This. People, even a lot of car people, don’t really understand either octane ratings or turbo engines. I’ve been driving turbo 4's for decades now, and I would never use anything but premium in my higher hp turbo cars. I’ve always felt my 2.0L Fusion is quite peppy.

I don’t know, but last year we bought a 2016 Fusion SE EcoBoost pretty fully loaded, and I have a co-worker with a 2014 Fusion base model. They seem like completely different classes of car. Ours is by far the nicest vehicle we’ve ever owned, and we really like it a lot. His is just a very basic and bare bones car. We…

Difficult to get more nerdy than that. I love it.

I generally don’t like most beers, but I’ve found that I do actively like Guinness. It’s both very sweet and very bitter at the same time, which isn’t as strange as it sounds at first. They’re different flavors, just like salty and sour are different. I can drink a beer if I have to in a social setting or something,…

Now that I’ve read the post, I’m disappointed. I thought it was so the drivers could keep their eyes on the track.

I’m kind of excited for the Emma movie. I’m reading it for the first time now (about half-way through), after I finally read Pride and Prejudice at my wife’s recommendation and liked it a lot. I’d seen movie versions, but somehow never read any Jane Austen before now. Emma may not be quite as fun a story as P&P, but I…

My god, this post will still be getting replies when our descendants of Gen ZZZ are old and gray.

This reminded me that when I was in high school in the ‘80s, one of my classmate’s father worked as a “micro-analytical entomologist” in a local candy factory. He described how part of his job was determining if the number of roach parts in the candy was over the allowed limit. Yes, you’re allowed a certain amount! :)

I didn’t intend this to be rude, but once a few days before our office party my boss was telling me I always brought crap presents to our gift exchange. I did bring some literally crappy ones, I guess. Once I brought a (new) toilet seat on which I had painted holly berries and leaves to make it a wreath. Anyway, after…

I have to admit, I like Cats the musical. It was entertaining to experience. I mean, it’s literally nothing but a poem in musical form. It doesn’t necessarily have a plot, or completely make sense, and it’s open to interpretation. It’s just a poem, and that’s fine.

Yeah, 2000 is way too much for me. I’m 6'0", 175 lb, working in an office but taking a brisk 30 min walk most days, and if I eat more than about 1600 calories per day I start gaining weight.

My daughter lived in the Middle East for several years, and she once brought me a (relatively) huge container of saffron. It was fairly cheap for her, but I’m sure it would have cost 3 figures in the U.S. I had so much that when I saw a recipe that called for 5 threads of saffron I said, “20 threads it is!”

My wife just got some new Pink Lady apples (from ALDI, I think) a couple of days ago, and they taste a little different. They actually look a lot like these pictures of the Cosmic Crisp, but they’re more tart than normal, so I can’t help wondering if they’re really Pink Lady. They do still have the slightly floral…

I guess I consider it like fox/foxes.

I use CSXes to denote more than one CSX. Is that correct? I don’t know, but it looks better than any alternative to me.

Not only that, but it’s (heh) a matter of style whether to use it for decades. The Chicago Manual of Style prefers ‘80s, but The New York Times Manual of Style uses ‘80's.

From infinity (I assume) to a finite number, anyway.

This year I made corn salad (super easy and tasty: corn, onion, green pepper, mayo, chili cheese Fritos) which luckily was a perfect choice, because the “main dish” was a make-your-own taco bar. I also made some peanut butter cookies, which are my favorite. I love the bacon idea!

Is that why I’ve gotten “It looks like someone may have tried to access your account” messages for a couple of different MS accounts in the past few days? I already have 2FA turned on, so it seems unlikely the accounts were compromised.

When I was young my dream car was a ‘63 Falcon Sprint 2-door hardtop. I used to go past a nice white one every day on on the way to high school. I still kinda wouldn’t mind having one. It has to be a ‘63; they became too angular in ‘64. I’m a little weird, though. I also wouldn’t mind having my first car again, a…