I despise thick-rimmed glasses. I can only wear contacts for a few hours at a time, a couple times a week, so I have my glasses until I can get Lasik.
The thick rims bother me a lot. I wore BCG's initially when in the military, and to have the rims interfere with your sight was terrible. Larger frames would enlarge the corrected field of vision, but aesthetically, They. Look. Hideous. I like something that's light and mobile. I wear a pair of Ray Bans made from memory metal with thin temples. I used to make the things for a few years, and to be honest, anyone with terrible vision would be served well by having a smaller frame, as the lens material thickness increases drastically when the frame gets larger. Then you can wear the frames closer to the eyes and still maintain a good field of view.
NYC has taken out a decent percentage (I'm not sure, but it could be around 10%) of its parking spaces since Bloomberg took office. There are laws that restrict the number of parking spaces a developer can create when they do new construction. Supposedly, this prevents the city from being flooded with cars.
^ This is stupid. They should encourage any new construction to build spaces for area (not just building) residents inside the building footprint. Then you could start removing the on-street parking spaces that the residents would take up. The hoped-for end result? Same number of parking spaces, and more width on the streets for driven cars, therefore promoting smoother traffic flow. On street parking spaces should be used mostly for commuters and deliveries then. People will still take the mass transit, since there really won't be any more spaces to put their cars once they get to where they are going.
^ This would never happen. Not enough monies.
Cost of ridding the planet of these morons: One BMW M5. Give me a RPG and let me cash that BMW in.
Those billions haven't been exposed to the goodness of bacon. They like bacon, they just don't know it yet. Just like with other pleasurable things, some old men and magical sky wizards tell people what to do and get in the way.
Remind me to stay far far away from you, Ed. You're a walking disaster. It might be contagious, and I want none of that.
I'm glad you've made it through all those incidents!
I'm glad you've made it through all those incidents!
8 count body builders... hooray military pain :P
1. Stand
2. Squat
3. Kick legs out to pushup position
4. Pushup
5. Spread legs wide while in pushup position
6. Close legs
7. Squat
8. Straighten and jump at same time, land in standing position
and repeat.
1. Stand
2. Squat
3. Kick legs out to pushup position
4. Pushup
5. Spread legs wide while in pushup position
6. Close legs
7. Squat
8. Straighten and jump at same time, land in standing position
and repeat.
I really suck at those -.-
I really thought he was going to knock Granny's dentures loose. After the full throttle start, he should have laid off and took the course smoothly. Granny gets to tell her friends that her grandson tried to kill her, yet she'd appreciate the drive and also tell them that he's a wonderful racecar driver.
6-7 turkeys on the interstate, hanging out in the left lane... I moved to the rightmost lane. All the turkeys flew left into the wooded center median except one. That one flew right. Right into my windshield. Smashed the passenger side, but only holed it a couple inches wide. I made it back to work slowly, and they asked me why didn't I pick up the turkey for eating.
Another time, I was driving through ice and sleet. Some birds were huddling on an underpass. One poor bird froze to death and dropped off, hitting my car as I passed beneath.
I have a Droid Incredible with a Seidio Surface (or whatever it was back then) case. It adds only 2 mm or so to the dimensions and has protected my phone from quite a few launches, especially at the gym. The case is really slim and it works. You might not need an immense Otterbox or silicone case, but these phones do need protection.
My 2 year contract is up in a couple of months. That's how long my phone has lasted in very good condition.
My 2 year contract is up in a couple of months. That's how long my phone has lasted in very good condition.
Down? I guess... There's other jackets out there that get the job done better. The old Descente jacket I have has taken a direct blast from a snowmaker cannon and froze. No water infiltration. Not to mention, it is thinner than down, lightweight, breatheable, and reflects heat inward. But... it would break the price limit by a hundred or so at full retail. And what if you needed to do things with more activity? Stuff another jacket into your limited urban living space?
Just sayin', there's good tech out there. Most of those down jackets listed make you look like a schlub.
Disaster warning maps? meh.
I thought it was going to be like the Murder Map of Rochester that the D&C makes annually, or a guide on where not to be while in Baltimore.
I just avoid Texas completely. I should be safe from disasters.
I thought it was going to be like the Murder Map of Rochester that the D&C makes annually, or a guide on where not to be while in Baltimore.
I just avoid Texas completely. I should be safe from disasters.
Isn't the U-2 a beast to fly? I really wish the Pentagon would tell manufacturers, since they won the contract, to fix the problems for free or buy back their lemons. If contracts weren't cost-plus, then I'd consider giving some extra money to fix it.
Someday pigs will fly.
Someday pigs will fly.
True enough. The track worker had his hands on the helmet as the driver removed it, now that I look again.
What's with the track worker taking off the helmet? I would have thought you at least would want a good "are all my bits functioning" check before taking off the helmet and stressing the spinal column. Especially after a yard sale like that crash :P
Older and cheaper construction houses in Japan lack central heating (baseboard, forced air) that we all know and love at least in the colder climates. You find a lot of smelly kerosene space heaters along with people dead of CO poisoning from faulty units, because that's how you heat your room. The bathroom? Not heated. Therefore, a heated seat became a nicety on those bitter cold winter mornings. Honestly, bathrooms are little used. You need a hot shower and a warm seat. That's it.
I'm sure they have some less damaging extinguishing agents. You wouldn't want extinguishing a brake fire or some similar incident during an endurance race to further damage a car that could make it back on the track. There are people who know these things. I'm not one of them ;)
Purple-K (PKP) extinguisher and a bit of water will do all sorts of nasty stuff to a car and it's wiring. I dunno if they have those sorts of extinguishers around cars, due to its corrosive effects.
That oil cooler made me shudder as I imagined all the little stones kicked up by other cars, not to mention the vapid housewife in her little kei car as she mixes up reverse and drive. The car-lifeblood oozing out D:
Oh, much more impressive. Panther powaa!
Agreed, anything more than a bartender's corkscrew is a waste. I particularly hate the Rabbit. Large, bulky, and tends to push the cork into the bottle.
