I love going to games in my Whalers gear. I get into conversations with the best random people because that team has such a storied history, particularly in New England, where I am. And that logo is just the best. No competition.

Not just me, phew. Those are just horrible - just far enough off to be eye catching and obnoxious, but probably stupid expensive to fix. Gah!

I’m sorry, what? Mississippi actually rolled *back* annual inspections? Yikes.

Was ready to jump on this one, but the linked Amazon listing shows it’s only available from third party sellers, and for a minimum of around $68 plus shipping. Am I missing something?

Was ready to jump on this one, but the linked Amazon listing shows it’s only available from third party sellers, and…

Sounds like I need to give my grandfather more credit than I knew, or perhaps there’s a lot that I truly don’t know - we’re very good at not speaking about “unpleasant” things in my family, so I have no doubt there’s a lot missing in my understanding of that dynamic. However, it is *so* freaking sad that I need to…

This was just under a decade before my birth, and it’s astonishing how little I actually know about the culture of the US at that time. My knowledge of these aspects of culture jumps from late 19th century to basically when I was alive, and skips that pesky 20th century in large part. (And my understanding is…

I don’t believe his assertion without question, no. I guess my point was more a question of whether of not this could’ve been possible. Given that these events took place before I was born, I have very little sense of how he medical community regarded women in this time period.

He said he asked the doctor if spanking would work, and the doctor said yes.

Who is this person who scrapes their car off before starting the engine to warm up?

I may go back to a Tiguan. My 2009 committed suicide in 2017, but in a lot of ways it was exactly what I needed - AWD, decent amount of space, peppy enough to still be fun, small overall. I got a GTI in its place (don’t ask), but I think lifestyle changes may get me to look into trading that for a Tiguan R.

Other than the Clonazepam, we’re drug twinsies. Twinning!

Hold up. Does that mean my decision to not have babies makes Republicans unhappy? Well, shit. That’s unfortunate.

Curious what you end up with - I’m in the GTI wheel market myself and these are basically exactly what I want.

Every 2017 VW SUV. I loved my 2009 Tiguan (until the engine committed suicide...I am an idiot for loving VWs, but so it goes). It was a great size - small enough to be maneuverable and fun, adequate power, and could still fit my 155 lb. dog in the back quite comfortably. Now all VW SUVs are bigger than necessary, look…

I’m going with them. Screw it.

That was Mr. PissReekingOcelot’s first reaction when I sent him this news. And don’t forget about the untimely demise of the Russians who may or may not have leaked the story in the first place.

Was just having this conversation with Mr. PissReekingOcelot last night. The distribution of what are currently states into new nation states (or whatever the fuck) is super interesting, based on this exact geography. And who gets Alaska and Hawaii in the breakup, too? I like Alaska but it’s a little dicey; Hawaii…

Ooh, this has merit. Swap him for the Cheeto (hell, even Cheeto’s kids at this point), lock him in a NYC penthouse ‘acquired’ during the swap, and congratulate ourselves on a job well done.

Farmer Fran is never too much. It’s not possible.

I grok your pain.