We have an 08 SX4 manual that’s the around town beater and it’s an absolute champ. We bought it used eight years ago and have barely had to spend a dime on repairs. As much as I want to get rid of it, I’m really going to miss how reliable it’s been.

Would a haunted Betamax tape be better or worse? Laserdisk was the forerunner of the CD and is king of undead, where as Betamax was a cursed abomination that should never have been brought upon this earth.

When I was in college, I’d go about twice a semester. I was in ROTC, and after we had a weekend field training, all of would descend on the local OCB on a Sunday night, still smelling of gunsmoke with camo facepaint mostly washed off.

I worked at a Fortune 50 manufacturing company and it was “a pitch.”

I used to buy populated PCBs for locomotives. A loco has a useful life of ~20 year and a shit ton of electronics (think of them as diesel electric generators on tracks). It wasn’t just the electronics controlling the power generation and distribution, there is also a host of controls for fuel consumption, traction…

We always go with “tell me 2 things you learned (it could be something about their friend)“ and “what did you talk about at lunch”. Those would get the conversation going.

Seven years ago, we bought a 08 Suzuki SX4 manual for $5k cash. It’s gone through 3 kids now and has become my daily driver. It never leaves the county, only needs an oil change when I get the annual inspection, and gets filled up every 3rd week.

Try it on a sandwich with crusty bread.

I’ve changed all my breakfasts & lunches to vegetarian and most dinners. The biggest thing is to plan ahead. I take a couple hours on Sunday afternoon to make all my lunches for the week and when I shop, I buy for vegetarian breakfasts. We plan dinners a week out, so we shop for what’s in season and lean meats.  It’s…

All the rare earths in the batteries and motors don’t come cheap. We’re trading one disaster for another.

For the last 2 cars we’ve bought, we had financing already arranged. I had the loan through my bank and they were ready to wire a check wherever I told them.

I’m getting the same vibe here. Normally, this would be a hard pass as I don’t care for rom-coms or Christmas movies, but I may watch this just based on the cast. There are a lot of really good actors (and Kristen Stewart) in this movie, so I may give it a go.

I worked for an Indian manager a number of years back. After a couple days, I asked him to help me pronounce his name right. We went back and forth for about 5 minutes until I got it. It was a bit embarrassing for me, but names are an important part of your identity, and I wanted to treat my boss right.

I’m in the same boat as you.  I need a small city-car for back and forth to work and a family truckster for long trips.  The small car is nearing replacement time and I’d like to get an electric, but for as much is it’s driven, I’m not dropping Tesla money.

Brings me back to my army days.

My in-laws were an exclusively Miracle Whip family until I came around and showed them the error of their ways.  They now know mayo is the true sandwich condiment.

Miracle Whip is salad dressing for people who find ranch too spicy.  If I want dressing on my sandwich, I’ll pick a dressing.

We refer to it as “The Night of 1000 Waterfalls” when we do the prep.

Along with this, it’s “sergants-major” when there’s a group of E-9s.

Wow, swung for the fence and connected on that.  Well done!