No substances were involved, but when I was 16, my parents went out for the night and my buddy and I took my mom’s new Jeep Cherokee for a ride down a moderately serious fire trail near my house. It had rained and there were a few long puddles to ford, maybe axle deep at most.

Anyways we got it good and muddy and we were worried it got scratched on branches, so we took it to a 24 hour car wash, cleaned it, and everything looked great. Then while dropping off my buddy, I closed the back door and it didn’t latch all the way so I sorta hip checked it closed. The fucking thing caved in, and had a serious crease in just below the body line by the door handle. Like it was mad of cardboard.

Anyway I got in trouble and we mostly pulled the dent back, but never fully fixed it and had to hear shit about it for years after.

But they never knew that we had it on 3 wheels and possible airborne an hour or two before the door dent.

Wouldn’t he still be hovering if he’d missed the landing?

Take Doctorow’s advice and lobby your government to withdraw from or ignore the DMCA. If all of Europe did it, and Canada and China (if it isn’t already) it’ll have no power.

F-350°F for F-150 minutes.

I think this could be an untapped cookbook market. Make it look like a shop manual and I’m in.

Just whichever NPR affiliate comes in clearest on a drive.

Building up massive credit card debt was always my dad’s plan at the end. But sudden heart failure got him before that.

Lithium grease would probably be best for a serious answer, but Crisco would probably be ok too.