I’ll eat peas, and occasionally “traditional American brown baked beans”. But I dislike most beans because of the “mealy” mouth feel. My wife of 34 years has been a vegetarian for 27 years. We mostly both cook for one. She makes a tasty rice dish but I have to pick out the chickpeas to really enjoy it.

I haven’t been to a Subway in at least 20 years. Their products are so utterly “sub”standard, especially their awful bread. In order of better-ness, Jimmy John’s, DiBella’s, and especially Jersey Mike’s are so far superior, why would anyone eat that crap? Yet they persist, to coin a phrase.

1) This happened only a few miles from where I live. I don’t watch local “news” so this is my first encounter with this story. For my fellow Clevelanders, the video confirmed my guess that the victim was starting to drive east on Shaker while the goddist nutjob was speeding south on Richmond.

IIRC, that was during the 1973-1974 school year, my first year in law school.

...when I was in law school...I would buy the occasional bottle of Boone’s Farm Wild Mountain Grape...As a point of reference, this was about the same price as two gallons of gas.

I’ve been working on only (unsophisticated?) single-piston calipers since the 1980s and the C-clamp method has always worked for me at home for pad and/or caliper changes. For the last 20 years or so I’ve gotten professional full-system brake fluid changes at a dealership or independent mechanic where they…

Ah, Boone’s Farm. The plonk of choice in my early 1970’s high school experience. Wild Mountain (my preferred), Strawberry Hill, and something apple-flavored. It was my first stupid drunk experience at age 16. Begone! I went on to college stupidity with beer, and eventually matured into an adult relationship with…

...we managed to finish this whole thing off for just $3.18 per square foot. It was still mightily expensive at $1937.97 all-in, but I think this looks better than concrete, won’t hold in the heat, and will still let what little rain water we get in Reno down into the soil.

I picked the Mazda 3 hatchback Premium trim builder because that’s the only trim that is available with a stick shift. Premium comes with black wheels only. I was told by a Mazda rep at our local auto show in 2020 that Mazda will not build to order, so your chance of scoring a stick shift 3 hatch is pretty slim.

Mazda has had good paint for years now.

There’s a huge difference between someone who casually spars and someone trying to knock someone out.

American luxury back then was all about smoothness and isolation from the road. A giant softly sprung car with a high torque, low hp engine and lazy transmission was perfect for this mission.

Ferrari California-T press on window button. Used to be $60 for a new one then just press it in...Now... they are discontinued...About $1500 installed.

Our two DDs, Honda Fit hatch and Chevy Sonic hatch, are both pretty easy. “Unsnap” the glovebox door and it’s right there, with its own door that unsnaps and the cabin filter and/or holder slides right out and back in.

The variants ARE taking hold and are now causing the new deaths...it is literally evolution in action.

Thanks, I was hoping someone would post that gif.

no one wants a hatchback

Yep, my ‘72 Cutlass had those - no auto tensioner.

I had to chuckle when I saw the claims of rack and pinion steering giving more precise steering - while on tall sidewall bias-ply tires. I did appreciate the ads promoting a small 3-door hatch with a 4-speed stick, borderline revolutionary for 1971 in the USA.

Fun fact: Before the three-point system commonly in use since the 1970s, GM did this with a pair of two-point belts. My 1969 Firebird came with a two-piece lap belt, and another two-piece anchored to the roof and the floor. Yes, I used both of them.