Yep, now there is a new reason to score perfect patina truck beds and tail gates...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
coolest thing I've seen today, from the every day interesting fresh posts on the Daily Time Waster blog
Yep, now there is a new reason to score perfect patina truck beds and tail gates...
84-year-old Navy veteran, and Ford retiree, Kenny Jary raised enough donations to fund a foundation to provide free scooters for other veterans in need.
Kenny Jary, who lives near St. Paul Minnesota is coping with terminal lung cancer and donors have once again flocked to a GoFundMe page intended to help him with medical, hospice and funeral expenses.
As of a week ago, donors had contributed more to the fund called Help Patriotic Kenny Receive the Care He Deserves.
Any funds not used for his care will be transferred to the Patriotic Kenny Foundation to purchase mobility scooters, according to an online post by Amanda Kline, Jary’s friend and neighbor who launched both donation drives.
Kline, who is vice president and executive director of the foundation, declined to be interviewed for this article, referring Stars and Stripes to information posted on Jary’s social media accounts. The foundation’s most recent federal income tax return indicates it spent $73,926 to provide 49 free scooters to veterans in 2024
Kline, who is vice president and executive director of the foundation, declined to be interviewed for this article, referring Stars and Stripes to information posted on Jary’s social media accounts. The foundation’s most recent federal income tax return indicates it spent $73,926 to provide 49 free scooters to veterans in 2024
Lucas Extreme of Poland began cycling from the Bay of Bengal on March 23 and is on his way to Everest, pedaling a vintage folding Polish bicycle called the Wigry 3
According to his website, he and his folding bicycle, with its plastic shopping basket attached to the rear, have already entered Nepal. His latest update reports that he was heading for Salleri, and then Lukla and the Khumbu Valley.
This will be a very modest expedition, probably the cheapest Everest expedition ever.
As with his previous expeditions, he won't even have a base camp pack for the mountain.
He will summit from the village of Gorak Shep, an hour away from base camp, and plans to finance his return ticket by selling his equipment in Nepal after the expedition
a polarizing topic, streets - are they for vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, all of them? Or just cars as was the intended use (let pedestrians use sidewalks, cabs, ubers, subways, etc!) but activists and protesters only fall on the side of "streets for anything but cars" lunacy. This documentary dives into the activists point of view of course, no one makes documentaries about things being used as intended
It opens in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Royal, Glendale, Monica, and Town Center theaters, and director Ben Wolf will be there for post-screening Q&As on April 16, April 18, and April 20.
Because, democracy? Is a society being run by the choices of the majority.
However, facts and rational explanations about how inherent dangers, and acceptable risks, intrinsically state that there WILL be a mortality rate for those who aren't following the herd. There's a reason herds, flocks, and schools of prey travel in groups.... death is the frequent ankle biter of the ones that can't keep up. If you get in the way of the running bulls, or vehicles, you will be trampled, and run over. Because that's how that works. If you stay away from roads and vehicles, your chances are far better that you'll see old age. Just like sharks, just stay out of the water, and you won't get bit. Simple.
Local activists launched Make McGuinness Safe, pushing the city of New York to redesign the street with protected bike lanes, wider medians, and fewer car lanes.
The effort to screw up the decades old traffic pattern has opposition from businesses that have always relied on water to be wet, the sun to shine, and the streets to have parking for customers, deliveries, and pickups.
Featuring former NYC Transportation Commissioner, the film shows the efforts of grassroots activism, and the uphill battle to get streets rezoned for pedestrians, made into sidewalks, and generally taking them away from vehicular traffic
April 16-20 — Laemmle theaters at 3 Los Angeles area locations
April 23 -- Brooklyn Manhattan Community College in NYC
May 21 - Cleveland Cinematheque
May 30 — Wisconsin Bike Federation in Milwaukee
June 4 -- Greenpoint Public Library, Brooklyn
June 11 -- Van Alen Institute & the AIA, in Gowanus, Brooklyn
the Automotive and Mechanical Maintenance Department keeps Forest Lawn’s fleet in motion, including the hearses, the must-sees at Forest Lawn’s annual Classic Cars & Coffee event.
1959 Cadillac S&S Park Row Superline, 1957 Cadillac Sayers & Scovill “Victoria” Deluxe Model, 1950 Cadillac Meteor Landau, 1965 Cadillac Silver Spirit, and 1963 Cadillac Superior Crown Sovereign Royale
https://mcusercontent.com/09e2ce47757085cbd01e95008/files/473d4610-0406-2e93-b1ec-fb3537ba4081/Classic_Cars_and_Memorial_Park_Machinery_Forest_Lawn_Press_Release_04082026.pdf
This 82–83 Daytona was part of a collaboration between Dodge and PPG, and it served as a pace car for the Indy Car World Series for 1983 and 1984 as well as a concept car for the forthcoming Dodge Daytona Turbo Z.
enjoy Zac Retz's illustrations!
This gallery of Scooby Doo and Jabber Jaw is a small example - look through the whole gallery, it's a full episode story
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
an Automated Licence Plate Recognition system detected a pickup truck license plate was flagged as driving while under prohibition for defective brakes
During the traffic stop, officers discovered:
- The driver used a permanent marker on their license plates in an attempt to evade law enforcement by imitating a class designation that did not match their vehicle type.
- The MTO recently inspected the vehicle and deemed it unsafe for defective braking system and prohibited it from operating on public roads. Despite this, the driver continued to operate the vehicle
- Almost 2,000 unmarked cigarettes were located and seized.
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A class action lawsuit was served to Valvoline after its Instant Oil Change facility filled a 2025 Kia Sorento with the wrong grade oil, 5-30 instead of 0-30 that the manufacturer specifies (on the fill cap, you actually see the numbers when you look for the cap to open it)
The Indiana plaintiff, Robert Campbell, claims that because Valvoline used a different grade of oil during his service, this resulted in additional expenses, decreased performance, an increased risk of engine damage, loss of warranty coverage, and a reduction in the value of his vehicle.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/valvoline-sued-after-using-the-wrong-oil-in-customer-s-engine/ar-AA209FvZ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/valvoline-sued-after-using-the-wrong-oil-in-customer-s-engine/ar-AA209FvZ
Monday, April 06, 2026
once a decade the Stockdale trophy is up for grabs in the Pennyfarthing race in Knutsford
The Stockdale Trophy is presented to the rider completing the fastest lap.
Awards are also given to riders for the fastest single lap, fastest solo female, fastest solo male, fastest team, and even the best dressed.
Sunday, April 05, 2026
that's a lot of time spent digging just to find it, and there would be a lot more digging to get it freed and mobile
from the always entertaining Daily Time Waster blog
I drove through Pt Loma to see a friend, and spotted these Mustangs, and this cool trailer, on the way
here's the view from up on the top of the peninsula, to the West is the Pacific, and
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