“It’s not a real road trip if something doesn’t go as planned.”

They’re not talking absolute power, they’re talking specific impulse (isp). This is the most powerful rocket engine in existence per unit of propellant consumed, which is far more important than raw power if you want to go somewhere like Mars or beyond. Couple that with the fact it can actually make some significant…

I thought the Harley cruiser market had collapsed already? This feels like hearing Apple is going to get into the CD clock radio business and compete with Coby.

I’ve previewed the knee situation - compound spiral tib/fib, plus compartment syndrome. Three surgeries, week and a half in a hospital bed, three months on crutches, solid year of PT.

Suddenly having Caterham fantasies. How much more impractical is it, really, compared to the Miata? Or maybe better consider how much MORE practical it is than a Ducati.

Hey now! Joey is an ARTIST!

I high school I worked at a Baskin Robbins. We had a flavor that tasted, quite literally, like cigarette butts. It was supposed to be something-something-halloween flavor with candy corn pieces. People asked what it tasted like, we told ‘em - it tastes like your grandpa’s stale ashtray. We got in the habit of refusing…

I have no guilt.

I test drove one and have serious wants. I don’t care in the slightest how little sense it makes.

No more so than any other common varmint rifle. But honestly, I don’t really even have a problem with AR style rifles, I have a problem with the mobs of people buying them as political statements and attaching this totemic importance to them. I get just as annoyed with people on the other side who attach the same kind…

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.

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.