Well, not all the time, since I’m more likely to have passengers back there, not cargo. But that is the natural solution that will develop once we get used to it. I’m just anticipating the natural grumbling and complaining that will arise as we get used to it, just like we all got used to the front passenger seat…

Of course, not everything is reasonably securable with a seatbelt, but it’s reasonable advice anyhow.  I do buckle in my Leeann Chin order so it doesn’t tip and make a mess.  ;-)

Oh, we all know how to solve it, and we all do it.  It’s just annoying, so we complain about it.  Sort of like the weather.

That was my immediate thought. I mean, it’s not particularly unusual to have the back seat loaded up with groceries, bags of cement, tools, books, random crap when you’re moving your kid to college, etc. Add this, and now you have to put a seatbelt in the buckle before you start loading or you’re going to have a…

When I was in high school, my parents bought a Grand Jeep Wagoneer, and then totally failed to do proper maintenance on it. Occasionally, it would get an oil change. It was an absolute pig for mileage anyway, but this did not improve matters. I recall it getting between 7 and 11 MPG at first, then deteriorating down…

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Yeah, that’d do it.

I mean, he claims it means “Lolo (Tagalog word for grandpa), CyberTruck, 7 grandkids” but wouldn’t it make more sense then to have 7 be on the other side of CT?  This seems more like a creative way to slip something past the censors.

I’m slightly surprised that “broke the subframe” isn’t “totalled”.

I have a real hard time believing that this is the Cybertruck’s fault. I mean, DAMN that is a lot of damage. I am the last person to be on the side of a Cybertruck here, but holy crap, how the hell hard did he hit that pothole? And insurance actually *paid out*? They wouldn’t have paid out if they thought it was a…

My kids used to beg me to do this when picking them up from daycare when they were little. I only did it twice, because I have now reached the age threshold where it’s deeply unpleasant from a vestibular standpoint.  But they loved it, so it was worth it.  :-)

How long before Temu starts popping out knock-offs?

Nah. Trump’s way too cheap to actually use solid gold. It’s gold plate, at best. More likely gold leaf. Or even just gold-colored paint. He likes his properties to look flashy and glamorous, but he cheaps out everywhere he possibly can.

I still think it’s *amazing* how easily triggered some right wingers are. A brand makes the tiniest, slightest, performative sop to a minority group, changing nothing whatsoever about the brand, in an effort to make more money (a purely capitalistic move, in other words), and they absolutely lose their minds over it.

Plus, switching to the technically-used jets actually meant they had to do rework on a lot of the documentation and requirements paperwork, which actually likely made it cost *more* and take longer than if they’d just kept the original plan of building new jets.

Oh don’t worry, Mr Trump.  I’m sure the deregulation you have in mind will absolutely fix those kinds of problems.

For what it’s worth, the Space Shuttle actually was only hand-flown for the last minute (if that) of the flight, and the only control the computer has no access to is the landing gear lever. I am absolutely serious.  There is no particular reason for this design other than astronaut wishes.

The best one, unfortunately, was destroyed. That was the most complete example, which made almost one complete revolution of the Earth in the sole, uncrewed spaceflight of the program. It was assembled astride an Energia super-rocket for a second, orbital flight, which would have visited the Mir space station and…

I’m sure that will *definitely* help his case.  :-D

I worked a couple of summers as a customer service rep at a company that did mobile home financing (at 30-year terms!) to subprime borrowers, and subsequently went bankrupt in a huge scandal involving paybacks between the CEO and the board.