A guy I used to work with* told me that Starbucks overroasts it’s regular coffee because they use a similar roasting time/technique/something to their espresso beans. IIRC, he said SBX over roasted, Seattle’s Best under roasted, and Caribou was the Goldilocks. anyway, I only really find Starbucks lattes (iced, at…

It could just be a balance thing. Having extra sides on one plate might make the tray heavy on one side, and depending on how much other stuff is being brought out it might not be possible to balance it all out.

Hard pass on the red car. The GT was never available as a targa, so unless the car is a verified conversion from a relatively well known shop I would assume it’s a hack job and that the doors don’t work properly.

I’ve been going through a Ben Wyatt phase, might as well get my Letters to Cleo shirt out and lean into it.

Fun Story: there was a Hardee’s near me (Chicago suburbs) when I was a kid - I think it closed in like 1993. This was in the “before times” when they weren’t affiliated with Carl’s Jr but had killed off Burger Chef (the building still stands - it was an independent burger joint for years and is now a Dunkin’…

Holy fuckin’ shit, there’s one in Joliet.

Roy Rogers? I haven’t even seen one of those since 1987. Aren’t there, like only four left?

So, last year at the Chicago Auto Show, I’m looking at the Toyota FR-S, and a guy nearby asks me my opinion. I said I liked it fine, but bought a Miata instead because I wanted a convertible. He goes on about Miatas, and how he just bought one in Florida with only 30,000 miles on it that he sold to a lady, and how he…

Original primer. The cars were factory green, and not a repaint by the studio/Max Balchowsky.

I will have to try and secure that. I’ve liked most everything I’ve had from Summit - a few of their beers are occasionally available down here in Chicago (usually Saga and pale ale, but their old Czech pilsener was available for a while, in cans).

It’s interesting that the owners son finally decided to show the car publicly. It should really be in a museum at this point, I hope it doesn’t disappear into a private collection again.

I first heard it on at midnight, so I wasn’t sure if it was real or not.

I am unashamed to admit that when I first heard something described as “on fleek”, I assumed “Fleek” was a new social media platform. As in “Her outfit is on Fleek”, and there would be a photograph of said outfit on a website somewhere.

Possibly one of the best all rounders, even in an era where most professional drivers would race in multiple disciplines. He really could get into just about anything with wheels and make it go fast around a track.

Yeah, I discovered that a few years ago (shit, almost TEN years ago!), when I was laid off from my job and had a six month stint still living there till my lease ended and I moved back out to the suburbs. I lived in Edgewater (near the Thorndale station, and hadn’t explored much on my weekends, but since I wasn’t…

The Chief. I would actually buy this if they built it. Hell, I’d buy the kit and build one myself.

You know what headlamps are also useful for? Picking up dog poop in the dark. Sure beats holding a small flashlight in your mouth while holding a poop bag on one hand and the leash of a dog eager to go back inside in the other, or washing dog poop stains out of your clothes when the dog pulls you over onto it.

No, I agree. I liked Rules as well - not outstanding but not something I’d immediately turn off either. It was usually paired with other things I watched and kept me on the same station. Good utility player, to use a sports metaphor.

Oh yeah, Rules of Engagement! Megyn Price was on that too. I always wondered why it stayed on so long - I guess it was inoffensively funny enough that people wouldn’t change the channel when it came on.

I’m actually surprised that Last Man Standing was on for six seasons. It wasn’t particularly funny, with most of the characters being stock characters from a beginners writing book, and honestly it seemed that the writers would finish a script, then a rewrite guy would shoehorn conservative comments into the jokes.…