That is one crazy story on so many levels. Some my neighbors are a bit insufferable, but damn.

It also ensures the right to legal representation during a criminal trial. I think (dude, I’m just guessing here) that might have been what he was going for, but that’s giving him a ton of credit since he wasn’t in a criminal proceeding at the time. Though we can all agree he was headed in that direction, right?

Me too.

That part isn’t clear, but it seems narrowly restricted to non-immigration questions and an extended stop. However, “brief questioning” isn’t well defined.

Yeah he asserted his right to remain silent, but he didn’t practice that right.

Maybe they’re only happy when they’re unhappy?

I’ll take Dunning-Kruger for $5 ... (and a mess of tacos vs. death)

I’ve done that. Like Mt. St. Melon.

Fer sure on that last point!

HA

Hmmmm... maybe I wasn’t clear. I wasn’t suggesting the customer supplied the parts. I was saying that mechanic shops mark up parts to make extra profit. That’s not unusual. So maybe I missed something in what you were saying.

LH,

That all sounds right, but things were one way, then they were another. Maybe not in the last 70 years, but the retail business of fueling cars in the U.S. (at least) has changed during the last 20-30 (I’ll give you the 90s). I wish America would import European innovations like nationalized health care.

I think degradation is like manageable if you’re an individual owner, but I don’t want to rent a car that holds 10% less fuel than that other car. I believe that would and likely does impact demand. It’s a math problem for Hertz.

I don’t think the stock market analogy holds. Cars don’t generally go up in value unless they’re rare or are classic from a vintage era. You can expect stocks, like real estate, to go up and down, but the general trajectory is up statistically. Except in some very specific cases, cars are not investments. They’re…

I know this isn’t a one-to-one comparison to a tech that didn’t exist and then did, but there actually has been significant improvements in the last 20 years or so in terms of safety design, pay at the pump, advertising (unfortunately), integration with apps that allow for customer engagement by scanning a QR code at…

Don’t forget the rest of the story. Maurice Bessinger wasn’t the only brother who specialized in que and sauce. Robert and Melvin Bessinger also did it without the side-order of racism.

Most of the Southeast, really. We tell tourists along the coast of South Carolina “Don’t like the weather, just wait 15 minutes.”

That’s my question. What if it gets wet from you know being ... outside.

Applebee’s reference made this about 30% more funny. haha