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Turbine generator range extender

My MIL got us one for Christmas. I was also skeptical at first, but I looked up a few ideas from The Skillet and haven’t looked back. My poor Crock Pot went from once-a-week use to hasn’t-been-touched-since-New-Year’s-Eve.

Now that you’ve said this, I can’t unsee it

Virginia is on the list, pretty much everything south of Richmond and west of I-64 is stereotypical redneck, though we don’t have as many places to hide ‘shine stills. And have you been to rural Oregon? If you take geographical south out of the equation; I’ve met more people that qualified as rednecks (the “I may have…

Virginia being #8 really surprised me, but I’m not sure why. Must be the good-ol’-boy heritage from growing up in a part of it that shuns electric cars as communist and still calls Hondas “rice burners”. Most all of the major city centers have EV charging stations, and I usually see a mix of Nissan Leafs and Chevy…

• Do you have a go-to “I’m sickly” soup? This is probably the best home made chicken soup I’ve ever tasted, and tasty soup makes me feel much better: https://inthekitchenwithkath.com/2017/12/04/instant-pot-chicken-soup/

Dammit, Barry!

Oh I know; I’ve had 5 GM-built cars from the ‘80's. Sometimes you even get lucky and just have to clean corrosion off the contacts. Trouble is the brittle plastic from pulling the door panels (or center console, in this case) that - assuming it doesn’t break - never quite goes back together exactly as it did before.

This is a tough one... Assuming things like the A/C and electrics like the gauges, locks, and windows work; this is easily on the NP side of the scale.

Right? I’m actually surprised and disappointed the key phrase “I know what I have” wasn’t included

Know I’m a few days late, but thank you! I knew there was at least one out there, but the training jet deaths are what threw me off.

Now I want to see this be a thing. I also want to place one right next to a “Hillary for Prison” sticker just to see the mass confusion and gnashing of teeth it would cause.

Huh... That makes me wonder - have ANY crewed space vehicles used for launch or landing had a 0% fatality rate? I’m racking my brain, but I can’t come up with any.

The one I DID overpay for - a 1998 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT with a 5-speed. Circa 2006, Subarus were not very common around here except for the odd Pacific-Northwest military transplant with a WRX. After my ‘95 wagon was totaled, I decided I must have another. What ‘95-’99 Legacies you could find under $10,000 were…

Half the price, make it a 3-pedal, and maybe -  MAYBE - it’ll be NP...

2006 Dodge Charger Daytona - everyone reading this will say “that doesn’t count, it’s got a HEMI!” Yeah, it does - it’s also the same chassis as my grandpa’s 300 with a 2.7 V6 that weighed more and put down fewer horses than the Isuzu Trooper I owned at the time. Anything that makes a Trooper feel light and quick on…

The Subaru dealers in the Hampton Roads area are varying degrees of decent, yet sucky. One has a pleasant sales department, but the service center is always backed up and the parts department is full of ignorant putzes that insist your engine will explode unless you buy the Subaru-brand 0W-20 (when your car calls for…

These stories remind me of my days working for Autozone. I’ll never forget this one poor woman who called saying that she “needed a cylinder for a 1997 Chevy Cavalier”. I asked what kind of cylinder she was looking for (Brake master cylinder? Wheel cylinder? Clutch master or slave cylinder?), her response was “I need…

This makes me want to fix up my broken 230,000 mile Fozz XT. It’s the 5th Subaru I’ve owned, starting with a 2.2L 5-speed ‘95 Legacy Wagon. It was totaled at ~180,000 miles - it would probably still be going today if not for that. I also had a ‘92 SVX for close to a year, would’ve been an awesome all-around ride…