@2nd White Line: are you serious? RyanAir flight attendants sell lottery tickets? And I thought Southwest was the ghetto sky bus...

I think part of the problem is that hiring managers always inflate their requirements. For example I'm an industrial designer, and just about every job listing will ask for X years experience with Solidworks (sometimes Rhino). X will be anything from 1 - 5. In reality these numbers are meaningless, because just like…

@Yeah!: Yep. I feel your pain. It sucks when reality intrudes on perfectly good escapism.

@ThisGuy: ROFL! I keep of that scene in JFK. "Back and to the left." "Back, and to the left."

@smcallah: Supposedly. But I've ridden on parts of I-80, 580 880 in CA. So maybe CHiPs sees it so much out here they let it go at certain parts.

@Yeah!: Infodump time! Gore-Tex is a waterproof breathable membrane applied to the inside of a porous synthetic layer. How the Gore-Tex works is that it allows moisture to travel in one direction (from your body out). Gore-Tex is usually used with another coating called DWR is all applied to the outer surface which…

@Yeah!: Except that that coat couldn't possibly have Gore-Tex in it.

One of guys I sometimes ride with claimed that back in the days of National 55MPH speed limits, competetive tandem riders with ride by a known speed trap and try to hit 55+ to earn themselves a speeding ticket as a badge of honor.

@ithyphallus, 13382: According to this I'm NOT black.

@djblois: so according to your methodolgy with my massive 17 1/2 inch neck I should fit 35 inch pants?

@ZackRI: I think I found my next tattoo.

@Nemesis099: That couldn't possibly be true

@Hello Mister Walrus: why do I fell like Goggle scribe would have done a better job?

@phoghat: ...and where can I buy some?

@footnotegirl: Hmmm...she's lost a lot of weight recently. On Weeds (on DVD so I'm like a year behind) she looks like this.

@Presidentpez: her?

@footnotegirl: I've always thought that Allie Grant would make a good Gertie.

@The Curse of Millhaven: Thats a way better list than anything I would have come up with.

Apparently sales of these have sky rocketed because of the CEO's Tour de France mascoted shenanigans, but I don't get it. None of the cyclists I know will use them because they weigh (and cost) twice as much as a regular bottle. Plus the caps are different sizes, which seems like a stupid/ugly design choice to me. At…

@That Guy: get behind me buddy.