There are unfortunately a lot of idiots out there.

Hell, even in our neighborhood with a very reasonable HOA, there have been people who complained about the HOA not letting them put up 20'x10' campaign banners in their front yard after the very same people signed on to the HOA agreement that clearly bans yard signs…

2nd:

But Trumplethinskin says Gina isn’t doing anything and that’s why we have to pull out of the Paris accords!

Have you ever considered that the HOAs are one of the reasons the neighborhoods aren’t shitty?

Sure, they can get overly restrictive - but most aren’t, in my experience. Here’s my experience: “I want to replace my driveway”.

HOA: “What are you going to replace it with?”

Me: “Concrete”.

HOA: “ok”

I could see that - but for me, they’re just inefficient. Not just from a speed perspective, but they can be power hogs (Roombas are awful compared to a standard upright), and I’d like to be able to enjoy that space - Roombas simply run too much, take too long to get around an area, and I don’t want that much noise in…

I looked at those. Nice idea, but it still seems like poor execution. You’re still looking at $1k+, and they’re not exactly efficient. The Worx Landroid, for example, they estimate would take 13.5 hours to mow 5,000 sq ft - about the size of my lawn. Given its time on a charge, they suggest that would be 2 hrs, 45…

After my mower started coughing up copious amounts of white smoke last week, I want a battery powered lawn mower BAD. The only real downside in my case is battery replacement costs... Unfortunately, I think the fix is too easy and cheap for the old mower, and I’m a cheap SOB.

Sort of like “forcing” renewable energy has driven costs up?

Oh, wait...

4th:

This may not be as big of a deal as you’re expecting.

A large percentage of US copper demand is already being supplied by recycled copper - about 47%. The copper we don’t recover but simply throw away would add up to another 36% of demand.

And then there’s the question of displacing other uses of copper. One of…

Not as bad as BMW drivers. I had one go ballistic on me the other day after I honked when he drifted a couple feet into my lane as I was passing him. Idiot floored, it, pulled up alongside, leaned his entire torso out the window to make stupid faces and give me the finger, then he proceeded to drive ahead of me and…

Or rubbernecking at the emergency vehicle on the right shoulder with its lights on?

There’s also an emergency vehicle of some sorts on the right shoulder with its lights on. Didn’t think to slow down? Or too busy rubbernecking to do the rational thing and slow down and watch what’s in front of you carefully?

Wait, what?

That tan Nissan clearly isn’t driveable. Who would be stupid enough to stay with the car and get hit again rather than get away from it?

Saw some just last weekend being used - no first responders around - this guy must have had some in his own vehicle.

Not all of you use rail. The Secretary of Health and Human Services evidently has been chartering a private jet at public expense , including to fly IAD-PHL, despite there being commercial flights and an absurd number of Amtrak trains leaving from just down the street from his office at the same time he flew out.

The running joke here is that for every inch of snow we get, we’ll get 1.5 inches of salt.

We don’t get as much snow as you, but all cars turn light grey/white with salt crystals growing on their sides.

You obviously know me better than me, right?

I’ve been in SE Michigan and Ohio for the past 20+ years. I’ve never had any significant issues with rust. My DD 06 Fusion is spotless underneath. And its not like I’m having to put a ton of effort into keeping it that way.

Well, you could start by not buying a vehicle that is known to have massively overpriced parts and be one of the least reliable vehicles around, too.

Any mainstream market vehicle would generally hold as I suggested. Why? Because if the repair costs are too high, the vehicle gets scrapped, and that impacts the…

That’s not as scary as you might think. We hit all time record highs for that in 2016 -

“spoiled fat child who was raised to think he was a god, and a fat elderly man with dementia who grew up thinking he was a king right now”

Which is which? :)

Exactly my thoughts. If the economy is healthy, we SHOULD see new records being broken all the time - its only a trouble sign if those records are growing on an inflation-adjusted per capita basis.