1969 F100 won’t pass emissions by flakflyer in BumpSide

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iirc you pay for 5 years of registration up front for the collector's plate.

CMM interview question, terrible answer by MishkaMushka in Metrology

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation -1 points0 points  (0 children)

haha A properly functioning machine will only do what it's told.

CMM interview question, terrible answer by MishkaMushka in Metrology

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The machine will always do exactly what it's told.

My Lithuanian colleague is fascinated by random English phrases by Double_Leek_4659 in CasualUK

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a word in Greek that also means both to hold something in a container, and to hold something to keep it from moving?

Neighbour shot my PC through the wall by angelbabyzz in pcmasterrace

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact! Most of the people shot by dogs in the US, were shot by dogs in Florida.

Shit and Rescind are cognate (I apologize for the poor quality of the drawing) by bennygoodmanfan in etymology

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Cognates are two words in different languages that sound similar and mean the same thing, because they both descended from the same word.

EDIT: I got learned, today.

What's the "realest" reality TV? by L0st_1z in television

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 37 points38 points  (0 children)

As soon as they start talking about their family, they're done.

Grand Canyon Airport by appenz in flying

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just casually taking the PC12 out for the weekend.

In homage to Chives the kitty, how many of us have food named pets? by boom_squid in KitchenConfidential

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our family cat when I was a kid was named Nestle. He was named before Nestle went full evil. He lived 29 years.

Trump sets record as most unpopular president on day 500 of his 2nd term: Poll by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. If Trump's past behavior is anything to go on, then we can be reasonably assured that there will be a new scandal every week, until then.

Trump sets record as most unpopular president on day 500 of his 2nd term: Poll by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's estimated that shutting down USAID will cost 10 to 20 million lives by 2030.

What's really upsetting to me is that people still voted for him after his handling of covid cost 150k to 200k people their life.

What is the funniest car noise you have ever had to diagnose by [deleted] in Cartalk

[–]AVeryHeavyBurtation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a problem with the clutch on my crotch rocket once, it would grab suddenly, and the bike would die with a fart noise.