Puts a new spin on “Taking Tiger Mountain” I didn’t think of.

Ditto. I’m about 72 miles from Where This Happened and was often there on business. Watching this on the stream and news was a bit surreal. The whole thing is a Damn Shame for Charlotte but it shows how close folks are to the boiling point with police-involved shootings. Worse, it gives Pat McCrory — who joined with…

Yep, same here. I watched the whole series over and over but “Star” was my favorite and I wanted that car.

Former farm boy here. While working on my grandfather’s farm during the summer of my early teens I had to help clean out a large chicken coop. By hand (shovels and wheelbarrow).

FYI, they arrested one of these hoaxers in North Carolina (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clown-sightings-creepy-north-carolina-man-charged-with-fabricating/). Lord knows where these mouth-breathers get there inspiration but I blame Facebook.

You can have the weak-ass alleged V8 from my 2006 F150. My family’s ‘67 Fairlane station wagon had more juice.

As do I. I could have worded this much, much better and provided some context. This line of thought is a little too much “inside baseball” of North Carolina politics for this venue. It’s why I didn’t post a link; it’s nonsense at best and demeaning at worst.

There’s a long-running whisper campaign that McCrory is gay. I don’t believe it. But he is a dick with no courage and no convictions.

I did that stretch recently and I know that exact spot. The beauty of nature’s grandeur on one side and a stern reminder that physics is a bitch on the other.

That wouldn’t be the 7-8 mile stretch of I-77 south of Fancy Gap, VA, would it? I have to travel north from central NC regularly and actively avoid that stretch of road. In good weather it’s got a beautiful view of the North Carolina Piedmont (hello, Mount Pilot!) but is very unforgiving. In bad weather it’s a place…

Sheesh, you shoulda put a trigger warning on that first picture at the top of the post. That mug makes my wife’s Murano look like Venus di Milo.

Nice thought but you assume that drivers have been properly trained in the first place. I would suggest A) real driver training (until the robots take over) and B) regular retesting.

Ah, code name for this campaign was “Blame the victim.”

Obligatory Bill Hicks bit:

Don’t forget the Normal, Illinois beer riot. We lived there at the time and it got really ugly. Fires, tear gas, etc. etc. All because the city didn’t know how to zone frat houses properly. There were big-ass parties (think Animal House on steroids) taking place next to retirees/families who didn’t think highly of…

The DNC list is worthless now. I cannot recommend using the nomorobo service for his phone service if it’s possible. One of the few really good things that Time Warner Cable did for us is allow for opting in for nomorobo. We live in a swing state (NC) and election years for us means constant phone calls from polls,…

The offending drink that did in my wife’s radio had a lid but it was one of those flimsy McD/Wendy’s/BK types. If you have a real travel cup it has a real honest-to-Pete lid that either screws on or needs a shop press to secure then you’re good.

Ha, check out the (alleged) cupholder on a mid-90's Integra. Our (former) GSR had these and similar to yours they were A) small and B) right in front of the center stack. I never used ‘em but my wife did and a hard stop put the contents of a “small fountain drink” into the radio’s innards. After a weekend of drying…

Has anyone thought this may be a secret POW distress signal? Like the time those pilots tricked the North Vietnamese that a display of the middle finger in a picture was an American “good luck sign.”

Thanks! Just so happens I’m en route to LA today...:-)