Yup! I loved shop class. Even if the teacher wouldn't let us use the table saw.

That's pretty bad, especially since you're talking about a high school.

The problem with home economics being mandatory (at public school, anyway) is that those classrooms are expensive and schools don't have money in their budgets for a room with 20 ovens. The loss of home ec class is a casualty of the progressive defunding of education in this country. Same with shop class.

My Fiancee and I are both in kickboxing class, and we entertained the idea of having a boxing match at our wedding to see who gets whose last name.

Thanks, but I think I'd prefer getting my own type rating if I ever run into that 'problem'

A dream of mine is to be able to afford a big enough plane to reasonably make long trips around the country. King Airs go for a few hundred grand these days, and have a 1,500 mile range cruising at 220 knots. That would be just fine for my purposes, thanks. Perhaps after the mortgage is paid off, that'll be the next…

Why can't we have a retractable steering wheel and pedals for emergencies? See: Will Smith's Audi in "I, Robot."

Oooh, I've never seen that setting. I think I need to do some more digging into MFT to see if there's other functionality I'm not aware of.

I just assumed that all Fords had the same system. I agree, in my Focus ST the auto lights work great. I have HID, does your Mustang have HID headlights? Maybe the delay is different/shorter for halogens and that is causing trouble.

Our old diesel S-10 had lost so much compression, putting it in gear even on a relatively gentle hill wasn't enough to keep it from rolling.

I have a CDL, and I think the state laws about BAC are similar in CO (0.05 for CDL if I recall correctly), and honestly I find I don't get any more paranoid about drinking and driving, as I don't generally do it anyway.

I am in electrical engineering, and our office dress code is typically polos and jeans with sneakers. Some people go to slacks and shoes, but it's not mandatory. I will occasionally go with slacks and shoes if I have a client meeting that day, or a job interview.

I agree with you, all commercial trucks should have licensed drivers operating them, I'm just saying from experience in the construction industry many times they do not (at least where I'm from). Landscapers, for instance, often drive medium duty dump trucks like an F650 to haul mulch or stone, and those trucks are…

And commercial trucks require a special license. Like RV's a special license should be required for this beast, but is not.

"And I.... will.... triumph.....

There is a really nice local italian restaurant down the road, and their prices are actually the same as Olive Garden (except without the whole unlimited breadsticks thing). Every time I've been to OG the place is packed. The local place? Not so much.

That's my concern. The ST does have a decent size cargo area, and the back seats aren't too small, but I could see it getting cramped with 4 of us and all that goes with a baby, packed in there.

Heh. I better not drive it, then. I was actually considering trading for a slower bigger car like a jetta wagon but that is still on hold, pending news if there is or isn't a baby on the way.

Just curious, when you were shopping, did you drive a Focus ST as well? I own one, and I have been looking for Fiestas at local dealers... kinda interested test driving one to see the difference in handling and performance between the Focus and Fiesta. I'm guessing the Fiesta has even more go-kart handling factor than…