He who is orange is a moron and I didn't vote for him either. But Harris, nor anyone else, would have addressed what I've considered for decades to be the most important problem inside our country, the illegal immigration. That said, he's even doing THAT wrong it seems (I am not a lawyer), kicking people out without court hearings. And, of course, he has his dopey, sledgehammer approach to everything else...

Hahahah! You want to hear clear music when waiting on the side of the road for the AAA service. As you know, engineering is about choices. I agree with your choice over those who designed that vehicle.*

When I went to a classic car show weeks ago, I was reminded that spares used to be just strapped to the side of the car.

*That said, I have college graduates in our small department now. I asked, they don't know even how to change a spare tire. I told them to have their parents show them--none was interested.

Do those vehicles weigh the same as each other? I don't know much about them.

Your "Fuck GM" led me there. I don't necessarily attribute to GM. By law they must make the cars lighter, so I don't know if it's "GM's fault" or Ford's or BMW's or whatever manufacturer.

I worked on cars a LOT in my younger days, single-handedly repairing the 7 old jalopies in our family. I used to get ticked about car X being harder to repair until I realized they were all making poor design decisions to make them even smaller. I think the laws have pushed for that more so than a competitive price tag.

The forum needed some levity.

Be careful, that may have to do more with congressional "well-meaning, but..." pollution laws.

But only at 4 days a week...

Sadly, it's mostly a positive feedback loop.

I am just dealing with this now. I WFH during the pandemic and a coworker mentioned on the phone the concept of radon in my temporary office. I bought a detector and saw it was high, 4 times the governmental suggested level. I learned a bunch of things, if it helps anyone:

If you have an HVAC running in the house, the radon spreads everywhere.

Despite the visiting radon professional theorizing concrete cracks (we have none) and disavowing a drain piped to our septic tank as a source, my detector saw 12 times the radon limit when put directly on top of a basement drain.

Sealing drains and basement cracks prevents entry, but not all sealing materials are equal (permeable) when it comes to radon.

Constant removal is often done with fans and air pipes, but I found that leaving small windows open downstairs 24/7 keeps it under the limit.

There are valved drain covers that supposedly let water down but not radon up; we plan to try them.

I don't follow you... Maybe because I'm just a bland American worker bee. :)

Good point. X times the local average wage? X times the industry average? The tax idea could work, but I'm not fond of making the tax system even more complex.

:s/apprehension/comprehension/g

I have no mod points, but that crossed my mind, too.

(My local backup: I have no mod points, but that crossed my mind, too.)

Make the minimum salary always be double (or even more) the average American salary. That way it filters out the hiring of "slave labor", prevents Americans from illegally losing their jobs via the corruptible system and automatically adjusts over time, versus having a fixed number. If the imports are supposedly that special, this should not be a problem.

I agree, I was just making a "profit comparison".