LongJim

Please post more often.

If he keeps performing at the level he is now, aTm boosters will pay it.

An archetype, and ahead of her time. Probably more underrated now then she was in her heyday.

I heard he makes great guacamole.

Here's TCUs crowd with about 12 minutes left in the 4th.

FAFO?

You're not. You're just an attention-seeking dumbass who wants to cause a scene.

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

Wife's ring. Son didn't get one. Son #2 is a junior.

John Facenda.

Yeah. Exactly. Don't let it trouble you.

ISWYDT.

She was a rock. Certified bad ass, as well. RIP.

"Last week, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released new data showing a dramatic decline in test scores among American 9-year-olds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data indicate a devastating learning loss among American schoolchildren, marking the largest decline in reading scores since 1990, and the first ever recorded drop in mathematics scores. "These results are sobering," Peggy G. Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, told The Washington Post. "It's clear that covid-19 shocked American education and stunted the academic growth of this age group."" Learning Loss

Unethical and illegal. The situation won't improve until the pain is no longer tolerable though.

Try this one. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-frustrating-history-of-the-claw-machine

This is a pretty amusing article. I always loved/hated this game. Even Sid Won Once In A While "Perhaps it would help you to better accept the reality of the claw machine by reexamining how you view it. Instead of seeing it as a balanced game of skill that you can master — like skee-ball or Super Shot Basketball — think of it as a game of chance instead, like a slot machine...Rather than regulate how the machines are built or operated, though — which may be complicated as many are built overseas — the states dictate how much the prizes inside are allowed to be worth. By limiting the value of the prizes, states feel that this becomes less of a gambling game and more of a game of chance for kids, since all that can be won is some shitty stuffed bear."

This is some good info, but there's a difference between weight and--essentially--footprint, which is what Edmunds was describing as the factor that determines the fuel efficiency requirements of the vehicle. Maybe that's what you're referring to as well?

The gist of the article isn't really about fuel economy, data, or who passed what law, and I couldn't give a shit. The article is about HOW the automakers gamed the legislation using the constraints imposed by the legislation itself. So easily misdirected...

Here you go: https://www.doi.gov/ocl/hr-3682 "(T)he BLM has concerns with the bill’s provisions that would waive any cost-sharing or fee requirements when obtaining a permit for a historical-traditional use by a land grant-merced. We believe this will result in a substantial loss of revenue, and more importantly, the BLM is concerned that these provisions could have unintended consequences resulting in the inconsistent treatment of other BLM users, including our tribal partners. The BLM would like to work with the Sponsor and Committee on adding clarifying language to ensure consistency with other applicable laws and Federal regulations and requirements."

One reason, is because they have to meet fuel-economy standards mandated by the government. And how to do that? Check this out: https://www.insidehook.com/article/vehicles/why-pickup-trucks-keep-getting-bigger "Americans like using pickups for personal use, and once we get a little taste of something we like, we want, as Tim Taylor said, more power. But when Barack Obama became president and we as country started to have conversations about fuel economy, wouldn’t we have seen a decrease in the size of trucks? Actually, it was the opposite. In the Obama era, Edmunds explained, fuel economy regulations “changed from just a straight average across the board to what’s called a platform-based fuel economy standard. So your fuel economy target for a given vehicle is based on its wheelbase and its tread width, which is the width between the tires left to right. So if you multiply that you find the area of that rectangle and there’s a table that shows what your fuel-economy target is. The bigger the vehicle, the smaller the target.” In other words, the regulations put in place to get better mileage out of vehicles also led to an increase in truck size."