260 into the wife, 260 into her boyfriend (maybe save one for self).

“Have I mentioned how much I despise drum brakes?”

“That idiot group of elected officials voted to raise the gas tax even more (it goes into effect January 2018).”

But yours was Electric; you had to plug it in.

“... the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs...”

My car’s an Austin-Healey. Those headlights would shoot over my head.

Hear hear! My two Austin-Healeys salute you.

“Seems to me the risk is so high that helicopters should be grounded permanently and replaced with drones ASAP, especially for surveillance.”

How about all but obliterating a couple beautiful National Monuments and pristine preserves?

“California refused to allow ships using bunker oil for fuel to dock in California”

Yes, throw those trucks in jail.

1st Gear: This Isn’t Good

Or, “What moron wouldn’t have passed the Winnebago twenty miles ago?!?”

“The problem is that these beautiful mountain passes and empty cities are not present in our reality.”

4 seats != roadster

Flying as daily transportation is not practical unless you have an instrument rating and an IFR-capable aircraft, and you fly both often to stay current an proficient. I haven’t checked the regs, but I don’t believe an IFR rating is available to LSA pilots. I do know that LSA can only have two seats.

Ha. Austin-Healey 100s from the early ‘50s—I have one—were known for a similar problem. The more things change ...

You neglected to mention ‘Support our Troops!’ (unless, of course, it means having to pay more taxes to help the wounded and survivor families).

“... it was the pessimists who drove the drop in GM stock ...”

“... And not for nothing but the VC heads who determine these valuations and investment strategies typically have PHDs, not MBAs.”