The worst thing is that somebody’s actually working on Kinja. Somebody is writing code and testing changes and it gets worse every day. If they had fired all the developers 5 years ago and just left Kinja as it was, paid the hosting costs and nothing else, Kinja would be much better than it is now.

Realistic flight hours are valuable. They could be flying some route that resembled what they’d need to do in combat. Formation flying over a stadium is a waste of resources.

By that benchmark, is any original car possible? Sleek sportscars, electric cars with LEDs, city cars with quirky doors, luxury cars with wall-to-wall cowpeel and a champagne fridge: Everything has been done before. In such a general analysis, nothing can be original now (unless it’s completely random and useless,…

Normally I’d say this is wildly overpriced for an old bike, but we’re still dealing with a serious shortage of bikes and parts caused by the plague (it’s improving) which pushed up the prices of pre-loved bikes too. So maybe, just maybe possibly, $700 is justifiable. But in a year the shortage will be over, and this…

How could we forget Trading Places?

How does this even pass pedestrian-safety regulations? Of course it won’t be driven on normal streets, but if you buy this car, there’s a very real chance of an accident that slices off your butler’s leg whilst the car is being moved from the delivery truck into your garage.

Why would you own a bike for 31 years but never ride it?

It’s a miserable family econobox. I don’t know why it’s so unsuitable for a driving test - sure, most driving-school cars are small hatchbacks, but a Zafira is the kind of car that a teenager would borrow from their parents.

But why wouldn’t he say “My dad dropped me off, he’s gone to McDonalds whilst I take the test”? …

Yes, it should, on the days that Kinja is working. :-)

Hey, there’s nothing wrong with car-based pickups. :-)

Ryanair would charge £10 disposal fee if you had a bottle of water when you went through the checkpoint, £150 for the compulsory cavity search (not mentioned at the time you booked your ticket), and £1500 for an express pass to skip the searches altogether.

It’s used by heavy trucks. For a lot of the 20th century there were some really bizarre gear systems to give heavy trucks extra gear ratios, using an extra shaft in the gearbox, or something like a transfer case, but they’re starting to get more carlike nowadays...

The Maverick could be a good replacement in the niche that the Ranger used to fill, if it was actually marketed globally. But in many markets the new bloated Ranger is the only option (Ford are even killing off the Fiesta-based pickups in some developing countries).

The Ranger used to be a compact pickup truck. Until recently, the global Ranger was a normal-sized vehicle for farmers and workmen, in all the rest of the world, where a bloated American-sized pickup would be excessive.

I dunno, maybe if you see massive flooding in Canada and your response is to argue that lots of people aren’t really Canadian, maybe it’s time for some introspection.

Why wouldn’t you just buy a Zetros? You can get more interior space for less money, *and* be able to visit most towns, get through toll booths, &c.

It’s a cool thought until you remember it’s a big plane so your scenic views will largely be an airport.

I love it!

If somebody nearly got turned into a half mile smear of red, perhaps we can justify spending slightly more on safety. I’m not saying it needs full barriers and 24/7 patrols, but maybe some flashing lights and bells, maybe some extra signs or road markings, would reduce risk whilst costing less than whatever we agree a…