way most has to charge a cell was with a vehicle charger. (Actually we ran some of our house off a generator from the motor home.) We finally got power after 12 days, but many people were out over 3 weeks. I'm keeping my land-line...
I appreciate the concerns in developing countries where this will appeal to people who do not currently have a car. So the it has the potential to greatly increase the number of people driving.
However -- and it is a BIG however -- it would be a big plus for the environment here in the US. And we are the #1 polluter in the world. Woo-hoo!
The fact is that in most every city in the US a car is required. It is not an option. As much as we might wish otherwise we aren't there yet.
How great it would be to replace all those gas guzzlers with a 50 mpg car? We all swoon over the Prius, and it doesn't do as well in the mpg department. Do we only like the Prius and other hybrids because you have to have money to afford them? Can't the less wealthy drive environmentally friendly cars too?
The low price isn't going to increase the number of cars on the road much here in the US. That's just a given at this point. It will, however, greatly decrease the number of older, inefficient and polluting cars people drive. Most people who have very limited financial means opt for older vehicles that are affordable. You know. Big ass cars from a few decades ago. With poor mileage and even worse polution control equipment.
Given the choice between a new 50 mpg car for $2,000 and an 80's 8 mpg Ford LTG for the same price, it is an easy decision.
Until we can kill the car culture here, we need to be selling the most efficient autos we can.
I might be interested. I would need more information i.e. maintenance, life of the vehicle. You know, you usually get what you pay for. However, there are many people in the U.S. who can't afford any of our cars here, and I am sure they would love to have access to a vehicle like this. And it's probably a great, economical deal for students. Will it send the other auto makers in a spin? Maybe.
Recognizing we were spending too much of the food budget on prep foods to get classic dishes my grandmother used to make, I finally invested in the re-issuance of the original 1950 Betty Crocker cookbook (the same book grandma used). Although it was the most expensive cookbook I ever bought ($38) it has well paid for itself many times over. Instead of Tuna Helper, tastless mac-n'-cheese, or pricey "cream of" soup you can make it all from scratch using simple butter, flour, salt, pepper (and grated cheese if appropriate). There is NO cream in "cream of" soup! If you ever come across an pre-1950's cookbook from Betty Crocker or another major cookbook publisher at a yard sale, grab it! The 1950's are just before publishers "went commercial" and started altering recipes to state "use a box of X mix" or "open a can of X" (forcing you to buy their overpriced prep products).
I've been in a book club for the past couple of years and love it! What I like best is learning about people and personal stories that the books prompt them to tell, generally relevant -- but it doesn't matter as we have a small group and off-topic discussions are allowed. The person who picks the book is usually responsible for leading the discussion; otherwise, things can stall. Like KC we try to pick a book that is easily available at the library or inexpensively elsewhere. Thanks Kelly for the mention -- we have read debut novelists before (The Thirteenth Tale) and I'll mention yours as well.
Great post and topic. I first noticed the work = identity after my employer was acquired by a larger competitor (First Union then Wachovia now Wells Fargo) and I opted not to follow. But shaking that work is who you are is harder than it seems because even if you decide not to define yourself by your work/career/whatever, most people judge you by your profession or signs of wealth (those noticeable such as houses or cars, not bonds or stocks). A lot of people probably think I'm odd because work status is irrelevant to me. But I have learned that people worth having as friends don't really care what type of work you do or whether you have a corner office or not.
If the congestion is as bad as some environmentalists claim it will be (it's already atrocious), my guess is that people will soon give up driving. If I had a choice between spending 3 hours in a small car or one hour on public transit, I'd take the one hour on public transit.
And that's saying something, since I really dislike people.
I would TOTALLY buy it. I currently own a 1994 Geo Metro. Gets great gas mileage, but it has over 292,000 miles on it. It's going to die sooner or later and the Tata Nano would be perfect to replace it with.
@Marcus: I didn't know about the extents of that, thanks for filling in my gaps!
@Andrea: Intriguing, I didn't know that. I wonder why "88". Altho I've had favorable experiences with Target goods — I even got a little meal tray with cartoon avians going "OWL LOVE YOU" or something like that.
@Bill: Reminds me of when I was in Chinatown as a kid and wondered why many gave a 2-3% discount for paying with cash vs. credit card! (Also expected to haggle, but that's a different cultural nuance.)
@Debbie: I LIKE what you said about "opportunity cost"; something that bugs me is when I take too long (like an hour) to compare prices rigorously, but I wasted too much time for a few bucks. That hour could've been put to better use with other activities.
@Guest: Thx!
@KW: Glad you preemptively pointed out the "marked up higher...", you sound quite wise about this. I like looking for clearance items that appeal highly to me but aren't of interest to others, it's like they need a new home (even if it's only in my tummy).
