Is it a mentality like “harming innocent people is bad” or“reckless endangerment is against the law” or “no children should die due to my drunkenness” or “I’d hate to wake up with a hangover and dead kids on my conscience”

Most airmen would not be interested in gunning for a rescue boat/buoy as a matter of principle. Shooting enemy pilots like ducks in the water wouldn’t be sporting for either side. There weren’t many psycho killer pilots in the RAF. There was one notable serial killer in the RAF, but The Blackout Ripper was never a…

I wonder how much more fuel is burned during loitering if the chopper is trying to hover in place vs. circling. I imagine hovering is the least efficient mode. Also burning millions of gallons of fuel are the news choppers that really don’t NEED to be up there every day calling out the traffic jams on the expressways. 

I thought I was scam-proof by now, but I fell for the oldest trick in the book at the last minute.

If you don’t have a DUI in Colorado, you either don’t drive, don’t drink, or both.  

Are we talking about 3”/50 caliber round or .50 BMG? I could see a .50 in a thermous, but not a 3”/50.

small correction:

pretty sure it was the TSA who made the spelling error. 

This Tesla was not equipped for driving off road. Propert tires and lock up would have helped. There’s no telling what the driver’s ability had to do with it though.

Realtors are always looking for free money - they’re sales people who work for themselves basically. Look at the tax sales in any area, and you’ll see most of the delinquent properties are bought by realtors for the cost of the tax bill, then flipped without any work at the market rate. A restaurant paid off its…

Pardon my ignorance, but 30k seems a little light for a Lamborghini.

It’s priced about right but I’d never buy it. I considered but yeah, too frigging fancy/complicated. I lived the old Mercedes lifestyle for a few years - pre-1992 models only. The few 2000’s era Mercedes I’ve worked on but not owned were nice on the surface, but having to replace things like the engine computer for no…

You are bad at numbers. The crime rate for black and white males in the US is about equal, within a few percent. You might THINK black people commit more crime. It’s not a matter of race, but the level of poverty. There are plenty of poor white people committing crimes, but people like you don’t get their panties in a…

Can’t afford Lightning. Can’t afford even a good USED tacoma. Got F150 for half as much. TACO buyers are sorta different from full size-pickup buyers. There’s a lot of overlap for sure. If I’m buying a truck or SUV I always look at Toyotas.

I’ve worked on a bunch of these 20+ year old BMW roadsters with various engines. I would not want to own one. If you want a roadster, there are much better options that are much more satisfying and fun to own. This is just an old, over-complicated German car from an era where they were not the greatest in quality,…

Anxiety is a pain in the ass. Thank you for talking about it. I don’t think I’d want to experience a rally car from anywhere but the driver’s seat. I do not want to be pinned in a race car with someone else driving. I don’t even like being a passenger in a regular car on the street. There’s no shame in that. If I…

Musk is not on Team Banzai by any means. He may think he is, but he’s not.

He looks like he’s ready to cruise the boardwalk at Rehoboth or Bethany beach. That’s the proper getup for Delaware. Hunter looks like a guy who drives a Raptor. 

Heating with a toaster doesn’t work. Confirmed by this idiot. I had one of those silicone heating blankets you strap to your oil pan to keep the oil warm. Those things suck too, and I bet they’d be no good on a battery pack. I used a propane-fired construction site heater to warm up my truck once. That was not very…