Yeah, I guess “common law wife” sounds kinda trashy.

True. Everyone starts to wonder if they’re gay.

At my age the big one is Social Security survivor’s benefits.

Only if the guy actually has assets worth going after. If was abusing the system this badly, and was desperate enough to hire a hit man

The Balkans can give it a run for the money.

For me it would depend on which local dealer was less scummy.

All they have to do is make a new Grand National (ideally as the 1st production car to break the 800hp barrier) and it’ll be OK.

Exactly: Lincoln and Caddy had the first “modern” engines with OHV and high compression ratios; everyone else was still using pre-war designs.

Like the vintage gun powder in the USS Iowa turret explosion.

You left out WWI, when Germany did beat Russia (and almost the West, until we got involved). Not to mention the Russio-Japanese war, the Crimean war, and others. WWII was actually kind of a fluke.

It’s kind of a semantic argument, but North Vietnam did win, as they achieved their objective, uniting with the South.

Google “Renault 5.”

Is your friend in New Hampshire, near Lake Winnipesaukee? Because I knew someone from there who put a Pegueot diesel in a Ferrari 308GTB. It ... was weird.

At least he won’t break his arm clean off cranking it. And with an overdrive, they can ALMOST keep up on modern highways.

A Model T is more like 90-100 years old, though. I’d love to see Doug in a car from the late 30s though - fast enough for modern highways, and with hydraulic brakes, self-starting, and safety glass.

Not to mention the Model T is hopelessly impractical for anything except parades and puttering around your neighborhood on a warm Sunday afternoon. Also, when you break your arm cranking it, you’ll only be able to type one-handed.

Oh dear, I thought “K” stood for kompressor.

Which makes no sense, as Janet was a passionate Porsche owner herself.

No, just one of the hydraulic accumulators leaking onto a hot exhaust.