What happened: Traffic was really slow. A long line of cars was going 35 in a 45 and it looked to be the fault of the car in front of the line. The driver was simply going 10 under the limit. So I decided to pass. All of them. It was a passing zone, a long straight piece of 2-lane highway in bright sunshine. As I…

they are going to do what is possible and cheap. they will probably reflash the ECu and downgrade your mileage and performance. Nothing else is physically possible without a complex/expensive mechanical retrofit of a urea system. don’t wait for unicorns to shit lemon cupcakes. to my mind the states should be taking…

VW - when the crime is lying, why does anyone attend briefings or publish corporate propaganda materials? Why should we believe ANYTHING AT ALL that VW says? From now on everything must be independently verified - mpg, exhaust, tech specs, investment information, everything. Forever.

Two flappy-thingies! One on bottom/right as well. I did 25 years on submarines and so I can attest personally to the problems with flappy-thingies. Submarine sailors will know what I mean when I say - towed arrays (or even retractable bow planes - have some seawater in your oil!).

I own an ell-electric car so I am fully qualified to make this public service announcement:

flight test? must be a pretty long extension cord and some really good duct tape.

“anti weapons system rant”? What the fuck, dude? you some kind of bot or something? no living breathing human being should ever be “pro weapons system”. the only reason people think guns and jets and other evil devices are cool is because they are pretty sure that those weapons systems they find so fascinating will…

someone is gonna have to go rig the jack. probably it uses removable lifeline stanchions like a submarine.

with a class of 3, this thing already sounds like Surface Seawolf. be prepared for supplier bankruptcies, uber expensive repair parts (if you can find them), and one of them always at the pier. or not. sometimes history does not repeat. sometimes.

how to make a steel frame look like an aluminum frame: fools the eye.

perhaps. but when this is cool, you gotta wonder...

Agreed. deterrence is probably a better strategy than murder. the woodworker even said - “I don’t want to show mouse killing”. If you need to keep what you are doing secret, it is probably wrong. That said - no one wants mice in their shop because of mouse poop, cord-chewing, hanta virus, etc. Which is why many shops…

do not be afraid of amanita. like most things (and virtually all of your “food”) it is all about safe preparation. pick them fresh. be sure what you are picking (easy with amanita). slice them up. bake them at 210f +-10 until the chunks are crispy and bone dry. powder the dried chunks in a coffee grinder. mix with…

I suppose the US will wait until the air looks like that before taking any action. Oh, and it’s a good thing none of that Chinese air can make it across our ICE/TSA-protected borders. Sort of like restaurant smoking areas.

a good alternative to flight, for most of us, is easy: stay home.

this is the answer to the “why?” question. also all of this:

weird?

they imprisoned and tortured Muntadhar al-Zairi, the shoe-thrower. bush laughed all the way to his private box in hell.

your point was my point. so, yeah. a thing to remember - these are MEN. they are nothing but dudes like you and me who happen to have fallen into a job that lets them exercise their fear demons (exercise). they need targets for that shit and YOU are it. it is important at all times to remember that priests, cops,…

to a man with a hammer.....