I guess losing a wallet is more consequential when you’re traveling, but doesn’t everything in the story apply to domestic situations as well--wherever your domicile happens to be.  I’ve never lost a wallet in my life.  Though I must admit, the pandemic has led me to lighten mine considerably.

Until you can squeeze a new phone or laptop down fiber-optic cable, we need physical mail.  And maybe even then.

Or send them a letter or postcard.

A few years back I had to drive from New Haven to JFK in a massive December blizzard. There were SUVs and various 4WD vehicles scattered all over the ditches and snowbanks. The Fit (on new all-season radials) never blinked.  I love this car.

I had a last-generation Civic Wagon for 15 years.  IMO the 2nd generation Fit is better in almost every way--except that I miss the windshield and fast hood drop of the wagon.  I hear that the front end on Fits is something like 3" longer than it is in the European Jazz, due to crash regulations. 

I’m 5'11" and I find the 2010 perfect.  Base stick.  Weird pedal placement??

Mine is the Tardis.  Bigger on the inside.

I own a 2010 Fit base manual, bought used at 100K. It’s now over 150K, and other than oil changes and a set of tires, the only thing it’s needed was an A/C relay. I’ve loaded it with 500# of frozen meat in grocery tubs, furniture, my bike (one of the main reasons I got the Fit was so I could carry my road bike with…

I was just a tike at the time that the Mach 1 came out (I did build a plastic model of it, even painted the hood flat black, just like the real thing). My memory is that for all the power, the hood tie-downs, the paint, the first-generation Mach 1 had serious handling issues. Like I seem to recall Car & Driver taking…

I wear hats a fair amount for a very practical reason. Hat brims are useful for reducing glare if, like me, you wear glasses or prescription sunglasses (and, I suppose, non-prescription sunglasses as well). For better or worse, however, modern seating in cars makes wearing broad-brim hats difficult, so when I’m…

No, it’s not a crime (as far as I can see, at least in my jurisdiction).  On the other hand, civil actions can be costly.

Lawyer here (ducks).

I can understand this. I have owned as many as three bicycles at once (down to one now) and as many as six guitars (down to five, trying to go to four: flatpicking, fingerpicking, classical, and electric).

OK, but this opens up an interesting question. If you own a more accurate rifle for hunting (the bolt-action), then why do you have the AR-15?

Kohl’s FTW.  I’m seriously cheap.  I’m a lawyer, and almost all of my ties come from Goodwill.

Kohl’s FTW.  I’m seriously cheap.  I’m a lawyer, and almost all of my ties come from Goodwill.

I’m wearing some jeans with a little stretch right now. $30 at Kohl’s, if I remember correctly. No, they do not keep me dry. Yes, they are comfortable and way more comfortable than all-cotton denim when I’m riding my bike.

I’m wearing some jeans with a little stretch right now. $30 at Kohl’s, if I remember correctly. No, they do not keep…

Trust me--you don’t know my spouse.

Trust me--you don’t know my spouse.

I suspect that things work for me because I have comparatively few bacteria on my skin, either because of the morning shower or because of something else about my metabolism.  Maybe because I’m T1 diabetic. Who knows?  

I suspect that things work for me because I have comparatively few bacteria on my skin, either because of the…

That’s true--and body chemistry can change over time.  But we’ve been hornswoggled with this (as with so many other things) into thinking that this is an absolute necessity for everyone. 

That’s true--and body chemistry can change over time.  But we’ve been hornswoggled with this (as with so many other…

I don’t know how other people handle this, but I shower every morning, and I haven’t used a deodorant in decades. Even when I was bicycling eight miles to work in a Midwestern summer, I’d shower first and do a quick de-sweat wipe-down and change into work clothes when I arrived, and no complaints from my officemates.…

I don’t know how other people handle this, but I shower every morning, and I haven’t used a deodorant in decades.…