Maintenance? This is America, we don’t need no stinkin’ maintenance!

I think the East Coast ones are served on plates with knife and fork, not on a stick. That might help the dining experience. 

I’m from the Plattsburgh area and that was about the best outcome you could have had in that situation. The Sears Auto mechanics were pretty much the only shop in town that would fix anything they could get parts for even if it was a special order. You are lucky you didn’t wind up having to have your car transported…

I was assuming because I couldn’t find a clear statement that yes, that Silverado has a fuel cutoff switch, much less what triggers it (airbag deployment vs. vehicle impact). But it definitely seems like this is a piece of safety technology that the Jalopnik commentariat is not as familiar with as one might expect.

And in the Chevy Silverado she was driving, to get to that switch you have to open the hood and reach into the engine bay on the passenger side. That’s totally safe to be doing in Lane 2 of a highway.

Apparently modern vehicles have a fuel-pump shutoff switch tied into the vehicle’s computer that gets tripped when a crash is detected. Assuming this truck had something like this, by the time the smoke cleared and the driver got herself sorted out enough to consider moving the vehicle, the engine was starved of fuel.

Getting out and pushing is worse than leaving it sitting unless you’ve got two vehicles blocking lanes for you. On your own, you run the real risk of being between that semi and the tailgate at the time of impact.

I’m not sure how much heat I would bring to the equation here, I wonder if that might bring out the bitterness too much. Maybe start with hot syrup and let it steep in the fridge for 24 hours?

?? Fiber does help with gut motility, which is a part of the process of digestion.

Could you steep it in simple syrup, then strain the syrup and toss the solids? Not sure, but it might give you an orange-flavored syrup to use in tea or cocktails. You might have to let it dry out a bit (uncovered, spread out in the fridge would probably do) before steeping, lest you dilute your syrup. Start with a…

I think of them less as sausage and more like a meatball that’s been formed around a skewer and grilled. Similar meat products are found in the region of Turkey, Iran, and the northern Levant, and probably Greece but I’m less familiar with Greek food. Cevapi in particular, though, are the perfect small size to shove…

Thank you for being awesome, Mercedes! Best of luck in whatever the future offers you! May the road rise up to meet you.

I have been known smear peanut butter on a whole Oreo, no Ritz needed. 

You would not be the first outlet to test which is faster, a crosstown bus or a person on foot.

I can’t actually find information about whether or not Walmart still sells firearms. They’ve gone back and forth a few times on the issue, though -- corporate will put out a statement about how responsible they’re being, then quietly they’ll walk back their new policies, rinse and repeat.

My town used to have one but it got washed out last September in a flood (along with a dental office, the local Salvation Army store, a beauty parlor, and one of those little multipurpose notary/wire transfer/calling card/I don’t know what stores that you find in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods). The entire block …

Good grief. Even by Subway standards, there’s a lot of shit being flung in this comments section. What’s going on, Takeout team?

Reservations might be a California thing but glass bans and parking woes are universal.

Personally I have no interest in retiring to a cruise ship, since I know I’m going to Hell anyway and don’t feel the need to get started early. But to each their own, even if it is reminiscent of the spaceship that took humans off a devastated Earth in Wall-E.

A lot of the doctors who specialize in medical tourism actually did their training in the US, then went home to set up their boutique practices targeting Americans. But they still don’t take Medicare.