We have a 6 speed manual diesel Golf Sportwagen. It pulls like crazy and gets 45 mpg in the winter on snow tires or loaded with bikes and car topper. Summer and bare roof, 50-55 mpg.

Mark's Showplace was very Maine: topless donut shop. I never went, but saw enough bumper stickers on trucks owned by the local lobstermen.

I’m in western Maine so probably haven’t seen you on the road. I did see a Maine plate yesterday that said PB4UGO, which I guess will also get pulled by the state?

The USCG used to maintain a lot more navigational aids, but they found that more boring than patrolling off of South America or whatever the fuck they do after their incorporation into Homeland Security.

They're showing up here again! Lots of MA plates here in the mountains. One thing that's different is how many outright shitboxes with MA plates I'm seeing. Like, cars that I'm surprised made the drive. 

Glad you mentioned this. Hickory is hands down the most confusing city to navigate that I’ve ever been in. And that was way pre-GPS.

That's the way to do it. We have rooftop PV in Maine, and we make a tremendous amount of electricity. Our next car will be an EV that can serve as battery backup for the house, no question.

In Tucson, we even got those in refillable bottles. Suck it, Republicans!

I'm a college professor, and I think sometimes about the shit that coaches get away with that would get me fired in an instant. Why do we tolerate that sort of abuse in sports?

With a transparent hood, you could peek through the grille!

Overcharging some people still isn't right, though.

Rolling fees over is unfair to the people who pay more than their share.

Given how many Harley riders are insurance salesmen, that seems pretty likely.

I was on a road rode once and someone’s 110+ psi tire blew out. I thought we were being shot at. Not an unreasonable supposition in Arizona...

It's a conjunction, Monsterajr probably got autocorrected

That stunt person is amazing! They hardly let out a single bubble of air. That must have been almost impossible to manage on some of those longer takes.

Good for you! I’m glad it all worked out. My department works closely with partners at Machias. The UMaine System is collaborating better than any point in the past; I’m also teaching grad courses via Augusta with the tuition coming to UMF.

It's also pricey...

Felony disenfranchisement doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. But if we have disenfranchisement, it really only fits as a punishment for fraudsters. I’m not sure they can actually be rehabilitated.

Lol, I teach at UMF. I'm here because of skiing! Titcomb is brilliant for kids, and Saddleback reopened this year as you surely know.