Yeah, except sometimes the mutt inherits the crap genetics. We have a 1/2 purebred German Shepherd 1/2 purebred Lab (escape/accident at the breeders). Bad hips like a shepherd, lipomas all over her body, cataracts in both eyes, and dumb as a box of rocks but lovable & friendly. But our other mutt (Pitt/greyhound?) is…

Counterpoint- I’ve been upgraded to first class for free (before boarding) on a small airplane (3 seats across). They did it for several people, and I think it was to balance out the plane. If they had not moved these people around they would have had a full back half and empty front half of the plane, which probably…

I’ve seen worse and I wish I had taken a picture of it- a friend of my father had this paint job on his corvette.

“Vans are good at somethings, trucks are good at others.”

Seconded. The people at Home Depot never think that four full sheets of drywall will fit in there, but they do. And they stay dry even when it’s raining. Also lower & easier loading height.

I guess I was lucky I got the grinder from HF and not the wheel. The brushes just burned up, broke apart, and melted onto the insides of the motor on the first use and filled my basement with nasty smoke.

I had a very similar idea a long time ago (harder braking = more lights). One of the summers I interned at Ford (probably ’96) I officially submitted it as a patent disclosure because, like you, I thought it was a great idea that I’d like to see on a car. I never heard anything about it and I still haven’t seen a…

I travel quite a bit and have never been 4Sed, but I have gotten my bag searched for things that looked suspicious on X-rays. Occasionally they’ll think that my metal shoehorn looks like a crowbar, but my biggest problem lately was candy. I’m diabetic (Type-I) and need to take candy or some other kind of sugar with me…

My ‘73 Chrysler HVAC system. Chrysler-branded natural gas furnace & blower with non-Chyrsler A/C compressor outside the house. It came with the house we bought in 2013 & worked fine (although horribly inefficiently) until we replaced it in 2016.

The therapeutic dose for acetaminophen is very close to the toxic dose. Therapeutic is not to exceed 4g/day, while toxicity starts at 7.5g/day (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441917/). It is very easy to destroy your liver with Tylenol- “Acetaminophen toxicity is the second most common cause of liver…

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It almost certainly won’t. I replaced my water heater recently. We could’ve gone with gas or electric and I got the quotes and ran the cost/year calculations. Based on my gas use (3 kids, 2 adults, private home) the yearly amortized cost over a 20-year span, the gas heater cost $330/month and the continuous heater $384…

It almost certainly won’t. I replaced my water heater recently. We could’ve gone with gas or electric and I got the…

What do you mean “trying” to make history fake news? That’s almost been a national pastime through the history of our country. Read this book for a great summary- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies_My_Teacher_Told_Me

Other bonus points for the train: The station was 1 mile from my destination while the airport was ~30 minutes and a much more costly taxi/Uber ride. In Philly I got off the train, up the stairs just outside the train door, then a ~50 foot walk to a cab just outside of the station. I was at my final destination in…

I second everything here and have two additional comments:
1) Not every route does not have assigned seats. I know that the Autotrain between DC and Orlando assigns seats (bottom levels are better and more difficult to get) and there may be others.
2) “gentle side-to-side rocking” depends on the track you’re on and how…

Too bad you’re coming from NC- the Autotrain between DC and Orlando (no other route) is the best way to get a bunch of kids and a minivan to FL.

You sure took Amtrak on a bad route. Try it on the NE corridor where they actually turn a profit and you’ll see a bit of a difference. DC to Philly in particular is both much cheaper and faster than flying. Also, the Autotrain is awesome- considering this is Jalopnik I’m surprised that wasn’t the one you tried first.…

I just took the train from DC to Philly (not NY, but kinda close) and it was $83 and took 2 hours. A flight would have taken 2 hours (if direct) and 5+ hours with a stopover and cost at least $267. Then you take into account you need to be at the train station 30 minutes early and the airport 2 hours early, no…

I was dumb right there with you thinking about the grout, but not sealant. That stuff doesn’t work well and wears off even when it does- epoxy grout is where it’s at. It may cost over 3x as much up-front, but it doesn’t stain and is incredibly easy to clean. So worth it- I’ll never tile with normal grout ever again.…

If you want peanut butter with the chocolate, why not use “Christmas Bells” and make the presentation more entertaining.