Rational, keyboard-warrior thought? Yeah, you’re probably right. Irrational, holy-oh-fuck-shits-going-down? Noooooooooope. I’m pegging the needle to a hospital.

To be blunt, in what feels another time, aka the late 90s: I’ve done about as bad, for no reason beyond I worked late and got off with “you’re five miles away,…

I feel the Bangle-era is due a historical correction.

I love the ND but the RF leaves me a little cold. Also, maybe it’s the Radwood-era nostalgia (read: confirmation-biase tribalism) taking effect but best-looking Miata is the one in my driveway: the NA.

Ugh, it’s gonna be a whole host. GM, A-Platform, ‘64-’72. Two generations.  Find me a car that wasn’t a looker.

Oh, they’re pretty but a normal car? Not even close.

Sixth-gen coupe is a sexy beast.

The first “gen”, yes.  The refresh, not so much.

I kinda wonder if some at Marvel/Disney is a huge Space Quest fan. Getting an Aluminum Mallard vibe off the Hoopty.

That’s interesting that the specific media’d be called out as an insurance requirement, but we are talking about the film industry. Our clients have backup requirements in their various policies, but they (the insurers) are happy with any responsible backup strategy. I wonder if those tapes are basically a formality…

Did anyone ever chase down the rumor/theory that it was meant to be a new IP, and good ol’ executive meddling made them bolt Buzz on top of it?

I was IT for a Fortune 500, and now work for an MSP that handles small-medium business. Tape is largely dead and for good reason. Everything we do goes to an on-prem NAS specifically designated for backups, and then replicated to either cloud or sent to an off-site NAS depending on the client.

Might wanna rethink who’s been reamin’ your cornhole, champion. Sorry to be the one breaking it to you, but the libs ain’t handing out buckets of cash in the ‘hood.

I got mine over at Lowe’s for around $600, IIRC.

Once mine decided to start leaking from the gas tank, I was done with it. Granted, this mower was the most temperamental piece of lawn equipment I’ve ever owned that wasn’t a weed-whacker. That jerk’s next on the list.

The EGO actually seems to cut better, and definitely stalls a lot less on me when mowing thick…

You’re not wrong but that’s a bit disingenuous, as these really showed up as viable machines in the last couple years. It’s like bemoaning the lack of EVs on your local used-car lot a decade ago.

Rolling into the usual scumbags to buy brand-new? It’s barely a stretch to go electric.

When my old Toro push-mower shat the bed last summer, I replaced with an EGO. Unless you’ve got an acre+ and/or absolutely only have one morning or afternoon to bang it out, there’s little reason not to make the switch.

Probably one of the best examples of modern automotive convergent evolution. The V2 Monaro the GTO has based on pre-dated the E63 by two years in terms of production, and a year going by the concepts, with Matilda showing up a year before the Z9. The first ‘04 GTOs were handed off to owners at the tail end of 2003. I…

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It’s an Abarth judging by the front clip, so they at least bought the right one. My Italian-built Renegade with the same engine and a manual has been an absolute tank.

I have both. Nope.

Shifting a motorcycle is not that hard. I’ve yet to meet someone who can’t handle it, including people who can’t drive a car with a manual transmission. Proper braking, proper body-position and learning to not target-fixate are all skills I’d consider harder to learn. As for overall usefulness and…