One other thing to consider though, is even lease cars have value to the owner. I wanted to get rid of my daughter’s lease a few month’s early since she is moving out of state with her sister who already has a car they can share. My dealer is so eager for inventory that they bought out the remaining 4 months on her…

Reminds me of a story a vlogger was recently recounting.  He was at an event and he and all of his fellow vloggers were taking pictures and getting closer to the thing they were there for and eventually one of them said, “Hey, we all have pretty high-end equipment.  Why do we keep trying to get closer when we have…

Yup Biden raised the world’s gas prices.  You’re a special kind of idiot.

Generally, for stuff like that, I bet they have the whole route drawn out for them to prevent that from happening. That said, stuff happens. Many years ago I was working for a manufacturer that needed to ship our over-sized custom product by rail and they had to map out the whole route from east coast to west.…

U-Haul boxes are crap.

So, according to the click bait title, you may have paid hundreds of dollars for a special travel credit card but not know it includes travel perks. Got it.

I keep wondering why this show gets so much attention like it was a cultural phenomenon or something.  It was an okay show and it had its run.

Yeah, I was going to say, an Airbnb comparable would be more like a suite or extended stay hotel.  If you’re looking more for things like kitchens, separate bed rooms, and more, and Airbnb is going to be more worth looking at than if you just need a bed or two for a little bit.

You’re being very kind. I know plenty of Americans that go to Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and others just to party, not to mention any port that resort ships pull up where there’s a Senor Frogs. I’m guessing these aren’t people that are always at their best.

You remind me of a time was at a work function in the Netherlands, near the German border. A co-worker said, they’d much rather hear you speaking English than someone speaking German.

I had a boss who said this of some people in Rome but said the country-side was completely different for them.

It’s a combination of factors. The kids are just coming “of age”, there are great package deals Disney uses to entice them, they have an active tour business there, etc. I believe there are a fair amount of Argentinian kids that also come but the Brazilian tour groups use their flag as a marker to gather the kids so…

This gets mentioned so often but is it really about being Brazilian or would this apply to any tour group with a bunch of excited teens that are minimally chaperoned? They personally don’t bother me much at all and I’ll take wide-eyed, excited kids having a nice time together over the American families marching their…

Are any of those things actually about being overseas or just in general?

A series of questions about current and very near term capabilities is far from asking about full autonomy.  I’m all for getting us there iteratively since there’s clearly a lot of learning still happening but I look forward to a day where the roads are full of full autonomous vehicles and that our road systems can…

Thank you for this.  Nothing more annoying than 2 or 3 people walking side by side down the middle of the aisle.  My horn will join your conversation.

Agreed. If spots are at a premium, the polite thing is to vacate it as soon as possible and let others use it.  If there are a bunch of other open spots then feel free to take your time.

For every person that loves that, I’m sure there are situations where they don’t. Like here in the Northeast in the winter. This is a slippery slope that lets people off the hook for their shitty behavior.

Cart return or to the store itself, or if I’m walking in, I’ll offer to take your empty cart to use. No other acceptable place to leave it. That’s some entitled behavior I just hate.

Yeah, park in the center of the lines as much as you possibly can.  The part I hate is when you’re forced to park over due to another dickhead, then they leave, and you look like the asshole.