Johannesburg? São Paulo? Kinshasa?

Then it’s a management problem - there’s a role for the police in a civilized society, but we have asked cops to do everything *and* allowed the force to be filled with trigger happy bullies.

So you are saying that the police refuse to do the job they are very well paid to do?

The only people who have ever pulled a gun on me have been cops.

How long have you been a cop?

In most states the required training for barbers is longer than the required training for police officers.

“Renault was once synonymous with safety,”

Buy it and then watch your State’s DMV classify it as an off-road vehicle and refuse to issue a plate.

On a related note, I learned recently that the Welsh got a reputation for being sheep shaggers because of a quirk of English law imposed on Wales in the Middle Ages. The penalty for stealing sheep was death, but the penalty for bestiality was not - so if a Welshman was ever caught by English officials with a sheep,…

Maybe in some places but not on the farms (“stations”) that produce the merino for the products that I buy.

I was traveling with a work colleague a few years ago and we went through the TSA line next to each other (this was before pre-check).

Came here to say that the old Series LandRover owners used to do the same thing.  Any oil that hadn’t leaked on its own out of the pan was sprayed on the chassis / frame following each oil change

As a reasonable vegetarian, I agree with you 100%.

Blame YouTube and the way they monetize “content”. Creators know that and stretch 5 minutes of content into 20, 30, or even 45 minutes.

Good to know, Mr. Galaxy Brain.

This is bullshit - *anyone* who I am legally required to interact with must be 100% vaccinated. I have no way to avoid interacting with cops and TSA when they choose to engage. In return for those powers and their generous wages, they need to be vaccinated with zero exceptions.

I can’t believe the article and all the comments aren’t just “buy better coffee”.

Coin operated meters for both gas and electricity were common when I was a college student in the UK in the late 1980s. Also payphones in houses with multiple tenants (subdivided old victorians)

I’ve been waiting 15 years for the City of Asbury Park police department to pay the $2000 they owe me for breaking down the doors of my condo when they were looking for someone who didn’t live there (and had never lived there, they had the wrong address).

It’s worth more than I paid for it (at the end of a lease) two years ago.