This is basically why I didn't participate in the fandom for many years. Tired of hearing how bad this is or whatever. And this goes back to Next Gen, too. I found I enjoyed Star Trek more without everyone else's opinions.
Very few people actually ever tow anything (and I say that as someone who regularly does tow things). But even then, I can keep our ice pickup and replace our car that we drive every day with an ev.
We won't, though, because the current situation in the US means us taking on new debt would be dumb.
Just to follow up on this, that Ridenow tube has a pinhole leak in it. Never ridden, so I'm guessing defective from the factory. I used one of their adhesive patches, so far it's holding air.
I'll check the rim to make sure there isn't something that caused it, but the butyl tubes are holding air fine, so it seems likely to be an issue with this tube.
I've had a few flats with tpu tubes, some of which were likely caused by installation error (accidentally twisting them).
I've broken a few of the plastic valves as well (Spingo brand), but I think that was because my pump had was failing and not sealing, and I thought the issue was the valve, not the pump. So user error there, too.
I bought some Ride Now tubes more recently. Of those, 3 of the 4 I bought have been fine. The fourth one isn't holding air, but I haven't had the time to figure out why. Just swapped to another tube to get the bike on the road. I like that the Ridenow tubes include patches.
Short version, my experience is that once they're in and working, they tend to be good for a long time. Gotta be more careful installing them. Overall, I do like them.
We keep one of our cat carriers out because one of our cats likes to curl up in it.
We had to take another cat to the vet a few weeks ago, so I went to grab it... Nope, occupied, with the wrong cat. Rather than deal with that, I just got a different carrier.
We have two that are getting up there in age. They're both active, but the signs are there. One has irritable bowel syndrome and asthma is on medication for both. His black fur has faded in some spots, too - not much, but there are definitely spots that are a bit more brown in his legs.
The other seems healthy, but his urine had some protein and there is a slightly elevated number in his bloodwork for his liver (I think). The vet isn't sure what those mean yet, and they want him to get an ultrasound (they just told us yesterday, and we haven't had the chance to schedule it yet).
It's possible he also has IBS, which would at least mean we're used to dealing with it. He's already eating the right food.
Odds are good we have years with them yet, but it's a sign they're getting older, and a reminder that some day they'll be gone. :(
I mean, are there any cars available in the US for just $20k? I'm pretty sure a base Mazda 3 was more than that when we bought ours five years ago (before the pandemic, and ours is a higher trim model). I don't think they're making the really small cars any more (like the Toyota Yaris).
Short version, I'm skeptical of this price point for even a small pickup. Great if they can do it.
You actually can nearly do that. Facebook inexplicably showed me how a few weeks ago. If a friend reshares something, you'll see it, but it removes all groups, etc. It was stunning how little content actually comes from friends.
On the Facebook site (I'm sure it can be done via app, too, but I didn't look), click on the menu near the top right, then click Feeds (under Social). Then click on Friends on the left.
I've been using it on my server for 6 or 8 years, and on my desktop and laptop for maybe a year. I'm not sure when I switched.
I like the stability, I generally don't need bleeding edge software. And as someone else mentioned, it's one of the packages distributors always offer.
This is basically why I didn't participate in the fandom for many years. Tired of hearing how bad this is or whatever. And this goes back to Next Gen, too. I found I enjoyed Star Trek more without everyone else's opinions.
It's a lot like this. (Thanks to The Oatmeal for putting it so well.)