I drive a 2018 Subaru Forester. I got it because I wanted a SUV with AWD and a turbo charger. My previous vehicle was a Camaro, and while I loved driving it, having a RWD car in the winter sucks, and I had recently bought a house, so having a vehicle that can carry more than just groceries made sense.

I was driving the Camaro around Xmas time and there was a light dusting of snow on the highway. I hit a patch of it and started to fish tail, and that scared the hell out of me, so I traded it for the Forester the following fall. The Forester has handled any conditions I’ve come across so far like a champ, including heavy rain, snow, ice, and muddy hillsides.

Trading the Camaro in and getting the Forester marked the transition (in my mind) from being a young adult, to becoming an older, more sensible one. I was driving home from work one day, and a Camaro passed me on the highway. I couldn’t help but sigh and ask myself why I had to get old. The Forester is a good vehicle and very nice (got the XT Touring package), but the Camaro was way more fun to drive, and I still miss it. I’d like to get another sports car in the future, but we’ll see if that happens.

Like others have said, depends on what the magic is capable of, but I would give the advantage to the modern military. Could a dragon or griffon stand up to modern fighter jets who are able to fly faster and higher? Could a magical ground force withstand modern artillery and/or bombers? Could they produce shields or other countermeasures to protect themselves from those kinds of munitions? How would archers and mages fare against modern rifles that could engage them from hundreds of yards/meters away? Also, the greatest weapon in any war is information. The modern military (assuming the battlefield is somewhere on Earth) would have access to real-time info from satellites, radar, etc. Would the magical military have anything similar?

A 6 figure salary while living in midwestern USA or elsewhere with low CoL is very different from living in most areas along the coast.

Sounds good, but what’s to stop them from changing it right back once the minute is up?

Can confirm. English is my first language and I took German in high school; it was basically just memorization for which words get which.

I grew up in a conservative christian household. “The talk” basically amounted to “Keep it in your pants until you’re married. You can figure things out then.”

Best answer. The other 90GB is irrelevant.

The onions do a pretty good job of deglazing as they release their liquid.

Definitely not a single-serving recipe, but my favorite is chili.

This was originally a recipe I found on chowhound, then modified it. I make this recipe in a 6qt slow cooker:

• 2lb ground beef (I use 80/20)
• 1lb chorizo (can be replaced with any type of spicy sausage or omitted)
• 2 yellow onions
• 6-8 chili peppers (I’ve used jalapenos, serranos, and habaneros before, or replace with 1 red/orange/yellow bell pepper)
• 2 15oz cans diced tomatoes
• 1 15oz can tomato sauce
• 1 15oz can black beans
• 1 7oz can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 4 tbsp chili powder
• 3 tbsp cumin
• 3 tbsp smoked paprika
• 2 tbsp cayenne pepper (for added heat, can be omitted)

Brown chorizo and add to slow cooker. Brown ground beef and add to slow cooker. Dice onions and peppers, add to pan and let soften using the beef/chorizo fat, then add to slow cooker once beginning to caramelize. Puree or finely chop chipotle peppers and add to slow cooker. Add all canned items to slow cooker. Add garlic and spices to slow cooker. Stir to mix ingredients. Cook on low for 8 hrs or high for 4; 8 hrs is preferred, as chili benefits from longer cooking times for flavors to develop and meld.

Chili is a great recipe, now that we in the northern hemisphere are headed into winter. It’s also a great meal prep recipe, as 2nd day chili is better than 1st day IMO, it reheats well, and also freezes well.

Regardless of whether or not the tariff increases happen, Black Friday sales are going on right now, and depending on what stores are near you (namely Micro Center), you could find some good deals. Just make sure you check price history on anything you’re looking at (if you’re able) to ensure it’s actually a deal.

Hard to say without knowing the conversations or what the recipients are like.

Personally, I try to keep texts to quick messages, as I’m not one for text conversations. If someone started throwing blocks of text at me, expecting me to keep up the conversation, I’d just call them. If they didn’t want to talk, then it probably wouldn’t be long before I just stopped reading the texts.

I think people are within their right to choose who they celebrate with, especially if the person in question isn’t someone they know. I don’t know how far apart everyone is, but would you be able to take off early and spend a few hrs with your friend?

Meal prep is the way.

I didn’t visit Reddit for 8 months or so after the API fiasco, but gradually started going back for a handful of niche communities whose fediverse counterparts are dead or nonexistent.

A lot of it is d) spam

Many of your posts are fine, but a good amount leave me thinking one of the following:

-That’s a pretty specific question, is there really nowhere else that would be e better place to ask?

-Wtf are they talking about, is that an obscure reference or something?

-How high are they?

I can appreciate you generating topics for discussion, but seems you don’t have a filter and post anything that comes to mind.

Same happened with kbin.run. Glad I set up an account on another instance before that happened.

It’s doable in most (maybe all?) manual vehicles. If you get the RPMs to a certain point, you’re able to shift smoothly to the next gear without pushing the clutch in.

Learning the clutch friction point, especially for a new driver, can be a challenge. Even after being experienced with driving manual for years, two things I still hate about them are stop-and-go traffic and taking off on a hill when someone is right on your ass.

I learned to drive using a manual transmission vehicle. I spent a lot of time in empty parking lots, then in empty subdivision roads. It sucked, and having my dad as a teacher made things worse (he had a bit of a temper). As you stated, learning the clutch friction point for your vehicle is crucial (and it’s different in every model of car, so that’s fun), but once you get that down, the rest falls into place pretty easily.
I have had 4 vehicles since I got my license, and only the most recent one is automatic. I much prefer driving manual, but they’re getting increasingly difficult to find outside of sports cars.

I’m guessing the 2nd “function” is the lanyard hole.