I tried my hand at selling cars in the early 90's. New and used cars at a Toyota dealer known for moving new cars.

Then the whole premise of the article was pointless-I saw a headline that implied “packing a day-pack” and this is “packing for a very serious excursion.” I think most of us came here for advice on what to pack for a typical hike into the countryside; instead, we got advice on how to pack when hiking the highest…

I’ve taken less first aid equipment for a week off trail in the Sierras... if you’re actually CLIMBING Mount Rainier, I could see needing that and more, but for a day trip, I’d go with a fair bit less. And your list really underemphasizes one of the most important things: warm clothes and shelter. All the pills,…

I don’t even have a joke. That was awesome. Hope he’s not punished for it

That was fantastic.

Unless you’re going cross country and alone, I’d pare that carry down quite a bit. Basic first aid kit, emergency rations, water & filter, multi-tool, flashlight, and fire starter.

That’s waaaaaay too much stuff. A bag of granola, water, knife, and a lighter is all you need.

To be fair, I’ve written some of that stuff here, and it’s true—credit cards can help you. But I think it’s easy to take that too far, too (some people actually think revolving a balance is good for your score). That’s partly why I wanted to cover this post. It seems counter to a lot of credit-related stuff we’ve…

100%. I cringe when I hear people talk about how the credit cards help their credit, when I know they’re carrying balances over month to month. Credit cards are good, and they can even be great if you get one of the ones with decent perks, but I do everything in my power to pay those suckers off every single month.

I hate that “Well if you’d played better, you wouldn’t be in a position to be beat by a bad call” bullshit.

Just like Duke and Miami last year, you can be objectively fucked by incompetent officiating, costing you a victory, and the only action a conference will take is to cover its ass and appear Very Serious. It won’t train or evaluate the officials they use. It won’t monitor or grade them. It won’t hire them, as…

There really should be nothing to it. After all, the NCAA takes wins away from programs retroactively when they’re penalized for recruiting and other violations, so in this case, when changing the outcome is so simple, I can’t imagine why they aren’t doing that.

+1 wet blanket (full of cholera)

Funny thing is this total set of fines probably doesn’t even cover the amount of money that WF made from these accounts.

While you’re right that there’s probably a class action here, the amount that anyone other than the lawyers recover will be negligible. The class will be incredibly broad, damages from credit score dings are hard to demonstrate, and overvalued “free credit monitoring” settlements seem awfully common. It’ll be another…

Two games for beating up your girlfriend… Five games for beating up the other teams quarterback… Sounds like Goodell

This is textbook NFL/Goodell right here:

The NFL announced a separate investigation, saying in a statement today that it “is committed to the proper application of the Concussion Protocol.”

If you can’t spot a concussion with binoculars, why do you think they should blame the guy who you think is being put in a position where he can’t do his job?