He looks like Cathy Bates in Misery if she was two decades older and a zombie who hadn't decomposed to Walking Dead standards.

I really feel for you. Like your husband, I have a bachelors of theology in a conservative denomination. Many churches seem to take the attitude that they can pay poverty wages, get greater than full time dedication from a husband and wife, and spend every waking minute judging this poor couple they have hired. Many…

It was spring two years ago. On warm spring days flys that have been hibernating will wake up and dozily fly around the room. I was asleep with my cats but almost awake and could hear a fly buzzing around my bedroom. Usually my cats would kill any flys they found, but this morning we were all a bit sleepy. Until the…

I have the worst luck with this. Even bagging up the distributor (or coil packs) and avoiding the plug wires, I have had mis-fires, a fried coil pack, water in my spark plug boots, and most memorably a frozen throttle cable (what happens when you do this on a cold day in Alberta). I hate a dirty engine bay. I hate…

Or you can ask, “What did you have in mind?” Pretty much the same result.

You handled that exactly right. Not sure you could have done much else under the circumstances. Subway never contacted you?

Many years ago and fresh out of college I worked for Pizza Hut. I was a hard worker and caught on quickly, so the manager I had decided to promote me to a shift manager. This meant that I had limited authority over staff and would do some end of day admin work like bank deposits etc. This worked well for a while until…

Once upon a time, GM wanted a merger with Fiat. It was the late 1990’s and GM had more brands than they do now. After billions of dollars spent exploring the possibility and realizing the whole thing would never work, GM paid another 2 billion dollars in 2004 to be released from their business ties with Fiat.

I'm going to go out and say it: the Dodge Caravan/ Grand Caravan. Interior quality to rival a Coleman cooler, uncomfortable seats, crappy power train (until they killed off the 3.3 l and 4 speed auto) and the interior has squeaks and rattles almost from day one. My dad bought one and it rattled from 20,000 km. a…

Two weeks ago I was at a family wedding. My brother’s family is very successful and my nephew had a GT-R. He took my other nephew for a ride which turned into blowing past a cop at 300 km/h and then having to ditch the car in someone’s garage and get driven back to town by a third party.

You said it before I got the chance to. While both companies have changed since then, I'm pretty sure that GM is as eager to join FCA as I am to be eaten alive by rabid wolves.

My sister has one. It has 280,000 km on it and will not die. Her car just got a new fuel pump and will likely go another 280,000 km. This is through rural Alberta winters, gravel roads, and general neglect. Small parts of the car (e-brake hardware, block heater cord, sway bar linkage) have randomly fallen off, but the…

This is the car I wanted to see posted. In 1980 the next Town Car was much smaller and less opulent by far. My dad has had 3 identical Lincolns to the picture, as well as daily drove a number of others. In his garage right now there are two 1979 Lincolns. These cars were what defined luxury for that generation. Huge…

Of all the really crappy cars in the ‘70s, the Chevette was perhaps the worst. It did nothing well, and as far as fuel economy it wasn't good either. My driving school had one in the 1986 when I took my test, and that car was so underpowered it was dangerous. They were very obviously built to the cheapest possible…

I’m not Jewish but this is what I want; no embalming, probably closed casket, buried in a simple box. I might even go with cremation, but ultimately my kids will probably do what is most comfortable for them.

My eyes... the onions are strong in here. When my cat died of a sudden heart attack last year I was fortunate that my sister has an acreage. I buried him under a new bush that I can come and see any time.

You don’t have to buy an urn from them, you know. You could go and find yourself a nice container to hold the ashes (generally you receive them in a very thick plastic bag). Without going into the story, I have a very nice pewter container (engraved even) that was bought at a mall and holds a loved one’s ashes.

Were Cyr and Hermenier driving a car that didn’t have reverse? Because that’s the only reason I can think of for not getting the hell out of there when a lunatic had enough time to 1) pull a chainsaw and 2) start it and 3) brandish threateningly.

For the love of God, if you have aluminum heads let the engine cool completely before trying to pull the plugs. I didn't in high school shop class over two decades ago and ended up having to remove and send the head out for repairs. I had it ported and polished too, but that was only because it was already off. It…

I agree. I actually liked the Expedition until the most recent one. Apparently blindness is the attribute sought most among Ford truck designers.