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In your time motoring along the roads, highways, and under-surveilled mall food courts of America, it’s not unlikely…
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with Ronal Teddies or nothing!
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skimming the beach on their ultra-low takeoffs and landings
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Fifty strangers were lined up to spray paint my car.
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It may be hard to believe, but most mechanical engineers designing your cars have no clue how to fix them.
The rule thumb we have at work is that if an engineer uses a tool they will hurt themselves. Once that happens there will be an over-reaction to forbid the tool from being used by anyone as there is a safety risk. The result is that nobody lets engineers handle tools and all is well. :-)
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My cat does not like riding in cars.
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No problem. I just called my time guy, and he's credited you with seven new minutes, to be implemented on March 16, 2015. You'll get them at 5:41 pm, and they'll end at 5:48 pm. I added the extra two minutes as my way of apologizing for all the suffering you've undoubtedly been through. Hang in there; we'll get…