A couple of decades ago, I was writing for the science & tech section of a German newspaper. At some point HP had a promotion out and offered to fly me to New York and cover the launch of their recent line of laptops, or something like that. I was young! They offered to bring me to NY!! Hell, yes!

Now if you turned this into solid farts, airy diarrhea, and liquid poop - THEN you’d have increased our physics knowledge!

...standing with their trunk resting on the ground... 

How quaint to think of an entire household having only one line!

‘Break over angle’ is the keyword here.

Did you expect anything BUT a long word?

The report in Germany said that the VW driver’s insurance would cover all costs, as long as this met the definition of a so-called ‘sacrifice situation’ (“Aufopferungsfall”). Which it most likely does...

in parallel instead of systemically...

Do they KNOW there are other countries?

a repugnant human being...

Only if you have a window seat.

Better squirrel away any small animals you might carry...

Great story! One other thing to take away from this is NOT to let yourself get muzzled, but speak up, and be it through ‘rogue’ accounts.

You do know what meme is going to show up here in < 1 minute, do you?

Force yourself to do it regularly...

I would say that organizing photos is a strong side of Lightroom! You also don’t have to pay monthly for it, but you can buy a standalone version.

...just because your Snorkie can piss a hot 1 ten and live the day out

Part of retiring overnight sleepers (at least within states) is that distances are generally shorter - once you got to most places within 6hrs, you don’t really need a sleeper.

The passengers or the baggage...?

The Donald can write?!?