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I thought we were still counting on coal to make a comeback! Sweet, clean coal!

I remember reading something similar years ago about early-70s Mopars: people were restoring them beyond factory specs. Owners were worried about finding “correct” lugnuts for a car that came off the line with paint on the tires.

About 10 years ago my uncle went to order a new car and insisted he was only going to pay for an AM radio because that’s all he was going to use anyway. After a while the dealer finally said they could do it, but it would have to be a custom dealer install of an old radio because they don’t make them anymore. Needless… Read more

Yeah, I knew someone with three small kids and a Camry, be cause she “wasn’t going to be some minivan mom!” like my wife. Yeah, three car seats/boosters in the back seat and all of their stuff smashed in the trunk. You’re doing great!

I work for a large utility with an on-site clinic, and every year during flu season we can go get a free flu shot. It keeps workers healthy and we don’t have to take time away from work to go get a shot. I assume it will be something like that: when the vaccine becomes available and Ford is able to get some, employees… Read more

Good catch! I’m going to ALL the dealerships this weekend, just to spite Tom. 

“We’re going to merge a Wrangler with a Grand Wagoneer, but not in a good way. Actually it’s going to be awful.” Read more

My wife had to have one when they first came out. Now whenever the Commander comes up, our memories are basically, “Well, it was a vehicle.”.

The Dodge Magnum and (original) Chrysler Pacifica were both discontinued to be replaced by... the Dodge Journey. Not cool, man. Not cool. 

Me, looking at the picture: “Jeez, that looks like a cheap Barracuda knock-off.” Read more

Could Ram please offer the console shifter in the regular 1500? 3+ years and I’m still not used to the rotary shifter. 

Tim’s is very generic now. It’s fine if you’re on the road and need to grab something, because they’re quick and you know what you’re getting. The downside is you know what you’re getting because everything is frozen mediocrity. You can tell when you walk in: it doesn’t actually smell like donuts anymore. I know… Read more

As long as The Morning Shift doesn’t adopt a slideshow format, I’m good. 

You can always just hit up a small, local bakery and buy a loaf of fresh bread. The one I used to work at added one pound each of salt and sugar per 100 lbs. of flour, and I’d guess most places not bogging down their recipes with preservatives and other “extras” use a similar ratio.

I think you mean “salami”: I’ve read all of their meat is just differently-flavored turkey. 

I’d have gone with Abscess Andy, or Viscera Vic. 

I’d have gone with Abscess Andy, or Viscera Vic. 

So you drove halfway up the precarious truckbed/ramp setup, then GOT OUT TO TAKE A PICTURE? Bold move, my friend. Bold move. 

The headlights don’t help, but the grille is the first thing you see. It’s like looking at Spock: his eyebrows hit you first, and by the time you start to accept them you realize his ears are pretty pointy, too. Read more

TIL “Nook icons” are an Animal Crossing reference and not related to the old Barnes & Noble e-readers. Feelin’ my age today...