I’m sorry you had that experience. I work with former dealer technicians and they are good at fixing cars. Decent people all around. The service writers are often to blame. But with all that money on the line there is plenty of blame to go around. Fuck cars.

Oh snap. No good at all. I believe the Aura and Astra were rebadged Opals. I was considering an Aura. I was going to replace the badges lol.

I had an Ion, 5speed manual, no power windows and I loved it. The only thing that broke on it in 6 years/90k miles, was the driver door latch.

I’m using Beeline with a Velo 2. I keep my phone stashed in a bag. I look up routes in Trailforks and either import as GPX or plan a similar route in the Beeline app. It has a road rating system, so I can thumbs down dangerous roads. I’m not sure what Beeline does with that. Which reminds me, I need to rate more roads.

I LOVED riding on the back of a motorcycle, or in a pickup bed, as a kid.

That’s a burly down tube. I wonder if it will smash legs like the Lime bikes.

Voting every election I knew about where I lived since 2000 (Nader for president!) Always Green party except for Obama in 2008 (we need reparations, but that was closest thing). Voted Kamala, because it was what it was. I was really excited about Andrew Yang, because UBI is brilliant. Now… I’m learning español. 🙁

Define painful. There’s nothing stopping us from starting co-ops for nearly everything. But the will has to be there. Too many people are happy with what they have. Violence only breeds more violence. Full stop. All it takes is a viral moment.

I have to wonder if whales or dolphins can do math. They have the curiosity required and some of the largest brains around.

Found it in Wiktionary, thanks! Bookmarking that.

This was my guess, but I vaguely recall esoteric grammar for compound words? I am struggling for another example. Johnnies-come-lately?

No. Only Lemishine seems to work in my dishwasher though, no matter what’s-his-name says.

Anywhere in the universe, in any theoretical space.

“Also, while various theories such as increased light exposure, release of dopamine from retina, increased depth of field have been suggested to explain the protective effect of outdoor time, the mechanism remains to be elucidated”

Correlation is not causation.

Cue the long discussion of “best distribution” (it’s Debian) 🙂

Magic the Gathering “Commander” rules, but with 60 cards, any Uncommon creature as commander, and only common cards in the deck (pauper). More fun factor than Standard, and doesn’t take forever to play. Dandân sounds fun.

Does a bicycle count? Changed my life.

I wash the engine grease off first. Then take a load off and sit down. The real question is, “Why do kids pee on the seat?” WHY GOD WHY

Fold top sandwich bags are my go to. Today I brought fresh raspberries, roasted peanuts, fruit snacks, can of Shasta, fresh husky cherry tomatoes, some turkey jerky sticks, and a mini chocolate bar. Yesterday was similar snacks and a container of leftover spaghetti and meatballs. Aldi’s frozen meals are great, like chipotle chicken or birria - the actual healthy food ones, not the cheap mass market ones like Stouffer’s. I don’t even keep em frozen at work - doesn’t take so long to warm up. Absolutely avoid baked beans.