I knew a guy that went to Burning Man back before it became so big.

Or buy used and end up with something that is worth driving.

I could see this guy being the person wanting the new van.  Other than I don’t think he’s heavy enough.

Yeah, I’ve gotten people saying “I don’t see that with TSA!”, but I’m pretty sure I said “I’ve flown internationally” in my comment.

File under D for Duh.

To me, this is like the entire thing about Nude Body Scans that happened a couple years ago. First off, I don’t think they worked. Second off, I hope the paid their employees hazard pay. I have to take a mental health day if the mirror isn’t fogged up on the bathroom when I come out of the shower. I can’t imagine…

That was happening 20 years ago.  You missed the memo.

Private company doing stuff like that. 100% believe.

I’ve had it scanned for international travel.

Ummm... too late.

Yeah, would need qualification, but it should be do-able.  A trick with them is that they don’t have any non-metallics. The nut is basically the same material as a normal nut. There is a stainless diaphragm in it. 

Everything says 10 year old minivan with lower miles until..

There’s an actual answer to this, but it’s going to cost you.

I know what these things went through to get in to a nuclear plant. I don’t think they will have problems with other stuff.

Exactly, ask the Tolkien estate about taking a percentage of profits instead of a percentage of revenue. Somehow or another, officially, the LOTRs series lost money... when it comes to how much of that profit goes to the Tolkien estate.

Which maybe why I still liked them.

There are smaller cruise ships and more expensive cruises that have fewer passengers. A coworker did a river cruise in Europe and the ship had less than 200 passengers.

I knew a guy that claimed that you had to work an extra week before you took a week off and an extra week when you got back. It does feel like that.

Not an expert on the SC network. From what I’ve read...

You sound like my dad. When he retired, he mostly build Garagemahal.