Your comment aplies to regular torque wrenches as well. I made the mistake of buying a regular wrench that, too, did not go above 99ft-lbs so was “insufficient” for torquing lug nuts (and probably a couple brake-related bolts as well). I make up for that by simply torquing “a little more” than the wrench says...

Yup - mine is a bargain basement cheapie (think I got it from Amazon with free shipping) - cost about $25 or so and works WAY better and faster than a scissors jack. That and the mandatory-IMHO jack stands (from Walmart, also really inexpensive) allow me to lift even a van up to, for example, rotate tires or, of…

I’ve been buying these each time I’ve bought a car and each time they have paid for themselves with the 1st ro 2nd “diagnosis” of a problem.

I think that’s called “revisionist thinking”.

“...America’s obsession with this island elevated it as a symbol in a way that while it may not have exactly helped Cuba, really made the United States look petty...”

This year we did something a little different; we bought Costco’s $15 “dual package of half duck” - already cooked, just needed 20 minutes in the 375 oven. When it came time to serve we tasted the orange sauce that came with it and thought “Nah, too strong and overpowering” though others might like it - we chucked it…

“...Will it not break down if I don’t use a mulching mower?...”

My neighbor, OTOH, rakes and blows leaves about 10 times each season, minimally. Maybe 20 times.

Yup - that’s what I do - no raking, just run the mulching mower over the leaves producing tiny leaf bits that fall into the grass, water the grass, forget it. Winter comes along - aka the rainy season - and the itsy bitsy pieces of leaves do their own composting in place. Been doing it for years.

Lean into the attack and slug it in the side of the head as hard as you can; I believe there is an article and/or video of a guy actually doing that or maybe it was a guy who did that without being attacked?

I had to tell NoScript 4 times “allow all on this page” before the video showed up and would play. Still doesn’t full-screen correctly, though.

“...My new theory is that he will quit before the inauguration.”

I’d suggest she might be resigning due to a potential conflict of interest - SEC investigations are secret.

“I was vegan for a year...”

“Isn’t she recognizable by her first name here too?...”