I read too many books on my ipod touch 2. Probably destroyed my eyes in the process, but hey you can't beat free especially at that age when I didn't have a dime.

[quote]No idea what price tags they have on the other side of the pond, but here they have relative low cost of ownership compared to fossil fuel cars. Depending on usage of course. Up front investment is higher but every Km driven saves you money. Not sure about the charging time, my dads VW ID4 typically takes 15 minutes to go from 20% to 80%. I.e. it's not instantaneous.[/quote]

To not go further OT in the funny thread... I would consider a hybrid, not a plug-in hybrid just a regular hybrid, for my next car. A quick Google search shows me that theyre only ~3-5K more than their ICE equivalent, so that seems reasonable. I thought I was doing good getting 31.3 MPG, then one day I drove my bosses hybrid car and the trip computer was showing me 46+ MPG. I seriously questioned myself if I was reading that right lol.

EDIT: Also, apparently I have no idea how to make a quote block now.

Last time I remember (gas) fuel efficient cars being even remotely semi-popular in US was the 70's crisis period, pushing into the '80's. (I remember sitting in gas lines with my mother). Then they got bigger/hungrier again. Man my mother was so proud of her new, tiny, late 70's Toyota Corolla hatchback with 30+mg freeway/mid-upper 20's town, vs. the giant family Ford station wagon. Heh.

Some states (not many) are around 18-20% ev registration I think, but I think the only way the majority US masses are going to switch to hybrid/all electric (especially if their only vehicle, vs. a commuter secondary, say) at a rapid or non-yo-yo pace is if their wallet makes it impossible not to do so - eg, perm. very high gas prices or other costs.

I hardly drive anymore + I really dislike modern vehicle designs/computerization. But maybe I'll get a hybrid when I'm 70+, if my license hasn't been revoked by then. :D

I'm sure no one cares - and there's probably tons of YT videos on the topic - but just reporting that after 6 years (more or less) my LG OLED TV still has zero burn-in or even temp. ghosting issues. Caveat being I use it in an always heavily darkened room so I don't have to compensate for brightly lit spaces. Still wouldn't use one for a constant 24-news/stock ticker or 1 program open 24 hrs for weeks/months, screen, but risk re: general desktop/browser use and daily hours of gaming seems super low. Just put taskbar to out of sight unless hovered over, use a single-color background or screen saver if you want, stuff like that.

Dunno why I bring it up - the thought came to my mind and here I am typing it. I'm just like that. :D

On 5/19/2026 at 2:19 PM, LadyCrimson said:

Last time I remember (gas) fuel efficient cars being even remotely semi-popular in US was the 70's crisis period, pushing into the '80's. (I remember sitting in gas lines with my mother). Then they got bigger/hungrier again. Man my mother was so proud of her new, tiny, late 70's Toyota Corolla hatchback with 30+mg freeway/mid-upper 20's town, vs. the giant family Ford station wagon. Heh.

Some states (not many) are around 18-20% ev registration I think, but I think the only way the majority US masses are going to switch to hybrid/all electric (especially if their only vehicle, vs. a commuter secondary, say) at a rapid or non-yo-yo pace is if their wallet makes it impossible not to do so - eg, perm. very high gas prices or other costs.

I could see a major vehicle transition occuring if we switch most vehicles to self-driving. In that case there might not be the incentive to buy bulky, gas-powered vehicles, with the motivation switching to internal comfort and safety. One thing I do wonder about is why the EV are still so focused on streamlining instead of style? Without the motivation to save on gas, streamlining seems like a lower priority. (The Tesla Cybertruck seems like a partial exception to this.)

I remembered (one reason) why I haven't gone for the digital book buying yet. Needing an app to view it on tablet. eg, more logins. Grumpy old fart who doesn't want to register/login/javascript on tablet/wi-fi etc.

I think you can read it through webbrowser via normal Amazon login, but that kinda defeats the purpose of it being portable. Not reading a novel on monitor/TV sitting in my desk chair.

Paper it is.
Wanted to buy/read Project Hail Mary. EDIT: purchased. Says it should be here later tonight. I'll believe it when I see it, but -- all righty. :D

Edited Tuesday at 11:55 PM2 days by LadyCrimson

On 5/27/2026 at 1:47 AM, LadyCrimson said:

I remembered (one reason) why I haven't gone for the digital book buying yet. Needing an app to view it on tablet. eg, more logins. Grumpy old fart who doesn't want to register/login/javascript on tablet/wi-fi etc.

Well, techincally, you can't even get a Kindle without already having an Amazon login, so the only thing that's left is setting up the wi-fi on it. Which is like tap once, stay forever.