or holding actual humans for ransom

Egypt would demand $1 billion for the cost of the operation to free the ship

i’m not invested in the whole union debate, but i do have a really dumb question:

loose tools and hardware on an elevated balcony seems like a bad idea to me...

lol no. a pedestrian can’t wait 10 minutes for traffic to clear to cross a busy street in a designated crosswalk. when you see a pedestrian obviously waiting to cross the street at a crosswalk, you check your mirrors to see how close the cars behind you are, gradually stop, and wait for them to cross.

a condition of owning a gun should be that the owner should have liability insurance for any injury or damages caused by said gun.

i recently discovered yellow or golden kiwis that seem to either have been ‘shaved’ or have an otherwise thinner skin that is much more suitable to eat like an apple.

i just got lazy and slice them without trying to keep 99% of the good stuff.

During Ramadan, the plan is to have a little green or white tea with her daily pre-dawn breakfast.

very curious how a superconductor manufacturer is supposed to educate the masses on not being racist dipshits.

your body is simply a moderate representation of the ideal physical specimen.

especially when his argument is this:

I was a huge TBS fan at the time and have never heard of this album.  This song actually sounds like a Brand New copy too.

i think a tip bucket is what this guy feared the most.

depending on how massive, a certain amount of gap actually allows cars to accelerate more rapidly and evenly on the green light.

well, actually, audi’s have and have long had two separate buttons for front and rear fogs.

in a similar vein, people who brake at all when they could simply let off the gas.

you can always hope a friendly mechanic accidently drains the slideshow fluid.

I don’t work as labor, but I do work in an industry where 6 or 7x12 shifts are incredibly common and even desired. The difference is, the industry is full of skilled labor, strong unions, a strong safety culture and heavy regulation. Workers get 4-5 breaks throughout the day, more in hot/cold weather, free access to…

on the surface, i like this, but how does that work when ‘compensation depends on experience.’  or is an upfront pay scale range acceptable?  lawyers pay specifically on the number of years you have practiced.  many jobs have a range of roughly 30k, depending on where you fall in the pay scale.