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I am hoping for another housing market crash in my lifetime. I just want to see everyone involved in that snake oil business begging on the corner.
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I’m proud of you, Mitsubishi Mirage, for boldly fulfilling your mission of cheap to buy, cheap to run personal automotive transportation in the face of ubiquitous yet unnecessary three-digit horsepower and torque ratings. May you commute to work and bring home the groceries with pride.  Read more

Back then, nobody could stop short. I found that the 70 Corvette had 147 ft stopping distance from the same test (on the narrower tires that came with the base model).  I expect a LOT of cars back then had similar braking distances.  The fact the car could stop and not idle off with faded brakes was considered a win. Read more

I mean, “better” is subjective. If you lived in a city and never went above 40, sure, one of those little Kei trucks would be great. But... if you need to do anything with it on a normal road, not so much... Read more

I had a friend who was a reasonable guy, until he had his first kid, then, as we joked then, and now, “His car only makes right hand turns!”. He has become more and more conservative over the years, and it started with his kids. We live in a low crime area, but judging by the way he acted, we lived in the South side Read more

It didn’t have the “I’m not trafficking your daughter” bumper sticker on it. Read more

both sides will claim they were the “good guy” and the other was the “bad guy”. Read more

Unrelated, but “smacked the black off me” is something I haven’t heard in like 10 years and made me spit the water I was trying to drink at the time. Read more

Amber, this is such a heartfelt and moving piece. I’m sure the anticipation of sharing this with everyone publicly has been such a mix of emotions, and I’m just so truly overjoyed that you get to be yourself now publicly.
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“That vehicle was completely unmarked. In my mind this was not good, right?” Read more

Since plenty of people couldn’t pick out an actual AR-15, it’s entirely possible this was a .22 “AR-15" since people see this type of gun and just call it an AR-15. Plenty of guns that look like an AR-15 come chambered in .22 LR. Or, people don’t realize that .223 isn’t the same as .22 and assume it’s a .22. Read more

Imagine any kid wanting to get away from THAT loving, rational dad.  Read more

I would also check on that kid to. anyone that would pull a gun out instinctively on someone dropping your daughter off at your house should be evaluated. My mom would have thanked the Uber dude and smacked the black off me if I ever did that. Read more

Thank you for your service, now go directly to jail. This is pathetic and just further proof of the fear that Fox News thrives on spreading. They created these people. And the fact that he is a veteran is just pathetic that he can’t show restraint with firearms. I hope he gets the full force of the court thrown at him. Read more

Ugh, he looks like the type to take his daughter to “purity” dances as her date. The creepy really oozes through the camera. Read more

In this country, you’re innocent until proven guilty.” But apparently not if you’re an Uber driver. And this “doctor” is lucky the Uber driver didn’t shoot him, seeing as how this is Florida we’re talking about. Read more