Just keep after the little things. I would recommend a respected independent mechanic rather than dealer servicing. I don’t know if BMW is still trying to pull that “lifetime fluid” bullshit, but if they are don’t believe them. There’s no such goddamn thing as a lifetime fluid. Coolant, differential, transmissions,…

“BMW’s are not designed to last for more than 30k miles.”

The “innate value” of all workers is functionally zero. There is no single worker who is so good at their job that they couldn’t be replaced with absolute ease.

On a track as long as the Nurburgring all it takes is smoothing out bumpy sections of pavement. Reshaping and rebuilding the worn inner-edges of sharper turns can also allow for much faster lap times. Flatter or re-located curbs can contribute as well.

“However I don’t want to see male characters written out of existence and entire genres removed with very specific storytelling techniques because someone is uncomfortable.”

Minus more points than particles in the universe! The ultimate fail!

North America most definitely hosted complex societies well before Europeans showed up. In the 1500's, there were upwards of 100 million Native Americans living on the continent. They built roads and cities, cultivated gardens and fields.

“They’ve cut out the cheese”

I feel like fighting games in general have a much more culturally and racially diverse competitive scene as compared to the FPS or MOBA scenes. I’ll definitely agree though that Smash takes the cake.

Kelly Turnbull has seen the drag queen dinosaur vision and has shown that it is good.

Looking to do DIY or do you just want pre-fab stuff?

Haha, quite a bit. Granted, I buy most of my tools used and refurbish them myself, but I still have over $2K invested in my wood-working equipment.

That wouldn’t be worth it if all I did was build stereos with those tools, but half the furniture in my house has come out of that little shop:

This was a cheap budget build for a shop stereo. Go ahead and find me a better set of compact stereo speakers for $60.

It’s amazing the quality you can get with basic pre-built components these days. You can save even more money by trawling the second-hand market for something re-buildable because, honestly, stereo speakers themselves haven’t changed much over the past 20 years. It’s mostly the amplification that has evolved.

I…

How much are you looking to spend?

Great acid test. If she says yes after that kind of project then she truly knows what she’s in for marrying a Jalop.

Heh, this was definitely a high-level audio nerd conversation that’s gonna sound like a foreign language to the uninitiated. If you’re interested in getting started with the hobby and want to build a cheap DIY Hi-Fi then you should refer to this post:

It was, I was just annoyed that the actual language in the lease wasn’t included in the original post (It was over on the Consumerist’s much more informative article) and I didn’t see it anywhere here in the comments either. Figured your thread would be a good place to put it.

“No … elected official of the Government of the United States or the Government of the District of Columbia, shall be admitted to any share or part of this lease, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom.”

That italicized bit of the lease agreement seems pretty damn clear. Donald doesn’t even need to have any share…

Fair enough, although with the increasing prevalence of hybrid and battery-powered cars, electrically-driven A/C compressors are getting pretty attainable.