Given the wide berth the FTC allows in product advertising and marketing, none of this is a surprise. Templeton Rye passed itself off as a small batch whiskey from Iowa when in reality it was produced by large distillery in Indiana.

I worked at a wannabe Rent-a-Center. Actually it was a local video store/music store where the owner decided he’d start a rent-to-own business. I went from renting movies and stocking shelves to repossessing appliances. The last straw for me was when I repossessed a refrigerator from an old woman who received it as a…

I stand in defense of this penguin for two reasons: 1. All other sodastream chargers are disgusting warts on your countertop and 2. most other sodastream chargers use plastic bottles which have a short service life and must be replaced. The penguin uses glass bottles, is handsome on the bar and works well. Ours is…

WTF? How is it that my comment has more stars than your story?

Most 13 year olds I knew back then just asked their parents for money. The rest shoveled driveways and mowed lawns.

By that standard the Miata never wavered at all. But there are other cars that meet said standard across the years. Austin Healey, MG, Lotus and and Alfa all made cars that fit this definition of driving purity. Even Suzuki’s Cappuccino offered that kind of driving purity in a Kei car.

“Pure” is a relative term and largely used by marketers and reviewers who want to wax poetic. Considering the derivative nature of the Miata’s origins, it’s fair to say that the Miata has captured the essence of the Alfa Spyder and Lotus Elan on which it was based: all the joys of driving an old lightweight European…

The Catholic Church has lost millions of members and billions of dollars over the past decade. You haven’t seen the “Catholics Come Home” campaign begging their disillusioned flock to return?

The miata.net forum is a great resource for this. It really depends on your build and your willingness to make modifications if necessary. I’m 6’0” and test drove a 2006 MX-5 a few years back. I fit just fine.

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Hello friend. I’m on m.net. Same handle.

I own a Miata. Bought it new in 91 and still have it 24 years later. Absolutely nothing in that rant is wrong. I’m guilty of talking about the car I love - but I limit that chat to those who I know love cars.

Eagle eyes. You have ‘em.

There’s an aspect to the Avro Arrow that you completely left out. The program was infiltrated by Russian spies - or so the History Channel told me years ago. It’s rumored to be the basis for the MiG 25 Foxbat.

And that’s just their bridges. Don’t Google “chinese escalator.” It’s goddamn nightmare fuel.

I feel for you. I’m sure her parents put in some effort because if they didn’t this poor girl is doomed to a shitty life. The girl deserved to be removed from the classroom. Statements from the students, teacher and school administrator all corroborate that conclusion. The galling manner in which she was removed is…

Yeah, like the parents of the rest of the kids in that classroom.

How about the teacher and school administrator do that and leave Office Slam out of it?

First of all, I can’t comprehend my kid disobeying a teacher AND school administrator - let alone a law enforcement officer.

I have the same thoughts in my turbo Miata. For 930 owners, you basically have to forget half the safety lecture they gave you in driver’s ed. Steering correction has to be done under power or you essentially perform a J-turn in a forward gear.