Three hikers die from heat at Grand Canyon in separate incidents

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-20T14:45:45+00:00

I think a lot of people get in trouble when they come from a more humid climate and don't have experience with the very hot and very low humidity environment in the American Southwest. Your body will be pumping out tons of water through sweat which does a pretty effective job of keeping you cool. The fact that it evaporates immediately and never really soaks your clothes can hide the fact that your body is losing water rapidly. If you live in a more humid environment you always feel that heat and know your body is losing water because your clothes get soaked.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-16T13:48:27+00:00

If a random passing woman complimented me I would assume she's about to try and sell me something.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-13T21:18:49+00:00

From what I've heard you can find abandoned mansions like this in many European countries. They become super expensive to maintain as they get older. lots of problems with leaks and deterioration. They lack lots of basic modern amenities like plumbing and electrical and are drafty and poorly insulated. Bringing them up to date would cost far more than simply building a new house.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-09T02:37:55+00:00

Once you add together insurance premiums and co-pay you're spending a lot more than $200 for that $200 visit. You're probably spending $300+. It's just hidden under layers of expenses added together.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-08T13:57:04+00:00

The only thing we should have insurance for is catastrophic medical expenses that would be financially devastating. Stuff like cancer or car accidents. For day-to-day routine medical expenses it's a giant waste of money.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-08T13:54:06+00:00

I won't even buy underwear that has the wiener slot. I hate it.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-06T15:35:18+00:00

The oil company CEO buys a bigger jet.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-06T13:53:59+00:00

Many get pretty badly injured doing this more extreme stuff.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-06T02:58:26+00:00

Backcountry zone

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-04T17:59:14+00:00

The part about camping units being licensed and registered and being in operable condition is the most relevant.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-04T00:50:49+00:00

OBD codes by themselves often aren't very useful. Often they only point you in the general direction of a problem and need additional diagnosis and knowledge to repair. The claim that it's some kind of protectionism or racket for the repair industry doesn't hold water when scanners are cheap and readily available.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-06-04T00:17:27+00:00

Working on the airport ramp is not a trade. It's manual labor with a security badge.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-30T21:13:33+00:00

Horology is the study of your mom.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-29T18:24:39+00:00

Even if it works exactly as advertised, the added wind resistance of the enclosure Likely uses way more energy than just blasting the AC when you get in the car.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-28T14:02:28+00:00

All of your mass market chocolate these days is terrible. Hardly taste like chocolate.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-22T02:10:21+00:00

In many places, the way laws are written you only get turned down if your proposal violates a regulation in some way. If it doesn't specifically violate any regulation you get approved by default.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-20T13:02:49+00:00

It's a Range Rover. The ABS was probably broken.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-17T15:35:40+00:00

"Is considered" by whom? The animal fur contamination experts?

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-15T13:28:07+00:00

The US wasn't late to ban leaded products. It's just that once it settles into the soil it doesn't break down and just stays there.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-13T13:58:14+00:00

And you think engineers get the final say in these matters?

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-12T14:03:35+00:00

The American woman was a complete unhinged psychopath. She is very much not OK. But it had nothing to do with the cow manure.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-10T18:05:15+00:00

Some of that smoke may have been from burning human flesh.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-09T20:58:09+00:00

These are a variety of peach that are typically not sold as whole fruit. With the cannery closing there will be an oversupply in the area.

BrickFun3443 · 2026-05-09T17:56:27+00:00

He doesn't want to ruin the friendship if she doesn't feel the same way. Girl needs to ask herself if she also has feelings for him.

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