A couple friends are firefighters and the look of glee when they tell me stories of how they occasionally get to do things like this makes my day every time.

Needs feathers.

The road crew took a page out of the fireman’s playbook.

hot patches can be done with a two axle dump truck, two crew and one safety manager, and a mini steamroller on a trailer. I prefer “government” doesn’t move anything I own without my permission and want to keep it that way. You don’t need an entire road crew to finish that patch. This situation in the article was…

You’re not actually familiar with eminent domain are you? Aside from the fact that it’s prone to abuse and should never be used as an excuse to take any action outside of its limitations, it has specific limitations and is supposed to have oversight that gives people affected by it a fair chance to respond before…

Coulda woulda shoulda.

She’s not an asshole. She parked legally.

I guess you prefer BMW’s 15-year old design. To each his own.

I love hearing non-engineers talk about decisions like this.

The issue isn’t just the tranny and clutch handling the torque - which is difficult enough - but the way that the torque is transmitted to every component of the drivetrain through a clutch. The M5 is a highway queen anyways, and the only relevant gears for…

Cute.

It’s ugly.

Cool, BMW built a Mercedes AMG E63 S.

It’s due to how regulations are written. For example, the USAF has 36-2903 that governs appearance. It states:

Former Navy man here, all surface ships are mixed gender. It was not unheard of for at least one or two female sailors to be flown off the ship during a 6 month deployment because they would get knocked up while on cruise.

Yes. No bars though. Boring.

Former Navy JAG here. Most of the time sailors who commit crimes are flown off the ship at the earliest opportunity. Usually when the ship puts in somewhere, but in a pinch they could be flown off by helicopter to the nearest base and flown back to land for trial. So

On a ship, most drunk cases get put to bed.

Have you been on a cruise? The whole thing is a brig.

absolutely depends on the offense. My brother was in the Marines and did a couple 6-month floats. Guys are absolutely going to get in a few fights or someone is going to get too drunk. I think those are generally accepted as human nature. It’s when you disobey commands/orders, etc... that you REALLY get into some…

I’m not entirely clear why there’s a need for government funded television anymore. What makes any of their programming different than what any other station can provide? There’s no reason those shows can’t be on other channels and vice-versa. In fact, some are.