It’s more like 15 or 20 years, but he’s right that since the dual shock first came out, controllers have moved to much more incremental evolution.

Yeah, he didn’t have to, but it’s not like Master P is just some dumbass who thinks that the NBA works like a game of street ball and the best player can say “Lamar’s got next” or something. Agreed that it’s not fair, though, and that it’s unlikely making the squad was going to solve whatever issues resulted in Odom…

Don’t forget that Nixon was a political creature, and his domestic views were very much formed and cabined by what was politically possible at the time. The Democratic Party was incredibly dominant in Congress—they were in the midst of a 26 year run of controlling both chambers—and there were still plenty of people…

Probably not the way you’re thinking of it. Based on his name, I’d guess he’s a lawyer, and based on his schedule, it sounds like he’s at a law firm. Lawyers at firms don’t work “shifts”, so there’s not really a meaningful concept of a break. You get your work done in a timely fashion and you remain available to…

He’s clearly speaking figuratively, saying that Kobe has enormous clout with the Lakers organization, probably enough to have gotten Odom back on the team. Which is true. Whether getting back on the Lakers would have stopped Odom’s downward spiral is another question.

Not primary sources, but I’ve linked a couple of articles below. Only 19 states still have safety inspections, and no one has been able to identify a link between having required inspections and reduced vehicle crashes. Notably, the car insurance industry does not care at all about whether your state requires…

Inspections are NOT required to keep people safe. There is no difference in the incidence of car crashes or other vehicular-related injury in the states that have done away with inspection requirements. The only thing that stops state inspection requirements from being pure giveaways to mechanics is that they’re also…

I have only ever heard it called a ducktail.

Yearly in New York unless the car is very old (>25 years), brand new (<2 years) or a post-1997 diesel under 8,501 lbs. There are some other obvious or less relevant exemptions, too, like EVs or vehicles with historical plates.

Not sure, but isn’t Pittsburgh literally the league leader for it this year? http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team…

Well they probably can’t get catering on set anymore, so it follows pretty naturally.

Well, given that everyone always credits the big guy with their wins, I guess that means that Jesus is 541-714 against the Pack in the regular season, and only one for five in Superbowl games. That kind of losing record has to hurt, which is probably explains the weather up there.

Doug’s more of a “Get in my carriage, street urchin” kind of guy.

+1 booster

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So the Greatest Generation is defined by a staged propaganda shot while the Millenial Generation is defined by a context-less internet image accompanied by an anonymous description of questionable veracity? Sounds about right.

A surprising amount of it is relatively uniform from state to state, in part because of the success of model laws in the last century, but things like regulation of parking garages, landlord/tenant law or other rules governing narrow and often small-stake commercial transactions tend to have a lot of local flavor.

How many Allroad suspensions did you own though? I’m betting more than one.

It isn’t just my opinion that it’s a classically correct way to wear a tie. You can look at pictures of men from the ‘60s or ‘50s and see short-sleeved shirts with ties all over the place in the summer. Even today, I can tell you from personal experience, some more senior professionals at law firms, banks and…

If you’re performing manual labor with which a tie can interfere—even with a tie clip on—then you should probably not be wearing a tie. What job are you talking about?