Yup - talk about “fuck around and find out”. NEVER mess with a mother when kids are involved - you’ll be on the short end of the stick.

Yes I miss those alerts at 12n too. I remember seeing some tourists who were confused and thought there was something going on, and I explained to them that they’re just testing the system.

Bingo! I always went to the gate with my family to see relatives off, spend some extra time talking, etc. before they left. This was normal before all of that 9-11 “security theater” started. Of course the security wasn’t anywhere as intrusive as now. I used to bring while 2-liter bottles of vodka on board.

Yup! Sheet metal toilets FTW, which naturally never flush properly or have water running. You’re spot on about the smell too - they’re always disgusting.

I would also add the following:
1) Bobby Allison’s wreck at Talladega in 1987
2) Alex Zanardi in CART where he losts both legs
3) Niki Lauda’s crash at the Nurburgring in 1976
4) Stan Fox’s crash at Indy, with his feet literally dangling out of the front of the car
5) Justin Wilson getting hit by debris at Pocono in 2015
6)…

I handful of the rest stops while driving north in CA on I-5 would definitely quality. Disgusting toilets that I would never want to sit on, sometimes no running water, and much of the time they’re closed for “service” whatever that means. All too often it’s just easier to stop at a McD’s or other place and go to the…

Yup - cars are getting larger, heavier and also have horrible sight lines. Something about physics - these larger “cars” are pretty much deadly to anyone who gets hit.

That will buff right out

I’ve seen a LOT of janky DIY work in various homes when I was searching. I remember one in particular where they put all of the money on the fancy kitchen but neglected everything else. I figured it would easily take $200K to bring things up to code. That on top of the selling price was a big nope from me.

I try to do a lot of DIY around the house, but when it comes to electrical or plumbing, I call the professionals. My plumber always jokes about coming over to fix a lot of botched DIY jobs that made a simple problem 100x worse. It’s easy to make “fixes” that are dangerous and could cause a serious problem down the…

WestJet solved this problem already (April Fools)

I used to live in an apartment complex where people would leave their clothes in the dryers for 1-2 hours. No baskets, nothing. Then they would complain why their clothes ended up getting removed. I get it, people get busy but seriously - set a timer or something to remind you to move your clothes out of courtesy to…

That’s glorious! Why you don’t stand near a hippo’s rear end!

Me watching all of those people trying to get out of Bowel Movement. Seriously - BM hasn’t been “counter culture” for 20 years.

When it comes to tools, shop around. If you’re on a particular battery system (Makita, Ryobi, etc.) then go with that option if there’s a promotion. Makita has promos on their website: https://www.makitatools.com/promos

Just waiting for a BSOD to appear...

A colleague had one of those in red. I asked him what the maintenance cost was - he said it was $$$$ because it had 2 of everything. Nice car though!

I always liked Nick Nolte’s mug shot.

“Apple’s support for California’s Right to Repair Act demonstrates the power of the movement that has been building for years and the ability for industries to partner with us to make good policy the industry’s lobbying efforts to water down a bill to benefit screw over the people of California,”

I use Peloton as a case study in my Business Analytics class as an example of what happens when you fail to anticipate changes in market conditions. They clearly had no plan when Covid would ease up and it showed, which was clearly obvious.