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(to use the now famous claim from the Australian PM, who claimed EV's would "end the weekend." ) We drove from San Diego to Trinidad, CA to spend a week in the redwoods - about 800 miles total. We planned to make the drive in two days since we had an 8 year old and a 10 year old. Our car is a 7 year old Tesla which is still good for about 260 miles on a charge (it was 300 new.) So I spent an hour planning where we would stop to minimize charge time - two stops on the first leg and one stop on the second. I even brought a folding bike in case I had to drop the kids and Amy off at a restaurant, go somewhere to charge and then ride the bike to them. All for naught. It turns out the kids bladders are the limiting factor and not the availability of chargers. There are enough chargers out there so I could say "OK hold it for 15 minutes" and then find a charger to stop at while they peed (and looked at cows, and ran down steep hills, and all the usual things kids do when they get out of the car after being in it for two hours.) The original plan had us stopping for a total of about an hour to do the charging (three 20 minute stops) - but we ended up stopping for closer to 3 hours total to accommodate the kids. We never waited for charging; by the time the kids were done we had enough to continue.

Not sure, I heard recently that nobody's really gotten to the bottom of 9/11

For those unlike Bill who have to pay for the DC fast chargers (Tesla calls them Superchargers) it is on par with gas costs. $0.43 per kWh around me, which is close to $4 per 30 miles hence the on par with gas comparison. My home rate is about 1/4 of that, so excluding long trips I would pay about $1 per 30 miles.

I like to give you the gears on guns. But I'll admit technically most of your responses are accurate. IMO the ability of someone to be accurate is less important than keeping the weapon from the hands of the unstable.

The 2nd one. Politicians, con men and snake oil salesmen have always lied. The degree to which the gullible idiots have believed Trump and his bullshit is frightening. The number of people who think the election was 'stolen' is truly frightening. The number who think the search was 'illegal', that it was not a crime for him to posses those documents, who think that the current administration is 'out to get him', the idiocy is really scary. Along the same lines, the people who believe that Covid is a 'hoax', that the vaccines are killing people, that hospitals are lying about the deaths, all that shit is equally disturbing. On a slightly positive note, the Covid deniers are dying from their stupidity. Admittedly, so are some of the Trumpettes, but nowhere near enough of them.

I've had the same experience with rubber bands around items in my closets. The bands get spongy and break within a relatively brief time (a year or two).

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy: ABC News: Rudy Giuliani now 'target' of Georgia criminal probe into effort to overturn 2020 election: Sources

I had 40+ years of Parachutist and all of the Skydiving Magazines. I listed them in the classifieds for free and found a taker. I saved the very first Skydiving Magazine and still have it.

Hi Q, Take them to your closest dz & leave them there for other people to read. Check with the DZO first, Jerry Baumchen

Excuses aside. This may, MAY, turn out to be a net benefit for democracy. As republicans rally around trump. It further complicates everything for any presidential contenders who want to challenge him. For GOP members who want to replace him the whole victim-hood messaging will make life difficult. It will drive trump fundraising while reducing the cash for other republicans. It will add to the stink surrounding him for the average voter. Although for trumpites who don't possess noses thats irrelevant.

We've heard it all, and then some. Cover some new ground. It's fun.

Of course the bands were not "intact"... "Intact" suggests whole, unbroken and fully surrounding a packet.. Given the condition of the packets that is ridiculous. One packet was missing some top bills so no rubber band there but there were fragments reportedly attached to some of the packets which crumbled when touched.. Those rubber band fragments have never been produced. "Intact" is like "loafers",, made up and inconsistent with the evidence.

You're a goddamn genius, Gump! Of course it must be from the time of the constitution. You can bet your corn cob pipe that the Supreme Court would rule that way. "Sorry there, Billy Bob, but that one went straight through that fellers fat apron and they didn't have them in 1776. No Machine Gun license for you!"

This is the chamber test made for the App. The Equipment is very precise when measuring pressure. However, today the frequency of the sensor is just below 1hz. Garmin will probably improve that. G sensor are around 10ms. Big thank to Cypres to offer me this test opportunity!

Come on now buddy....you brought this game to the level of 'I know you are but what am I'...don't get pissy just because Dekker bested you with an 'I am rubber and you are glue'

See? It has all been declassifed. Are we good now?

Since temperatures have flatlined during the last decade and Arctic sea ice has stabilized, we are talking about global warmer, not global warming. Since there is no manifestation of a global climate catastrophe/crisis/chaos/Armageddon (chose your metaphor) at these slightly elevated temperatures, I think this whole climate debate can be put to bed. Good night.

I have packed hundreds of Tempo reserves and at least a dozen were deployed during emergencies. All but one user reported that they opened fine, flew fine, turned fine and landed fine. The only user who complained about his Tempo not flying straight, started with a student harness that was adjusted (for height) asymmetrically. Not the fault of either his main or reserve canopies. The last couple of years of Tempo production had span-wise tapes sewn onto the bottom skin.