The NDA’s are more about protecting the broker. Broker doesn’t want to the two parties to get connected, then cut him out of the sale.

In 25 years of hunting I’ve never seen someone in the field with a so-called “assault rifle”. Hunters use hunting rifles. AR’s and the like are just overpriced toys for survivalists and dudes who couldn’t hack basic. Even if they were suitable for hunting anything, they’re illegal to hunt with in most states anyway.…

I grew up around guns and own guns to this day. The whole system is f’ing ridiculous, the background checks are a joke, and every time the NRA or someone affiliated with them opens their mouth I get closer to tossing my collection in the ocean and giving up. The NRA doesn’t represent gun owners, and they haven’t since…

I like this perspective:

This is my nightmare, except in my nightmare there’s just enough hang time for my father to appear in the passenger seat and explain why it’s all my fault.

The elderly mother bit is what really pisses me off. For me it’s an annoyance, but they’re clearly hoping to prey on the little old lady who’s afraid her Toyota might run out of blinker fluid one day.

Aftermarket warranty cold callers. I get at least 2-3 calls per week from “The Warranty Department”. Always a different number, so you can’t block it. Always phrased to make the gullible think it’s actually the manufacturer.

So, it sounds like it doesn’t actually have a differential at all then, just some kind of mechanical clutch to decouple the sidecar wheel when on pavement.

I visited Estonia a while back, and the Cold War history there was fascinating. The Estonians clearly still don’t trust the Russians further than they can throw them, and have potent memories of what the Soviets did (or tried to do) to their lovely little country.

Dad died and I was in charge of selling his 5-speed Lincoln LS. Stick shift Lincoln is not something people can get through their heads, apparently. I listed it with the transmission clearly called out, and several people came to look at it and then got confused/disgusted when they saw the shift lever. So I updated…

God forbid we just feed students lunch without interrogating their parents financial situation. Gotta make sure the freeloaders aren’t gaming the system for canned green beans and wiener wraps.

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

Yes! Not all roads lead to California, this list desperately needs a Key West -> Seattle option. Or fuck it, keep going to Anchorage.

To be fair, GoT is basically the best parts of Roman and medieval English history mashed up with boobs and some zombies.

Ride it, don't slide it. Semenuk is pretty ducking good tho.

They were fun little cars. 6 speed stick, RWD, and I loved the supercharger whine from the 2.3l. You could chirp the tires going into second, you could completely disable the nannies and slide the back around, and you could get a bigscreen TV into the trunk. Elitists love to shit on them because they mostly sold to…

Back of an Audi 4.2 V8, in the midst of the The Service.

How is this different from the Fischer-Tropsch process that’s been around since before WWII?

I like a good truck as much as the next guy, but it is hard to take something seriously when the last time you drove one it was pulling four tons of timothy hay. I guess it’s like the befuddlement some Brits have with American gearheads interest in old Defenders.

I maintain QoS is unfairly maligned. I think it was just an inevitable letdown after Casino Royale, but almost anything would have been. It's certainly better than anything Pierce Brosnan ever dreamed of doing.