I was born in 1975, for the first 15 years or so of my life the shuttle the only thing that came to mind when talking about space flight.  They were amazing machines, and the stuff the allowed us to launch and/or build in space are just as amazing.

Just curious but what was the major difference?  

It was kinda surreal. I drove down to Denver from my job site in Cheyenne after those flights were cancelled only to find the Denver airport closed too. Spent three days in a hotel near the airport. Only one restaurant stayed opened with in walking distance (the staff couldn’t get home). They basically cooked…

My wife’s hospital is offering a shift bonus the basically doubles most employee’s salary due to having so many people out, and so many patients. This latest variant may not be as deadly (especially for the vaccinated), but the next month or so is going to be a mess.

I’d add that if you are using average household income you need to divide that by the number of drivers in an average household. The 750/month total would be for all vehicles/transportation costs, not just a single vehicle.

I was stuck in Denver for 3 days during a blizzard in 2006, shut the whole city down, airport closed for two days.

Adding to what you said, it doesn’t make sense to me to use “household” income as the average household has two wage earners, both of whom likely need a car. Either use medium individual income, or use household but assume the 20% covers the cost of all transportation in the household.

I’ve going to try and learn how to do body work.  I’ve dabbled in it over the years with mixed results, but yesterday finally ordered a decent paint gun and some body panels for my jeep, hoping to fix the years of body damage and rust.  seems like a good winter project.

Yeah, but that makes the math a lot harder.  The best way would be to measure displacement before and after the storm, but then you'd have to know the hull shape and fuel usage

according to the internet the ship is about 130 meters by 20 meters, if tens of centimeter of ice means at least 20, then it would be about 500 m^3 of ice (assuming an even coating over the surface area) 500,000 kg or about 570 tons

My guess is it’s 99% mindless. There’s 600k plus law enforcement officers and 20 million conceal carry holders in this country many who carry a firearm daily, I can easily see 5000 people a year forgetting about it, especially if they carry everyday but don’t fly regularly.

According to their website, Electrify America charges .43/kwH in the US.  Based on some quick math, they would only need to charge 2-3 cars a day to get a pretty good return on the costs of the stations.

Is that a (really small) wood burning stove?

I’d say he needs to figure out why he wanted the bronco in the first place and why he’s questioning it now.

I believe the holes in the bumper were for the intercooler so unless the bumper was swapped it’s likely a turbo

I remember that blizzard, some idiot nearly killed me going the wrong way down the interstate

I started building a similar, but much cruder setup for my truck bed with a camper shell, and you’re right, not nearly enough headroom to be comfortable.  Even if you could handle the claustrophobia, can you imagine trying to get in and out?  Chiropractors should give these things away for free.

Depending on vehicle condition and your budget, aftermarket or even low mileage junkyard seats can make a huge difference too

I’d go one step further on anything with 150k or more and do things like ball joints bushings steering linkage, my experience is a lot of these can pass a safety inspection and individual not look terrible but the combined wear can really make a car feel worn out

As best I can tell, the electronics that control the motors have trouble handling higher voltages, it can be done, but the more common stuff can’t handle 800 v.