NAH.
We used to include steam tractors in our small town parade before insurance reasons shut ‘em down. Someone figured that a blown boiler killing a good number of people isn’t worth the risk.
My readers love the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet because of what it represents: one large, multi-national corporation’s struggle to lose money in a world filled with profit and opportunity.
Doug DeMurano. Now and forever.
CarMax appeals to the chickenshit market—too gutless even to negotiate a better price at a dealership. So these suckers, uh, customers pay the delta and think they’ve gotten a good deal. Whatever.
Well, they do occasionally, but Tesla sends a flatbed to pick it up and take it to the repair center.
Yes.
Can we treat the man like a human being? The number of issues and events that he has to have opinions and responses about must be innumerable. Is it really his fault that the intern briefed him incorrectly about what his position is supposed to be on this issue?
“This is exactly the sort of thing Jalopnik’s tame physicist, Stephen Granade”
I’m an engineer first off.
Secondly this is a classic mistake where engineers and scientists can’t separate their jargon from standard English. If you’re at work this is dead on, we speak in very specific terms for good reason. If you’re at the bar talking to the music major (who has talent I could never equal) they…
I’m a family law attorney, and my office has been up in arms about this all week.
It's like getting punched by someone and before they could retrieve their fist, you cut it down and leave the scene with their fist on your wound.