Pass the salt!

They run a lot better than diesel engines do on gasoline. My 1990 350SDL got a new engine at 177,000 miles courtesy of a convenience store’s liability insurance because the fuel tanker driver filled the underground diesel tank with gasoline. It was a full engine including a new injector pump, drop shipped from…

I love this movie and for that reason I almost chose NP. Almost.

Take it to Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard and I’d sell for $10k. Limerick something something.

Only thing less reliable than a Range Rover is the Kinja user experience. 

They’re called Pronto Pups, and they’re slightly different!

Eh, the best part about seeing the butter sculptures is then turning around and looking at all the award winning cheeses and sausages, and getting a milkshake.

The diary building and the adjacent ‘all you can drink milk’ station are some of the highlights of MN State Fair.

Can we just stop for a moment and reflect on what a tremendous loss it was for us all to lose the perfection that was the International Harvester symbol?  THE LETTERS MADE A TRACTOR.

Poorly applied, thin, with plenty of orange peel?

This is exactly why I like NPR. I’m fine waiting for the headlines on the half hour. The stark difference between NPR and other news was clear to me with the initial coverage of the Paris terror attacks. I was at school and saw the news online, drove home and NPR reported the facts at the time, then CNN had breathless…

I’ve had a Fusion (and hybrid Fusion) as a rental enough times to conclude that it’s not quite what I would call a “shitty car”. You could do a lot worse than that walking out onto the rental car parking lot. Higher trim levels are actually fairly comfortable and they drive well enough. Granted, I haven’t owned one,…

Glorious

NPR is the #1 producer of podcasts.

I think NPR is better than most at looking for reasons voices rather than the loudest voices. And trying to keep discussions real. BUT it drives me nuts when the pols (on both sides) get on there and just spew talking points without taking a breathe. It’s almost counterproductive to informing the public and why I…

Yup... Korva Coleman and Jack Speer are a part of my morning routine thanks to Spotify.

I remember reading a story years ago where a radio station (I think it was an NPR station) was doing a fund raising drive. A gentleman walked up to the booth, took out a roll of money and peeled off a hundred and gave it to the people in the booth saying “This is for the shows I like.” He then peeled off another…

I got addicted to NPR after I returned to the US after being Europe for a semester during the runup to the 1st Gulf War. It was the closest we had to BBC.

I never really listened to NPR on the radio much but I am pretty sure I am not the only one avidly reading the hell out of their website during the pandemic. They are everything you’d want in a news outlet, just good steady, factual reporting without sensationalist click bait or fluffed up non-news items.