I see where Nissan was going with this- diesel guys love Cummins, as they should, and this is a much better engine than, for example, the VM Motori in the 1/2 ton Ram EcoDiesel. BUUUUT Nissan made a mistake making this so large- essentially a 2/3 ton pickup?- Guys who need a 3/4 ton will get a 3/4 ton, which will be…

I mean, I only NEEDED 1 widget, but it was cheaper, per widget, to buy 10K of them.

Does it still have the weird capacitive touch buttons for ac/volume/etc?

This has always been my rule of thumb. For one, I know I can have 2 beers at an event, over the course of 2-3 hours, and be good to drive afterward.

The last couple of years, though, my law firm has had an attorney-only Christmas party at Ruth Chris steakhouse. Some people get drinks, but my boss doesn’t, and neither…

Protein shake. My favorite- Almond Milk, Vanilla Protein, Peanut Butter, Banana. Done.

I really like the Taco TRD Pro, and I’m hoping to be in the market the end of this year (finally time to retire the 2003 Sport Trac). But I really need something roomier- wife just got a Wrangler Unlimited, which is fine for around town, but not for roadtrips, so whatever I get is the roadtrip car. We have two kids,…

Were we improperly/illegally holding these Iranians? If so, then someone should be in jail. If not, then we traded criminals for hostages, along with a metric assload of cash. At the end of the day, regardless of our government’s thoughts on why we were paying the money, the Iranians considered it a ransom. That…

The Iranians seem to think the money was paid in return for the release of the American detainees. Even if, arguably, we owed it to them, we hadn’t paid it in 37 years, and using it as a negotiating tool for the release of, essentially, hostages, still constitutes ransom.

If you owe me $100, but keep saying you’ll have to get me next month, and I get tired of it, so I kidnap your daughter, toss her in my basement, all tied up, and tell you to pay up the $100 to get your daughter back, and you pay it, I hand your daughter back, I’m pretty sure I can still go to prison for kidnapping.

The celibacy as contributing to the epidemic of child molestation is a tired and absolutely false trope. Think of it this way- if you go weeks, months without getting laid, do you suddenly get the urge to molest a child?

Also, “epidemic” is a bit strong. In the last 65 years about 4% of all Catholic priests in the U.S.…

We tried to stick with store brand (a lot of HEBuddy - Texas grocery chain HEB) except where specified otherwise. Here are our lists:

Has to do with the law, as applied in each case, is as the Judge instructs the jury, not as, perhaps, one attorney on the jury understands it.

I’m a lawyer...almost always struck for being too knowledgeable about the law.

Just finished our “required school supply” run for Kindergarten daughter and First Grade son...more than $100 for both.

My kids are 5 and 6. We’ve always explained death to them, but they really don’t get it. They still occasionally ask if/when random dead relative is coming back. At that age, forever/eternity are essentially impossible concepts.

I’m looking at a SCrew, but the only options I want are spray-in bedliner, 360 cameras, and *maybe* the Torsen front diff- I don’t really need it, don’t expect to do any rock crawling, but it’d be nice to have.

My goal is to get it all for ~$55K...I have a dealer in Houston who normally cuts pretty good deals.

While it does sound like her supervisor is a bit of a dick, and likely focused a dislike for her, specifically, into a stronger-than-normal enforcement of a dress code, there is literally no rule/law/regulation against changing the dress code after-the-fact. You can get hired on day 1, and be given a written dress…

It depends on what market you’re in. In a lot of places, dealerships are selling these for MSRP or even less- down to invoice. I think it just depends on the local competition. If a dealership is the only Ford dealer for 100 miles, or the only one with a Raptor allotment, then they’ll markup. If the Ford dealer is one…

I would say, generally, you’re right, except the EBs make most of their torque fairly low. The 3.5L EB in the Raptor makes more horsepower and more torque than the outgoing 6.2L V8, both at lower RPMs.

EB is the combination of turbo and Direct Injection. I believe Ford was the first major manufacturer to combine the…

I don’t think anyone is saying a college student should be buying a new car- unless he’s working full time. A recent college grad, with a marketable degree, some ambition, not living in a place with an unreasonable cost of living, yeah, he can buy a new car. My wife bought her first car right out of college- as a…