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You reminded me of an experience long ago when we were looking at new cars. The salesman was unable or unwilling to tell us a firm price for the car. Instead, he kept asking us, "If I can get you a $300 a month payment, will you buy the car?" We walked out.

I learn something new every day. I caught the tail end of a car show at an Elks Club 4th of July gathering last Saturday. I came across this gem while there. Two-tone, wide whitewalls, curb feelers and beaucoup chrome. What's not to like? I thought that I knew the Canadian names of...

I have gotten good results using Terro for household ants.

I thought that I should start another thread instead of reviving this one from 2024. There's a pretty good writeup / bio here: David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies at 84 Sad to see him go.

My first ever coffeemaker was similar to to this one. I showed it to my mom and she called it a Vaculator. It made a good pot of coffee.

Same beans? Same grind? Same ratio of ground coffee to water? I too would have expected that the percolator would have produced the darker-looking brew.

Were it me and if I were quite a bit shorter, I'd like my final ride to be in this one or in this replica.

I flew the nonstop SBA --> ORD route yesterday. After touchdown, we took the tour of what felt like every taxiway at O'Hare before we got to the gate. Along the way we passed this: .

Did some yard work this afternoon. I spotted something peeking out in the pachysandra:

Orange marmalade, anyone? Made with real oranges and lemons.

Mobility-impaired passengers may (likely?) require an aisle seat. Boarding them last would work, but deplaning them last may not. Orders of boarding a plane have been studied a lot. Here's one of many writeups, a Scientific American article, about the topic.

NHTSA safety recall report

On a dare, once, in my misspent youth, I ate a jalapeño and anchovy pizza. I would not ever do that again.

Yes, point taken.

To be fair, it's not just Windows machines. Saw this at Costco this morning. On a Chrome display screen next to some appliances this morning:

Looks like here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa

EDIT: As I think about it, it was likely more like $4K a year. The tickets were still a sizeable % of annual income.

The only long-ago airfare that I know was from 1962 when my parents flew ORD <--> LAX to visit my mom's sisters. It was their first flight and they were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. They flew coach. The tickets were $400 each, round trip. At that time my dad was likely making...

Um, uh, never. I did see a macOS panic once. It was due to a failing hard drive.

It's interesting how often I see a Windows error screen - well, OK, a bluescreen - displayed to the public. I used to see them on the occasional Arrival or Departure display at an airport, or sometimes at the car rental counter. This one is of note in that nobody seems to be in a hurry to fix...