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Vermont is weird. It is a 2 plate state. However, for $35 you can buy, from the DMV, a "Vermont Strong" commemorative plate that you mount ON TOP OF (not in place of,) your front license plate. It totally covers the front license plate. The $35 goes to a State flood relief fund...

"Lola" by the Kinks any song celebrating a girl's 16th birthday transforming her into a fair game woman, such as "You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine" by Johnny Burnette "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" by Neil Sedaka "Sixteen candles" by Johnny Maestro and the Crests

Old episodes of "King of the Hill"

King Tut himself was in the tomb, and he was dead, dead, dead.

Vermont Route 100, south to Wilmington VT, Route 9 West to Bennington Route 7A North to Manchester, Route 11 East to Londonderry, 100 North back home to Weston.

I only purchase Phillips LED bulbs for the house. The other brands fail prematurely, and create RF noise. As an amateur radio operator, RF noise is simply unacceptable.

What is ridiculous is my Corvette comes with Launch control and extra powerful brakes. And then they report fast acceleration and hard braking events?

I had a 1985 Audi 5000 turbo. At around 75,000 miles, I was driving down the road, and the transmission went "Boom" but kept going. About 1000 miles later, the automatic transmission would not shift out of first gear from a toll booth. Had to drive 25 miles in first to the next exit. The...

My C8 2022 Corvette has the interior 12v power socket under the glove box on the passenger side. You cannot see or reach it from the drivers seat. I think they designed the interior of the car, and at the last minute discovered they forgot a power socket. So they stuck it where they could...

My present cats were adopted from a shelter as a "bonded pair", meaning they grew up and lived together in a household and both had to be given up at the same time. It is clear that they are the best of companions, and their adjustment to their new home (my home) was near instantaneous and they...

True, but a 20 year old car, even one with a brand new replacement battery, is still a 20 year old car. The car's suspension, interior, steering, etc also wears with age and mileage. A new battery in an old car would still be an old car.

The problem with buying an old electric car is, its battery is old in age and represents older technology. When it wears out and should be replaced, the cost of replacement may exceed the value of the old car.

I won't buy an electric car until the roads have overhead power wires and the cars have pantographs.

My Lexus calls for 0w-20. Many of the trips are short ones, 3 miles to the post office, 3 miles back. Its all downhill leaving my house for those three miles, dropping 1000 vertical feet. The engine is barely used to propel the car. In fact, its mostly used for engine braking, so I don't...

I just came home from a 80 mile Corvette ride through the Vermont countryside.