I did much the same as you but a little younger than you. One day, while drunk, I behaved very badly. I understood that this was a declining path and chose to stop it at that point.

No you don’t, really, just NO!

My first car was an Allegro in that nasty sandy colour that was almost the standard colour in the late ‘70s. Horrid thing, the stereo I installed was worth more than the car. 8 speakers and a separate amp back in the days when, for many folks, two speakers was one too many.

Have you checked that you don’t have cataracts starting to form? What you describe is exactly what led me to get this checked out and, yes, I have cataracts in both eyes - junior starter ones to be sure, but I will be having surgery to deal with it shortly (when I am clear from the retinal venous occlusion that showed…

I have frame less blades and, unless the windscreen has ice covered in snow they work very well for lazy snow clearing. Usually though I do the job right and clear the windscreen at the same time as the roof and bonnet.

I have frame less blades and, unless the windscreen has ice covered in snow they work very well for lazy snow…

Median and average are not the same thing. Most Americans, according to the IRS do not make $40k per year. The median figure in 2011, the number I saw, was just under $35K. Even if there has been growth in overall incomes it isn’t close to $52K in 2013.

There’s an order unlikely to be completed. Matters for Antonov have not improved since this article was published: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/wor…

If that works for you, if you have no problem motivating yourself to get there and do your stuff, then great!

My gym IS a spa. I am not in the U.S so I don’t know things are there, but where I am it is quite common to have good relaxation facilities.

I remember at the time figuring that the cost of the cars was just a tiny cost in comparison to the value of the exposure for the car. An absolute bargain in fact.

I am fortunate to live a five minute walk from my ‘man who does’ in both countries in which I live.

No, that is not what the article was about! If that were the point of the argument then these words “You might come off sounding like a phony, or like someone who isn’t intelligent enough to understand their audience.” would not have been part of the article.

I agree with you here. If I use a word it is because it best expresses the meaning I wish to convey. If I dumb down my words so that ‘anyone’ can understand then I have stopped conveying meaning - the effect upon all listeners is, in practical terms, now exactly the same as it was previously for just the least capable…

Some people obviously missed the bit where Putin told the world the goal was to keep the legitimate government of Syria in power. ISIS is not the only threat to the government.

Is your life so full that the pleasure of doing nothing is an impossible dream? Slow down, chill, take the opportunity to let the world go by!

I budget more but have yet to even get close to the budget over a year. A bloke who ran a small dealership, Dacia as it happens, once told me that the cheapest car you can own is the one that you’re driving. He was right. Keeping what you have on your driveway reliable is the way to go.

Or do as I do. Drop the car off with your ‘man who does’ Tell him what’s wrong and pick it up when it’s ready.

All weapons systems are a compromise. It would seem to be the case here that the RF has identified the compromises of the US systems and designed a system that takes advantage of that weakness. basically, the US planes will be at a disadvantage if they try to approach the T-50 which they will have to do in order to…

A small correction. Russia has invaded nowhere, particularly not Crimea. The region already had a special autonomous status within Ukraine. A referendum was held in which the people chose to have independence from Ukraine. The region’s parliament asked to join the Russian Federation.

So, you write off the Disco for not being built well and then tell us that the 320 was built very badly and wasn’t the first of its kind but it was the most important car of the past 30 years for being the same as it’s predecessor the Disco?