I think it’s utterly ridiculous as well; it makes about as much sense as a kilofoot of distance. I don’t use it in any of my lectures, but it’s all over the book my students use as well as the other six on my bookshelf.

It’s standard good science journalism to contact experts who weren’t involved in the study, because the ostensibly don’t have a vested interest in the conclusions. But I’m not entirely impressed that the director of an avalanche lab suspects it was an avalanche.

I think the vortex shedding hypothesis makes more sense, as it doesn’t depend on the hikers cutting their way out of the tent and running down the mountain after being crushed to death.

Maybe they can split a rep with Vermont.

It’s kind of alarming that you have an engineering degree and had never encountered a kip (the quasi-metric kilopound) before. I know it’s more of a civil engineering thing, but it’s used in every statics book I’ve ever looked at.

They got away with landing shuttles with foam damaged tiles a few times too...

The hard part is step one. At wide open throttle the drive wheels are basically trying to lift the front end off of the ground.

Easily the least plausible part of this frazzledrip theory is that it relies on Anthony Weiner keeping something a secret.

I’m included in my state’s current rollout phase as an in-person university instructor. I showed up for my appointment at the state run vaccination site with an armload of proof of my status. All they asked for was my driver’s license. Literally anyone could be booking appointments for shots here right now.

That’s almost as half-assed as the side windows on the first gen Viper.

Tires may or may not be covered under collision, but wheels are. If my deductible is $500 then I’m out $500 on a $2,000 rim, not $2,000. So $40/month turns into a ripoff at about a year.

“...and if you crack a rim those can be $2,000 or more.”

They should have just made it log-scale.

Almost hitting the trial entry standard that one time in training does not constitute an “opportunity”.

Burton gear is for the flatlanders. If he really represented VT, he would be in a Johnson coat that’s actually made there.

Were you able to confirm that this car actually came off of the hauler looking like this? I would believe one part might be mis-matched at the factory, but two on the same corner of the vehicle looks more like a half-assed attempt to cover up damage.

Last time I saw spinners must have been around ‘09, they were fake, and the car (rusty schoolbus yellow Celebrity) only had three of them.

They weren’t going to make money up there no matter what the next administration does.

Honda Fit. With one or both of the back seats flipped up, there’s plenty of room for a big dog bed. Most importantly it has the lowest possible step-in height, which is a big deal for a dog that’s part mastif.

I thought it was a Fairmont at first.