According to the US Census Bureau, "Real median household income was $70,784 in 2021, not statistically different from the 2020 estimate of $71,186". https://www.census.gov/library...

My 1961 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce also had front and rear aluminum drum brakes, so not unprecedented. If it's "unheard of", then maybe "hearing" needs a check up?

Just to clarify, it was the Firesign Theater that brought us the Department of Redundancy Department (as well as the Small Animal Administration and the Department of Spies). Monty Python may have Anglicized it into a Ministry.

You are exactly right. I've had this same scenario, messages, and results 4 times in the last six months alone. That is only the "we're having trouble" cases after "it's out for delivery" messages. I don't even count the number of times they completely missed their 2-days promise. And I'm in the suburbs of a large metro area where Amazon vans are in the neighborhood multiple times a day, not some remote country location.

Methinks they'll do what companies often do when forced by do-good politicians to sell below their usual prices -- make it up from the unsubsidized customers by increasing their prices or tacking on a special fee with a feel-good name. They don't have to make a profit on every account so long as the aggregate math works out.

God love you, not only for coping with an impossible task, but also for voluntarily spending your own time to take the lessons you learned and prepare for the future disruptions that are sure to come. Well done!

Sears won't be operating in 15 years, so it doesn't really matter.

Boom. Nailed it.

A "long mustache"? But I thought you said a "big mustache"??? Damn! I've blown up the wrong bridge!

How about his vaunted AI to the rescue? We can teach machines to read facial expressions -- why not train them to make sense of orphaned text with embedded formatting markup? After all, there's LOTS of material to train with.

Um... maybe because he bought TWO pizzas?

The Canada - US exchange rate is currently 0.74, so that 1,900,000 Canadians converts to 1,406,000 Americans. But their gallons are bigger, though...

So Slashdot is a "more formal piece of writing" now? Who knew?

Exactly right. Google something, right-click-open-in-new-tab a bunch of interesting looking sites, then easily close them all down when you're finished. I use these very useful features multiple times every day. Please don't kill them.