I grew up in Mass. When I was 14 my boss told me I was doing a ‘Wicked Pissah’ job. I had to pause to figure out if that was good or bad (it was good) because it sounds terrible.

::Wicked : New England

Dan Simmons wrote a fictionalized account of the Terror and Erebus, called ‘The Terror’. It’s not terrible.

Yeah but you are America’s sweetheart (or is it Russia’s hot mess now?)

Based on what I heard from the shop that calibrated my interlock the device will remain accurate for around 6 months, and maybe more. The monthly calibration was required to upload data from your device so the courts and/or DMV could verify you were in compliance.

I swear my interlock had a sensor that would trigger a rolling retest any time I:

You just perfectly summed up my theories on the matter.

Not in Arizona, California and a few other neighboring states. I had my interlock removed in July. There was no camera involved.

I had an ignition interlock. Man that sucked. It was a sub-par means of preventing drunk driving (I could just have my passenger activate it, if I wanted to). One thing I wondered about was why there isn’t a dealer option to get an interlock that comes with a hefty discount on insurance. If the goal is to prevent DUI,…

Unfortunately the converse doesn’t apply and most people from Eastern Mass think the state ends around Worcester and then just sorta fades into NY State. I can’t even count the number of times I heard people from Boston refer to Worcester county as ‘Western Mass’.

at least 30 speed.

100% agree. There are versions for people who run in 5k races. ‘3.1' lol

I debadged my car. I did it because I live in Arizona and it was 117 degrees out one day, and the glue on the badge had begun to melt so I just twisted the sucker right off. Then I was like ‘JDM for life!’ and daily drove my newly mysterious Nissan into the very, very hot sunset.

Srsly? 26.2 is the number of miles in a marathon.

The AZ record temp is 128, so we’re not that far off from the record. And yes humidity is what really matters, but 120 is miserable no matter what.

Not sure if he’d play a villain, but imo there is no clearer casting choice for ‘Rainbow Rider’

I wrote a college essay for a friend because it was the only thing keeping him from applying. I wrote about the time he witnessed a fatal car accident during a family road trip which never happened to him. He did get into UMass Amherst with the essay, but I doubt it was the essay that got him in. His grades and SATs…

The Park I play at has a wide range of skills and styles. One guy told me to quit bumping him on rebounds. I explained it was called ‘boxing out’ and he looked pretty pissed when he said “I don’t care, just stop”. So I stopped and we played the post like we were back in Church league during Middle School.

I’m 6'4" ~ 200 lbs so half the time I end up being the 4 or 5 in pick up games. I play about every other day. I do know how to, and can effectively box out as a ‘big’. When you box out down low you assume a body position where your elbows potentially contact the other player. I didn’t mean to imply anyone would be…