Great article. I have enjoyed reading the comments as well.One thing that I found helpful was giving my future employer a direct URL link they could view prior to interviewing me. I created an online profile at www.personavita.com that let me customize my own bio and work history to the job I was interviewing for. I think it helped the interview stay on track because they already knew my goals and qualifications. I would maybe now include some of these awkward questions in my portfolio to help me out even more! Thanks!
Rachel Ray says (and I have used this method successfully) to put eggs in pot, bring to a boil, once you have reached boiling, turn the element off but leave the pot on the element. Cover and let sit for 10 min. She swears she gets perfect eggs every time. I personally fill the pot with ice cold water and change it once it warms up. I do this a few times, usually over a 5-10 min span, then CRACK AWAY! I rarely have trouble - trouble usually appears if the eggs are too fresh.
I'm an Indian and even I was sceptical that Tata could pull off a 1 Lakh ($2000) car !!. They did pull it off and in fact almost all the reviews say that the car (yes, it is a real car - and not a go cart) is more spacious than some of the cars already being sold and that it can comfortably sit four six feet tall adults!!. As mentioned in the article it has a claimed mileage of 50 miles per gallon !!
The car has passed India mandated crash test standards. Yes, it does not have an airbag or ABS but neither does 90% of the cars sold in India have that. The European version which will be sold in 2011 will have airbags, ABS with EBD and a 5 speed auto box.
I plan to buy one as soon as I can.
Keep your Geo Metro, it is known to continue running after 400,000. I've driven my 1998 Metro from coast to coast with minimal problems.
I would definitely buy one if they were available in the US. It's so time that we in the States start transitioning away from the inflated "need" that we feel for such large vehicles. It's long overdue to have a high number or vehicle options that get over 35 mpg.
So although it may not be good to have such a low-priced vehicle available which could greatly increase demand, thus potentially creating a larger pollution problem, I would suppose that sooner or later, more and more citizens of rapidly developing countries will have ever-increasing amounts of disposable income, and will be able to afford even more expensive cars anyways.
And who can blame them? It's really tough for us in the US to try to deny others the same dreams that we have attained and become accustomed to.
So in summary, if they are going to end up with cars anyways, then I would definitely support starting with an option of this sort, rather than the gas guzzlers that our society was developed around so long ago. 50 mpg is a great start, and the low price should only just help increase competition and bring other carmakers to the table.
I had to make a decision that would possibly effect my life for ever. Almost 6 months ago I became gainfully unemployed at a pretty good paying factory job. But once I lost that job and I was losing money every day,and this was because I was living in Florida. Bad place to lose your job. Rent is out of this world. So I decided to leave for Wisconin. And ways hard. It came down to survival. And now I am lucky because I do have a family here to help me through it. yet, now beyond survival, changing view of the work place. I don't think I can go back to the sort of Blue collar work I had before, so you are absolutely right in saying "What better opportunity to make a change than to lose your job!" I agree with that. Jean.
So this is not real. But it looks like it would really be something that would work. I have heard of a few stories of young people making money this way. I certainly hope it is a genuine deal
We've cut way back on the Land line phone, but keep it for several reasons. 1. DSL, 2. Unlisted anyway, 3. Getting the Phone book (still easier to use than the web phone listings), and 4. LOCAL 911 for most folks. By the by, a "trick" I learned from a paamedic. Program the direct dispatch line for the PD and Fire Dept. into your cell. It's a bit of a pain when your daily routine takes you through multiple jurisdictions, but that will put you in direct contact with the LOCAL 911 folks.
Basic economics will keep the TATA out of the US. The cost of meeting US antipollution and occupant safety standards will run the cost of the TATA to the $10K plus range in nothing flat. Add the mechanical penalties (weight and inevitable power reduction) for the pollution control equipment the car will need and you're going to get way less than 50 mpg. Remember folks, the wonderul specs are for a country with extremely limited safety and smog rules. The concept is rather reminiscent of the immediate post-WWII European vehicles by Messerschmidt, BMW and Renault. In other words, extremely basic & functional. You will get four wheels and a weather tight cabin and not much else.
We currently use Skype, have retained one of our formerly three landlines (two home businesses) and a cell phone.
We've long thought about ditching the last landline, and went over all the thoughts and rationales expressed in the article and the comments. Given that it costs us $40 month(down from the $70+ unlimited with taxes)for the basic land line (which includes $9 for Caller ID which is one of those things that makes all our lives much easier and more civilized), it is, in many ways, throwing away money. Or at least paying a hefty price tag for a "warranty" that should an emergency (9/11 size or minor but still problematic) arise, we'll have phone access.
However, our concerns are more about the stability/availability of electricity and cable as well as cells, with or without a major emergency. In any given week, cable can and does go out (so no Skype or other VOIP). Electricity, not so much...but when it goes, as it has, there's no way to recharge the cell phones or use our computers.
