Replace the life jackets with Pokémon cards and the moral dilemma goes away.

If I’m on a sinking ship, I don’t think I’m really going to be caring about Pokémon cards.

I wouldn’t clip onto a hose, but maybe some plastic flashing or a plastic bracket. Most cars have something near the battery that would work. It’s not essential; just can make it a little easier.

The important thing is not to complete the circuit near a battery, since it can cause sparks which can ignite the flammable vapors that batteries tend to emit when discharging. This is especially important near the dead battery, which has potentially been discharging quite a lot recently.

So the usual sequence is:

1. Dead positive
2. Live positive
3. Live negative
4. Dead ground (to the metal chassis, ideally not right next to the battery)

I usually start by clipping the dead negative cable to something non-conductive to keep it out of the way and then move it to ground as the last step.

I’m almost disappointed to learn you don’t use Þunderbird.

The title is something like “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Grooving With a Pict.” But I think there’s more to it

The animals in question are also gathered together in a cave.

Doesn’t the need to specify those in addition (“and he’s gotta be …”) mean those are characteristics that aren’t necessarily inherent to being a hero?

The fact that that link directs me to a page that’s trying to get me to install the Voyager app, rather than directly to the post, makes me never want to even try Voyager.

SSO is “single sign on”. DNS is “domain name service”, which is just a way to turn a hostname (like www.google.com) into an IP address. It’s sort of like a phone directory, but for the Internet.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

I believe that “a” is either “a” or “an”; it depends.

It’s a vampire spider?

I’ve never had a bear move into my house or take up residence in one of my boots.

On the off chance that you’re like me and would prefer to know, the phrase is typically “case in point”.

Was this before or after his boxing career?

That wacky Einstein, still dilating time from beyond the grave.

And in the UK at least it’s a distinct word and meaning from whining. In the US I think we just use “whining” for both meanings.

Are you explaining Draegur to Draegur?

xyzzy

Turns out Kal-El was raised by the Kents; he just never developed powers because ours isn’t a true yellow sun.

Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?