Yeah, I need more info on this. The pipes that let air out of the engine can somehow “fail” - which is the first part I don’t understand - then require a rebuild, the second head scratching part of this. Doug, pony up some info here.

What the hell is going on in that? Are those juvenile males or lionesses?

Good call - I forgot that a lot of them live in states without income tax. In fact, I am sure that’s where the 3% tax comes from - that state wanted a sweet taste of his contract money just like everyone else. I wonder if musical acts negotiate a higher rate to offset having to pay a tax to perform at these venues.…

Cruises are quite fun. I was surprised how much I enjoyed them. Have you ever been to a resort or a nice hotel? Now imagine ever day or two, your hotel drops you off at a different place to explore. They don’t ever seem that crowded, there are plenty of things to do or places to chill and do nothing. Perfect, no - but…

There is a guy who comes to Triathlons I do with his Boxster, he has a rack that is part suction cup. It’s a trip.

The dues part got me wondering. I saw something that their Union dues is a lot less. I couldn’t find anything about MLB dues when I searched. I did see there are 750 active players - now I don’t know if they are scaled by how much the athlete is making, but if they all pay 1000 dollars every two weeks - that’s 19.5…

That is a very strange thing - I wonder if you can satisfy it by getting an apartment. Hell, he’s paid 26K by May 15 for the tax? You get a $1500 apartment for the year, it’s only 18K. And you can tell some legislature to go suck it. But the odd thing to me about it was that he paid over 9 grand this pay period but…

Due to a number of reasons, we’ve had a run on used cars of late and the market has gone up a bit (at least in my area). It seems like Europe has cheaper used cars than us all the time, though. Not sure why - but this seems a bit overpriced to me - guess we’ll see what the voting says. :)

I’d rather not do either. Like you and a lot of people said, the scale must be playing tricks. Although 5.2 M - which is about 16 ft - just looks odd. It’s also likely the fact most big ships I see pictures of are cruise ships and aircraft carriers.

Does it really ride that low? That seems like it would terrifying in rough seas - it would be part submarine?

Sorry, you assumed I was some sort of Republican Big Farm supporter and dragged Capitalism into before you annoyed me enough to insult you. I think technically, I win, but it was close. (Plus, you might want to look up ad hominem - I think the emotional attack without reason/logic might better describe your whole…

I should have known better than to discuss anything with a Canadian grad student. Hopefully with a couple more decades under your belt you’ll gain some reading comprehension.

Are you really going to imply that people not dying of disease is a “value judgement”? If you want to argue that irresponsible actions have put the environment at risk, you’ll get no complaint from me. But you claimed that the ONLY solution was returning to hunter/gather societies. It’s an obvious hyperbole and a…

It’s just cause it was a technically correct fact taken out of context to support a bogus argument. You post random thoughts, assuming everything you think is right - but you really shouldn’t. I’ve not seen you post anything based in reality in this entire thread.

What was the lifespan of those cultures? What were the scientific advances they achieved? I’m guessing since you posted this, you like the internet. I bet you also like penicillin. And clean water and cars, electricity, smart phones, GPS. I could go on. Your definition of those societies doing “fine” is naive and…

It doesn’t sound nuts, but it sounds completely wrong. Enjoy your emotionally bias opinions. Science will be over here when you want to return to reality.

I was surprised to see the numbers on all food produced. Granted, some of these things take months (or years for animals) to develop, so I am not sure why I would think it was less. But it is definitely one of those cases where you can throw a statistic at an angry person and get a predictable response.

Well, I don’t really care what other posters are saying. I didn’t criticize the student or mother. You are falling into the same trap that you accuse so many other of. You are calling this professor a creepster based off one mother’s complaint. You don’t know any of the details, yet you assume there is coercion…

It’s valid to say the professor might not be hearing the complaints - although I assumed in this case he meant official complaints. Students complaining to each other it’s not something they would do is not a big problem to me. It’s obviously not for everyone. And people disagreeing with the course content or even the…

Reading the news article makes it sound like the students get naked in front of class. I’m not sure why the Jez writer says its alone with the professor. From the very first paragraph: