Not that the DMC-1's PRV v6 and tall Renault 5-speed were gonna make getting to 85 easy...

"If Kenmore had the wherewithal to manufacture 4wd electric chest freezers...that's what they'd look like."

...but I'm not offended by it. I think that sort of whimsical craziness is all too often missing from modern durable goods, so I'm glad it got built.

I'm even happier that its existence upset mincing, peevish little eurotwee Conde-Nasty scribblequeefs like this Wired author. If it'd guarantee him leaping off of a tall pier, I'd pay MSRP for a Cybertruck.

Setting aside JohnZ's personal failings, the car and its production was a catastrophe.

I mean, I know they exist too, but that's orthogonal to wanting to eat any of it...

>Was disappointed by how bad cheeze-its are,

My experience is that Cheez-Its are more often than other chips or crackers, likely to go stale on the shelf-might have something to do with the recipe.

>also taco bell (i know its tex-mex, but still a variety from burgers) opened stores in germany and the netherlands hoping it reaches a broader audience and can get more people attracted as i actually like the food given the price point and being somewhat more healthy than a quarter pounder with cheese.

For many years in RI, Taco Bell was the only mexican place we had. Finding authentic Tex-Mex was worth a trip (as far as North Carolina) when I was in 7th grade. As for it being healthier than a QP...ymmv depending on the menu....

As for drinks...how do you screw up Gatorade & Dr Pepper? The syrup/powder just needs to be reconstituted...is it something in the water?

Also, yes, Moser Roth chocolate at Aldi is a steal, quality-wise.

I mean, Ghirardelli chocolate is nice, and I am fond of Junior Mints & Bit-O-Honey..but you can miss me with most Hershey and/or Mars products.

High-trust Anglo civilization is not compatible with the attitude towards civil authority common in the 19th-century Mezzogiorno. It took literal generations to fix.

There are people go out of their way to buy...American candy in the UK?

Utterly perverted.

"Our stuff is not the fastest, not the cheapest, not the most power-efficient...but we're within 50% of the price of the ones that are...and ours come with sufficient documentation (not under NDA!) for anyone to write a driver for!"

Homer: “There’s three ways to do things. The right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way!

Lisa: "Isn’t that also the wrong way?"

Homer: "Yeah, but... faster.”

Top of the line is an electrician who goes to work on a 40kw/400amp circuit, and doesn't go put on his arc-flash suit because it'd take another 15 minutes. Predictably, electricity happens. It's all Microsoft's fault, apparently.