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@xenon said in Late Mid-Life Crisis Car shopping…: Huge fan of the BMW. I have an X7. The B58 engine (their inline 6) is bulletproof. Very reliable. That doesn't mean their electronics are reliable or that the maintenance is cheap - but that particular drivetrain is very proven (don't get a BMW V8). Personally, I like small sports cars (think Miata, GR86, low-end porche, etc.) with small engines and manuals. I'm not going to the track and these whizbang Mercedes and BMWs, and if you gave them full throttle, their 400HP engines would mean you're breaking the law by the time you shift from 2nd gear.. With the small cars you can actually push the gas down a bit and row through the gears on normal streets. While I do enjoy driving a stick, it would be cumbersome as a daily driver in this area. And sooner or later I would get lazy and wind up burning some clutches. The Paddle shifters aren’t as engaging, but can be a somewhat reasonable facsimile when the mood hits.

@LuFins-Dad said in Personally? I like DST…: Sorry, but my sleep cycle follows the sun. Trying to find the article, but there was a lady who lived in a cave (intentionally for research) for 14(?) months without any access to clocks. If I remember, her sleep/awake cycle ended up being something like 30 some hours. Sleep for 14 hours. Awake for 20.

Huh? I thought your username has something to do with Aqua's sister.

@taiwan_girl said in The Artist Formerly Known as Prince: Disgraced former prince Andrew once had 40 prostitutes brought to his five-star hotel over four days during a taxpayer-funded trip to Thailand, his biographer has claimed. Fucking legend.

God I love to slide into reverse at the bottom.

Yeah that would be weird here too.

Well, that's personal.

Great, now I can’t get that song “All About That Base” out of my head.

Thanks, Ax. I'll look at it if this next one (highly reviewed in Popular Mechanics) turns out to be a dud.

Fair point.

LOL

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How about one to monitor broadcast impartiality? Federal Agency That Monitors All News

I just find it annoying. Nothing more. Am sure it will fade away as time goes on. In the meantime, I’ll treat indigenous land acknowledgements the same as having to recite the Lord’s Prayer or say grace at a solemn occasion or group dinner. I quietly refuse to participate and simply bow my head in polite reticence. Edit: FWIW, the BC Supreme Court’s ruling is of little if any consequence in BC and zero concern or consequence outside of BC beyond Sun Media. Certainly not in Manitoba where the story was published as News..

Likely so.

If this is still current I would include some bottles of bubbles. Even people who don’t drink wine enjoy a prosecco or cava of some sort.

I think that her advisers are telling her that it’s a land mine and just don’t go down that road. Don’t touch it. So far it hasn’t hurt her in the polls, but if you see a drop, I expect her to drop the guy like a container of yogurt left in a car in Texas for 8 hours…

@Horace said in Woman Sentenced to 8 Years for Trying to Kill Kavanaugh: @Tom-K said in Woman Sentenced to 8 Years for Trying to Kill Cavanaugh: The DoJ site calls it a "him" while most of the news sites still call it a "her." @89th, chalk up another lie for Trump. I rounded down to 30,000 and stopped counting.

That was fun to watch, @LuFins-Dad and yes the airhead hosts at the end wanted to add their 2 cents. Thanks for sharing, cool to see you on national TV!