Curious, why is the maintenance cost so high? What happens to it that it’s that expensive? Is it because it has to be shipped somewhere for the service or really expensive parts have to be replaced or what?

Ha! Steve Martin is 70 years old and NOW he’s peaked? We should all be so lucky.

That’s what I thought, thanks. I imagine if you have the choice, getting reimbursed is the better option (more money back) vs taking a deduction.

Streaming Gears

So if I take a business trip (say I drive 150 miles to another city, drive around a bit, then drive “home”) and then I expense the trip, expense gas, take the .57 (or whatever it is)/mile on an expense report, etc. Do I still use/report this trip on my tax paperwork or does the fact that I expensed everything and was…

I still have the one my grandmother hit my dad on the head with when he was a drunk teen ager (long but funny story). I have no idea how old it is, but I don’t intend to ever give it up (is Rick Astley now in your head?)

Similar for me. I listen to Old Time Radio. I start listening to some Sam Spade or Johnny Dollar and the story is interesting enough to drown out all the end of day crap going through my head, but not so interesting to keep me awake. I almost never make it through a single episode.

I was wondering about the outrunning part too, but I guess if you’re a newbie, going as fast as that bike is capable might not be a good plan. I would think an R6 could get to 140-ish without too much difficulty but given how much other traffic was around, that speed would probably just create other dangers. There…

I suspect the “creation” part of your comment is the key here.

Which is why big pharma should stop using/selling all drugs that come from some natural source (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…)

What the hell difference does it make what color they are? Dumb/bad parents are dumb/bad parents

I don’t understand why they bothered to call 911. If they don’t believe in modern medicine, then what’s the point?

Has there been any mention of a way to darken the roof? I can’t imagine driving around all the time in a green house. Imagine how hot it’s going to be in there after parking all day at the office? Will the electronics handle that kind of heat? Maybe it will kill off some of the battery running fans or something. For…

Was that a video put out by Gandalf and Frodo?

As a non-player of the game, it looks like all he did was run in circles for 33 seconds. Obviously more going on, but kind of boring for me.

I had a car that did that! I think it was a Ford Escort, but it’s been a long time so I’m not sure. Hated when it whacked me on the head on its way by. Definitely good for a few funny moments.

Why am I getting the feeling the FBI is going to tell us to encrypt the computers on our car and then go sue Chevy/Ford/etc. for supporting terrorism?

No, at least for iMac’s, they still have the memory access port on the back of the system. What you’re talking about might be true for the macbooks though, I don’t know.

I just use sleephones and old time radio shows. I like going to sleep to Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade or Johnny Dollar

I bought one and did the same thing on the RAM. I bought the extra memory from OWC and saved about $600, if I recall (might have been a little less). Plus side, saved a bunch of money; down side, if I have problems that requires apple support (none so far) I’ll have to put the original memory config back in place to…