Autobelays don’t provide all that much tension until you fall/start “rapping” down. Many gyms only have auto belay systems on a handful of routes, so may not exactly be an alternative to having a buddy provide a catch. That said, climbers are generally really cool people. It should be really easy to make new climbing…

I got into late work today...but I knew it was extra late when the Morning Shift was published before I arrived.

Why doesn’t FancyKristen have her own Kinja profile yet? How am I to know which in-my-head voice to use if no one tells me, first!?!?!

Ummm, I work in the Systems Engineering department at one of the Big 3. I can name plenty of people who fit your above description. The department may be new, but systems engineers are not—they’ve been integrated into other PD teams for years.

So you’re saying that auto makers should test their vehicles to stand up to customers who abuse them and expect them to run for 30 years? Not to the lifecycle duration and use-style that a vast majority of the targeted audience sticks to? That’s not how product development works in any industry.

Your concerns literally describe the purpose of Systems Engineering (What other components/systems does system XYZ impact and how?). Don’t worry, automakers have considered it.

I thought I wouldn’t like it, but after driving Boyfriend’s ATS, I don’t mind it at all. It’s nice sometimes to have a quiet moment at a stop light, especially at the end of my 75-minute afternoon commute.

Coach Insignia hasn’t rotated for a couple of years...and it just closed. :(
Their happy hour specials were awesome.

I wasn’t super enthused with my hotel stay there for my boyfriend’s work Christmas party...but it might have been because we got the cheapest room due to my using my GM discount there lol.

The “General Motors building in downtown Detroit” is called the Renaissance Center.

Dang! That’s a sweet prize. The best thing I’ve won is a climbing rope (which was still pretty sick).

My boyfriend is 6'5" (and he’s all torso...I’m 5'10" and we have the same length legs...all of his t-shirts are too short for him) and he really likes my Colorado for interior space. If you’re looking to change things up, maybe try Chevy?

Based on the other people in my complex, I think it belongs to an elderly person who can’t drive anymore but doesn’t want the car taken away. A lot less creepy, but still kind of crappy to see everyday.

There’s a gold one at my apartment complex that hasn’t moved since before I started living there. A year ago the tires were noticeably low on air, now I’d be surprised in the car wasn’t actually sitting on the wheel with the tire there just for moral support.

To make a copy of a pin code all I have to do it tell it to someone else.

Or whether you’re going to have to sacrifice a tire.

Neutral: Any road eligible for funding in the state of Michigan.

My ski gloves are touch-screen compatible. They keep may hands warm in below-freezing temps. But they also make my fingers HUGE. So huge that they’re really only useful for hitting next on Spotify or answering a call by swiping.

I work for one of the big-3 Detroit OEMs. We can’t even build idiot-proofing into conference room scheduling.

Yes yes yes yes.