I didn’t want to assume everyone was familiar with that and give the impression of being a moran by misspelling moran. :-)

Some people would probably fall for that pyramid scheme.

Indeed, Rufo’s disdain for experts as opposed to normal folks of the community is a theme throughout

Don’t worry, one of us got it.

Experience the magic of black electrical tape. It’s guaranteed to make that annoying icon disappear.

Thank you for the offer, David, but I’m all right.

Brunch shoot? Hand that moose a mimosa.

It feels wrong to say that I hope you “enjoy” it. That doesn’t seem like the right word, given the true and difficult story this is. ... So I guess I’ll say that I hope you listen; and if you do that, I hope you find it compelling and moving.

This is a story I’ve tried and failed to write many times. The closest I got was an Instagram post I tossed up to explain my absence from the internet

That’s not misogyny, because “attention whore” is not gender-specific. It describes anyone who does antics (like the dingbat in the article) for attention.

Thanks! It’s a rare talent. :-D

Sadly it does not. Remember, the hit-and-miss designs are 100+ years old: there are no sensors or anything. (The water reservoirs don’t even have drain plugs.) The operator simply had to keep an eye on the water level and top it up as necessary.

I’ve never seen one under a significant load, but they probably do sound really good. Most of the ones I see running are just turning the flywheel or pumping water in an endless loop for demo purposes.

Jason, we covered this in a previous discussion.

I find them fascinating, probably because they’re simple and clever simultaneously. And they have a great sound:

It could be a portable gadget for getting broken vehicles un-stuck!

what I assume to be a water tank that needs to be replenished as the engine heats the H2O

Gotta wash the kids, too.

Amphicar, please.