We have sacked those responsible. Read more

They tend to leave 1-10 as numerals rather than words and write everything else out. (It's been about 15 years since I wrote broadcast copy for the AP). Read more

Actually — the article came from a TV station, which likely just dumped its on-air script online; in broadcast style you write out "thousands," "billions" etc. so the reader doesn't screw up the numbers on air. Read more

Nope. Every picture we have of Elon shows him standing still, with his mouth shut, behind a car. This was the most recent picture that wasn't that — and having spoken with him at this distance in the past, I can tell you this is a fair shot of what he looks like when he's excited about something. Plus, there's a Tesla… Read more

Sometimes I worry about many of you. Read more

In a word, yes. CR has about 7 million digital subscribers; it's the only outfit that has the money to buy the cars it reviews for the long-term. It's choices can be weird, but it's deeply influential among the mass market. It can't make a bad car loved, but it can put a stake in a new model. Read more

Sorry, married with kids. Husband's a plumber if memory serves. Read more

God, the new crew can't do anything right. Read more

Yes, Texas got liens against the Youngquists in Kansas. Read more

I clarified this a bit: Gail is Rex's daughter. Rex owned Villa 26; another one of his daughters was the manager who refused to rent, and did so on Rex's orders. Rex was also the one who fought the city of Lawrence on it to the point they sued him. Read more

I'm really interested in this: How is it that we put a value cap on this labor and not other types of work? Read more

Of course it does. How could it not? Read more

The auto assembly plants left in Georgia are all Japanese-owned and nonunion. (GM closed Doraville & Ford closed Atlanta.) Read more

The bank kept providing new goals for modifying his mortgage - then decided to stop trying & put the house up for foreclosure without telling him. He only found out when the county sent him an auction notice. Read more

Hmmm, I'll see what I can do... Read more

The rules don't allow you to change the brake boost while braking — but they do allow drivers to alter the bias from the wheel. There's no rule change barring that this year. Read more

Email him the link absent the "#!" in it. Read more

Me type pretty one day. Read more

Southern California - Santa Monica. Read more