Part of my job is to keep siloxanes out of a complex, multi-step, multi-sub-contracted manufacturing process. A supplier change that should have been a simple affair has cost us several kilobucks in analyses in the past months. I hate the stuff.

This is the first time hearing the term "kilobucks". I love it (and am stealing it for future conversations).

I wish megabucks and gigabucks had the same ring...

This. I think a lot of people discussing it here are missing this point.

No no, it's third party sellers. There's absolutely nothing that can be done about that!

No it won't. You're not "taking a stand". This isn't a bar fight. You're mistaking responsible defensiveness for cowardice, and passive-aggressiveness for civil courage.

There is zero chance they'll recognise your dominance, let alone moral superiority, and walk away changed from a teaching moment. They're not even seeing you as a person. They only see your car as one more obstacle among so many other "idiots", and it's quite probable you're provoking only more reckless behaviour.

I wrote if enough people do it. Of course, it would make a difference, then.

Let' just hope it doesn't bend.

And maybe it's got 6 fingers on each hand.

Does that mean it can work 20% faster?

Not with all tasks, but it's bound to become an awesome speed typist.

>Its steering wheel resembles the four spoke wheel found in BMW’s e36 3-series

What? This is a standard issue Mercedes Benz W123 steering wheel, even the logo is right there. Why would the author need to refer to BMW?

Yeah, most Mercedes cars from that era have a steering wheel that looked just like that. But the whole paragraph is pretty senseless. Of course it looked like a car cockpit - because you couldn't fit a truck cockpit into the available height! And the Recaro seats were probably the least they could do to have acceptable ergonomics for truck drivers who spend far longer in that seat than the average car driver.

Je n'accepte rien

Your comment made me think of those helix-shaped bamboos from IKEA. While this is of course on a whole different level, it does suggest some kind of shaping is possible for bamboo as well. And it wouldn't take decades...

"Lucky bamboo" is actually a lily.

Akshually, it's an asparagus - dracaena sanderiana (or, usually erroneously, - braunii).

Thanks for inspiring me to look it up! I'm gonna have so much fun at the next party :D

Probably rattan, not bamboo.

See my other comment - it's neither bamboo nor rattan, but a kind of asparagus.

Ah, I was thinking of the rattan chairs, some of which are woven into patterns although I don't see any helices.

Please do!

Interesting, thank you.