Remember there are also plenty of people more concerned with outwardly appearing successful, what with the McMansion and the newly leased Mercedes and Cadillac in the driveway... and plastic patio furniture in the dining room.

Fun fact: a B-32 was the last Allied aircraft involved in a aerial combat engagement in WWII.

Most don’t, remember extreme viewpoints tend to be the loudest.

I used to see so many cars like that in and around Detroit it's not even funny. They seem to have since finally crumbled into dust, since I only see old pickups that look like that now. One should not be able to see the driver's feet operating the pedals from the next lane...

I think its one of those cars people like the idea of better than the idea of paying for.

Ditto. There are a lot of clean (if somewhat bland) designs from the late ‘80s to mid ‘90s. It’s that sweet spot with flush-fit windows, low beltlines, aero headlights and thin pillars; post-baroque Malaise era but preceding the tall beltlines, thick pillars, unnecessary character lines and too many LEDs that are…

Even better is when they turn into adults who don’t eat anything that is green or hasn’t fried and/or cheese-impregnated.

The town itself wasn't on fire; the coal mine near and under the town caught fire and has been burning ever since. After poorly organized attempts to put out the fire failed, the residents were more or less forced to move due to either the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, or later on the state government trying to…

Smedly Butler ring a bell?

The only role the BBs have to fill in the 21st century is naval gunfire support (NGFS). The refit and operational costs for these are huge, but you’re forgetting the support and infrastructure issue. All of the remaining spare parts and battleship servicing facilities were scrapped by 2010. The Navy estimated back in…

‘I believe at least around half of all the food gets thrown out.’

Not sure if my GTX560Ti will make the cut, might have to save up for a new rig and pick up the GOTY edition instead :|

‘Deathproof’ I believe.

Ditto- I’ve never given a shit about them as too often they’re too much like work (“Find all 1000 Macguffin pieces!” “Kill Baron Von Badass with each Dull Spoon variant!”) for a sticker rather than being something worth spending my limited free time doing. If not completing them bugs someone with enough spare time to…

Seems concerns are A) the 2011 Chrysler agreement was supposed to cap the Tier 2 employees and provide a pathway for Tier II employees to become Tier I, but was not upheld on Chrysler’s end. The union agreed to put off raises in 2007 negotiations to help pay retirees, again in 2009 to help the company, and a third…

Off the top of my head, the Hoover Dam and Golden Gate Bridge, but those were both cases where work was contracted out and the government was there to make sure contractors kept their time and budget commitments. Now it seems bureaucrats who oversee government contracts are former employees of said…

Depending on who you ask, a flavor for coffee-like beverages and other things or a drug consumed mostly by ~16-40 year old white women.

I know newer (at least 2008 onwards) GM pickups have them.

Same. Wish I had kept mine in better shape, it was a torquey couch that could haul anything with only marginally bad fuel economy. Damn rust.

This rule also applies to big station wagons. I used to own one, and once was asked to borrow it. In my youthful naivety, I gave them the keys.