Regular maintenance is more predictable than say an alternator or water pump failing while you’re on the highway. I had both failure happen to me running my older car, but I had AAA for a tow to my service center and could be without the car for a few days while working from home. Not everybody has time off or…

Gin is divine in the summer. I myself favor a salty dog or a gimlet when the humidity and temperatures rise in tandem. And who could pass on a refreshing gin and tonic on a hot summer afternoon?

While your point is well taken, let’s not forget that having a car break down regularly is not something that many people can afford. You need time to get it fixed. The monthly payment is not the only calculus that goes into deciding whether or not to keep an older vehicle that requires several visits to a shop a year.

Chris Paul getting injured wasn’t great either. Maybe Lebron would like to replace, lets’ see, Ryan Anderson’s slot on the current Rockets? Banana boats for everybody!

When Reggie and CWebb are talking about how bad the calls are, you know what you’re in for in terms of officiating. It was bad.

Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home.

Gordon has been surprisingly awesome. But I completely agree that Harden has to shine big time with Paul out.

Harden has to earn his MVP if Paul can’t go. 40-50 points on an efficient offensive night.

I don’t disagree with those points, I’m in favor of heavily subsidizing renewable energy generation and tighter regulation of utilities to make energy generation cleaner and more affordable. My only point is that whether we’re talking about the price at the pump or the price by the KWH, we can’t escape the fact that…

I’ve never done the infield as I was well beyond college age when I first went to the Preakness. And I went to take in the actual race too, so I understood that the infield was just an excuse to throw a party and rake in revenue. My understanding is that the track doesn’t bank much revenue at all beyond the Preakness…

That’s more the Freakness, which is always a lovely drunken mess on the infield (rain or shine). The nice thing about the Preakness is that for not much money, you can sit in the grandstands and enjoy the day or if you like to PARTY you can spend not much money and get blasted in the infield and not see the race. It’s…

And where do we derive the energy to produce a large amount of domestic electricity in the US? While it’s changing slowly, 77% of US electricity is produced by combusting fossil fuels.

Please. You might hear my poly-blend khakis making a rustling sound if my thighs rub together, but you’ll never hear my NB 608s. Those are assassin shoes. Silent and comfy.

Damn.

How long did the car sit idle for this to happen?

I salute you and your dedication to keeping those Mazda’s humming. And I’m jealous that you have the manual 6 wagon.

The fragmented nature of labor unions in the US has been a major problem with organized labor in the US. The Vox unions are one good example. I also think of mult-tier waging that UAW workers accepted such that new hires got a shittier deal. That doesn’t signal solidarity, that signals I’ll get mine and hopefully…

That’s not a defense.

I’m with you. Drive them until it becomes really impractical or unsafe to drive them AND the costs to bring them back to acceptable form are just too much. I’m currently ride is an ‘08 Mazda 3 with a stick and almost 170k on the odometer.

Celtics homer here. This game was awesome, but the Cavs looked tuned out. Bad defense and poor shooting killed any hope they had. Celts should be happy, but who knows what Cleveland team shows up next game.