BF:BC2 and BF3 got me through my divorce. I love the “pissing contest” with COD because I think it ups the anty with each subsequent release.

They never do. In CO, it’s illegal to pull a trailer of any kind in the left lane unless you’re “actively passing” another vehicle, and I see trailer pullers in the left lane all the time with nobody even around them.

Oh man, just last night going home, one truck decided to pass another truck at 5:30 pm going north on I-25 out of Denver, and they were passing a cement truck on the right. I clocked it - THREE MILES of “borked up” traffic waiting for these three morons to duke it out. Once they made their way over, everybody buzzed…

Luke_Danwalker - I grew up and learned to drive in the Sacramento area. I’ve driven through the Bay Area hundreds of times... I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about.

What edvf1000r said, which hearkens back to the nickel/dime example. So the “relative change” a percentage introduces is HIGHLY DEPENDENT upon the hard dollar ‘starting point.’

Do you live in Denver? I’m convinced that driving schools actively teach that the SLOW lane is on the left on I-25. There is no other explanation for these morons who force the rest of us to pass them on the right.

Yeah I was just thinkin’ “cool story bro”

I work with a lot of pick-up truck types - the kind of trucks that are loud and blow a lot of smoke. These guys rarely achieve peak mileage because they drive loud and angry. And I like them (I’m a Subaru driver, but they still let me play in their sandbox at lunch). NONE of the guys I know - NONE OF THEM - bought…

Exactly. I work in accounting and our CEO thinks in percentage with no regard to hard dollars. Occasionally I’ll sneak in a comment like “Well, a dime is 100% more than a nickel, but neither one will change your life.”

Yeah. I think it’s time to finally drop some serious coin on picking up the DVDs so this shit never happens again. I’m still reeling from Psych...

Oh look, more superhero garbage.

The Yamaha VStar suggestion is great. It’s light but looks heavy, stylish, smooth, not too loud, and maintenance is low-cost. Great starter cruiser.

Heh. Or still just as bad, when you come out from a restaurant to find your kickstand was placed atop some fresh tar on a record hot day, and it sunk in until the bike fell over.

Great post, Jerry. I made the same mistake in 1998. Bought me a big ol’ Yamaha Road Star 1600 (I still miss it), met a girl, married her, then had a son, all in a two year period. They say it’s not a question of IF you’re going to wreck, but WHEN. So believing that could be true with me, I decided to sell it so I…

Fucking brilliant. I’m using that. Do you know who originally coined that?

I believe any Synology NAS owner running DSM 4.0 or above can also setup free VPN through their NAS.

Dude, I fly first class more often than not, and I’m a pretty average wage earner. The prices are not actually as high as people think. I fly to the midwest for business a lot, and I can spend $400 round trip for coach, or $600 for First class. Often I actually go for First, especially in winter time when weather…

How dare you use simple economics to demonstrate a point! Don’t force people to think logically, man. It never works. :-)

Yeah it does. When you buy the ticket, you’re agreeing to their policy. If you don’t agree with the policy, then you can’t buy the ticket. Read the fine print. Even if you’re a true blue stockholder, it’s still within their right to do this, so people who make a stink out of it are just proving how dumb they are.…

Yeah; ugly as shit