I bought my first brand new car in April 1988. It was a 1988 Ford Tempo GL 4-door. I turned around in the dealership to look at it on the showroom floor. Seconds later, I witnessed two little kids on bikes cross the busy highway in front of the dealership. A car struck them both. The car was doing a...
Jump to postI've dropped from 245 pounds (111 kg) to 198 pounds (90 kg) in about three months just by watching my eating times and the amount eaten at each meal. Essentially, I have a snack around 11 AM and a single lunch/evening meal at 3 PM. Sometimes I have another snack at bedtime if I'm hungry. I can't fal...
Jump to postYou can hear my FedEx driver coming from 500 feet (152 meters) away. He's a contracted driver using his own FedEx-painted truck that has a "boom boom" sound system.
Jump to postI took Amtrak through the Moffat Tunnel in 1983 and I recall the thick, acrid diesel exhaust that permeated the railcars by the time we got to the end of the tunnel.
Jump to postHere in Wisconsin, we had 66° F. (19° C.) three days ago. Then, two nights ago, we had a -11° F. (-24° C.) wind chill. Today will be 55° F. (13° C.) This Sunday will be 70° F. (21° C.). This is the STRANGEST winter I've ever seen in the 63 years I've lived here. No snow currently on the ground. The ...
Jump to postThe last Enterprise rental I got had 76,000 miles on it. Piece of shit Mitsubishi Outlander. As a rental, it was well-maintained and clean, but it was a Japanese car. I hate everything on Japanese imports from the seating position and seat comfort to the location of wiper and cruise control switches.
Jump to postI've always mixed home life with work. It's absolutely impossible for me to segregate the two. I've known over the years many guys who could easily separate the two. I tried it, but ended up getting depressed.
Jump to postMy health took a dump in 2023 and it's hard to think it could get any worse... barring getting something like cancer. First, I have prediabetes. It's under control with diet and a medication called metformin. My A1C test, the ultimate test for determining diabetes control, in January 2023 was 5.7, w...
Jump to postThank God. Finally. I've been waiting for this for months. As we know, Delta Connection flights are operated by Delta-owned Endeavor Air and contractors Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines. Endeavor Air and Republic don't use CRJ200's and SkyWest lists only fifteen CRJ200's on their current rolls ...
Jump to postI spent 9 days in San Francisco from late December 1999 to early January 2000. A whole bunch of Star Trek fans flew in from all over the world to celebrate Y2K there. It was beautiful. However, today, you couldn't get me there for any reason. It's turned into a hellhole.
Jump to postThey're advertising the vaccine on the radio and TV. I went to my pharmacist and he knew nothing about it.
Jump to postI have United Healthcare. I pay no copays or deductibles. Costs $60 a month.
Jump to post2022 Ford Escape (Kuga in Europe) Titanium model with every option expect a moon roof. Rapid Red Metallic in color. The coolest thing it has is adaptive LED headlights. Below is a picture of it just before I took delivery.
https://i.imgur.com/ojU8oGC.jpg
Can't have natural gas? No problem. Just have a huge LP gas tank installed in the backyard. Just like millions of people have in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Jump to postAfter hearing the NTSB press conference on February 23rd, this child of a railroad signal maintainer, who knows the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rules quite well to this day, has made up his mind about who is ultimately at fault for the mess at East Palestine, Ohio USA. The train crew ...
Jump to postInvestigate away! Trying to compare the Biden documents issue with Trump's is like comparing apples to Brussels sprouts. Biden's fully cooperating, not running defense, not making excuses, and wasn't anywhere near the "scene of the crime" for at least 6 years. No matter what the GOP does i...
Jump to postI wear Hanes white jockeys. I used to work a job that required me to wear white trousers. Colored underwear could show through and, although I never experienced it personally, plenty of coworkers did. I no longer work in that line of work, but old habits die hard. I can't stand boxers due to the ten...
Jump to postThe Mall of America has gang problems. It doesn't help that the light rail train line quickly and easily hauls the hoodlums from downtown Minneapolis right to the the mall's very own transit station. I stopped going there years ago. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've been to ANY mall.
Jump to postI use it as a figure of speech. When I say it, I am not thinking about God, nor think "religiously" at that point.
Jump to postI worked in public safety before retirement. We were always taught to dress for emergencies. That means wearing long pants (preferably jeans) on aircraft. Along with cotton socks and shoes... not slippers, sandals, or flipflops. Imagine who's going to get off the burning jet and down the slide more ...
