I thought that everyone acknowledged that this was true already. Peach was fast enough, controlled well enough, and could FLOAT in a platform game. I used her for 80% of all levels. Feels like cheating, honestly.

I honestly hoped this would be a tip about how to keep the goddamn lids from getting gummed up so you can “reach” your mostly full jar of Marmite that you occasionally want.

That’s cool that they made a $100k fast German luxury wagon. What isn’t quite as cool is how these unicorn cars are used as a metaphor for the fickleness of wagon buyers who mostly can’t afford to even consider something like this.

I mostly agree, but there are exceptions. Sometimes you need to get somewhere fast and don’t have the money at the moment. Family members in other parts of the world approaching death, for instance.

It warms my heart that they still produce the Niva and that it has not changed.

People are yelling at you because you’re a raging asshole. It’s independent of any points you may be making or disputing.

It’s remarkable that he was convicted of any kind of murder charge. Kudos to the jury. There is no place for a person in society who thinks he can kill for this reason, and the prosecutor obviously should have gone for murder one.

I think that cliche that you need to replace a bad habit with a good habit has a 21st century corollary: an addictive behavior can only be usurped with something else provably addictive. Is reading novels addictive? I guess it was for me at a certain age, but I’d have to put in a LOT of conscious, continuous effort to…

I don’t think it’s generational if you’re meaning that most Millennials will forever hate haggling. These perceptions came about when Millennials collectively had far less income and job security than the preceding two generations at the same age, due to the great recession. So there were fewer opportunities to…

Excellent article. You are the gadfly that we need in the auto racing world. Please keep doing stuff like this; this is why I keep coming back.

Yes it was an automatic. People did not consider them shit when new; Honda automatics had been very reliable for decades at that point. They didn’t know that suddenly Honda was going to shit the bed.

Real sheets of copper (not paint) were installed on the ships of the Royal Navy at great expense in the 18th century, which gave rise to the term “copperfastened.” UK slang for something being secure or guaranteed, sort of like how Americans might say “nailed down.”

In the meantime, my grandma’s 2000 Accord suffered transmission failure at about 50k. Things don’t stay the same forever.

There are use cases which don’t involve a new card number. Sometimes you need to shred an extra card because you’ve removed an authorized user or they’ve sent you a new one before the old one is expired, or you’re planning to cancel a card so you shred it in advance (but you can’t cancel it immediately because you…

You’re very right. Having worked as a cook for a few years, I saw a lot of good and a lot of bad managers. It is hard when you are brand new, but if you have proven yourself enough that your chain of command knows who you are, then you should immediately, and in detail, report this kind of behavior to the offending…

Guess I’m lucky or I’ve got the right roads near me, as I’ve never had a speeding ticket, and I’ve deserved it over my years driving.

Thank you!! I can’t believe I never knew about this. Why the heck doesn’t Samsung tell you that they have these things??

Buybacks are a good idea that are, honestly, one of the only gun laws that I can imagine being bipartisan, because they are basically government pork for red states. Instead of Cash for Clunkers, it would be like Cash for Glocks.

Well, I said *sometimes* - of course there are exceptions. Just noting, a lot of people felt that analog versions of their favorite music were better than the earliest digital versions, and cassettes continued to develop well into the existence of the CD. Nakamichi was doing well through the 80s and really only…

Enjoy! I love stories like this. :)