It’s all those stupid slotted nuts.. The ball joint itself is probably fine, but if you simply take a plain old nut and cut a bunch of slots (weak points, just like perforations in paper towels), that’s exactly where it’s going to break.. If you buy the ball joint, throw away the crappy nut and reuse the factory nut.

For short term temporary storage (ie, half-a-day or so), those insulated grocery bags do work very well and have more than enough room for a big laptop, etc..

I think the distinction is that SA “made their own”; Many countries have had nukes (provided by others) and have given them up: Canada was the very first nation to do this- we had US-provided nukes in many weapons and chose to give them up.

I can’t believe nobody has posted this yet:

Given that the White House is “white” (actually the paint is aged, cracked and yellowing if you get up close, but we won’t argue that point), aren’t the old “black and white” photos already technically in “color”, at least as far as the building itself is concerned?

I grew up in a deeply “Christian” household; I went to church, did all the expected “Christian” stuff, and for the longest time, I called myself a “Christian”. Today, if I had to check a box on a survey, the closest thing would be “Atheist”, which is true: I no longer believe in a “God” that needs/wants/deserves to be…

The old Russan version with only 10000 sparklers was more spectacular.. Using powered material just made it go off all at once with a big fireball, whereas packing fewer actual sparklers into a can shot off a huge tower of sparks that lasted for quite a while..

Popeye’s is definitely better, but that’s why KFC for cats is OK.. Who would waste Popeye’s as cat-bait when you can give them the crap instead..

He needs to remove those seatbelts too- belts with intact pretensioners are worth $$$

Moral of the story: always cut-in the auditors...

How is veal “tender”? I tried cooking veal like a steak once, and it was like eating shoe leather.. The only way to eat veal is as a schnitzel where you pound the hell out of it with a tenderizer..

Where’s the NSFW label on this post? No wonder it’s called “Hot Ice”- they’re literally making dildos of the stuff!

Where’s the NSFW label on this- they’re making dildos with this stuff!

So the fact that they’ve put this emergency measure in pretty much means that they already know that the home buttons are extremely failure prone..

Unless the Tesla battery catches fire, in which case would you get a discount on the cremation?

I witnessed the aftermath of a motorcycle crash about 18 years ago- was out early Sunday morning and this bozo on a crotch-rocket blows by doing about 120 klicks on a 60 road, and weaving through the light weekend morning traffic.

Has nobody made a pun about Jason “The Firebug” *Torch*insky’s name yet??

Electronic audio sources definitely are going more and more digital, but our ears are still analog and will remain so until the cyborg revolution occurs.. Despite what the audiophiles claim, we really don’t benefit hugely from having digital right to the jack and DSPs in the plug assembly, etc, and a true audiophile…

Big problem with 99% of LED retrofits is that the LED emitting area is either not aligned with where the filament would be on a “real” bulb, and/or, the emitting area (for multi-chip versions) is much bigger than the filament of a “real” bulb.. The problem that occurs is that essentially, instead of a “point source”…

Ottawa bicyclists are notorious for being entitled assholes who think all cars are evil and anyone who does not bike are spawn of satan... While the driver was definitely guilty and deserving of the book being thrown at her, I’d also vote to subject the biker to a punitive dooring..