This pretty much says it all. Remember, this is a town with fewer than 1,500 residents.

Income increases have NEVER been the cause of inflation.

Send out checks to everyone—more money supply—so there’s less value. And we get inflation—only an idiot couldn’t see that effect coming.

Don’t forget that a large amount of truckers are being taken off the road due to increased regulation, which means those with disqualifying traffic offenses, drug issues, etc. can no longer drive.

I actually listened to the podcast.

You mean my 9,000lb electric Hummer ISN’T going to save the planet? shucks

Americans already have a love for trucks, with the EV sedans approaching truck weight and the EV trucks approaching Abrams M1 Tank weight we are looking at massive destruction.

Oh, man, this article has everything.

You are so wrong. Producing wagons, just like all other vehicle manufacturers, is pretty much all Benz does. You split hairs by calling those wagons “CUVs” or “SUVs” when they are CSWs in my book—chunky station wagons.

FIFY

The pay it forward thing has always been the dumbest thing imaginable. It’s performative charity for people who don’t need it. Want to feel good? Donate time or money to an actual cause. Or, as this article wisely suggests, tip the workers.

Harder and harder to get truly remote when everyone’s out there doing the same thing.

Henry David Thoreau was the original glamper. The cabin on Walden Pond was a 20 minute walk from his family home; his mom regularly brought food, cleaned and did his laundry. The land was served by a rail line; and was wasn’t some backwater wilderness - it was owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

This year, in a fit of procrastination, I didn't fit my snow tires until the first snowfall of the year. Driving my car both before and after lets me say with confidence that you have no idea what you're talking about to an almost dangerous degree.

MT and AT tires suck in snowy conditions and even more so in icy conditions compared to actual snow/winter tires. I have snow rated ATs and they are barely acceptable on snowy roads, I’d much prefer actual snow tires. That little snowflake on the tire doesn’t really mean all that much. Lots of truck/jeep people don’t…

    -osteoarthritis and an irrational hatred of skateboarders 

And it’s a rental, so payload capacity is basically infinite so long as you can get it back to the parking lot.

I’d like to have a word with her, too.

Why is it so hard to make a 30k full size truck anymore?

Swam for 12 hours after his helicopter crashed.