They took the lesser PR hit of dropping out of the race because of range anxiety rather than the massive embarrassment of their truck dying in the middle of the course. Those visuals could sink the company.

I’m thinking it will be a little like the switch to digital TV. That deadline kept getting pushed back as all the local TV stations that were still depreciating 10+ year old equipment balked at the enforced expenditure of premature replacements. Progress sounds great until it wipes out your asset value.

How is that germane to this conversation?

Seattle is a great example of pushing bikes as an alternative mode of transit despite the numerous disadvantages of topography and climate. If only cities with flat streets and warm, dry weather put half as much energy into promoting bikes as Seattle does.

Deserted parking lots and dirt roads are, however, the ideal places to stand around and stroke your libido.

Always remember that the top priority of the insurance business is collecting premiums, and the lowest priority is paying claims.

Exactly.  What this guy is describing essentially doesn’t matter in any statistical sense.  Total red herring.

Or, someone comes up with a plan to securitize those stockpiles, offsetting the drain on liquidity.  Think derivatives futures.

3rd Gear:

Trump boasted that he could shoot someone and get away with it.

It’s definitely a learning experience. I have a buddy who lost a uninsured C5 in his garage when some RC batteries decided to start a funeral pyre in there one night. I’m never leaving batteries on chargers overnight again.

That would depend on the true condition of the Viper and the insured value. Torching your attached garage is a risky way to score some (eventual) cash.

Anything to get her back on TV regularly.  She’s a very talented comedic actress.

The fact that he has a problem with this photo means there must be a back story to it. These two look very beautiful and happy together in the moment. Nothing embarrassing about it, so perhaps it brings back some painful memories.

You forgot the most important part:

2nd Gear:

In much of America, county lock-up is the only place for the non-wealthy to access mental health care services.  She may not get the help she needs, because that may not even be possible, but at least she won’t be priced out of trying.

Finally, a bespoke delivery EV for Seattle area pizza chain, Zeeks Pizza! Had no idea they had such a large R&D budget.

Could the explanation be that attorneys don’t like clients who can’t be trusted to not perjure themselves if/when deposed? Raging narcissists make terrible clients.

We had cabinet secretaries fired by tweet. How much more “official” can you get?