A “cautionary tale” would be one where you or others met some unpleasant fate due to your stupidity or recklessness. Not one where you do something dumb and get glorified for it. Semantics matter.

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In dental school, there was an attending doc that carried his crystal around in the back pocket of his scrubs. He was a pediatric dentist, and suffice-to-say was way out there. I couldn’t reconcile in my brain that this guy with his doctorate could believe that holding this purple crystal in his hand that he got off…

As a Rochesterian I would concur 100%. The Thruway, according to someone I know who knows these things, brings in $30+ million a MONTH in toll revenue. The money is there for Thruway infrastructure improvement. Problem is, the money goes towards other uses, as the state uses this as a general purpose fund, and we all…

I test-drove one when they first came out; It had a high belt-line, was cramped and the interior was, to put it mildly, unimpressive. My GTI has a better interior. The other cars in this segment are simply better, and I am guessing more reliable, too.

“house-owning...coder”? As opposed to a renting non-coder? What is your opinion of people who own apartments? Townhomes? Condos? You sound like lots of fun.