They snuck a lot of things like that into the TV series. Another example is when George Costanza wants to award The Foundation’s scholarship to a kid named Steven Koren, which also happens to be the name of one of the writers that season. If you pay close attention and know what to look for you also see a lot of…

“If it is true, and there is a trade-off between scratch-resistant and shatter-resistant glass, you’d probably rather your iPhone be the latter.”

I’m guessing doing other things in space? I’ve sometimes wondered if male anatomy can be “up” to the task in zero gravity, or if that has a negative impact on that area. 

I grew up in a family of 6 with one bathroom. My dad and I were the only males. In our house the dad/son bathroom was the laundry tub in the basement. It only worked for #1 though. 

For anyone unfamiliar the Apollo 10 floating turd transcript is always good for a laugh: https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop

I say the smart fortwo simply because it’s rated mileage of 33 city and 39 doesn’t seem efficient enough to justify all of the sacrifices buyers made to drive that vehicle. This is especially true when you consider that premium fuel was recommended. 

The lead photo for this chat reminds of the old feature “down on the street” that you guys used to run. Any interest on brining that back? It was one of my favorites. I can’t remember how long it’s been since it was a thing.

I think this has always been silly conventional wisdom. For some things it might not matter whether two people are “opposites”, but for any relationship to work, romantic or otherwise, there must be some shared values or interests involved. I think it became conventional wisdom because no two people are the same, and…

Tom Petty allegedly came up with the lyric “coming down is the hardest thing” in the song “Learning To Fly” after talking to a pilot. 

“Not sure other than online recipes (in general) often tend to over complicate things.”

I’ll give it a try, I don’t know why all of the recipes I’ve come across involve heat. 

The recipes I find either involve simmering vinegar on the stove or pouring hot water into the vinegar. Both result in strong smells.

Now this is the kind of cooking lifehack I needed. I might need to throw some onions in the oven this weekend!

When I got married 11 years ago we went with a fondant topped cake based on a design my wife came up with. I argued in favor of a traditional cake with buttercream frosting but lost. My main point was that fondant is not enjoyable to eat, and buttercream is great. My wife agreed with that, but wanted fondant because…

I’m one of the few Americans who has also driven a fortwo diesel in the US. In my old job I got to take media fleet vehicles home on a regular basis. In ‘08 we had a fortwo diesel provided to us by Bosch. In truth I don’t remember too much about it all these years later. The biggest thing that sticks out in my mind is…

As someone who wore tucked in dress shirts almost every day prior to the pandemic I agree with his comments on the length of a tucked shirt. Shirts that don’t stay tucked are just plain annoying. I personally think untucked dress shirts look bad on most men, so I don’t have an opinion there.

That makes more sense, I misunderstood your comment. 

Have you ever looked into collar extenders? I don’t have the exact same problem as you, but it’s similar. I’m 5'10 and normally wear a 16.5/34 dress shirt, and closing the collar is possible but a bit suffocating. Going up to a 17 fits my neck better, but the rest of the shirt becomes too blousy if you know what I…

It must be in my blood. When I was born my dad was driving a 1973 Monte Carlo, it was my first ride on the way home from the hospital. 

Eating outside can be anything from awful to glorious, sometimes both extremes can be had during the same meal. I’ve lived my house for 13 years, and we’ve probably only eaten outside 25 times. Our back deck is situated in a way that the evening sun bakes it, no amount of umbrella tilt alleviates this problem. Our…