You can still ration scarce resources in times of need without putting an obscene price on them.

Prayers provide such valuable nutrition and warmth, really we are blessed to have such generosity. I may find it in my heart to send some of my own, but they may just be my best wishes and positive thoughts..

I think you left out the most important part - If people don’t have enough money to buy food and fuel, they really need to do what so many noble and honorable Americans did to get their wealth: Dig in that murky water, find their soggy bootstraps, and give them a firm pull. That should clearly lift them above the…

I think they were going for something connected to images like: Outback, Ridgeline, Outlander, Mountaineer, etc ...but instead came up with the most boring topographic feature they could think of.

I’ll admit, it is a nice bar of soap. Clearly some thought and design went into it.

I was going to suggest this as well - either that or small decommissioned forest service command vehicles, which are kind of like ambulances without quite as much inside. The upside too is that the interior of ambulances are usually designed to be easily cleaned...

Yeah, there is so much bullshit going on here - thanks for pulling up the streetview. There is almost nowhere for anyone to walk without being on the roadway, and that whole reflective clothing ordinance is some ridiculous “blame the victim”thinking. 8:00 is not even fully dark. Sunset on that day was 7:45 and civil…

Grafitti saying “PoC Rule, Whites Drool!” would indeed be hilarious.

I don’t think you fully read the article - Travis was medically considered quadriplegic, but did have limited use of his arms. Bill addresses this, and the hard work that Travis put into getting the strength and dexterity necessary to operate a steering wheel.

You clearly did not read the article or understand it - the $3 is the incremental wage gain they have seen, not their total pay. And the dealer has taken the bulk of any “book rate” hourly increases, while also manufacturers are cutting the book hours and creating a wide differential for hours paid in warranty vs out…

Suspicious minds are still trying to figure out what is behind this mystery...

I’ll admit personal bias because I own one, but Mk1 VW Rabbit Pickup (aka Caddy). It was one of a few number of front-wheel drive pickups ever sold, and the first foreign car manufactured in the US (Westmoreland PA). I imagine that the “chicken tax” had a lot to do with it, but would love to hear more details!

I’m sure it has been posted before, but Jesse Custer says it best:

Yeah, before I spent time in Germany, I thought that it was going to be some paradise of classic VWs, BMWs and Benzes...I could not have been more wrong.

Good point regarding the MOT stringency, and that is the case in Germany too with the TUV, which keeps old cars off the road unless they are in very good shape. I can see this being a major factor: the perception that an older (but not desirable) car will require a lot more work and money to keep going. Perhaps that…

Really - what the hell are they going for here in this design? People’s feet will be literally and figuratively kicking the slaves who are supposed to be honored by this memorial!!

Step right up if you didn’t read even a few sentences into the article before injecting your perspective of market capitalism into the conversation...

It is indeed in the article, but not phrased well in the title (or perhaps the way that British English is used). By “bidding”, it seems that there is a ranked priority for units, and that applicants get to see a unit one at a time to decide if it meets their needs (based on priority ranking). So there is an element…

It is indeed in the article, but not phrased well in the title (or perhaps the way that British English is used). By “bidding”, it seems that there is a ranked priority for units, and that applicants get to see a unit one at a time to decide if it meets their needs (based on priority ranking). So there is an element…

Novelty in military endeavors is often considered a success regardless of actual impact. For instance, we tend to remember that Hannibal took elephants across the Alps , (and that it was badass) even though most of his men and the elephants died in the cold.