Correct answer, full marks.

You’d need a magnifying glass and calipers to take that measurement.

I live in the suburbs of New York City and the combined mortgage and maintenance on my co-op is $1500 a month. Sure, I could have a combined mortgage + maintenance that was triple that, but I couldn’t afford that kind of house, so I didn’t buy that kind of house.

We don’t know where he was between the May 30 citation and the June 8 sighting of the vehicle at the overlook parking lot. For all we know, he went home to Huntington Beach in between those two events.

His vehicle was found in a parking lot just off one of the main roads in the park; there are toilets and I presume water there, possibly even a payphone. It is not particularly remote from the main tourist areas of the park, and is in fact on the Park Service’s Top 10 list for visitors to stop at. He probably chose to…

There are locator beacons meant for on-land off the grid activities, rather than EPIRBs, but if you already have the latter, absolutely carry it. But also don’t be a dumbass who goes tearing around off-roading illegally until you run out of gas.

Dark rum in good cider with a squeeze of lime and a swizzle with a cinnamon stick is just about the perfect autumn cocktail.

Neutral: my van gets about 15 to the gallon. Happily, the bus system in my county is free for all riders this summer and will get me where I need to go, and other than that I’ve been walking a lot more. That said, I am taking a vacation this summer, and there’s a 98% chance it will involve driving the gas-hog to get…

Depends on if the dickheads did other damage when they cut out the cat.

Umm Ali, or Om Ali, which is an Egyptian bread pudding that is heavy on the custard and uses (baked) phyllo or similar for the carb sponge. Translates to “Ali’s Mother” and was apparently named after the wife of a sultan.

Why get another car at all, since you’re in NYC? Ride out this market on public transportation. Unless you live in furthest ends of Queens or Staten Island, you truly do not need your own wheels.

Been there done that. I don’t know who was in the back, but one day, walking home from class at Georgetown, I nearly got pushed out of the road by a Secret Service convoy. The SS agent riding shotgun was literally riding shotgun, too: hanging out the front passenger window with a short-barrel pump action in hand. I…

I live in a town where the local ordinance prohibits any open flame within 10' of a structure or under an overhang. All of our balconies are less than 10' and fully overhung, so we are limited to electric outdoor cooking appliances. Every now and then a newbie moves in and doesn’t know or ignores the rule, and we narc…

The new livery should be scrapped because he is f*cking traitor, but I’ll accept this excuse.

I know that on-ramp and it doesn’t count -- most of the time, no one pays attention to the red light anyway.

In a few states the prices are being held lower due to suspension of gasoline taxes. I’m sure that isn’t going to a) fly under the radar as everyone in the supply chain keeps their prices high and collects the extra revenue, and b) bite us in the ass when the bills that gas taxes pay come due. Personally, I know New…

You know Lincoln is the home of the University of Nebraska, right? I think college kids have probably got digital downloading figured out.

The delay was the point. If they get more than a handful of tires returned as part of this recall, I will be shocked. They’ve successfully transferred the cost of replacing their mistake onto the public.

Google tells me that the entire production run of Bugatti Chirons was 500 units. There were 702 Ram TRX made in 2021, as far as I can tell, and they sold out in pre-orders. There are... more than that for MY2022, but my 10 seconds with Google is only coming up with a hard number for one special edition of the beast,…

LOL get back to use when Bugatti’s sales figures look like RAM’s.