Sorry - I’m from the north, so we didn’t get most of those “booms” you talk of. A little bit of development in Salford and on the Liverpool waterfront, but hardly a boom in either timeline. Nothing compared to the post-war development of all the (bomb wrecked) cities across the North in the 60s and 70s

Also the same people that don’t believe in evolution are sure that all natural change is a slow, even, linear process.

This is also partly due to the fact that the last time shit actually got built in the UK was the 1970s before Thatcher was elected. Those structures were mostly built with sub standard steel and concrete and have been known to be problematic for decades (the parking garage in my home town was closed and eventually…

Which in practice means, “if you violate X, Y or Z, the vehicle will be reported stolen” and you will be menaced at gunpoint by people who might kill you for looking at them wrong.

The old model never got anywhere close to its advertised MPG either. I had one as a rental for ten days and managed 9mpg even though I was driving it normally without any city start/stop or high speed highway trips.

And yet if you go to any developer conference, any scientific meeting, or any international airport lounge more than 50% of the laptops in use will be Macs. In my research team at a major tech company, every one of my direct reports opted for a Mac (we all have a choice between Mac and windows), as did 80% or more of…

Why is why he was on the help desk at FB and not actually producing anything

I’m going to call bullshit on the Landrover Discovery numbers - there’s no way on earth JLR dealers are selling almost 1500 NOS Discos that were discontinued 7 years ago.

I’m confused.

How will I carry the 4x8 sheets of plywood and drywall?

I was wrong about size, I’ll admit that. Now will you admit that the Model X looks nothing like a “normal” SUV?

I haven’t heard great things about Hyundai / Kia dealers, but I can tell you from personal experience that I dropped plans to purchase a Lincoln 4 years ago because it required dealing with Ford dealers.  The vehicles are great, but the dealership experience is garbage.  There’s no way they can compete with Audi, BMW,…

The UK is still part of Europe, despite what the Little Britain people want you to think. It’s on the Eurasian plate and almost everyone outs the UK would include it as part of Europe geographically and culturally.

If you think the two vehicles look even remotely similar in terms of profile, I can’t help you.

It’s also a positive feedback (with negative effects). More atmospheric warming (which is accentuated in the arctic and subarctic regions) leads to melting of permafrost and release of more methane. There are also substantial stores of methane tied up in frozen ocean sediments - methyl clathrates - and their…

Unfortunately not in my area of CT where I regularly see people in new Mercedes and Lexuses driving with a phone held in one hand. I guess their grandkids or the dealership never set up the bluetooth for them.

A lot of wealthy tech folks moved to various areas of the west during the pandemic to play cowboy / farmer.

And the profile and size of the vehicles are almost identical!

“Brattin defended his position, essentially claiming that if someone appears to be safely *drinking a beer*/ *smoking a joint* / *shooting up H* while driving, they’re clearly doing nothing wrong.”

There are three in my village / town of less than 1000 people.