Open Range is a good movie. I got the DVD when it first came out as I have a soft spot for westerns. the plot is similar to the jack bull, but then again there are a lot of westers where a poor underdog takes on a wealthy adversary abusing their power for personal gain.

it’s a conservative company making a conservative business decision. I can certainly understand from their perspective that they can easily let all the other auto manufacturers that don’t have Toyota’s market share, quality, and brand recognition, rush towards getting EVs in production while Toyota refines their EV…

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As a big guy (6'6", embarrassingly heavy) with congenitally deformed femurs I feel the pain of the request here. pun fully intended. you need to be careful of crossovers as they tend to vary wildly as to the distance of the top of the seat from the floor which greatly affects the seating angle and comfort. if the seat…

I keep 1/4 pound sticks of unsalted and 1/4 pound sticks of salted for baking depending on recipe as they are easier to measure, but for basic daily use that don’t require exact measurements (toast, quick veggies, etc...) I buy the 1 pound sticks from Costco. they last longer and I love how one thin pat covers an…

my wife and I share our 2 car garage, so I’m assuming with a lot of these comments most people are just picking two cars for themselves but I don’t have that luxury. Also I’m not an enthusiast, so take my suggestions with that in mind. in a perfect world the wife and I would both be driving EVs. My wife drives a Kia Se…

The precursor to the suicide booth from Futurama.

At one point I was obsessing over improving our internet by using MOCA to run direct wired connections to all the rooms in my home wired with coax but with little IT experience I wasn’t sure if I had the formula right. currently I have fiber gigabit internet that enters my home via coax in the basement. in my basement…

Maryland Master Gardener here. first steps for any planting is to determine your climate zone, get a soil test, and determine hours of sunlight per day to the planting site. Plan ahead and research varieties that work in your growing conditions and have maximum disease resistance. If you want fruit in year 1 you want…

Cosmic Crisp are good, but still kind of a joke among the home orchard community. do a search on growing fruit .org. Cosmic crisp was bred to have the flavor and juiciness of a honey crisp and the disease resistance and storage capacity of an enterprise, but there are still much better varieties out there for home…

Excellent LED headlights would be amazing, especially with automatic high beams and curve adaptive lights as standard on all base models.

This just sounds like a version of sheet mulching but instead of having several thin layers to increase nutrients/air and smother weeds they just used one massive layer of coffee pulp compost. any gardener can tell you that introducing compost will add nutrients and refresh soil, increasing plant growth. combine that…

its important that if over the counter medication doesn’t completely clear you, you need to escalate the situation with your doctor. the best results I have had is with an oral antifungal once a week and a once a day prescription medicated body wash. the 2x a day lotion was hard to work into my routine to be…

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The Art of Manliness published a good maintenance checklist back in 2013.

Has no one suggested the Kia Soul EV? Air cooled batteries so you definitely want a state of health report on the batteries when buying used but a fully loaded 2017 EV+ goes for around 11k in Maryland. the 2018 model had an increase in battery size and range so they are at a premium going for around 15k. its an EV…

Well-well look. I already told you: I deal with the god damn customers so the engineers don’t have to. I have people skills; I am good at dealing with people. Can’t you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

Maybe I’m old fashioned but I always cook my corned beef in the same pot as my cabbage/potatoes/carrots/parsnips. My mother would boil/simmer it in a giant pot as a kid and I’ve done that as well as the baking method in an enameled cast iron pot. my favorite so far has been the instant pot.  I just do it in phases…

I love the idea of a capable pickup truck that has the utility I need on the weekend and the efficiency to still be a great commuter for my desk job. instead we’ve been hit over the head with overpriced and overengineered monstrosities. the exterior and price point for the alpha Wolf are perfect for me. they…

Even though this article is only a day old I believe they just reduced the income range eligibility for stimulus checks. looks like the article needs an update as none of the calculators have this change incorporated.