FWIW, the "2 people working and 7 guys sitting" bit is generally a bad misunderstanding. We have huge water & sewer projects going on and a lot of people blame the unions for the cost for that exact reason - they see one guy working in a trench and two guys "supervising". But safety rules are what govern that, not…

Petty? I don't get that at all... it looks like two guys having a ball to me...

Good grief - you're going to blame unions? Have you seen the lousy quality of work done on those HGTV shows? It's embarrassingly bad.. And you do realize this place operates 24/7, right?

There is a big difference, though, when budget is no longer a priority.

To make a half-hearted defense, when they built the George Washington Bridge, they didn't have to accomodate all the traffic on the bridge while they were building it.

Here you have a problem where the # of passengers using the toilets doesn't decrease, but you have to repair and upgrade the facilities WHILE they're in…

When asked about it, he told them it was for chilling champagne. Right.

Never went away completely...

There still is a Hudson "dealer" open in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ;)

Nah... Waxman is at best batboy's half-brother. We already know that batboy is governor of Florida.

I wonder if it would ever get truly hot - or would the lasagna temperature reach steady state before it finished cooking, with heat losses equaling that miserable power input? :)

Needless to say I was eating in the car park as the Microwave had drained the battery so yeah I was stranded but more importantly I wasn't hungry."

Well, it would be hard for them to offer less than blue book for my car, unless they were going to try to charge me for getting rid of it. :P

And by the time they could get this thing to an active shooter situation, said situation would be over.

Neutral: Is Nissan Right To Cut-And-Run On Battery Production? Or should they follow Tesla's move? Why is Tesla different?

Why would he? He leaves the company on a high note as one of the most well-respected CEOs ever. He's rich. He's happy.

Ford's government loans were, in fact, backed with collateral. Same with the fed ones. Separately, Ford had private lines of credit established that were backed by different collateral - those are the ones (ie, "mortgaging the logo") people are familiar with. But the government loans were backed by equipment…

Not quite the same - the Ford loans were backed with collateral. The GM and Chrysler bailout funds were not. The bailout funds also were largely turned into equity. The combination of equity and loans paid back weren't as large as the amount of funds turned over, so on that level, the government lost money. …

You need to pay attention more - there are PLENTY of people who claim they took bailout money.

And trying to claim that they're using tax dollars is a little absurd since the government is profiting and the federal reserve profited on the loans.

Honestly, if you think it might be 2 years or so, you have plenty of time to teach yourself enough to get to the point where hiring one would most likely be a waste of money. There is a ton of good material online and at your local library that will teach you all you need to know for free. I might start here:

Airframes can be cheap. What isn't cheap is getting an airframe with low hours, combined with an engine with low hours, and modern instruments. The latter can be frighteningly expensive, oddly enough. And if you have high hours on either the engine or the airframe mean a maintenance bill coming that make even bad…

Most any late 20s through early 30s Ford coupe. Take the Model 40, for example. Good luck finding one that someone hasn't turned into a hot rod or ratrod...