2,500+ municipalities in our fine Commonwealth! Some might say an oppressive number. I’m originally from Bucks County (a super-affluent county outside of Philly), and that County has over 25 different police forces. That’s 25+ administrative staffs, 25+ pensions to manage, 25+ of EVERYTHING. And that’s just the…

I live in a borough near Mechanicsburg, and on a corner, so have about 200' of sidewalk exposure. It was made clear to us when we moved in over a decade ago that sidewalk was our responsibility. The Borough is divided into 10 zones and each year a Zone is inspected. We had to repair some heaving/trip hazards during…

The Soviet Union changed drastically when Stalin died, because the cult of personality lost its personality, and the oppression and fear faded away (relatively speaking, but it was a huge shift). When Trump eventually bites it, the power vacuum scramble for Crazy Successor will be massive and bloody.

I read it a long time ago, well before I knew who he was.  I not regretted reading anything more in my life.  

5-7-5:

Heat affects all aircraft basically the same - less engine power, less lift (for a given airspeed). A STOL is not really suited to routine air ambulance ops anyway. For starters, I’m not sure there are many (any?) turbine STOL aircraft, and if you think high heat is bad on turbine performance, it’s way worse on piston…

Takata: Bring in your vehicle for a free, more efficient replacement air bag!

I wouldn’t bet against a broken leg or knee with that impact. Early 90's and my high school XC team - about 40 of us - we were crossing a 6-lane commercial road, not at the light, but about 200 yards up from the light by weaving between stopped cars (it was the 90's...). One kid steps from in front of a stopped car…

More time for everything!

Dammit, even our raceCARS are being turned into crossovers :-(  Just need some black plastic cladding on those wheel wells to complete the look.

The Badwater Ultramarathon is in July, and goes from Badwater Basin to Whitney Portal (midway up Mt. Whitney), 135 miles. We were there in July 2011(?) and met a guy training, who ultimately finished second. I researched him, and part of his training included driving around LA in the summer with the heat on in his car!

An aircraft “cares” about something called the density altitude. This is a calculation based on temperature and pressure, and the output is a an altitude at which the airplane will perform. So just just a car suffers driving up Pikes Peak, so does an aircraft suffer at higher (perceived) altitudes. At 128 degrees, and…

I had a project years ago with the person who runs the medivac (correct term is actually air ambulance) program of a certain southern US state. He noted that with the increased temperatures, coupled with his state being one of the most obese in the country, their air ambulance group was seeing a marked decrease in…

The John Oliver segment on Boeing is well worth the 25 minute watch.

I think you have it backwards, it’s having a high income that enables poor financial decisions, because in these situations the consequences are seldom apparent or realized, at least in the present, because all that $$$ masks them. Fast forward 15 years and someone like this could easily still find themselves a…

A small point in this tax war - at her income an IRA contribution would not be deductible, so she should back-door Roth that $7,000.

Damn, sounds amazing!!!

I guess I’m getting a deal, as my wife and I “had” to join a concierge family practice last year, and it’s “only” $1800/yr. Each. We basically could not get in to see anyone, and in our late 40's have really begun to prioritize our health more (even though we are fit and active and eat well).

Definitely a significant factor.

VC and PE destroy every industry they touch. My (private, employee-owned) engineering firm in the past 2 weeks interviewed two mid-career engineers fleeing their company after PE took ownership and ruined the work environment.