My first manual was a mid-70s Chevette. After replacing the worthless 8" clutch plate for the 2nd time, I taught myself to float gears. The transmission was way stronger than the clutch on that POS car!

(I have to admit, my “Shitvette” was probably the most fun car I ever had...4 speed, rear wheel drive, disposable…

If that is the case, there seriously needs to be a standardized sarcasm font to be used universally across the interwebz. It would clear up a helluva lot of confusion.

I seriously couldn’t tell: Are you serious, being sarcastic, or trolling? That was one of those vague comments that could be interpreted any of those three ways.

Which is why I raise all of my own meat animals on my own farm. They have a splendid life and a painless death. Each of them is thanked for their lives before dispatch. I have worked on industrial farms and completely concur - the animals aren’t treated humanely, just as a means to an end.

Click the “Load more comments” button? Who has time for that? ;)

I middle-clicked (mouse wheel) the link and the tab opened fine. I switched back and forth between the tabs and all was well. (Windows 10 using Chrome)

Even in 1891, New York was “progressive”. I highly doubt that there is a racial double entendre here.

I hear “oh bugger me” (literally ‘fuck me’) more than I hear “bugger” from my UK friends.

When thinking of “gyped” think of the term “jewed”. You wouldn’t say either (one would think - although I hear both way too much). Just replace them with what the others already said “screwed, ripped-off, scammed, cheated, etc.”

U.S. slang phrase up the river “in prison” (1891) is originally in reference to Sing Sing prison, which was literally “up the (Hudson) river” from New York City.

Unless it is done by a family member/spouse, then only to the weak-minded. I’ve been called horribly awful things - racist remarks, remarks on my physical appearance, etc. Unless you are in my inner circle (spouse, close family, close friends), then your opinion means exactly freaking zero to me.

And that’s pretty much how 17 year old me drove mine. I loved that little money pit!

Those gauges are freaking beautiful! I had to look them up. They’re GReddy Sirius Meter Series gauges. http://greddy.com/products/electronics/sirius-meter/

*raises hand
I do. I have a full-time office job, but I also have a ranch. I have to pick up 1,000 lbs of feed every week for my livestock. We won’t even get into all of the upkeep, fencing, etc. So, yeah, I actually make my truck work.

PuTTY is the bomb! Clean, simple, easy to use.

Sometimes my left arm actually hurts. The first time it happened, I was a bit worried I was having a heart attack.

Personally, I think we should abandon the anonymity of the internet. Force people to use their real names. Keep their contact information hidden, but on file. I would like to think that accountability would temper much of the worst.

I had an ‘83 original Rabbit GTI and loved that little POS! Everything under the hood said “Porsche” on it, but it was still a beater VW. It would top out around 90 mph, but would make a city street 90 degree turn at 60 mph (I was 17 years old, don’t ask). Such a fun car!

A pet peeve of mine: people that feel the need to say, “bless you” after a sneeze when you’re in a meeting, theater, lecture, etc. It is bad enough that we couldn’t hear what we are trying (or paid to in a meeting, or *paying* to in a lecture) to hear due to the sneeze, but now it is compounded by 1, 2, 50 people…

I wholeheartedly endorse this! In fact, there is a small theater near where I used to live in north Texas that still has the manager introduce the movie and puts an intermission in. I loved that place! I simply cannot make it through a movie w/o having a pee break (well, I could, if I didn’t buy a bucket of Coke or…