It’s pretty simple; you can’t advertise something for sale at a price that you don’t intend to actually sell at that price or under terms not mentioned in the ad. A grocery store can’t advertise $1/gallon milk, but refuse to sell it to you at that price unless you also buy $10 worth of cottage cheese after you walk…

Given what we know about the maintenance of Russian tanks, trucks, mobile rocket launchers and other equipment, the safe assumption is that none of the planes have been properly maintained — and any paperwork suggesting compliance was probably falsified.

Maintenance records and up to date maintenance manuals are relevant only if you are expected to follow first world safety requirements. As others said, there is still plenty of need for commercial and military air transport within Russian air space.

Russia (and the USSR before them) had a hell of a time flying anything *safely* until they were able to buy western airplanes and especially western support for them. The Soviet era airplanes and airlines were death traps - and that is right back where they are going to shortly be. Not that it matters, since tourism…

What he↑ said.

Heh. Cars pooping. 

3rd gear: I think cabs of the future that are fully automated still should have the ability for a passenger to manually drive. You never know when you might have a tracker stuffed up your nose and have a couple bad guys chasing you with automatic weapons and can’t think of a valid address to go to.

I like it, but I’m not a fan of hiding the manual behind a paywall.

Right as the police were dragging this person out of the plane, someone should've whispered in their ear,"Thanks for the DNA."

This reminds me of the time I hosted a chess tourney at my house during the Christmas holiday. Lots of folks showed up but they just stood around near the front door talking about how great they were at the game.

Buy a name brand used bike on Craigslist. Then replace the brake pads and cables. Pay the local bike shop to do it if you’re not entirely comfortable doing that.

I used to do work like this. we had a guy at the docks that would call when a container ship full of TV/VCR combos would come in, he would tell me what truck and what highway it was on

Free electricity to all through large towers spaced out around the US. Good times. Also, the AC/DC war and public battles, which ironically lead to the invention of the electric chair.

Etymologically, all combat training is martial arts, even though no one has ever meant “marksmanship” when they’ve said “martial arts.”

Slide shows got you too, Tom?

Very fitting for a Scat Pack.

“I found a song that breaks Android Auto when you listen to it”

Results may vary. My high mileage modern BMW  has been no more or less reliable than any other high mileage car. 

4th: Not many did.

If I were in GWAR for seven and a half minutes it would be the crowning achievement of my life.