My neighbor is trying to get rid of his probably series 2 or 3.
Several parts are held together with duct tape and there's a hole in
the air conditioner ($700 fix). But otherwise it's drive-able to St
Louis at 15 miles per charge. He already got a new Honda van (the
Cadillac of Honda vans) but they laughed at him when he asked about
trade in. It would coast him at least $200 to leave it there.

Since he was happy with new purchase, it afforded me the chance to
crack a bunch of jokes about his Prius (after his lead, of course).

The fact that I've never seen him charge it made me curious. These
are hybrid cars that require fossil fuels to run properly. And if
you're only using electric power, you're limited to about 15 miles
per charge, and the last 6 of those you'll be limited to 18 miles
per hour. This is highly ill advised as it actually uses more
electricity than intended and KILLS your battery in no time flat.
And if you run out of electricity? You have to have it towed to a
Toyota dealership (and not on an electric tow truck) and they
connect it to wires that lead up to roof and wait for a lightening
storm. You can't even push it when it's out of electricity. Gee,
has that ever happened to you, John? You said you ran out of
electricity once, but didn't mention the implications.

So this is way worse than I ever suspected. Imagine the planet's
tallest building, the World Headquarters of the international
conglomerate "Monumentally Stupid and Impractical, Inc". It looks
something like this:

http://austin.culturemap.com/news/re...wntown-austin/

Every couple years they hire so many more Monumentally Stupid and
Impractical employees, that they have to keep adding on floors to
this building on top of the hold ones. And sometimes when
Monumentally Stupid and Impractical departments get so big (such as
the Monumentally Stupid Architecture Department), they expand some
floors outwards to hold all those Monumentally Stupid and
Impractical people. And after 210 floors, they realize that they
drive so many Monumentally Stupid and Impractical cars neing drivenm
to work (that only have enough power to get to work, not back from
work) that they decide to build a coal-powered Monumentally Stupid
and Impractical Power Plant on the roof with transmission lines
hanging down over the side of building and into the parking garage
in the basement.

What's going to happen to that building during the next moderately
severe storm? And most importantly, who's going to pay $5,000 a
ticket to go see this Monumentally Stupid Building Event in the rain
at 10:04 A.M. on Monday November 12th, 2025 (which happens to
coincide with a free Bernie Sanders rally in the courtyard outside)?

ObFood:

A pork bulgogi mandu burger with chopped daikon kimchi and sweet and
spicy ginger marmalade.

-sw