Spent most of my life cooking on gas ranges. Moved to current home, ceramic electric and attendant frustrations, as you know. In 2017 I got a Bosch induction range. After about six months of cooking, it all made sense. The newer ones allow for exact temperature control; on mine I have to guess. The turbo boost for…

You know that isn’t an Amtrak or even an American passenger train, right?

As a cis male (OMG I never thought I would begin a sentence that way), the points you make pertain to guys as well as women. Think of it as the difference between the Appalachians and the Rockies or Cascades. They’re both mountain ranges and every mountain has a high point. Climb adventurously!

Have you missed DirecTV NOW? It’s what I use. It offers all of what the others do, minus one of the old networks, *plus* C-SPAN and C-SPAN 2, the home of BookTV.

Who edited this? Interesting but a few too many typos.

There will be no radio. The electromagnetic pulse from the blast will fry anything that isn’t a rotary-dial phone. There will be no safe place. Water won’t flow (controlled by digital stuff subject to EMP disruption). My advice would be to go toward the center of the blast and hope for another one Real Soon. I lived…

My city and county property taxes are pretty reasonable in my state of Pennsylvania. My home’s value is about $250,000 and my property taxes are about $2,000. What this survey does not include are school taxes (what I pay directly to the school district in property tax) which are $3,600. So my tax liability is more…

Cold water on my hole in the winter? You’re out of your mind. They’d have to give me $22 to use it. I have a Toto now and it is...fantastic.

Cold water on my hole in the winter? You’re out of your mind. They’d have to give me $22 to use it. I have a Toto…

Nothing like shooting a jet of bracingly cold water on your bottom first thing in the morning. Of all of the products you’ve featured over the years, this is the one most likely to evoke regret by purchasers. A stream of cold water on your hole(s) happens once on purpose, not twice.

Nothing like shooting a jet of bracingly cold water on your bottom first thing in the morning. Of all of the…

The technique I use on rural roads is to constantly flick my high beams on and off - one flash a second or so - essentially echolocating movement and eye flashes. I have hit a deer once and have seen a buck leap in cent of my car on an urban freeway and get creamed on the other side of the median. Awful. The whistles…

Of course. I bought the 7 Plus with 256gb. I take upwards of 10,000 photos a year, make videos, and get great creative product out of it. Why the rush? The double lenses on the camera, allowing better shots at a distance. Plus I suspect that with my use, I’ve thrashed the battery on the 6s Plus (which I also ordered…