If we only relied on cell? Well, having to go out to the street at times (middle of nite, etc.) to get bars...not really convenient as we run a business and a family.
The other thing is small stuff. Believe it or not, there are tons of delivery and take out places that simply will NOT accept a cell phone number for delivery or pickup. (We live in NYC.) Sound unreal? Well, it is but it's true.
More significantly, are the issues of accessing accounts via phone. We've got hundreds or more that are linked to our landline (now both biz and home). It would take forever to change all of these plus there are issues when you do (identity verification, etc.) that make it soo time-consuming on our part, that given our hourly rate for business, we'd be LOSING money.
Finally, we seem to spend a lot of time on hold with customer service for both biz and personal matters. You can't imagine how many minutes you can kill on your cell. (And for whatever reason, when we use Skype, calls seem to get cut off when you're on hold for extensive periods of time, which is MOST customer service calls.)
We get a flat rate of 9Cents for each of those 800 calls on the landline, which makes them far less than the cell costs (again, we try to use Skype when we can).
And the emergency issue? We've got 60+ apartments in our building. I can't imagine waking up somebody or intruding to use their landline if our cell won't work. And seconds count in real emergencies, so I can't just rush out to the street to find a pay phone (if there are any left, I haven't seen one and I'm in Manhattan).
So, for good or bad, we've decided to pay the "ransom" (as I refer to it) to Verizon and keep a landline. If Verizon was truly customer oriented, they'd offer cell and landline packages (they once did, but no longer and I do not want their DSL, which is in the packages--We tried it once, it was the single worst experience of our lives and the most time-consuming and frustrating nightmare that messed up our business and personal lives for month. And FIOS? We don't have enough time in our lives for the problems with that.)
I hope that Skype becomes more reliable (it works consistently on our Vista machines but not, for some reason we've yet to discover, on our XP systems). And if Time Warner was also more reliable, we'd feel we'd really be OK to cut the cord on a landline.
Too many things out of our control that make it better to have the double redundancy.
The part of your post that stuck out to me most was that it would drive the competition to find cheap, efficient cars. Honda, Hyundai, and all the other big cats need to get in the game and give us some budget-friendly/eco-friendly options.
I would totally buy one of these. We are a one-car family at the moment because between payments, the high insurance rates here, and our state's charming "vehicle tax" and whopping registration fees, we can't afford a second car. This would get much better MPG and save us money on my husband's daily commute; I could use our current car for things closer to home.
We would make use of public transportation...if there were any where we live. There is not so much as a bus line within two miles of our house, and even getting to that lone outpost of a bus stop requires crossing FOUR freeway on-ramps, because there are no sidewalks. It's all well and good for environmentalists to moan about how people need to use public transportation more, but they seem to come up short on ways to make it accessible to everyone. Smaller, more fuel-efficient cars are a good start. If you can take the first step of getting people out of that 'OMG I need to drive a huge car!' mindset, maybe more changes will follow.
For me the answer is a qualified yes.
The Nano being sold in India is lacking both anti-lock brakes and airbags(neither is required there). I don't think I would feel comfortable driving a car that small without airbags. If added safety features didn't increase the price too much then I would buy one, yes. I would skip the optional radio and absolutely spring for the optional AC(as anyone who lives someplace where temperatures can hit triple digets 4 months out of the year can understand)
We recently experienced the worst disaster ever in our state. A huge ice storm wiped out the entire communications and power infrastructure. Every power line was down including the large distribution lines. Our county had over 3000 poles broken. Every cell tower in 100 miles was without power after a few hours when the backup batteries went down. All available generators were sent to water pumps and medical facilities during the first 3 days. Within 24 hours the landlines were back up and some cell phones started coming back after about 3 days. The only way most has to charge a cell was with a vehicle charger. (Actually we ran some of our house off a generator from the motor home.) We finally got power after 12 days, but many people were out over 3 weeks. I'm keeping my land-line...
A car that gets 50 mpg?
YES. Please.
I appreciate the concerns in developing countries where this will appeal to people who do not currently have a car. So the it has the potential to greatly increase the number of people driving.
However -- and it is a BIG however -- it would be a big plus for the environment here in the US. And we are the #1 polluter in the world. Woo-hoo!
The fact is that in most every city in the US a car is required. It is not an option. As much as we might wish otherwise we aren't there yet.
How great it would be to replace all those gas guzzlers with a 50 mpg car? We all swoon over the Prius, and it doesn't do as well in the mpg department. Do we only like the Prius and other hybrids because you have to have money to afford them? Can't the less wealthy drive environmentally friendly cars too?
The low price isn't going to increase the number of cars on the road much here in the US. That's just a given at this point. It will, however, greatly decrease the number of older, inefficient and polluting cars people drive. Most people who have very limited financial means opt for older vehicles that are affordable. You know. Big ass cars from a few decades ago. With poor mileage and even worse polution control equipment.
