Your observations are not entirely accurate. the reason for bland grocery store is twofold. 1. in general, grocery store tomatoes are bred to look good with a long shelf life, not to taste good (although there are exceptions). To accommodate this they select cultivars that produce very low quantities of ethylene gas…

It doesn’t mater where on the plant the tomato is growing, just that you can pick it as soon as it begins to ripen and finish ripening it inside. those that began ripening on the vine will ripen inside just fine. picking a fully green tomato low on the plant is not beneficial nor will it have the appropriate flavor to…

first and foremost - all cars should have excellent headlights with the best tech available, i.e ultra bright and efficient LEDs, auto high beams, and curve adaptive headlights should all be standard on all cars. ideally pixel or matrix style headlights (adaptive driving beams) . every bulb in my house is an LED and…

I have a thing for tall boys (American kei cars) and would love to get the 2nd gen Kia Soul EV that was coming to US markets but was cancelled.  

Also important to note that for all the air being removed from a home via the range hodd, conditioned air should replace it, necessitating an energy recovery ventilator or a heat recovery ventilator, depending on your climate zone. you definitely don’t want to be pulling air out of your home only to have it…

A Maryland Classic, The Orange Crush

the worst habits include things that:

Kia as a brand is still relatively underrated despite the success of the stinger and telluride. I would say the Kia K5 is still quite underrated despite being a new model with a fresh design. sophisticated interior layout (especially for a kia), good fuel economy, AWD option, sporty styling on the exterior, best in…

Can you make it fast? no. can you make it fast...er? maybe?

I had a terrible job right out of college working for a rental car company between 2007 and 2010 and by far my 2 least favorite cars were the Chevy Aveo and the Chrysler PT Cruiser.

1. Excellent headlights with the best tech available, i.e ultra bright and efficient LEDs, auto high beams, and curve adaptive headlights should all be standard on all cars. ideally pixel or matrix style headlights (adaptive driving beams) maybe on higher trims. every bulb in my house is an LED and has been for the…

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…