Well, I did the MGB thing for a few years and regretted it - and now I’ve come to regret selling it. Just like anything else remotely collectible, the prices have gone through the roof over the last 15 years.

I’m not really sure that’s reassuring. The creepiest thing to me about all the deeply woman-hostile porn out there is the fact that means there’s enough demand to support a whole industry churning it out. I mean, go to any redtube-type site and practically all you see are (gross) ads for crap like “18 and abused” or…

I have a friend who actually produces car ads for a living. Apparently they routinely break the trucks they’re given when shooting those “cargo drop” sequences. Looks great on camera, just don’t show the after where the poor pickup leaves on a flatbed with a twisted frame and collapsed suspension.

Not true. If the equity loan is secured by your primary home, is not more than $100,000, and the total value of all loans is less than the fair market value of your home, it is deductible, even if you spent it on hookers and blow. You only have to prove you used it for home improvement if you go beyond those…

It’s almost as if this list was written by pretentious boomers.

Inchworms are good tho

Bandwidth is easy, but Einstein says latency-free satellite uplinks are not physically possible, no matter how much paypal money you throw at it.

My neck is jacked up. Sometimes I get steroid shots in my spine to try and calm everything down. Every time I do I have the hiccups for a like 4-5 days straight. It’s a hell of a tradeoff.

All spin bikes are fixed gear, connected to a weighted flywheel, with a mechanism of some kind to add extra resistance. That’s the whole point of a spin bike - it mimics riding a fixed gear bike on the road, which ancient cyclist legend says is a “better” workout somehow.

Except, coupes make sense in a certain niche. You want a small sleek sporty car, and rarely have passengers beyond a token hottie/hunk? You want a coupe. Need more utility but still want small? Hatchback or small wagon. Have a family? You want a bigger wagon or crossover (which we all know is just a wagon in heels…

The Finns - they eat more per capita than any other European country. Helsinki is full of ice cream stands that open first thing, and nobody will even look twice if you have an enormous plate of soft serve for breakfast. I speak from experience.

It’s the old Russian saying: “Don’t be a pussy.”

OR has a front sticker and the meter maids will ticket you for it.

People move between Vancouver WA and Portland OR all the time. It’s like finding a Jersey plate in NYC. Also, people often lie about which side of the river they’re on, since PDX is seen as an easier place to sell something (no sales tax, more tech bros with disposable income, etc). Plenty of reasons to be suspicious…

It’s done under general anesthetic, but imagine having all your toes cut off at the first knuckle - recovery is not going to be painless, and you will be permanently disfigured. The bigger issue, honestly, is that it also tends to cause behavior problems later on - a declawed cat will often feel defenseless and try to…

Why not? It’s out of warranty, therefor it’s older/has some miles and might benefit from a shorter service interval. Or maybe he just enjoys working on it? That’s a good enough reason for me.

The Paradox learning curve?

Tie rod ends: best to hit the knuckle from BOTH sides with two hammers. You don’t even need a big hammer. It’s all about matching the blows so the knuckle flexes a tiny bit and taper just drops right out - I usually just use a pair of small framing hammers or ball peens.

Downhill is the only UCI discipline worth paying any attention to at all anymore. If Gwin or the Athertons go down in one of these scandals, I’ll lose all hope.

Mazda3 is very high on our shortlist of potential replacements for our Golf. We’ll probably test that, the Mini Clubman, and maybe a Focus ST. About the only way I see us with another VW is if they just straight up gave us a new GTI.