It’s the perception that everything with a certain badge MUST be expensive. My wife wears very expensive sunglasses and clothes, all bought at extreme discount at Marshall’s, Anne Taylor Loft, whatever. Hell, she lost a pair of Oscar de la Renta sunglasses in Mexico a few years ago. They were likely stolen, but she…

It was not. It was more like the memory foam pillows...

One of my wife’s friends was going all - ‘Oh, a Mercedes, huh? You must be rich, now!’ - when my wife bought her first Mercedes, which was a lightly used 2007 C300 4Matic. I think we paid $23k out the door, in 2009, and it had like 15k miles on it.

I built this as a model when I was in high school.

One of my favorite restaurants in Charleston, High Cotton, uses its own label of liquor, and adds three brandy soaked cherries. For the love of God, it's incredible.

Essentially, yes. The initial tax payment goes to the state, while the yearly tax goes to the county.

Each state gets you in different ways. I bought my Mustang in NJ (used to live in Cherry Hill), and paid roughly $1500 in sales tax. I then moved to South Carolina a few years ago, and while sales tax on a new vehicle purchase is capped at $300, you have to pay a yearly property tax to the county. For my Mustang…

I'm in the same boat with my 2006 Mustang GT, which I plan to ditch later this year for a 2016 Mustang GT. I'm planning to order the new car, and finance with my credit union. South Carolina only has a $300 sales tax, so the tax incentive is meaningless for me. The car is paid off, and is in very good shape, with…

I think a big part has been that the series favors 888 Racing. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the announcers say that Whincup or Lowndes is under investigation for spinning the tires whilst on the jacks, then they're absolved of the infraction, or one of them blatantly punts another driver, and there's no…

I don't really think Ford is giving a whole lot of support, as-is, so I don't think V8 Supercars will be without a Ford, of some sort. As the Nissans have shown, they're just template racers, just like NASCAR, and throwing a few body panels over a template chassis is the name of the game. FWD cars are on the table,…

It really is helpful, actually. I've been trying to read through what I can, but it's confusing, and I'm a freaking systems engineer! The calculators all seem to work differently, and MFP seems to have been leading me astray for some time. I typically eat fairly well, usually a lot of veggies and lean protein…

I'm interested in how your calorie goal was determined. I'm about 250 pounds, 6'2", and am trying to get down to about 220. MyFitnessPal tells me that I should be eating anywhere from 1700 - 2000 calories, depending on how I configure my activity level (I'm an office worker, but I lift 3-5 times/week, and usually…

Everything, from punk to heavy metal, and I mean everything, pulls directly from American blues music. Chords, song structure, chord progression - it's all blues based.

Those two albums (Core and Purple) were fantastic. I fell off after Tiny Music...a few good songs, but definitely not as good as the first two.

Weird sounds like awesome. My ~3 year old son LOVES STP, Soundgarden, Candlebox, Live, etc.

The Patriot is terminal-phase only, and it's doubtful that it would be able to intercept a long range ICBM, just given the speed at which the warheads would be moving. I would expect that the computer software would support the intercept, and the firing solution could, at the very least, be plotted. Realistically,…

I'm not so sure I'd say that it barely works, as-is. Sure, some of the programs have had big issues, but Patriot and AEGIS BMD are relative rockstars, in their current configurations.

The US has a missile defense system with different systems and interceptors for different phases of flight. AEGIS BMD, THAAD, GMD, and Patriot all have interceptors with different capabilities and 'legs', with differing areas of responsibility. Currently, there are no boost-phase interceptors, other than AEGIS AAW,…

I live in Charleston, SC, and I see them constantly. Probably a half dozen a day, or so.

I was staying at a hotel in Wilmington, NC a couple years ago, and there were a half dozen or so Harriers that must have been from MCAS Cherry Point that were making approaches to the Wilmington airport for some exercise. They'd fly in, switch to hover mode above our hotel, then dash off towards the airport. Those…