My sister is married to a Puerto Rican man and he told me once that many boricua are far more likely to keep their valuables (jewelry & heirlooms) stashed in a hiding spot rather than stored in a common area like a drawer.

He also keeps the bulk of his money in a Puerto Rican bank, I’m assuming because tax regulations…

I’ve used AdBlock Plus pretty much since it’s been available.

I very rarely buy anything because I see an ad for it online. These days about the only ads I see I can’t do anything about is the ones that show up on Hulu. Our family cut the proverbial cable cord over 4 years ago and we entertain ourselves with Netflix…

You got that right. Millennials...

A lot of police dash cam video is shit, even in these times. I wouldn’t be surprised that any dash video they had might not be clear enough or from the correct angle to see the details of either vehicle.

I wondered if it could possibly be the pilot’s personal GPS device for their own data gathering.

That’s correct. I keep a valet key in the center console. If I’m going to step out, I’ll take my regular keys out and re-start the car with the valet key. Step out of the car and lock doors with the key fob.

I walked alone a little over a quarter mile to kindergarten when I was five years old. My mom and dad’s car didn’t even have seat belts in the rear seat.

I now live about a quarter mile from my kids’ elementary school and they aren’t allowed to walk to school *AT ALL* (Fourth graders are allowed to ride a bike, but…

Yeap, that’s exactly what I expected to see.

Reminds of of the Hello Kitty Sweets cafe in Taipei that I took my daughter to in 2008.

Unfortunately, the Sweets place seemed to be more concerned with making sure everything looked like Hello Kitty than providing good food. I could spend a lot less money at a 7-Eleven in Taiwan and get the same quality.

You leave me no choice, now...

I can verify it because I did it once. My first car was a used 1970 Monte Carlo and it came with one ignition key and two door keys. I kept two keys on my keyring and I attached the “extra” door key to the inside of the engine bay with a piece of wire. I figured if I ever accidently lock my keys in the car, I would be…

Interesting enough, the GM keys with plastic on them were a newer style than the all metal ones.

I know for sure the all metal keys in the above image were used since 1969... I have no idea when the plastic topped key became the norm... My 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme came with plastic topped keys, but I wasn’t the…

The GM keys were the same: Square was for the ignition and the oval for everything else.

Fun fact: They both had the same pattern cut into them, but the blades were reversed. So if lost your ignition key, you could cut a new one from a door key and vice versa. But otherwise the keys would not fit into the other…

Did it pop up instantly 10 years ago? This wasn’t Windows 8, y’know.

My brother had a unique issue a few years ago...

I’ve been building PC’s for *many* years now, and all my experience tells me this should have been *impossible*... But, every now and then, when my brother would boot up his PC... It would “run faster.” I can’t explain it, exactly, but when he would click his start menu,…

“Hey, hey, hey — don’t be mean. We don’t have to be mean. ‘Cause, remember: no matter where you go... there you are.” - Maya Angelou

I highly recommend grabbing this if you liked Battlefield 1942.

The game is rather fun and a lot more involved than you would think from first glance. The campaign is highly configurable so you can easily find the mix of “Carebear to Hardcore Hell” that you would like to have.

As you play in the campaign, your XP raises…

I bought this yesterday on my brother’s suggestion and I’m really enjoying it.

We played Battlefield 1942 quite a lot when it first released and this game really feels a lot like that with the exception of the “isometricish” view.

Yes, I had to port forward port 1234 to play coop with my brother.

Well, Han didn't exactly shoot first. He just shot. Greedo never pulled the trigger in the original release.