When service ended in 1899 the car was taken up to its current location by draw horses, becoming a small ski factory for a time afterwards a painters studio
Saturday, August 29, 2026
D&H gravity car 10 "Comet"
the 94 Mercury Sable AIV (Aluminum-Intensive Vehicle) was about 400 pounds lighter than a Taurus SHO, with the same power train, and without rust
new movie you oughta know about for the fantastic vintage cars... the Maserati, The Brothers, with Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino - completing the trilogy of the great Italian can maker movies (Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati) that I posted about years ago
The film is produced by Andrea Iervolino, who produced Moresco’s Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend, and Micheal Mann’s Ferrari starring Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz. He is also planning one on Bugatti.
Friday, August 28, 2026
Pabst Blue Ribbon has a new marketing campaign, pretend a truck has been stolen in California, "Beer is getting warmer, trail is getting colder. Clock's still ticking," the company wrote, urging people to snap a photo and tag them if they see the truck.
The stolen truck was loaded with what is equivalent to more than 50,000 cans of beer.
Pabst has been using a lot of social media to hype this, like on Instagram, the company wrote: "STOLEN - 40,000lbs of beer."
The post continued: "To the thief: we don't fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have"... (clever)
The company gave the thief an ultimatum.
"Pabst is officially starting the clock now - you have exactly 18 days and 44 minutes ( Pabst Brewing Company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844 ) to return our truck, no questions asked"
Question.... how does any corporate delivery vehicle NOT have GPS tracking, and NOT get tracked by Flock cameras?
I'm guessing this is a marketing campaign strategy to get free publicity (the deadline and founding year, that's a clue) and nothing more. That's actually clever
the '40 Lincoln Zephyr Continental Cabriolet in the center of the new Lincoln Lounge in the Ford world headquarters in Dearborn across from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, belongs to the father of Ford's chief archivist, Ted Ryan.
the Governor of Tennessee announced plans to rename Nashville International Airport (BNA) in honor of Dolly Parton in the wake of the resurgence of interest since her death and a fresh fan petition, but the process started about in Jan 2025
The Metro Nashville Airport Authority will address its naming policy and Lee’s proposal at its Sept. 17 meeting.
The proposal follows legions of fans signatures on a petition to rename BNA as Dolly Parton International Airport. The petition had grown to about 160,000 signatures this week.
That's why the Governor is focusing on changing the rules, not simply forcing a name change.
at an international airport, the signage must be as simple and clear as possible, but really, “ARRIVALS” and “D-PARTONS” should happen.
Dolly won 10 Grammy's, and sold around 100 million records worldwide, and is known as the favorite daughter of Tennessee... it's just a damn shame this wasn't done a decade ago so she'd know how much she's been appreciated, in the way that few musicians have, as only Louis Armstrong has had an international airport named for him.
The airport has already leaned into celebrating the city’s roster of music stars and celebrities, featuring outposts of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Grand Ole Opry and some downtown music venues.
Hindering the positive outlook of this effort are the longstanding rules of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, which oversees the airport and controls its name.
The rules currently prohibit naming any property after a person who has not been dead for at least two years. The policy also dictates that the honoree should have contributed to aviation in Tennessee or made a “substantial personal contribution” to the airport authority.
That's why the Governor is focusing on changing the rules, not simply forcing a name change.
Another hinderance are whether Tennessee politics will add to the bureaucratic tangle: Local and state leaders are battling over who oversees the airport, so, too much damn stiff neck ego in play to do a good thing for a good reason out of admiration for someone that no one can say a bad thing about
But because the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly approved a law this year giving the state power over major municipal airports, resulting in Nashville leaders getting their buttons pushed, and they felt they must challenge the law and refused to recognize the state-controlled authority.
At least one state senator, Jessie Seal, also a Republican, has proposed legislation naming Sept. 25 as “9 to 5” Day, in honor of Parton’s famous anthem.
This could result in the only airport named for a woman, who had nothing significant to do with aviation. I vote to make this happen pronto. FEW have EVER earned as mush admiration as Dolly Parton
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