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I guess Adam Ant's lyrics would lead us to believe that the next target of the tax-and-spend crowd would be some sort of tax on sexual activity. Get out of my bedroom, you bloody wankers!

My wife had one as well. We sold it. For a Honda, it got lousy fuel economy - we never could get much more than 24 mpg on the highway and around-town mpg was terrible (not surprising considering it weighed something like 4.600 lb). It was a very complex system - because of the engine...

Capacity on demand = turbocharger or supercharger. More air plus more fuel = more capacity.

Oh man, I can't imagine the misery Peter and his family must be experiencing. Peter, please accept my sincerest condolences on the tragic loss of your daughter.

From what I can tell, Win 7 is getting great reviews - the first time people have actually been excited about a Microsoft product in years, if not decades. I've also read that the release of Win 7 will be good for the economy, as there is a lot of pent up demand for new hardware running a...

Buzz Aldrin doesn't suffer fools gladly. YouTube - Buzz Aldrin punch

Correct - they retained Buick because the car sells in China, not because of the US demographics. Maybe all those folks who worked themselves into a frenzy last year buying Pontiac Solstices and Saturn Skys were onto something.

The general perception is that the US is lawsuit happy, but on this forum I've seen many more threats of legal action from members in the UK than from folks here in the US. Edit - for that matter, this is the only forum I participate in where I've seen any threats of legal action.

You missed something.

And he was looking at notes - on paper! He wasn't even using using a teleprompter! Brilliant!

Good advice indeed. I agree with pretty much everything Jim said, especially his point about the inefficiency of the market in the short term and the "inelegant" dumping of equities by hedge funds when they need to raise cash.

Holy crap Brian, I'm sorry. My regrets to his friends and family members. But that shows what can happen of you are foolish enough to ignore not one, not two, but all three primary rules of firearms safety: Assume that all guns are always loaded. Always keep the gun pointed in a safe...

There are a couple things going on in the US that I've never experienced before, and that I honestly never thought I would ever see in my lifetime. One of them is serious talk, among serious folk, of the very real threat of widespread civil unrest and revolution in my country. The other is a...

Jebus, that's impressive. Last month when the porkulus bill was being dabated, I listened to an interesting discussion on Keynesian economics on NPR. A very knowledgeable gentleman was on the air and, to put the size of the bill (which was still being draftedat that time), he described a...

My heart sand when I read your post, Ross. I can't begin to imagine the pain you and your family feel, but I can offer my most sincere condolences.

Good to hear you're driving it Bill. It's been a long time coming. Enjoy!

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke

Hard to point to just one critical tool, but if I had to, I'd say it's my Dewalt cordless 3/8" variable speed drill. Drilling holes (and countersinking too) has got to be one of the most frequently performed tasks during a build. To keep my cordless drill company, I also have a cordless Makita...

Looks like somebody's gonna get a demotion. Don't military air controllers, like civilian ones, say "Check gear down, cleared to land?"

Well, the guys who own the black helicopters have just passed a huge porkulus bill that includes "modernizing and computerizing" the medical records of every citizen (I'm going to have to start using that term loosely). The black helicopter guys also want to be able to deny the right of...