Who would have thought that upper-middle class folks with 50K to spend on redundant power supplies would also live in large houses with complex roofs? And that those people would either be lawyers or closely related to one?

If the dude had the kind of money to arrange for a helicopter to come grab him and fly him to international waters so he could go home (?), he wouldn’t have been on the ship working for squat in the first place.

That chart would be all purple spots.

Honda has also always been considered a company that makes excellent engines and places them in a wide variety of applications. Making an electric car isn’t their top priority. Making a “Honda” electric power plant is a top priority, and we’re still in the early stages of that technological era. I fully expect Honda…

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.

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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:

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