I have heard the expression in “Yankee Craftsmanship” a few times in my years in Massachusetts. The expression is sarcastic and refers to people who hack the work together. It gets done, but is it done right? Bonus points in that a lot of older homes express several stunning examples of Yankee Craftsmanship.

Wall paper has been back for while, usually as a way to add pop to a smaller or less used room (think office, half bath). I haven’t seen it returning to it’s prior glory of covering all the walls. 

The service at my closest Popeyes is decent, but it doesn't look busy enough to remain open long term. 

So a handful of essentially hand built rigs hauling mostly air? Impressive.

Super fast development? Where is that semi? Where is the new roadster? Where is the Cyber truck? 

I wonder how much I’m saving on gas honestly. Probably something, but I also installed a home charger, and that was not cheap.

Maybe it’s because the others don’t have a track record of repairs yet, but a Tesla was at least 3x more expensive than other options. The Bolt EUV and the VW ID.4 were about the same to insure (the only ones I inquired about).

Not exactly what you’re asking for, but some people are tracking the days since some inane off the cuff promise is made and never kept: https://elonmusk.today/

ID.4 owner here. My wife dailies it (70 miles round trip) and absolutely loves it. The infotainment drives me crazy, but she barely uses any of the functionality embedded in the software. She uses Android Auto and the climate controls and finds all that simple.

I’m a fan of Moe’s if we’re talking chain Mexican. I prefer tacos and Moe’s gives you tons of customizable options. Qdoba and Chipotle have pretty weak tacos in comparison. 

Not a bad idea, but it seemed like all the covered stuff was in Abilene itself, where the hail was concentrated. Buffalo Gap and the area I was driving around didn’t have much in it. 

I was in Abilene TX with a rental and got caught in a huge storm that started spitting hail. Kept trying to find a covered gas station to no avail (well, I was actually on Buffalo Gap). Eventually just drove as fast as I could away from where the radar was angry. It was an overall unpleasant experience. But my point…

Apologies! Definitely replied to the wrong post.

Around Massachusetts, Treehouse and Trillium have become huge craft breweries with national reputation on the strength of the NEIPA that are hop bombs you hate so much. People like the hazy IPAs my friend.

I hate the controls, but it turns out my wife finds nothing annoying about the vehicle at all. She absolutely loves it. I wouldn’t want to daily it though as the controls drive me a little bonkers. Maybe that’s a me problem?

I love the idea of the van, but the cost is going to be astronomical in the US at first.

I think the prices are down as indicated in this article, so we’ll see if they are able to move some metal now. But the car mania is probably cooling down due to interest rates and a lot of people getting new cars when inventory for everything was strained? I was surprised how much mark up a lot of people were willing…

Sure, but the solar roof nonsense was really about using Tesla to bail out Solar City to make sure nobody got burned in it’s bankruptcy. It was also good to bilk the state of NY out of a cool $1 billion dollars to set up a facility that now pays people to train Tesla’s stupid AI instead of making solar panels. Fraud…

Sure, but normal types that want to project a salt-of-the-earth persona will also not buy a Cybertruck. That F150 marketing has only recently aimed at the elusive urban yuppie type. It’s main marketing edge is I’m a workin’ dude.

Right, but it’s marketing. It helps you identify as a salt-of-the-earth type when you drive and F150. You could haul a load of lumber or tow a boat up to the lodage. Will you? Probably not. But you project your identity with your car. The Cybertruck definitely sends a message as well.