Rather than plunking down a bunch of money on something that could get dropped and lost, you could do what I did when I got engaged. My soon to be wife was driving a rust bucket; literally had a hole rusted through the roof and holes in the floorboards. So instead of a diamond ring I made the down payment on a new car…

I don’t think they are all that confusing and it will make a lot more sense when the actual events come around and NASCAR provides more graphics and videos to show what will happen.

“This is a FERRARI! I demand a prime parking spot- don’t you know who I AM?”

Thanks for the information! I guess it would take more than an occasional grounding for folks to change those rules.

I wonder if large ships are required to use pilots in the waterway there. That might not have been much help in a situation of loss of engine control (as stated) but certainly a good knowledge of the channel and currents is always useful. Also I wonder if they have tugs available on emergency call. Have to see if I…

You can leave from New York, Orlando, Miami. Transportation to the port of departure is not included in the cost.

You can leave from New York, Orlando, Miami. Transportation to the port of departure is not included in the cost.

“My boss in the early 00s had a 2001 Grand Caravan, and I got to drive it from Indy to OKC and back. It’s a very capable highway cruiser”

Thanks for letting me know about that, I'll check into it.

“Payment history and credit utilization together make up 65% of your score”

I used to turn on and leave my blinker on when sitting in turn only lanes, but the sound is rather loud and my wife finds it objectionable. So we compromise, I turn on the blinker briefly then turn it off if there is no one who would benefit from seeing the blinker (IE, oncoming traffic).

I wasn’t saying that I considered the use of hydrogen in cars an issue, I just know from life experience that mentioning “hydrogen” to some people does conjure up the Hindenburg. The unfamiliar does sometimes scare people.

Kristen, thanks for the great article.

There was a good article on Ars Technica this morning, Starliner makes a safe landing—now NASA faces some big decisions. In the article the author cites and links to the commercial crew contract with Boeing which he notes:

But, as I understand it, the mission was also to test docking to the ISS. Even under human control, there are a lot of control loops, sensors, thrusters and mechanical items that would have been tested with a successful docking. It might be a hard sell to the safety oversight committee that the first time you bring a…

You fail miserably as a personal fiance writer too.

There is really very little point to F1 going electric, if you consider how small is the amount of hydrocarbons being used by 20 cars over a race weekend.

“Toledo has a great maritime museum!

Thanks for linking the Guardian review, it is simply brilliant.

I just checked and thankfully AT&T isn’t getting rid of all 3G till February 2022. There are going to be some limitations starting next year but hopefully it won’t affect us, as I have lots of bucks left on my prepaid account ;)

Good luck. As of the end of 2019, carriers are shutting down 2 and 3G networks. So most of flip phones are useless.