I think part of the difference may stem from not prioritizing getting drunk. I honestly don't drink to get drunk anymore, and that was never the goal drinking alone. I drink beer because I like beer, more so than any other alcoholic beverage. I can enjoy beer, but only good beer. So, if I get offered anything…

Two words: Etymotic Research. I have yet to try non-custom earphones that comes even close to their comfort levels, especially after a couple of hours of use. And their sound is great to boot.

I think the idea of the switch refers to changing the make-up of primary structural components, ie chassis, powertrain casings, etc.

I think you're right, specially considering the last time he got a "payday" he almost immediately invested all of it. I think he's busy enough now to not consider opening a new venture, so he has no use for the supposed "payday".

Friend's late father owned one a little over a decade ago. I was in the back of their house and thought a helicopter was landing on the driveway...

I've come to the conclusion that everything is better treated that way.

And you can't fire the attendant after the flight? There is no reason for hundreds of passengers to suffer through an unnecessary delay because the rich guys up front couldn't take a picture of their nuts.

The percentage that'd go towards good (like fixing roads) would be far higher than from the higher cost of gas from the oil conglomerates. Also, they could just reduce them back down once the price goes up again.

Well, then, I suppose I should consider myself lucky that the first hand-me-down car I drove was a minivan, which imploded shortly thereafter. I can't think of a better car for a college student living off campus with a large friend-group, than a relatively beat-up but functioning minivan

While Syria's population is majority Sunni, the government is Shiite, hence Iran's explicit support for Assad. It's a bit more complicated than you describe.

Before you go rambling off about Middle Eastern politics and tactical strategies involving Iran, you need to read these two articles to have even the remotest hope of understanding what the fuck you're talking about:

Bingo! Bought a Subaru, originally sold in Nevada, while in California, and now live in North Carolina. I want a fucking recall.

That's a different argument. I am also fully behind the idea of a cost cap, more even distribution of revenue, and releasing the stranglehold on design limits (barring safety concerns, probably). Since that doesn't exist though, everyone needs to adhere to the same formula they all signed.

It's not clever. Flexible components for aerodynamics is pretty fundamental, and taught in most undergrad aerospace classes as "aeroelasticity". There are limits on it, and Red Bull breached the limits. It's the same as weight limits, size limits, and all the other damn limits that a "formula" series implements.

But isn't he an integral component of that sponsorship?

This, David Shepardson reports, is after NHTSA discovered ruptures in North Carolina and California, which are both states not within the "high humidity" area originally covered.

If you want to complain about people in Orange County and LA areas wasting treated water from the Colorado River on their lawns, I completely agree, and would wish for nothing less than their water being shut off.

People do in California, with the freshest and cheapest produce in the country.

Or Sacramento, San Diego, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, need I go on?

Except Lewis was faster than Alonso, and he wanted McLaren to essentially handicap Lewis for his benefit.