In our case it’s a balancing act of buying a house, finishing off the note on my cheater Passat, and waiting for the new Odyssey to drop. It just so happens that everything is lining up when our kid finished their first year.

Hawaii? No man, no. It’s a third world country that pretends it’s a state.

Give her a few years to mature, she’ll be fine.

Once, about twenty years ago. Customer bought a PowerMac, which didn’t come with a video card (that was another grand). Because the guy had already dropped thousands on the system he didn’t mind ponying up a few bucks for the techs in the back to install it.

And here I thought Drew was talking about the suburb Westchester. Which, by the way, is the reason that Evanston is not Chicago’s Westchester.

One of my go-to choices for Mexican-ish food is Qdoba. Sadly, one was opened in SeaTac’s food court. I say sadly because, while I’ll eat there any day of the week, none of those days are ones where I’m getting on a plane. Being at 8,000' altitude air pressure means all the gas is coming!

You’re splitting a very fine hair with your question. Were the carriers participating in combat operations? Yes, they were. Were the carriers (and not the aircraft they support) participating directly in the battles? No, they were not. Had you asked the question “Is that not combat?” then I think people would have…

Pedantic: LEGO, not Lego. Also, like Jedi, LEGO is both the singular and plural form.

The biggest hurdle to overcome medical costs is getting providers to share what they charge. Call your doctor’s office, or a specialists office, and ask how much procedures and appointments will cost. Good luck getting a straight answer. They’ll tell you what your co-pay will be, and maybe you’ll be able to get the…

I think you’re halfway there with the Single Payer system. My preference is the feds establish a baseline for what they cover. Nothing special, nothing fancy, just the basics. Then you let the insurance companies (unshackled from the state-by-state market restrictions) offer higher levels of service. Individuals can…

Learn to wrench on your Fox. Simple cars exist for a reason, and would have saved you money later in life.

Most folks I know from the UK don’t consider themselves part of Europe.

Costa Rica may have said they got rid of their military in ‘49, what they ended up doing was transfer everything to civil commands. The Public Force is a gendarmerie, and the Unidad Especial de Intervencion is a paramilitary unit attached to the country’s Intelligence agency.

Not everybody plays nice with each other.

spaceludes is correct, had the two kids had sex it would have been statutory rape. Age of consent is 16, the girl was 14. However, since the boy was 17 the charge would have been a misdemeanor (victim is 14-15, actor is under 18) and not a felony.

I make it a point to stop off at Tim Hortons every time I make the crossing at Sarnia. A chance to stretch my legs, clean out the system, and pick up a large double-double and a pack of Timmy Bits for the drive to Toronto.

I have an acquaintance who retired from the Army a couple of years back. He said one of the worst parts of keeping his jump status current was when they had to jump out of C-17s. See, the guy is a big dude. Like somebody called down to Central Casting and said “Hey, I need an Army Ranger sent over to Stage 5.” big.…

Being urban doesn’t change much. That high ground pressure is going to find all of the sewers, drains, and other pockets of air just below the streets.

“We already have a class war, you just don’t know you’re losing.”

Worried about telling customers they needed to drill a hole? Pfft. I fixed a janky computer case with a five pound sledge, right in front of the customers.