Sunday, April 12, 2026
Saturday, April 11, 2026
I've said before, most people have a couple incredible cool things...
hanging in a garage, and he's selling it for 3500
(forgotten) emergency funds from the early 80s in case someone was stranded out on the road, recently found when doing a repair
I've advised everyone for decades to have at least 20 in cash in their commuter, though, considering inflation and the price of gas, make it a 100 now, so if you need it, you can fill the tank, and grab a meal, or pay someone to tow you, drive you to the tire shop to fix a flat, or whatever it takes to get your day back on track. But make it cash, small bills, because you might just need to hit your cash stash for a coffee, parking meter, or whatever when an ATM is no where around, and you won't find many cash register operators happy when you give them a 100 dollar bill for a purchase of less than 20
Friday, April 10, 2026
there was a time, before the Vietnam War, when people could do about anything, business was booming, everything was made in the USA, mom n pop businesses thrived, drive ins and put put golf was hip, and if you felt like an adventure, it wouldn't cost much at all... like this one
The raft was built of barrels and planks and they drove the propeller with a 1939 Chevy with 172,000 miles, they bought for $15.
The rear wheels were fixed exactly over a junkyard rear end, with a prop mounted to it's drive shaft.
The car’s steering wheel turned the raft’s rudder.
In St Louis Missouri the engine needed a valve job, and outside of Memphis a bearing on the driveshaft under the raft spinning the propeller, burned out.
The men ran low on food as they discovered a stowaway was eating their food. The stowaway was a rat. The men tried fishing for food but caught nothing the entire trip.
Other problems encountered included mosquitoes, driftwood in the river and backwash from passing barges.
On July 25 1955 the trio reached New Orleans, then drove the Chevy back to Minnesota, making it back to St Paul in 49 hours. The car used five gallons of oil for the return drive
Found on the blog with a new daily dose of interesting things, the Daily Timewaster Blog.
I bet they drank a lot of beer.
Thursday, April 09, 2026
a new series started today, looks like a comedy, with an interesting premise... a scientist shrinks his wife, and now has to figure out how to reverse the process
Posted mostly for the image of Elizabeth Banks on the model train
a turquoise Chevy convertible went off the Rareton bridge, and Eddie's body was never found. A movie about a 57 Chevy, and the band, the singer, and the mystery of what happened that night
Why a post about a 40 year old movie? Cause the song "On The Dark Side" got stuck in my head today.
By the way, good cast: Michael Pare, Tom Berenger, and Joe Pantoliano
cool heads up on corporate Peterbilt Canada and a favorite Facebook poster... Bam Bam the Trucker. Peterbilt Canada (not Peterbilt Winnipeg or any of the dealerships… this goes right to Peterbilt Canada themselves
Peterbilt Canada… like actual head office level Peterbilt Canada… reached out to the head of the company Bam Bam works for. Not to complain. Not to ask questions. But to tell Reg, the president of Qline, that he needed to call Bam Bam and thank him. Thank him… for his facebook page.
For the stories. For the chaos. For the humor. For somehow being a bright light in an industry that can chew people up and spit them out on a bad day.
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
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