Given the choice between a new 50 mpg car for $2,000 and an 80's 8 mpg Ford LTG for the same price, it is an easy decision.
Until we can kill the car culture here, we need to be selling the most efficient autos we can.
This car is a blessing.
I might be interested. I would need more information i.e. maintenance, life of the vehicle. You know, you usually get what you pay for. However, there are many people in the U.S. who can't afford any of our cars here, and I am sure they would love to have access to a vehicle like this. And it's probably a great, economical deal for students. Will it send the other auto makers in a spin? Maybe.
Recognizing we were spending too much of the food budget on prep foods to get classic dishes my grandmother used to make, I finally invested in the re-issuance of the original 1950 Betty Crocker cookbook (the same book grandma used). Although it was the most expensive cookbook I ever bought ($38) it has well paid for itself many times over. Instead of Tuna Helper, tastless mac-n'-cheese, or pricey "cream of" soup you can make it all from scratch using simple butter, flour, salt, pepper (and grated cheese if appropriate). There is NO cream in "cream of" soup! If you ever come across an pre-1950's cookbook from Betty Crocker or another major cookbook publisher at a yard sale, grab it! The 1950's are just before publishers "went commercial" and started altering recipes to state "use a box of X mix" or "open a can of X" (forcing you to buy their overpriced prep products).
I've been in a book club for the past couple of years and love it! What I like best is learning about people and personal stories that the books prompt them to tell, generally relevant -- but it doesn't matter as we have a small group and off-topic discussions are allowed. The person who picks the book is usually responsible for leading the discussion; otherwise, things can stall. Like KC we try to pick a book that is easily available at the library or inexpensively elsewhere. Thanks Kelly for the mention -- we have read debut novelists before (The Thirteenth Tale) and I'll mention yours as well.
Great post and topic. I first noticed the work = identity after my employer was acquired by a larger competitor (First Union then Wachovia now Wells Fargo) and I opted not to follow. But shaking that work is who you are is harder than it seems because even if you decide not to define yourself by your work/career/whatever, most people judge you by your profession or signs of wealth (those noticeable such as houses or cars, not bonds or stocks). A lot of people probably think I'm odd because work status is irrelevant to me. But I have learned that people worth having as friends don't really care what type of work you do or whether you have a corner office or not.
If the congestion is as bad as some environmentalists claim it will be (it's already atrocious), my guess is that people will soon give up driving. If I had a choice between spending 3 hours in a small car or one hour on public transit, I'd take the one hour on public transit.
And that's saying something, since I really dislike people.
I would love to buy this car! From what I have heard I think that it would be great for college students!
Thanks,
Nate
I would TOTALLY buy it. I currently own a 1994 Geo Metro. Gets great gas mileage, but it has over 292,000 miles on it. It's going to die sooner or later and the Tata Nano would be perfect to replace it with.
@Marcus: I didn't know about the extents of that, thanks for filling in my gaps!
@Andrea: Intriguing, I didn't know that. I wonder why "88". Altho I've had favorable experiences with Target goods — I even got a little meal tray with cartoon avians going "OWL LOVE YOU" or something like that.
@Bill: Reminds me of when I was in Chinatown as a kid and wondered why many gave a 2-3% discount for paying with cash vs. credit card! (Also expected to haggle, but that's a different cultural nuance.)
@Debbie: I LIKE what you said about "opportunity cost"; something that bugs me is when I take too long (like an hour) to compare prices rigorously, but I wasted too much time for a few bucks. That hour could've been put to better use with other activities.
@Guest: Thx!
@KW: Glad you preemptively pointed out the "marked up higher...", you sound quite wise about this. I like looking for clearance items that appeal highly to me but aren't of interest to others, it's like they need a new home (even if it's only in my tummy).
Yeah, really fresh eggs don't hard-boil well. I don't know why, but it happens whenever I get my eggs from the farmer's market. :)
Great article. I have enjoyed reading the comments as well.One thing that I found helpful was giving my future employer a direct URL link they could view prior to interviewing me. I created an online profile at www.personavita.com that let me customize my own bio and work history to the job I was interviewing for. I think it helped the interview stay on track because they already knew my goals and qualifications. I would maybe now include some of these awkward questions in my portfolio to help me out even more! Thanks!
I thought that happened when they were too old. Now I know. Thanks guest.
Rachel Ray says (and I have used this method successfully) to put eggs in pot, bring to a boil, once you have reached boiling, turn the element off but leave the pot on the element. Cover and let sit for 10 min. She swears she gets perfect eggs every time. I personally fill the pot with ice cold water and change it once it warms up. I do this a few times, usually over a 5-10 min span, then CRACK AWAY! I rarely have trouble - trouble usually appears if the eggs are too fresh.