I’m right there with you. I’ve loved most of the series, but 2 is extra special to me. When it came out, all my friends were angry and upset about the new style. They were similarly upset with Mario 2 and Castlevania 2, which both switched up the formula a bit and released in the same year. Actually, I think Zelda 2…

Haven’t played any of the games in this genre, but this sorta reminds me of Battle Chaser’s golem, which in the game, has birds landing on him constantly.

There was one really good British pub in Charlotte. Just one (that I’ve found so far). A bunch of chains and some that are okay, but this was the best of them all. They even cooked a proper shepherd’s pie (still do if you tell them to not put cheese on it).

As much as a teenage me hates to admit it, Ford really did step up their game with their interior game when it was do-or-die in the mid 2000s and GM got bailed out.  GM still hasn’t figured out how to make a desirable car from the inside out... But the Fusion we’ve been driving is pretty nice, though I still don’t…

I generally don’t even know who is playing in this waste of time, but it was always a great time to hit Disney when I lived near it.

The ab wheel thingy can instantly shred your abs in a bad way if you’re not doing core stuff on a regular basis. That’s without falling on your face. An excellent intermediary are gliding discs. You put them under your feet. The difference is that they offer a lot more friction than the ab wheel, and you can space out…

Distractions
If you have a game console and it’s a serious temptation to which you easily succumb, it’s not a bad idea to ask your S.O., roommate, etc, to throw the controllers in the car if they’re coming back after work. Or put a timer/smart outlet between the TV and the wall. That’s my biggest temptation.

Um... if they only need what’s on the “kids menu” then STFU and let them order off of it. It’s there because the kids tend to eat less food than the adults. If my kid wants/needs more food (ignoring caloric intake...), then I’ll order off the adult menu, or whatever is pertinent.

It’s a tough market, though, and that’s probably why Ford/GM is getting out of the game. Literally everyone else is making a better product and the difference in price doesn’t make it all that practical to save 5-10% on what is categorically a lesser product (ignoring JD Power Associates...). And then for yet another…

Good reference. redred doesn’t seem to notice that the margin of “outsold” is by 4% in trucks and 2.2% in CUVs.

I’ll make this an easy python script.

Never saw it written out. :)

I used to winter camp in MN every year, regardless of weather. Including 1994 in -20F. We slept in snow shelters called quincys that we constructed ourselves. Most Minnesotans do the same thing all winter long when commuting in that weather. Same pants as summer weather, gloves/mittens, a hat, thick socks, and a heavy…

I was a big fat kid in school. I was always the worst at everything in PE. With the exception of a few activities (golf and dancing are the only two that come to mind), I genuinely enjoyed gym class and the sports therein.

I have two boys. I just lay down on the carpet, half sleeping, and they climb over me for an hour or so playing king of the mountain.

For my part if I remove the buggy as hell problems (I literally never got out of the city without multiple load attempts), this game suffers from the same problem of Fallout 76. You can’t just play the damned game on your own, on your own schedule. This game requires 2-3 hours at a clip to get anything meaningful…

A short flat white (the only thing I order) comes with two shots of ristresso by default. I have to explain this on occasion to the Target baristas. Under normal circumstances I use the mobile app so I don’t have to have any extra human interaction. Thought it makes it a PITA when they just make a whole milk latte…

Naw, there isn’t any commitment to stick it out with someone you just can’t handle. And long as you don’t look the other up and down and say “nope” and walk out, then everyone should be able to handle it.

Did the blind date thing a few times. I’ll take the awkward meal over “just show up at her dad’s church’s Christmas play”. To be perfectly honest, I only went because the photos I was shown were of a very cute arrive girl, and thought it would be about as innocent as possible. Ended up spending more time meeting her…

Most awkward proposal ever was my best friend’s. I wasn’t going to tell him not to do something he thought was right, but I did tell him to give it a couple more months. Either way, he proposes at one of their favorite hiking locations and rather than actually responding, she just keeps asking “Are you serious?!” and…