I am anxiously awaiting the massive, Mark VIII levels of depreciation to strike and then I’ll try to find one.

Best average I can find for the weight of an Engine/Pumper is 35,000 pounds, even though the Model S is quite the battery-laden porker, it is under 5,000 pounds. The Tesla could have been going 150 and I’d still put my money on the fire engine looking alright afterwards.

This is the perfect advice. Totally ok to ‘lend’ people things as long as you aren’t surprised when they break the terms.

Newsflash, 70% of this country is not poor even by the loosest of definitions (well, I guess they are since they don’t save a damn thing).

Agreed, overall, I like this. Even the wheel/tire combo, but I just can’t get over the stance. Still, if they want to give it to me, I wouldn’t kick it out of the garage.

I’ve seen various numbers over the years, but they all seem to hover around two-thirds with the number saying they have $0 savings is usually around one-third. For example this article from yesterday says 61%. My comment was in reply to the guy in the article who said it “wasn’t easy” coming up with $700 to fix his…

Sigh, 70% of this country can’t afford an unexpected $1000 expense. Get your shit together America.

I work in a small pub brewery and always make sure everyone on the staff learns the dangers of CO2. Usually just pop open a recently emptied fermenter and have them put their face near the man way and try to take a breath. Nice, quick, effective lesson.

A couple important things here. Your first paragraph is an appeal to the majorty, not real argument. “Everyone says it ought a be a law!” does not make a law just.

As I was reading, I was asking myself if I would trade 16 years of freedom to be able to race LMP1...

Nope. Always pay the statement balance by the statement due date. When they report your account at some point during the month, it will show some utilization of your credit. They aren’t reporting whether you are carrying a balance. I always wonder if this misinformation was created deliberately by those with motives…

The best thing I ever did was download GNUcash, spend the time to learn double entry accounting and write down every single cent I spent in a year (literally...for the first year I actually entered found change as income, I did stop that).

Some people just seem to think that if the government isn’t doing it, then no one will. The definitive “Who will build the roads?” argument.

Some people just seem to think that if the government isn’t doing it, then no one will. The definitive “Who will build the roads?” argument.

Yeah, but the Falcon was able to break through the blockade of Hoth.

Definitely not just you. I kept reading, waiting for a “Oh! That IS clever!” moment that never came.

I’m sure there was no lack of pictures of women on toilets in the google machine....

In college in Tennessee where paved neighborhood hill streets are everywhere, we all went and bought Flying Turtles (little sit down scooters used in elementary school gym glass). If I recall the recommended age was like 8, they had a 150# weight limit, and were not meant for hills. We eschewed those rules as 20…

Looks like Greenfield Bridge on I-376 east of downtown Pittsburgh. If so, that bridge was blown up a couple years ago. The replacement bridge actually just reopened.

“while getting a free 50-mile ride in what must have been an extremely uncomfortable position.”