I really don’t understand the vehemence on this. If I’m driving, I tend to move into a lane for a reason, and stay there unless there is a reason to move to the other lane. Examples of a reason to move: passing a car in my lane (left or right), entering/exiting highway, emergency vehicle on the shoulder, etc. Moving…

We bought a Chevy Equinox when shortly after our daughter was born because my wife’s car was about to give up the ghost anyway, and we hated bending over to put the car seat in the car (we’re both over 6” tall). We love it so much that when I totalled my car, we ended up buying another one. The trunk space is about…

Not necessarily. Since Cash for Clunkers, it’s actually been cheaper to buy new than used, though that’s changing as used cars are beginning to fill the market again. When my wife and I were looking at cars, the used version of the car we ended up buying was either the same price, or in some cases more expensive, than…

I think what gets people upset is that a good, high quality cut of meat is being cooked to the point where it is indistinguishable from a low-quality piece of meat.

I have almost the exact opposite experience at steakhouses. When I order steak, I order it medium rare, they confirm “warm pink center?” and I agree. Then it comes out, at best, medium, if not medium well. It’s gotten so that I almost order things rare, assuming they’ll cook it at least a step above what I order. I’m…

I’m definitely more introverted around people I don’t know, but when I’m around my friends/family, I get very extraverted.

I agree, and I don’t want a thin, plastic-y onion slice, give me a thick onion, beer battered and golden brown...heaven.

Do people not realize that it is a reference to a French cut? There are french cut green beans, too. The long, thin, angled-ended potato sticks are French cut fried potatoes...or French fries. Anything else is not a French fry.

Why would you bake with cold butter? Almost everything I’ve ever baked, or have ever seen baked has first warmed the butter, both melted or just warmed by the oven before being used.

I agree that a covered, angled pathway is cheaper and more efficient. The only potential argument I could see is if people didn’t want their walkways covered. For many people, walking outside means not walking under a roof. So, if the options are, inefficient solar walkway or no solar panels at all, the walkway is…

Could be. You’re technically in violation at 1 over, so they have every right to pull you over and ticket you, but in most cases, it’s more trouble than its worth because the consequences aren’t great, and while the cop is dealing with you, there may be someone going 12 over that would be more worth their time.

I’ve heard, though have never been brave enough to try it, that if you get pulled over as part of a team operation, where one cop sits on a bridge and radars the cars driving under and radios to their partner on the on-ramp when they find a violator, that you can argue the ticketing officer didn’t actually observe…

I’m in WI, too, and I’ve never gotten a ticket for doing anything under 10 over. I tend to sit right at 5 over, because there is a pretty significant jump in consequences at 11 mph over.

5 days a week, though? That kind of pressure can get to you.

The Pope isn’t a person? You might want to ask him about that.

Someone also needs to learn that aspirations and vows are all nice and good, but people are fallible and will fall short of them, even the Pope. And he’d be the first to agree.

I’m a huge Packers fan, and the rivalry with the Bears is more like two neighbors who tease each other at the fenceline. The Vikings rivalry, however, is a loathing, hate-filled one. Of the three NFL teams I actively dislike (hate maybe a strong word, but I’ve used it before), the Vikings are one of them.

You sound like a lot of fun.

Don’t believe anything Manuel tells you, he’s a lying SOB. He once tried to get me to give him some money for his sick friend. Later that day, he was spending that money on booze and scratch-off lottery tickets. When I confronted him, he tried to lie, then ended up giving me one of his lottery tickets. It was a…

I never said they were synonymous, I simply said the end result is the same, though GMO is safer. The process is different, but the goal is similar.