Jump to postI live 30 miles from MSP and often watch the air traffic on Flightradar24. This year, I've noticed a huge increase in UPS traffic over the past couple of weeks. Just the other night, with a UPS 748 recently on the ground, a UPS 767 and A300 flew in, quickly followed by two 752's. FedEx flew in three...
Jump to postThe National Weather Service has upgraded the winter storm watch for the county containing MSP airport to a winter storm warning. Snow will start Friday afternoon and end around noon on Saturday. The storm total for MSP airport should be between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 cm). For the extensive snow e...
Jump to postI'll just leave this here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf2VErVh4CQ
Chris Cuomo was told in a private meeting months ago with the CNN bigshots not to get involved in his brother's mess... or else. Well, the "or else" happened.
Jump to postI had my booster shot 4 weeks ago and since then, I've had a flat tire and a bloody nose.
Jump to postInstead of cooking a turkey, we bought a turkey breast and cooked it in a pressure cooker. It was so tender that it just about fell apart on its own. We also had dressing, yams, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and, of course, green bean casserole.
Jump to postIndian cell centers with workers using American names. A guy with a full and thick Bengali accent who says his name is Mike Wilson. Yeah, sure.
Jump to postI had Lasik in 2000. I could see 20/20 walking out of the clinic. My eyes felt like they had sand in them during the ride home. The doctor said that as soon as I got home, take a 4 hour nap in a dark room. I did and woke up with the sandy feeling gone. I used the three prescribed eye drops exactly a...
Jump to postAmerican cars - hit or miss. They tend to have worse owners - rental fleets, people with criminal records. Some American used cars are wel made and perfectly maintained. But it’s rare. You'd LOVE my 2019 Ford Escape Titanium 4x4 coming off lease on April 6, 2022. Never been in the shop for ANYTHING...
Jump to postAmerican cars - hit or miss. They tend to have worse owners - rental fleets, people with criminal records. Some American used cars are wel made and perfectly maintained. But it’s rare. You'd LOVE my 2019 Ford Escape Titanium 4x4 coming off lease on April 6, 2022. Never been in the shop for ANYTHING...
Jump to postThat stuff is still going on? ROFL. Based on what I read in the above link, you'd think the AZ State Fair would evict the Ninjas. But, maybe the Fair likes the rent income too much... or they're in cahoots with the GOP.
Jump to postIn the past 20 years, I've never been stopped for driving 78 on a 70 mph interstate highway. Cruise control is set at 78 and I just cruise. Right by the cops in the medians and on the entrance ramps. I even pass them at 78 mph if they're in the next lane going slower. Never been stopped.
Jump to postNothing beats a crispy fish sandwich from Arby's. Make it two of them. 2 for $6. Unfortunately, they're out of season here in the northern states.
Jump to postI really, really like Minnesota governor Tim Walz. IMHO, he's got a healthy dose of presidential material in him.
Jump to postIf I were Trump, I'd consider life to be a sucking mess... always being a hair's width of having crossed to line into illegality.
Jump to postGot my first Moderna 14 days ago. Get the second one in a week. No side effects.
Jump to postI remember Al Haig declaring he was in charge.
Jump to postFox News sure likes to throw the "scandal" word around liberally.
Jump to postI made my mind up during the opening statements when the video of Floyd's death was shown. Cop bad. Other three are accessories.
Jump to postLife is so much easier when everyone just minds their own business.
Jump to post2019 Ford Escape Titanium. Spec'ed by me and leased. Every option except a sunroof. Even ordered it with a factory-installed engine block heater and Class II receiver hitch. The 2.0 liter turbocharged engine goes like hell.
I'm old enough to remember 1968. That was a crappy year. 2020 comes in second.
Jump to postSo far, they show Biden with an 87% chance of winning. Well, sort of... They ran 40,000 election simulations and Biden won 87% of the time.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/20 ... -forecast/
They also appear to favor the Democrats to take over the Senate.
I had a coworker go on two cruises in 2019. Both times, he came back with norovirus. I fail to see the thrill of going on a cruise.
Jump to postPersonally, I'm curious about the legal trouble that Trump is in and how the various prosecutors plan to pursue him once he's out of office. There are plenty of observers out there who have been keeping an accumulative tally of his legal shortcomings since January 20, 2017, namely the New York Times...
Jump to postConsidering the question initially asked in the title of this thread, we must keep in mind that the conservative right makes up 25% of the population of the USA. The liberal left makes up another 25%. The 50% in the middle are moderates and independents, either right- or left-leaning, or like me, de...
Jump to postLet ACB be seated. The way things look according to 538.com, the House will remain Democratic. The Senate will likely go Dem. And Biden is favored to win POTUS. The dirty tricks of the GOP will come to fruition soon enough.
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