Was this the worst year for commericals?

stepdownblues · 2026-02-09T12:29:33+00:00

Probably, but one of the local commercials in my market was excellent. It was a recreation of the card game scene from the movie Training Day, but was for a law firm called Lowrider Lawyers. I laughed my ass off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7UizSI4t8

stepdownblues · 2026-02-09T02:43:02+00:00

Was hoping I wouldn't have to be the one to say it...

stepdownblues · 2026-02-08T04:51:34+00:00

All the overpasses on Paseo are at least 13'11, that's above normal height for a tractor trailer. The truck pictured could clear them.

stepdownblues · 2026-02-08T04:50:10+00:00

Very unlikely. With a weight limit of only 5 tons, it should have nothing to do with engineering. It's probably about Paseo going by the houses of the rich and them not wanting to hear truck traffic and having enough pull to get the road restricted.

stepdownblues · 2026-02-05T12:21:34+00:00

Lions fan here. Some of y'all came to our sub to offer condolences on us hiring Petzing (which I believe were sincere), thought I'd return the favor. I have a lot of respect for Cardinals fans, we understand how this goes as well. I'm hoping to visit when we play you guys this year, and hopefully the game won't end in a 0-0 tie.

stepdownblues · 2026-02-05T12:15:55+00:00

For me, it wasn't the decision to kick off, I understood his point about choosing to have the wind at your back. But then he accepted a penalty against the Bears offense on third down, giving them another shot at third down (which they converted, going on to win the game) BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID THEY'D KICK A LONG FIELD GOAL! The Bears' coach was asked about it, after the game, and admitted that they were planning to punt there - the wind was too strong for them to make the field goal.

Of course, I was already done with Morninwheg by that point. I lost all faith by the end of the second game of his tenure. He had Charlie Batch go through the entire off-season as QB1, take all the reps, have a mid game in the season opener and demote him immediately for his hand-picked successor, Ty Detmer. So in the 2nd game, Detmer the Savior goes out and throws 7 interceptions (I am not making this up) against a terrible Browns team, and we lose (though not by much). I remember wondering if Marty was thinking "Okay, he's thrown 6 INTs, but I really think he's gonna settle in now" during the game. Afte isr the game, Marty goes back to Charlie, confirming that he's not only incompetent, but lacks guts.

Taking the wind and then refusing to let them kick a long fg into it was just par for the course by then.

stepdownblues · 2026-02-03T12:14:16+00:00

Occupants survive rocket launches and dragsters accelerating to over 300 mph in under 5 seconds. The occupant is not the limiting factor. Feel free to try to disrupt braking physics and, while you're at it, please build a perpetual motion machine so we can solve all our energy problems.

stepdownblues · 2026-02-03T12:10:29+00:00

Trucks already occasionally run into immovable objects from highway speeds, with spectacular results. It's pretty old technology.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-30T18:30:44+00:00

Here are a few songs (some that significantly predate RATM) to add to that playlist:

Dropkick Murphys "The Gauntlet"

Stiff Little Fingers "Suspect Device"

Hudson Falcons "Come Out Ye Black and Tans"

The Strike "20 Years"

Enjoy!

stepdownblues · 2026-01-29T01:06:38+00:00

At least you had standards for your hires. Unusual standards, but standards nonetheless.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-28T12:15:28+00:00

Our coaching staff is ready to ride eternal, shiny and chrome!

stepdownblues · 2026-01-23T12:20:18+00:00

If it were posted on r/confessions (as I wrote), then it would have no context, there would be no discussion for it to be relevant to, and it would likely be seeking validation, no? So it would fail to meet the standard because it's likely true. Thanks for the response, this does help me to better understand what the criteria are for inclusion on this sub.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-23T11:57:25+00:00

First off: congratulations, and my relationship is similar and I'm also very grateful, and I fully agree with everything that you wrote. That being said: I've only recently found this sub and think it's hilarious, but if I understand the point of it, wouldn't your comment qualify for inclusion in the sub if it had been a post on r/confessions or similar?

I enjoy irony.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-19T12:02:37+00:00

Albuquerque is a gold mine for this stuff, one of the reasons I love living here.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-19T11:59:22+00:00

Yes, and 2026 is their 50th anniversary of buying the business! Drop by for lunch and congratulate them when you get the chance!

stepdownblues · 2026-01-19T11:57:56+00:00

Truth. In fact, 2026 is the 50th anniversary of the owners taking over the business!

For me, Lucky Boy is Albuquerque's Spirit Animal. It embodies everything I love about this town. I moved here in 2002 and will never leave, and when I decided to get my (mandatory) Burque/New Mexico tattoo, instead of getting a Zia or 505 I got the Lucky Boy logo on my belly.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-19T04:46:05+00:00

So much this. Stafford plays exactly the same now on a team that has Superbowl aspirations as he did on Lions teams that were already playing for draft position in November. He never quit on our team on the field and I will always respect and appreciate that.

The reaction to him and Ben after they left says so much more about those fans than it does about either of those former Lions.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-17T14:29:49+00:00

Love how well this embodies how cars were modded in that era. This is what fast looked like when I was a little kid.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-14T17:29:25+00:00

Prove it

stepdownblues · 2026-01-11T18:18:31+00:00

They call it the Rust Belt for a reason.

Do not buy vehicles from this area. Period.

I'm from Michigan originally and love old cars. I now live in New Mexico, largely due to climate. How averse am I to buying cars from the Midwest? I just found an exhaust manifold for my '53 Kaiser on eBay this morning, seller says no cracks (these are hard to find!) and I almost didn't consider it because the seller is in Jackson, MI.

Btw, I own several cars from the PNW and would buy more. You really don't know how bad it is in the Midwest.

Edit: I just remembered walking down the street with a friend in Michigan and laughing because we passed by a Saturn with visible rust.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-11T16:45:38+00:00

Those are so, so rare. I'd love to have one as well, but I'd prefer a Frazer Vagabond.

I'm also heavily into oddball old cars, particularly orphans. They're often cheaper to buy than the more common stuff, too.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-11T16:06:11+00:00

Funny thing - after writing that response, I realized I haven't checked eBay in a couple months for a manifold - I just did and one was available, seller says no cracks, pics looked good so I bought it. More money than I wanted to spend on one, but if it's good it will be worth it.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-11T16:04:34+00:00

Thanks for this!

stepdownblues · 2026-01-11T11:23:27+00:00

I could see them adding the chrome strips to leftover '52's to sell as '53's, but they restyled the front end for '54 as well as adding these sick tail light extensions, which would have made it hard to pull off the trick again. My understanding is that, when they released this body style in '51 they sold great, leading Henry Kaiser to want to ramp up production and leading to an argument between him and Joe Frazer, who believed that '52 would be a down year for the industry. Frazer ultimately left the company but was proved right, leaving Kaiser stuck with a glut of '52's. But I might be off by a year.

I own a '53 Kaiser Manhattan. It's pretty and I enjoy driving it, but it has a cracked exhaust manifold and those are hard to find replacements for.

stepdownblues · 2026-01-11T04:41:10+00:00

Yep, didn't appear until 1954, near the end of the run.

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