Sounds like none of them had traveled with a minor without both parents present. I remember going to Brazil with mom when I was 10; had to have signed, notarized, and translated letters of consent. US Air even asked for them to go to Puerto Rico on a high school trip

That's brilliant. They raise all the drawbridges across the Neva at 1:00am every night and you're basically screwed if you find yourself on the wrong side, problem solved.

Meh, everybody at Carolina knows the athletes all take Stage Craft for their art requirement.

Had a Doblo rental in Brazil in 2012. 1.8 engine felt a little under-powered at time but is was remarkably capable through the dirt 'roads' of nowhere Sao Paulo State.

Pyridium Pee Orange, the brand name sounds much better than the generic

Gregson Street by Brightleaf Square

I live in Durham, and after dropping a friend off to get them home what should have taken no more than 15 minutes took nearly an hour and a half. My Mazda3 with tires just about a year old didn't lose traction once. Here's my summary of local drivers in snow; people in SUVs/Trucks that think they can still drive a…

You beat me to it; this is exactly why I will put already dry towels in the dryer.

I hate this, it's infuriating on so many levels. I just had a rental from Enterprise while my car was in the shop and of course they gave me two keys and two fobs bound together with a piece of steel cable. Also conveniently attached was a very large plastic tag reminding me that the average key replacement cost was…

I remember my drivers-ed teacher doing this as well. I even sometimes do it as a passenger just out of habit.

It always worries and frustrates me I drive with people who won't pass. For example, riding with a friend the other night we're in the right lane doing the speed limit of 55 and come up on a car going under the limit. Many normal people (jalopnik readers) would have moved over to the left lane and gone around, but…

No, just no. Santos Dumont did fly in October of 1906, three years after the Wright brothers. The argument that because they had an assisted take-off system somehow negates the fact that they did achieve powered and controlled flight. Is an F18 catapulted off an aircraft carrier no longer a plane because it used a…

I guess I'll be the one to point out that 'nove' is nine in Portuguese, redundant name is redundant?

The one from Panera might not have been done by the cashier. With a My Panera account whatever you have entered as your name on the account will print out on your receipt.

I've been to Brasilia numerous times to visit family, it's an incredible city. I do have to say that so much white stone wasn't the best choice for a city built entirely on red clay, but it's nothing that a good pressure washing can't fix.

The plano piloto was supposed to discourage the use of cars. Had it worked out like it was supposed to each block would have had most of the stores necessary to the people living there. Sadly how it has worked out is there are clusters of a specific kind of store. For example 109/110 south, commercial sector, is…

Ah, this bridge again. I've personally witnessed trucks run into it on at least three separate occasions.

I work right down the road from GE Aviation in Durham, NC. I bet there's some pretty cool tech in there, always wanted to see inside that place.

all of the above plus hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign funds

$1.80 for a half liter, what kind of horse piss are they selling?