Back in the early days of “the web”, when I was consulting, a partner and I setup a large financial institution with way to do credit card charging from their website.  They then turned around and closed a telephone call center with 650 employees.  They made back every dime we charged them on the first day, and I get…

I suppose if you lived at the top of a hill it would be slightly possible.

There are also certainly malfunction scenarios where an ICE vehicle can not count on engine braking.

Im my field, (engineering), it is axiomatic that you can not improve what you do not measure. Since Fair Isaac is (understandably) not completely transparent about the formula behind the FICO score, you need that measurement to see the effect of the changes you make (yes, there are “rules of thumb”). If, for example,…

The big issue to me is that “they” are finding was to incorporate your credit score into more and more of your life -- like will this company hire you, will this insurance company insure you (and at what price), will this doctor accept you as a patient, etc, etc, etc.   

Surely they would get a better price if they had the sense to have it painted in the Stripes paint scheme.  CP.

Yes, I’m quite lucky that my urologist lets me self-manage the ones I can, but I wonder how long that will last with all the histrionics around opioids.

The first several I had were like that — fall to the ground in a ball and wish for death pain (that I described to the Dr’s as a “9" only because I have a very twisted imagination). But having after a couple dozen of them, it’s pop a couple Percocets and go on with the day until the little f*ckers come out.

Is that a chrome rain guard on the top of the window?

Your bank (or better yet Credit Union) will be happy to setup an automatic payment based on less years amortization than the actual loan term. For example, we got a 15 year mortgage but had them compute the payment as if it was a “10 year” mortgage (which was a product they didn’t offer). [We did this so we would be…

Seems like this is pretty much ALL of rural America.

Took me a while to puzzle out, so, for the benefit of future readers:

OMG, that must explain the morons I see stopping 30 or 40' feet from the intersection.

The problem with rubber is that after a while it cracks.

It’s been ~40 years since I was a HS wrestler, but yes, there was a hair length rule.  And if you didn’t meet it, out came the scissors.

It’s really awkward looking. It’s pretty good looking up to the B-pillar and then it’s just awful. That too big space between the doors and the rear wheels, the overly wide B-pillar, and that giant flat slab of a rear end. Ugh.

Yup, ‘89 ISUZU PUP, just ticked past 50,000 (bought new by my father)

There not a car in the world I’d like driving more than that Mustang — as long as somebody else was picking up the tire bill.

You say “dad” like it’s an insult, but I’ll take it as a complement. I wear headphones at least 8 hours a day (I’m a programmer working in &#$*&*$&*#$*! cube farm). Wireless ear buds (even Apple’s) suck. [1] They don’t block outside noise [2] they are not comfortable for many people [3] Bluetooth audio is garbage [4]…

My F-150 has the rear seat “power point” as well. No lighter, but anyone who has kids with electronic gadgets can see the value in it.