Needs more packing peanuts.

Another metric is that it’s (almost) precisely a quarter mile long . . .

They aren’t milking it - the gas company doesn’t want to cut into their bonus check money for the top people and so they have hired far too few to do the work.

How long before it gets jammed in the Suez Canal?

“The Empire State Building does have the upper hand when you look at its width east-to-west, as it measures 424-feet (or about 13 Ford Broncos) across 34th Street."

Greed will do that.

Recognising his error, Schwarzenegger went to get a shovel to dig out the hole. He apologised, saying “I’ll be back”.

If it was bad enough to apparently be damaging vehicles, sounds like there should have been some temporary cover used when not actively being worked on? I’ve seen that done before.

and they definitely shouldn’t be able to play siren sounds.

If you can hear a horn over the sound of the engine, you aren’t Jaloping quite right.

This seems like a good place to restate my belief that it should be illegal for radio stations to play the sound of a car horn. They do so fairly often it turns out, and almost every time, it causes me a moment of panic as I look around to see if I’m about to be hit.

Honk around and find out, Susan.

you’re right, that was a REALLY weird answer.

The 1965 Mustang would like a word; a car that so captured the North American imagination that there are reports of car accidents in front of dealerships as people strained to glimpse it through the windows.

Bill Mitchell’s 60's era at GM

Having previously lived in the UK for nine, long years, these names are so unbelievably British. Once worked with a woman whose last name was Hailstone.

That exactly.

Opting for data sharing doesn’t absolve Tesla of basic protections - if the behavior described in that initial Reuters story is something that can be proven, there’s no way this just blows over.

There’s a well-sourced news-report. That’s enough to file a case. At that point, discovery comes in - they’ll interview some of the sources for the Reuters story, convince a bunch of people to sign on, take it into court to get it certified. At that point, unless the court decides it’s just too flimsy, they can do…

Looking forward to getting my class action settlement cheque for $3.12 in 2029.