That’s the only solution I see because you can’t magically create parking spots,” said Sczempka
Yes you can. Every person using the bike lane instead of driving does not take a parking space. Voila! Magically new parking space.
I saw a billboard (in California) for a gofundme for Texas disaster relief. That feels peak 2025 to me.
But wait, I thought it was “just the government.” /s
PlexAmp is so good. Nothing else comes close.
I’ve joked for years they should pivot to legit Michelin quality white tablecloth restaurants called Charles E Fromage.
I take some issue with some of those numbers. My calculations look at the tax table at 150k with standard deduction, shows 52333/150000 =0.349. And even 35% takes some working at not minimizing your liability; no mortgage deduction, no tax advantaged savings etc.
I feel it’s important to further clarify that California is only a high tax state for the very high bracket earners.
Not to mention it’s extremely rare for someone to have an effective combined tax burden of 40%.
Put the part about contacting the authorities about 20 lbs at the end, and you have the perfect joke.
I think my point isn’t being well taken, or perhaps I phrased it incorrectly. I certainly agree with the sentiment that wealth disparity is maybe the biggest problem we face.
The vast vast vast majority of the wealth of the uber wealthy come from the assets they own. If they can be said to “make” money over the course of the year, it’s as a result of those assets increasing in value and not directly tied to the “work” they put in.
My problem with these comparisons are two-fold. One, they usually conflate an individuals net worth with income. If Elon has 365 billion dollars, he doesn’t “make” 1 billion per day. Two, phrasing it as “making” “per hour” implies their income is tied to the hours they work, and that’s just not true. It puts value on their labor I think isn’t justified.
Most of these memes simply take a net worth a divide it by 365 or whatever.
Grant Petersen designed #BridgestoneRB-1 (1989 in this case) has been a grail bike frame of mine for years.
This beauty showed up at a swap meet this weekend, and was complete and in great working order. Took it home for $250.
I have a full set of 11s 105 that’s going to make its way onto the bike, and I’ll keep the Suntour GTX components safe for the originalists out there.
Winter project nearing completion, but I am having decision paralysis on the last few pieces. I'm thinking of a honey colored Brooks saddle and color matching bar tape (shallaced cotton maybe). Then some tan sidewall touring tires. Which in turn would all match the honey colored leather of the bag.
My biggest questions are color options for the saddle, bar tape, and tires in contrast to the blue of the frame? And on the subject of tires, what would you choose? Wheels are 700c, and I think 32s would fit.
Oh ya, and eventually there'll be hammered silver Honjo fenders when I can find them.
And you know what, I desperately want my (tax) money to go to supporting them in their disaster.