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Today, I looked at the Corvette - with its maintained battery and full gas tank, and though, "nah, I'll take the 911." So there I was, calling AAA from the 7-11 parking lot. I called at 7:05; by 7:30 I was back on the road to my office with a new battery. PSA: use your battery maintainer. ...

Mrs. S's Jeep is in the shop waiting for its oil cooler replacement so my driveway might someday not look like the Exxon Valdez has been parking there. She needed a car yesterday, so I pulled the Corvette out for her and sent her on her way. About 10 minutes later, my phone rang...Mrs. S. is inquiri...

Today I learned that burned-up green sand - the stuff that is too scorched to just dump back into the sack - works fantastically for soaking up the oil that leaks into both stalls of the "90's sports cars with about 300hp" stable.

CA possums are vegan.

Anyone who has ever been around a raccoon knows how much those bastards stink. I wouldn't eat a raccoon on a bet.

Never eat things that eat trash for a living.

I have at least one East Texas recipe that calls for "jackalope" - meaning whatever critter you find by the side of the road.

sweet victory wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 8:07 am And Europeans say Americans aren't cultured. pfft

If it doesn't pop when you stob it with your pocket knife, it's OK to eat.

It works with chicken, pork, lamb, and varmint.

There are some dishes where the baking soda trick makes the meat seem REALLY weird - but for chili, soup, or any other recipe where the meat normally gets boiled to fsck, ground meat goes from being that nasty gray pebbly shit to looking (and tasting) like ACTUAL meat. If you make steak chili, the b...

The blind spot warning in the Grand Cherokee has saved me being yelled/cursed/honked at more than once in the two years we've had it. We don't have any of the really fancy crap (like lanekeeping assist or adaptive cruise)... It was disabled when we bought the car; I turned it on for grins, assuming ...

I finally did my job...and Sweet Victory has won teh swag!