Thanks. I wasn’t thinking along those lines.

Thank you for actual numbers! Even if estimated. So it sounds like we’re changing out four 8-pounds springs for four 2-pound springs, ideally, for a total savings of 32 - 8 = 24 pounds. For the average passenger vehicle of a bit over 4,000 pounds in the U.S. today, that’s about half a percent.

You’ve touched on a “hard rule” that Stephen Johnson seems to have missed:

The Z3/Z3 M roadster style has aged really well, I think.

The difference is truly overrated. A boneless, skinless chicken breast is 142 calories, with 3 grams of fat and 27 grams of protein. A boneless, skinless chicken thigh has 206 calories, 10 grams of fat, and a very similar 28 grams of protein.

“Obesity is a common, serious, and costly disease

I remember the advice about pennies and fuses from when I was a kid in the 1970s, from my grandparents. But every house I’ve lived in since then has had circuit breakers.

Right—it’s about playing the odds. Even with the cost of college these days, the return on investment in a bachelor’s degree is still positive.

I know the feeling, off and on.  I left academia after 20 years, from a tenured position, to go to a government research lab.  A little less pressure to publish and pull in grant money, but comparable job security.

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They’re also very big on defacing the U.S. flag, being über-patriots and all.

people are trying to establish new objective standards as if they’re describing the color of the sky. and they’re forcing it on anyone who doesn’t agree or accept their new standards.

For folks who didn’t follow the link to Dennis’s hilarious article about egg devices, I’ll post this excerpt (which, along with the description of the device, is a literal LOL):

Ditto. Though more for Kari Matchett and Peter Gallagher than the actors mentioned.

Yup. $20k more than the average selling price on BaT, and $5k more than a 2007 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG wagon has ever sold for on BaT.

This won’t work with the federal government, of all places. When I applied for my current position in a federal research lab, with a CV that included a Ph.D., they required a transcript from a decade earlier to show I’d really graduated with a B.S. Sheesh.

A lot of honorary doctorates seem to be awarded to rich and famous people in exchange for giving a speech at a graduation ceremony. It’s a pretty transparent quid pro quo.

Clinicians don’t use the term “retarded”; it’s now considered dated and offensive.

This article made me realize that I don’t like Sonic’s food.

Maybe I’m just old, but in my day if someone had figured out a scheme that seemed too good to be true, they didn’t go publicizing it to the general public since that’s how you get whatever loophole you’re using closed.