I almost always see a tip jar in at least one place at the counter. Their presence on the ledge at the drive-up window is more hit and miss (and possibly weather dependent), but if there isn’t one, and I hand over a bill and say  “Here’s something to get the tip jar started,” they always seem to know what to do with…

The best way for brands to be successful is to innovate within their established lane.

Counterpoint:  Being the right person’s next bad decision can be one heck of a good time while it lasts.

when Rolling Stone published its article last year, no major regulatory or security changes had been implemented in response to Russell’s deadly flight.

Of my several roads-not-taken, perhaps the most regrettable was a cream colored ‘61 Sedan de Ville, garage kept, low miles, owned by a little old lady who was a scion of the family. It would have been a budget and logistics stretch when I was in college, and my father opined that it had been driven too little and…

Richardson has been involved in a number of negotiations for release of prisoners and hostages from problematic states over the years, and during the Bush43 administration (significant because Richardson is a Democrat), handled several official and unofficial special-envoy, conflict-resolution sorts of assignments.

For that matter, I wouldn’t turn up my nose at this one’s spiritual predecessors from Oldsmobile, back before malaise engines and cellophane drivetrains.

> most people assume it was the last thing they ate.

Second that recommendation! An outstanding look (or at least to this industry outsider) at how the sausage is made.

A perfectly nice family runabout and grocery getter that, unless Grandpa stashed his Krugerrands in the spare tire compartment, probably rates half this ask — and that’s a generous educated guess in an inflated market. Rampant ND, meticulously irrelevant rationale for the price notwithstanding.

I think that if someone were coming in for his second successive unambiguously intentional attempt to run you down, you’d be morally justified in a point of aim a lot higher and more central than the tires.

My (mis)understanding is that they go past the big fire plume, and it just looks from the spectators’ vantage point as though they’re going right through.

My wife wanted a Ford Probe. Had a pretty good idea of what trim and color what it should cost. At the local dealership, Mr. Hip Slickencool, his expensively casual attire trailing a lingering scent of wacky tabacky, spent half an hour showing us all the cars he wanted to sell, without really even listening to what…

Except they never disclosed that it was canadian, and had ZERO warranty. {many problems} They knew I’d have never bought it if I knew it was a $28,000 “as-is” vehicle, so they just left that detail out.

And when it comes to official state fruits and vegetables, there needs to be more legislative love for hops, which Oregon and Washington predominantly give us.

If this happened in LA, I’m wondering if the tree was a blue-gum apocalyptus eucalyptus. Those are notorious for falling down or shedding limbs in storms, and can get absolutely huge. A few years ago in Berkeley, somebody was just driving along minding his own business when a 250-footer came down and squashed his car,…

There are people who serve it warm or hot (e.g., https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/recipes/a11443/macaroni-salad-recipe-wdy0213/) but I have never encountered it in the wild in any context but the “cold things to bring to a cookout or potluck on a hot day” food group.

> According to the seller, the only thing stopping you from driving this ambulance home is a pesky little carburetor float.<

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Words of enduring wisdom, but especially at a moment in history when both new and used cars are brutally overpriced if you can find what you want at all.

Restoring it enough to be a nice daily driver would be a laborious act of financial self-mutilation, but if a late-ish C4 is what you fantasize about as a track car (we don’t judge...) you’d be tearing out most of what’s wrong with it anyway, and the buy-in is about as low as it gets these days. NP for the (rather…