I did the same thing last year when I was buying my college aged kid a car. I also eliminated any vehicle that has goofy stupid controls that caused you to look away from the screen.

I ended up with the Mitsubishi outlander sport. It’s one of the best designed vehicles I have seen in the past 20 years. The ratings on it are of course horrible to say the least.

https://www.caranddriver.com/mitsubishi/outlander-sport

It’s a vehicle that’s comfortable to drive, easy to see out of with large windows, large mirrors, and all the good basics on the infotainment center. It has physical controls for everything else. The engine and transmission have a long warranties and no issues with reliability. It also has a very tight turning radius that makes it really easy to park and drive around downtown.

What’s even better, pop the hood and give it an oil change etc. Its really easy to work on.

I got my license in the U.S. when I was 16. Then in my early 20’s I lived in England for few years. I was able to drive on my U.S. license for a year. During that year I had to go through the process to get an english license to drive in the country after that. I did the whole learners permit, driving lessons, etc that first year.

Let’s just say it was much, much, harder to get a driving license in England. I had driven over 100K miles in the U.S and 10K miles in the U.K by the time I took the test and I still barely passed it.

I have a friend who grew up on the coast and her family always sailed for fun.

When she got divorced she bought a sailboat and traveled for a bit in it. She then parked it at a marina and lived in it for so many years close to her kids and grandkids. She paid $100K for boat and her marina fees were $300/month. The boat was paid off with the divorce settlement.

The cheapest 1 bedroom apartment to rent nearby was $3500/month for less square footage than her boat. The cheapest small house was around $1,000,000 or around $6000/ month at the time. The homes around the marina were all priced at several million dollars.

Write a series of single query per e-mail.

Set then up on delayed delivery every hour through their workday.

It only takes once or twice until people read your entire e-mails.

Commodity crops prices often trend the inverse of the economy. The reason is simple; It is highly dependent on the export market.

When overall economy is strong, the dollar is strong versus other currencies. This makes importing easier and exporting harder. So prices for commodities in the U.S. fall.

When the overall economy is weak the dollar falls in value. This makes importing harder but exporting much easier. Prices for commodities rise rapidly and farmers make more gross money.

Even through they are making more gross income their cost skyrocket so their net returns are in general pretty average.

Farmers tend to make the most money when the economy is in recovery mode and commodity prices are still higher but input costs fall.

So here is the vicious cycle we have fallen into. Republicans get into power and crash the economy. When it crashes, farmers get high prices but low returns. Democrats come in, repair the economy but by the time elections come around, farmers have not made any money for a year or two. Rinse and repeat.

Now the orange moron adds a bit of a twist to it. Trade war: This can fuck the farmer up really bad as buyers are willing to pay a modest premium to minimize the impact of an unreliable trading partner. It reduces both the volume moved and prices offered from other countries for years.