LOL, I was thinking this the whole time, "You put down the four square and talk to me like a person, instead of cow you're trying to figure out how to get the most usable meat from, and I won't take money out of your pocket by 1'ing you in the survey, deal?"

Yes, a single zero wheel increases the players odds. My wife is a bit of a roulette hound (she expects to lose, it entertainment and its budgeted) and I have seen exactly ONE (1) single zero Roulette Wheel on the Strip, and it was at the Belliago and was $100 minimum bet. I never saw anyone playing that wheel, but…

Something like that. Its a tear-off for a windshield instead of a helmet visor. Not really for protection as much as "we've cleaned this thing as much as we can and its still shitty to see thorough with the damn sun/lights/whatever so just trash that layer and give me a new one..."

I almost always use that as an excuse to end the sales pitch instead of the more colloquial "Fuck you, I'm not ready to buy, stop being a pushy ass..."

Faux ducting perhaps?

Because they make an educated guess about which way to go and they're more effective with their hands. However, I have seen goalkeepers make saves with their feet on PKs.

People who brake on a icy bridge. What kind of fool are you?!?!? An while we're at it, the people who change lanes on icy bridges. Seriously? A ton of stupid in a half ton sack.

I have an '09 GTI 2-door with a stick. I'm sad(ish) that its only going to be a four-door. I'm enthused that there will be a manual option, but I may go DSG because as much as I love rowing my own, there's nothing worse than trying to clutch with a bum knee. In traffic.

Local papers have greeted Strong's hire with (racially loaded) shrugs

Actually, outside of the US they have been streamed live on YouTube. And full replays are posted a couple of hours after the end of the races for the day that are watchable in the US. No commericals, its been lovely. I watched today's race via LiveExtra as I knew I wouldn't be able to avoid the results.

Was it just me, or did the scoreboard actually look further away in the video of him running into it? I don't know if it was the angle of the camera, or if the effect was at field level itself as well, but when I first saw the footage my brain did that thing where it goes "something isn't right with this picture".