Part of it is Obamacare. For us... more mature... workers, there’s no way in hell companies are going to hire us. As a contractor, I have plenty of work. But I know I’ll never get hired as permanent.

Yes.  Temp is different than Contractor, though.

Here’s how some companies get around that... You get a new contract every 6-months or a year.  When you do, it’s the same as being a ‘new hire’.  So, legally, you haven’t been a contractor for 3 straight years.  You’ve been a contractor for 3 consecutive 1-year contracts.

3rd: Does BMW really think it’s that simple? Are they really that arrogant?

In some ways, this whole thing with the UAW looks like a ‘no win’ for everyone. They make fair money, I wouldn’t mind working there. They have better benefits than a lot of people.

I just like my buttons uniformly shaped, and in a straight line. I don’t like the curved-edge, trapezoidal mess in a v-shaped row.  I think it was a Fiesta I sat in, took one look at the dash, and left.  That and vents...

I’m not sure how they can make Tom & Jerry memorable... we’re the generation(s) that had Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Some of that isn’t all bad, though. I’m thinking about a Frontier because I need to tow a small trailer, and the fact that’s it’s an old platform means it’s got to be pretty bulletproof by now. I don’t care for a touchscreen. I just need a reliable small V6 truck.

This seems to be related to the debunked ‘formaldehyde study’, where they burned dry wicks at 200 watts to “prove” it put out chemicals. 

True, but there is a lot of money involved to get the FDA to approve something, whether or not they do so independently.  It’s known that Juul is getting their stuff together to get approved.  I know of one other product doing so.  So if everything else gets banned, Juul will be the first on the block.

When you live and deal in only one Country, you only deal with local inflation. It’s not as noticeable.  Same in Japan.  When I was there, the value of the Yen didn’t change hardly at all.  But the ratio of Dollar to Yen changed dramatically.  And since I was paid in American money, it was a really big deal.  But no,…

I wonder if they mean food served in general.  There are way more local eateries in Japan than, say, America.  Literally hundreds of small one-counter jobs all over the place, and most serve really good, inexpensive, quick meals.  I figured a huge percentage of workers ran out for a quick bite at lunch.  Loved it.  In…

I couldn’t get the DS4 to work on my older laptop because Sony Bluetooth isn’t ‘real’ Bluetooth.  Did they ever fix that?  Not a pro, so I lag behind a bit on things.  Saves money.

Finally a voice of reason.  When the company was going to spend many extra thousands on processors, I showed that, with what they did, the CPU was running 80% idle.  We put the money into more RAM and graphics.  Now everybodies happy.

As far as some regular vape juice goes, though, the FDA is doing their best not to test them.  You would think something as simple as mailing them some juice to test would do it.  But no, there’s a ton of paperwork and a truckload of money involved.  Most juice companies are too small to afford the millions... that’s…

That’s just ssoooooo 20th century.

On a more (or less) cheerful note, if people don’t buy GM, then the inventory will last another 90 days, and the company won’t worry about resolving the strike.

Really, you would reach to any level at all to say something bad about Republicans...  So, you say a few million illegals isn’t worth a few cacti?  I’ve seen the West, and there’s plenty of weird desert shrubs to go around.  It’s okay to build anything except the wall?

Where do we uninstall an update?  I don’t seem to get that option under View History.

The HHR is classified as a ‘truck’.  It follows most of these rules, but has no divider between the front and back.  Neither does the huge Ford van at work.