They succeeded, however armed with power windows I averted smoke from entering the vehicle.

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...the thousands (millions?) of guns already in circulation wouldn’t magically disappear.

Wow! That must have been scary.

Excellent take-downs. With articles like these, I often get the impression the author is stretching with a few of the examples... Your observations were all on target.

I agree that the R8 doesn’t belong on the D-list. It flies way under the radar, looks-wise; it’s exotic for other reasons. If I had $125k to drop on a fun car that I didn’t want people take notice of unless they looked carefully, this would be near or at the top of my list.

Too bad this request didn’t come in pre-COVID—they could have scored a Z8 then. Nowadays those prices have doubled.

Lucky me—I’ve never deep fried at home because I don’t like the smell afterwards. Shallow aesthetic preferences for the win.

Former college professor here... sigh.

Thanks, Ross. I used to feel out of touch, not having watched these shows. Now I feel morally superior, avoiding lifestyle porn.

Thanks for the explanation, Dennis!  I’d had some intuitions, but this makes it all clear.

Agreed.

Thanks for the information! I didn’t know that. In an article ironically titled, “Queen Elizabeth II is NOT the Queen of England – is it so hard to get it right?” the author writes,

you might looks... there more to this deal...

My favorite brain dead argument are the people who say America is too big for high speed trains.

Good one.

Oh! I hadn’t thought of that--thanks for the idea.

Nice. For another example, at Starbucks I’ve only ever ordered small, medium, or large drinks. They have different names (of which I remember “venti” but not what size that is).

Maybe I misunderstand the situation: I’m thinking that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, this allows states to impose bans on abortion? So when a group talks about “moving forward with a case,” they mean potentially doing it a couple of dozen times, tailoring each to the laws in a given state.  Does that sound right?

He is wonderful, yes!