This coup failed for the same reason that most fail.

Your neighbor who works down at the Chevy plant is a real nice guy to hang out with on Saturdays. But I used to get called out to work at a GM plant or two to work on servers, and your friendly neighbor is a real asshole to people in the plant who aren’t union members.

Hague Convention, not Geneva.

“...the only downtime it needs is for refueling and rearmament.”

I’m surprised the cop responded. I had a guy go nuts and threaten to kill me over a traffic incident. I was going to let it go but someone else called the cops out of fear for my life. (I rolled up my window and pulled away. Windows are hard to punch through.) When the cops arrived I copied the video from my dash cam…

They could always join the United States. Britain would fit in well as a colony.

That’s actually across the street, not at the plant.

The front end fell off.

Speaking of Valvoline, I did my last oil change and they did the one before. When I was replacing the oil filter I noticed how small their’s was compared to the one that Autozone said was recommended for my car. (Autozone had a good deal on Mobil One and Purolator Boss filters that weekend.) It’s been three weeks and…

My dad was depression era baby and his dad owned a service station. He grew up around cars and taught me all the basic maintenance (setting gaps on points, replacing water pumps...) I joined the Air Force when I was 18 and was a crew chief on fighter jets for 6 years, so I know a little bit about maintenance and how…

The removal of stop signs is the Russian government’s way of teaching the masses that face punching is the first step in diplomacy. Putin: “I don’t like the way Crimea is looking at me. We must face punch.”

Somebody needs to buy my Xbox One before this beast goes on the market.

I doubt his life was ruined. I was asked to resign because I missed two so called mandatory meetings in a row, that happened to be on my days off. (There’s a side story where I asked a co-worker when the second meeting was and he lied about it. I called him as a witness at my hearing and my boss decided his testimony…

Time is relative. This probably occurred in the 1990's, which seemed to be about last week for me. But I clearly remember being able to pump before paying in the early 2000's.

Yes they were. They were the largest group of stupid and lazy people I’ve ever has the misfortune to be associated with.

This was related to me in 2002, so it would have been before then.

Would it be wrong to sell platinum magnets on Ebay?

I used to be a deputy sheriff for few short years in a mid sized city. There was a convenience store near one of the jails that would allow uniformed personnel to go in, pick up a soft drink from the fountain and not have to pay for it. (Its very common. There are businesses that literally want to force discounts and…

Speaking of F-35's... How expensive would a basic F-35 airframe without all the electronic gadgets cost as a replacement (or supplement) to the A-10?

The T-38 and the Corvair: Contemporary, American designed, rear engined vehicles.