Honestly this shit needs to end ASAP as possible. My wife is WFH and so am I. The problem is, while I work, she has more free time and runs around doing chores here and there, then gets indignant that I don’t help. Also, I’m drinking a lot in the evenings. Like, a lot a lot. We’ve been at home for 17 days and I’m…

I’m happy to see that nobody has taken to hyperbole in regards to the federal government’s decision to change policy. The feds will win any lawsuits easily, since it is the executive branch of the federal government’s prerogative to change policy set by the executive branch of the federal government.

And I’d like to…

Ok got it, I made the mistake of assuming you meant a medical lab. So in your industrial lab, the PPE is more about keeping people at work, safe from one another than exposure from samples?

Keep up the good work in your lab. I’m sure you guys are very busy right now, testing the samples that are a part of your normal work in addition to COVID samples. Respectfully though, your comment does not pass the sniff test. Labs don’t have that many people, and don’t see much foot traffic. Outfitting lab employees…

Your neck beard really brings out the color of that fedora.

Oh absolutely. You and I are in agreement from a certain point of view. Hence, why the last line of my comment was that I can’t defend the CDC being caught flat footed. I can’t imagine that the CDC started throwing out ventilators as soon as POTUS took office. That leaves me with the assumption that the CDC has had…

What you mentioned about the profit motive is the beauty of the whole thing, except that the majority of hospitals are voluntary non-profit status. Sick people go to hospitals and hospitals send them A BILL! When a baker knows that there will be increased demand, the baker orders more supplies. When a hospital knows…

1st gear & Neutral: The new standards are more relaxed, not more stringent. That means, the automotive companies can keep on trucking with the older, Obama-era requirements if they so choose. It’s not that cosmic! Now, as far as California’s right to regulate emissions, I’m not sure where I stand. I’m a big advocate…

Context: I work in the healthcare industry as a salesman.

I think it’s intellectually dishonest of the news media and about half the country to say that POTUS as bungled any part of this. They’re acting as if our healthcare facilities are run by idiots who have to be told what to do by the federal government. They (the…

I’m a German car from 1988. Four seat convertible, with an inline 8 cylinder driving the front wheels, and dangerous handling.

When I read 6'5" looking for a small car, I immediately thought of the Mini Cooper S. Back in the summer after my Sr. year of high school, I worked at the BMW/Mini/Land ROver/Jaguar dealer in Omaha and drove lots of Minis. At 6/3", I could slide the driver seat all the way back and not be able to touch the pedals.…

This is an EASY CP. Good luck actually hauling kids in a van that doesn’t have a walkway to the rear seat. Literally every other minivan on the market is a better choice in every conceivable way you look at it. Now, compare the price to the price of substitutes. $24k gets you a pretty nice used Sienna, Odyssey, or…

Alright I have an idea for a sales model. The manufacturers could keep a small fleet in most cities, with a small team of product consultants who come to your home for a scheduled appointment. They can do the product demo, answer questions, and let you test drive. Then, you buy online a’la’ Tesla. The biggest complicat…

Did you just make up the term “foxstang”? I’ve never heard it used, ever before in 22 years of being a Mustang fan. It’s a fox body.

The correct answer is a F-150 crew cab 4x4 with the 2.7 Litre V6. Talk about fuel economy! I sell to hospitals and I had one as a rental in my Chicago territory a few weeks back; on 300 miles of mixed driving I averaged 19 MPG. That included plenty of stop and go downtown, idling in parking lots, and trips on the…

I’m out on this one, Torch. The Trailblazer sounds dangerously under powered. Holding up traffic is not cool, and a family of three with all of their crap is going to bog it down even more. Once again, GM is shitting the bed.

ANY business that is asking for government help can fail as far as I’m concerned. Businesses should be run mostly like personal finances. Every individual and business should strive to have three-six months of expenses in an emergency fund (thank you Dave Ramsey). I have especially little sympathy for multinational…

FIRST GEAR: Sharon Carty over at Car and Driver wrote a lovely piece that is on their website right now. You should read it before you attempt to mindlessly pound more buttons to form words on a computer screen again.

Neutral: Like how Dominic Toretto lives his life a quarter mile at a time, I live my life on the road, usually two round trip flights per week. Always domestic, always direct flights. Have not noticed any change at all in traffic or congestion.

Do you type emails to your mother with those fingers?