Recent Comments

1. 3 days ago on Doonesbury

   Good For you. I hope it gives you the service you want for many years.I am tempted by a good hybrid but what holds me back is my own insistence on not buying a car except for every 20 years. Most of the articles I have read on LI-Ion and other batteries is that they are good for about 500 full discharges and recharges. If that is one a week, that will take you a little less than 10 years. At 15000mi/yr that’s about 150,000.All my cars and trucks but one have at least 200K miles on them and some have over 300K miles. A Buick LeSabre with the indestructible 3.8 V6 that I just gave to my son as a second BU to has Mustang and RX8 has 338K miles and still runs fine (and gets 28 mpg in cruise at 70 in the interstate.)So until EVs or Hybrids have more supporting infrastructure, can get 450mi/tank like that Buick, and refill their “tank” in 15 minutes I have to stick with the present installed technology base.

2. 4 days ago on Jane's World

   I just realized Jane would look a lot better with a crew cut like Jills. I had a girlfriend in college that looked great in a pixie crew cut.

3. 5 days ago on Frazz

   Ooh, you sure showed Pastis, didn’t you.

4. 5 days ago on Overboard

   Mark Twain saidHeaven is where all the Dogs you ever had run out to meet you.The Cats are waiting on the door step.

5. 5 days ago on Doonesbury

   So pull your head out and admit that your opinion that there is no reason for SUV/PUs is just that, your opinion. And after you get your head out, clean your opinion off from behind your ears.

6. 5 days ago on Doonesbury

   Our CRV doesn’t tow anything but it can get up a muddy road to a campsite hauling 4 people a cabin tent, chuck box, stove, 60 qt cooler, our cots and bags, and a ton of other gear. As I said the AWD gets used for more than slick roads in our case. I also have a 4WD 24 YO Ranger because I don’t put bloody deer carcases in the back of the CRV, and I have a 4WD 28 YO Yukon to pull the 24 ft Jon boat that takes us fishing and duck hunting. If your life doesn’t revolve around TV sports and you get out in the fresh air once in a while, SUVs and Pickups are a necessity.And don’t get me started on our mini-farm in the country and our raised bed gardens and chickens.If I lived in a concrete coop and parked my car in a high rise, I probably would have an EV, but since I don’t (won’t) I’ll keep the trucks and SUVs I have.Oh and BTW my son does presently have an RX8 in the garage, where it resides as a hanger queen BU to his Ecoboost Mustang. and I just have to say I was not there to see your buddy ride in yours so my son and I both are skeptical.

7. 6 days ago on Doonesbury

   Our CRV has all-wheel drive, which gets used regularly, and still gets 26 mpg while holding 4 six-footers. ( Well it, COULD, but my son is 6-4, Im 6-1, and daughter is 5-8, but their momma is only 5-1 and needs the SUV to see in traffic.)If you have a big family of big people, SUVs are the only choice. Some companies, like FORD don’t even make sedans any more.

8. 8 days ago on Doonesbury

   Rand Report for US Dept of Homeland Security Risk Assessment RRA2981-1.Not a global or existential threat. Effects local or maybe regional at most.

9. 13 days ago on Overboard

   A Deer’s tail doesn’t look like a dog tail, its flat, brown on top and white underneath.

10. about 1 month ago on Bad Machinery

    Edgy looks aside, do not cut a single hair on Shauna’s head.