See that sweaty kid in the yellow shirt? He just polished all the chrome on that ‘51 Merc. sled. This was our driveway on any given day. (sometime in the late 70's)

I always keep a cheap 12v compressor onboard in case of flat spare and “slow leak overnight and now I’m stuck” issues.

I get you. On my personal level, I’ve worked as Quality/EH&S Manager for the last three years. For eight years before that it was VP Operations. For ten years before that it was Engineering Manager, all in manufacturing firms. I’ve replaced production lines just like you said there, and yes the positions left pay…

Automation is a factor, definitely the biggest factor in things that can be automated. There is still an large amount of manufacturing that is done by humans due to lack of available automation tech or lack of money to implement it for whatever product/process. Also, management techniques and process improvements have…

Productivity keeps getting better, but honestly, have we worked any less because of it? NOPE

Yep, you gonna have to throw a shit ton of money at me for that.

I gotta admit, the latest Mustang does it for me, style-wise. That is completely new - there was always something bothering me about them. Not ugly or anything, but it always looked like they finished the details just a bit too early, it just wasn’t right. There’s a blue one on my street that sits just perfect and,…

Enter “obstacles.”

Yes, yes,

I would have thought they’d have the wheel covered with a slip-on cover anyway with all the dials just out there like that.

He suffers from a long-term issue. This is probably Affluenzinson’s disease and/or Afflumentia

1. Buy used, and buy smart.

Sounds like he went on many rides, many times a year. Damn.

Boo. 

Hmm, ok, then like people who don’t like the C7, I’ll just smile and move along. I pity their poor little souls, but not enough to try to help. 

I’m pretty sure that’s been the case since right after American Graffitti times. Still, I can’t name a car show in this part of the country (TX) that doesn’t have new-record attendance each year. The demise of car culture continues to be greatly overestimated.

If you have a BMW and the O-ring on your non-OEM oil filter doesn’t leak, color me greatly surprised. 

You can also leave a jet loose and have it find it’s way right back in its hole, thereby going from barely running to full-tilt-boogie, causing you to almost loop out in front of literally everyone at the drag strip. Or so I’ve heard.

Are idiots going to crash into granny? Or even you while you’re just standing there checking your messages? Yep. Maybe. I wouldn’t worry about it.