I’m still not buying it:

I can’t believe that something only three feet long would have a long enough range to be useful.

I feel like this was an elabourate rouse by the Chinese government to show the population “they” are under “constant attack” by the “foreigners”. Otherwise, why would you admit to knowing its purpose and that they’re on alert?

Where is the fun in that?

I used an electric fan from a Subaru and two big solar panels to vent my attic. Sun comes up, fan goes on. :-)

Like much in life whether a whole house fan will help you all depends.

Does anyone actually think sitting in a wooden chair contorted into that weird pseudo OB-GYN position is comfortable?

at 45 it’s a lot worse. I SWEAR that yesterday was May 30. Summer is now more than 1/2 over and tomorrow will be late october.

There actually is a list of free games in the Play Store. It’s under “free games.” All you have to do is just not pay for in-app purchases. Then, boom! Free game.

thats the ugliest upholstery ive ever seen

Clashing colors - ugly. Doesn’t look very comfortable either for long-term reading.

Sounds like good adjustments to me!

With the ‘naked’ tops of books that close to the arm-rest, I think the lack of a place to put a drink is a good thing.

Straight from the horse’s (Microsoft’s) mouth:

I don’t think anyone on the coasts knows the difference between “Michigan” and “Detroit.” This is like the second time this week some Gawker writer claimed something happened in “Detroit” when it was actually on the other side of the state.

Unions are a big reason why cars are so expensive nowadays. The union forces the company to pay exorbitantly high salaries to the employees. That is why so many car makers are building in Canada and Mexico.

That adobe bundling McAfee thing REALLY irks me! You do not know how many calls I get where the issue turns out to be dueling AV. We teach folks to keep their adobe up to date, due to the large number of flaws that are seemingly discovered on a daily basis, and then when they DO update, it ends up hosing their system.…

My wife’s family has a saying, “If you are going to go empty-headed, at least don’t go empty-handed.” :)

To your 2nd paragraph, there is no better illustration than Long Island, NY. Some of the highest taxes in the country, yet, the roads are full of pot holes, public service is virtually non-existent, most homes still heat with oil, most homes have cesspools and not sewer lines, the enforcement of ordinances and codes…

The more a state spends, the more it needs to tax. So, the question of what they are spending money on is what needs asked.