Set right what Ben Franklin got wrong: http://www.xkcd.org/567/ A giant of 18th century science, but he got one thing backwards, and it has driven us EE's crazy for two centuries.

Let me piss on your raining on the parade. As the load walks off / is offloaded, water ballast or fuel is pumped aboard. The US Navy figured this out 80 years ago. What may be a problem is that airships were never just tied down at night and left alone. They were actively flown at the mast. There was always a crew aboard to adjust trim and ballast as the temperature or atmospheric pressure changed. This could be automated, but you still can't just turn it all off and let it sit.

Put the laptop on your lap and monitor the tilt sensor while viewing p0Rn.

Agreed! 40 years ago, I had mutton-chop sideburns, shoulder length hair and polyester flowered shirts. Suppose those things had all been permanent? (Oh the horror!) Clothes can be thrown away, hair can be cut, or will grow back, piercings will heal over. The tattoo will be forever, or actually, will just look more blurry as the years go by.

You're holding it wrong. You have to grip it by the husk.

Heel and toe braking. Downshifting for a corner, if you just drop it into the next lower gear, the engine inertia causes the rear wheels to lose traction while the engine is sped up. You'll go sideways on the entrance to a corner. You have to blip the throttle while shifting to raise the engine speed to match the next lower gear. Left foot on clutch, ball of right foot on brake, heel of right foot on throttle.

Eat enough corn and... Roundup Ready people!! Mmmm Yummy Roundup.

Been to the beach recently? Looks like a mass marine mammal stranding event. Women, if you won't lose the flab, at least cover it up. Men, that goes for you, too. --