FWIW €3000 for a scooter ain’t even that much here in Europe. He probably only got a 125cc Piaggio for that price.

Fantastic displays of douchebaggery in the comments section today. Between the self-righteous straight-sitters, the no-fucks-given recliners, the anti-tall-or-wide-guy haters... hot dang!

Once, on a China Eastern A321, I was working on my laptop, before take off, when the little lady ahead of me decided to recline her seat at full speed.

Brilliant stuff!

In addition to a great read, thanks for being one of the few people on the internet who know how to use “alas” properly.

To make matters worse, a lot of the initial run of A380's are nearing TBO (time between overhauls) on a lot of main components and accessories. 

that’s a pretty dumb way of saying something true

I remember how much I loved the tone of that album when it first came out: witty, sarcastic, clever with, deep down, great commentary on so many subjects.

There’s a super stressful and dangerous stretch of road just west of Paris (access to the A86 for the connoisseurs) which many people call the gauntlet because the cars are racing up these tight turns and the lanes are very narrow.

Over 20 years ago, my buddies and I spent the entire summer “borrowing” a Renault 5 from an elderly gentleman on most weekend nights to go clubbing. He never locked it and always left the keys on so we’d just push it a few hundred yards away and start it. Same thing when we brought it back (a bit of nightly exercise…

+1

The Alsacians from Molsheim would tell you that Mister Bugatti founded his company in Alsace because the region has the perfect mix of German rigor and French flair.

HS has a fascinating history and even its corporate structure was innovative. HQ was in Spain but there were several licensees for foreign markets that were either directly held or third-party.

Spilled my coffee on my keyboard from laughing; thanks!

I can’t decide whether Opel is the NY Jets or the Cleveland Browns of the automotive sphere:

Calling the collection unwearable is no surprise as this was a Haute Couture show, meant to showcase the themes and visual identity of a pret-à-porter collection.

I just threw up all over my computer. Apologies for all the splatter

I mention Aruba because that’s where a high ranking Airbus exec was heading when he got arrested during his connection at MIA last winter.

A note to all the non-American Execs involved in shady stuff that the US gov might want to punish: stay in your country, forget golfing in Aruba, skiing in Canada or basically doing anything outside of your home country because that’s how uncle Sam plays it now; you go to jail.

A former college classmate, now an insufferable techbro, loves to tell people how he always buys all his burning man stuff (thousands of dollars worth) last minute on Craigslist; this van would target him and all his instant-gratification buddies.