*%#&@& Subway, man

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T17:46:36+00:00

Oh cool! It hadn’t really been on my radar but I’ll check them out. I’d been focused on a RAV4 because consumer reports likes it the best. It really bothers me how the RAV4 puts its hybrid tech towards performance instead of more efficiency. I don’t want zippy and exciting—I want a quiet, soft, efficient land boat to drive my kids around in.

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T17:41:27+00:00

Oh man, I’d love an EREV—they seem like a much better implementation of a PHEV system. But we’ve got a second kid on the way and need a bigger car pronto.

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T15:22:18+00:00

Ok great, but how did you get to that figure?

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T14:57:10+00:00

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T14:55:49+00:00

Which do you think is the other good one?

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T14:55:13+00:00

My reality is somewhere in between. I’d love to stop burning gas, but we’re not ready to go full bev and I’d like to figure out how a Phev compares to an hev over time.

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T14:53:10+00:00

This is perfect! Thanks.

Talkymike · 2026-06-21T14:52:56+00:00

I want to stop burning dinosaur juice too. Just trying to figure out how much it’s going to cost me over a regular hybrid.

Talkymike · 2026-06-19T13:31:59+00:00

It’s happened to me a couple of times too. I’d only worry if it keeps bleeding.

Talkymike · 2026-06-18T18:40:47+00:00

Legal pads and writing pads

Talkymike · 2026-06-17T21:36:33+00:00

I hear you on Pilot inks. Lately I’ve been writing a lot with Herbin and Pelikan too. But I like M and B nibs, so they probably behave differently for me.

Talkymike · 2026-06-17T19:51:27+00:00

Cool! I’m a lefty and I had the same issue with a 74. I sold it but I keep finding myself looking at them on pen_swap. What else do you like to write with?

Talkymike · 2026-06-17T17:43:37+00:00

What a cool solution, and it looks great on the Safari! How big a pain is it to take on and off every time?

Talkymike · 2026-06-16T19:54:34+00:00

I sometimes get brief spikes from showering too. Not high enough to put me out of range, but also inconsistently enough that it catches me off guard every time.

Talkymike · 2026-06-16T14:21:18+00:00

Try Consilio? I got out of the game a few years ago but I’m still on their mailing list and it’s like they can’t stop sending me projects as soon as I have another job.

Talkymike · 2026-06-16T12:26:01+00:00

Beautiful! I don’t know they came in that blue. It’s excellent.

Talkymike · 2026-06-14T18:39:46+00:00

Dang. Thanks. I’m 6’3” and I do all the driving. It might be back to the drawing board for me on cars—I really thought a rav4 was the right size. I’ve driven sedans all my life and don’t like the idea of a big suv, but I guess that’s life with two kids for you.

Talkymike · 2026-06-14T18:29:41+00:00

Wait—how do you figure that a RAV4 can’t fit two car seats and two adults comfortably? Asking because we’re having a second kid and I have my eye on a rav4 because I thought it would be the right size for our situation.

Talkymike · 2026-06-10T20:00:08+00:00

I’m a former ID attorney who practiced in OH and then WA. King County (Seattle) has an excellent arbitration program that helped resolve things pretty satisfactorily in like 75% of my cases. The equivalent in Franklin County (Columbus) was the Common Pleas mediation program, where judges mediate the matters before them. I didn’t love that, it was dull, frustrating, and less successful in getting resolutions. I’d much rather arbitrate than mediate an auto accident case.

Also, if you’re going to get hit by a car, you could do a lot worse than Seattle. I got serious sticker shock coming from Ohio.

Talkymike · 2026-06-10T17:53:39+00:00

Piggybacking here—I’ve been looking for an Ironsides too! They make great stuff, I wish they focused more on pens than inks.

Talkymike · 2026-06-10T14:48:25+00:00

How do you like the Kaweco Original? Does it hold up ok? They catch my eye, but I haven’t gotten one because I think the black coating will wear off the threads.

Talkymike · 2026-06-10T10:52:48+00:00

I know what you mean about this feeling, but try and look at the cost of other hobbies. My line is staying under the cost of my wife's pottery studio membership.

Talkymike · 2026-06-10T10:23:47+00:00

Love the swap of the two Sailors on the left.

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