There was something going on in the 50's and 60's when folks were getting into flying - mainly, everything about it was cheaper. Everyone says “Oh, yeah, my dad had a plane.” “Was he like a doctor or something?” “Nah, he was a regular guy” I want to say I did an inflation adjustment on a new 172 in early 60's and…

I’m told that you get used to the crank, over time.

Studies have shown that no families ever had happy memories before the invention of faux shiplap and oversized letter art reminding them to “live, laugh, love”

[Incoming hot take}

I get spending too much on old bikes, but I still love them. I got a1989 Jamis Diablo fram, with all rotating parts and derailleurs from my 1999 FSR (I never needed a FS bike). Powdercoated the frame and front rack (Surly) a sweet darkish orange which I’d show you but Kinja is being a dick... I like doing this than…

This car is around the corner from me! I’ve seen it parked for a while now when I go by and what got me was that it was just sitting there, unwashed, with peeling clear coat. Someone left a note on it a couple of months ago but then it disappeared.

The man knows nothing of lockout tag out. 

It happens

OH yeah!.  BTW, thank you for responding - that lead pic was used in a recent Jez article and I could not remember what it was from!

“60 bucks and a bag of weed” sounds like a James McMurtry or a Robert Earl Keen song

“Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll be descending to 10,000 feet for a moment...”

Picking up some Lincoln off of the grille...

So, a guy I knew in high school (89/90) got one and let me drive it...was there a power step around 3500 RPM or so?  I see, to remember that...

Saw a clapped out 3000GT at Safeway the other day...wondered if they have any value. 

I thought it was something like plate tectonics and erosion invented Moab 

That might work in urban and suburban areas.  But I’m guessing a lot of these dead malls are in locations with tons of green space.  so more grass is not a selling point to them...

I will a little bit, and here’s why:  They were bought by vulture capitalists and bled dry.  Did they have dead business models?  of course.  Did they not change fast enough to keep up?  No..but then, I’m not sure they could have done much to fight off being able to deliver one of 17 thousand million random items to…

I can even foresee a business model where Amazon stocks some high volume items on shelves where people can just walk in, grab what they want, and then pay on their way out.  

Oh...they know...they just aren’t allowed to say.  Scared into silence...

Oh, they know what to do...they just don’t want to do it.  ...and I think I figured out why, and it goes deeper than laziness:  Kids going to school in the fall looks normal; so forcing this gives voters a sense or normalcy, which is good for Certain People.