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Don’t these people could learn a thing or two from Costco; free samples drive sales.

Having not been to Dulles, I’m not familiar with these, which sent me to Wiki. Says they were developed by Chrysler and the Budd Company.

It does. They show one in the video. 

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Forgot about one of the biggest selling cars of all time.

This is a 1978 Volvo 240/245 shifter with electric overdrive switch. This was for a four-speed manual with electric overdrive. Shift as normal up to about 80 km/h, then if you were highway cruising you’d flick the switch and the transmission would shift to overdrive - no clutch needed. Why electric overdrive instead

Gamma Goat

cause sometimes the no plan plan still works. the plan is not a biz plan, it is a burn money plan until this works. and if it works enough, and the burn slows, they get more $ to burn. or if it finally works, the burn rate slows, and they get more $. and sometimes it becomes something that people make a lot of money

I spent 22 years in the tech industry and no- people do not in fact learn anything. When I was younger I worked at two startups and within a few weeks it was clear to me that the founders had not really worked out the whole moneymaking part of the business at all. Needless to say both of them failed.  And its still

Yes, the derailments are an “us” problem, generally related to the failure of their rolling stock. But pulling equipment out of a train when the defect is discovered is very time-consuming, and that eats into profits. They would rather toss the dice against a possible failure instead of incurring the certain expense

There’s a reason liftees look into and count gondola cars/chairlifts at the end of the day. When I was a liftee/instructor/patrol, the process was:

This is a really good list!

I’m going to say the Toyota Corolla. Pick any generation - it really doesn’t matter. It simply elicits zero response and exists purely as white noise in the background. How many did you see yesterday? I bet you have no idea, but I’m sure it was multiples. Possibly even double digits. Now, that’s not to say the Corolla

Tillamook cheese is fine, but I’ll never forgive them for buying out Bandon Organic Cheese company just to shut them down, while Tillamook’s operations were in Wisconsin. Tillamook moved back, but those delicious little squares of super sharp organic cheddar are gone forever.

1958 Buick. Look at this jet age cowling:

like a puppy with one ear up

Some countries play the same game with infant mortality, if the child is born alive but lives less than a day they count them as a stillbirth.

Fiat did sell a Gucci edition last generation. 

If you say his name three times, do you summon him?