From what I recall, even until this day the law says every car must have two mirrors, and one of them has to be outside the driver’s window. It doesn’t say one has to be outside the passenger window.

Forgive me, it’s been quite some time since I had much to do with a Bug of any vintage. Although my Boss races and collects the damn things. The race cars don’t have any bumpers at all, and many of the rest have aftermarket bumpers. (Like his “Mud Car” which is a 69 Baja with a turbocharged 2044 in it, off-road only…

I know, I know.  But it still bugs me when I see that.  Hell, the Kenworth I’m currently driving was subjected to a similar painting fiasco, with overspray on the glass in places and tape lines here and there on chrome pieces. 

Whyinhell would anyone mask off those particular parts?  They’re all so easily removable!  Never mask off what you can simply and quickly remove.  If I remember right it’s just six bolts to get the bumper off (maybe 8) and the headlight rings and headlights is four screws each.  The mirror comes off even easier.

I dunno.  I think it should be “Screen name of the day.”

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I’ve seen a bobcat in the wild twice, and both times it was running away from me. Same deal with a black bear. Unless you get between a bear and her cub, black bears are pretty cowardly. So are bobcats.

They were delicious, and I ate them all. Gods help me, I ate them all!

I was out and about today. The weather is dandy (although a bit hot for my tastes) and people were everywhere. I had to go to several stores and everyone inside was masked up, but once they got out the door and past the “masks required” sign they all took them off.

Our cat “Ed” loved tuna juice. He wouldn’t eat tuna to save his life, but if you squeezed the juice out of the can into his bowl he come running. I tried giving him actual tuna a few times and he licked all the juice from around it and looked at me with the most disapproving expression I’ve ever seen on a cat.

I’m in the middle of making them, open the fridge, and realize I don’t have any milk. Now probably it would work just fine with water, but I need milk anyway. I get to the grocery store (which, I really needed several things anyway) and reach the dairy aisle and it hits me like a brick: “I could have just used cream!”…

Pre-heat, sort of. I put some butter (maybe half a teaspoon?) in each cup and put it in the oven until it’s melted. That’s as pre-heated as it gets.

I know spam is popular in Hawaii and I know that the Japanese absolutely adore Hawaii for some reason. So perhaps there is some leakage?

I guess it depends on your definition of “popovers.” I melt some butter in a non-stick cupcake/muffin tin, mix up some batter that is 1/3 cup milk, 1/3 cup flour, 2 eggs, and some beef bullion granules instead of salt (or you could use salt) mix it all up, but not too much. Then put a couple tablespoons of the batter…

Years ago I took a Conversational Japanese class from a woman who was an acquaintance of my Dad. She was quite nice, but she was Japanese American, and had grown up in California. I later found out some of the things she “taught” us were very wrong. Particularly about etiquette.

Can I have dinner at your house?  I’ll bring cheese popovers.  (My latest food passion.)

My brother had a raging boner for these when they came out, but he couldn’t afford one so he bought a jacked up Ford F250 gas motor (because he didn’t trust diesel, but he was later convinced otherwise.) He was always about “bigger” in everything, but he never had the intelligence to back it up. He’s been through…

My Grandfather was a Ford dealer in the 1960's. With all the hooplah around the release of the Mustang he bought the first one on the lot, and immediately took it on a road trip from the Portland Metro Area down to San Diego to attend my Uncle’s graduation from the Marine Corps, along with my Grandmother.

That’s more or less what happened.  Perlmutter was famously against female superheroes in particular.