Counterpoint: paying someone to tell you how you can or can’t use the property you paid for, particularly when they aren’t the government, is pure crazytown.

I don't know what is more distasteful, trying to pitch your luxury goods alongside a pandemic, or the color combo on that i8

I was under the impression that this system proved difficult and unreliable and they switched back to old fashioned pneumatic pistons.

It’s impossible to switch back to using steam. The entire ship is designed to use EMALS. There’s EMALS equipment and cabling all over the ship, and none of the equipment it would need to use steam catapults. Switching back to steam would require a complete retrofit. President Trump demanded that they switch back to…

Now it’s droolers holding their foot to the floor, cranking steering wheel to one side or the other while non-gearheads video the boring activity.

or become the president. 

> Crowd of that size

People want to do dangerous things. Nothing will keep them from doing dangerous things. Providing an outlet like this greatly diminishes the chance of OTHERS getting hurt from these actions. Seems like a win/win. Idiots get to be dangerous, innocent bystanders (those choosing not to be involved) stay safe.

Adrian Newey in his book How to Build a Car felt that McLaren was wrapped too tightly and it stifled creativity.

Lando is definitely of the younger generation who has grown up ‘fully online’ and it shows in how he handles it with being pretty laid back and mature about it, rather than getting into twitter fights with people.

Lando being a McLaren driver, more than anything, is what makes me glad that the Ron Dennis era is over.  Not to take anything from his accomplishments (I became a fan of McLaren’s F1 team under his watch), but there is no way he would’ve let Lando be as... Lando, as he is.

buddy I can’t blog unless I’m behind the wheel of a 5,000-pounder in a school zone

We’re not looking at you but the majority. When you’re in traffic and look around, every single SUV has a driver around 5 something and one driver, in a warm weather climate and nothing in the back seat.

Also, the 4 top selling SUVs in the US are the... RAV4, CRV, Rogue and Equinox.

And yet you seemed to fit very comfortably in a 2-D pane of glass with a couple other people, Zod. Get over it.

The reason why Buell failed was because Harley didn’t invest enough in them, micro managed them, and didn’t instill any dealership training or loyalty to Buell.

I like the way your brain convolutes. In a related vein I’ve fantasized about a 912 with the full Singer treatment.

I honestly love Michael Collins, he’s been a hero of mine for years. I’m fascinated by the bravery it took to be the only human on the dark side of the moon, with no contact from anyone. While up there, he actually had to tell himself “ok, if things go wrong on the surface, I definitely won’t kill myself, though…

Collins is a class act, I’ve always been impressed with his roll in the missions. random side note - i remember when i was 12 (30th anniversary year i would guess) I got one of those calls you used to get from actual telephone surveys and it was a single question: who was the third member of the Apollo 11 crew?