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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1,800 stolen catalytic converters, and four cars, were recovered during a massive bust in Baldwin Park
Investigators eventually identified a location in South Los Angeles where stolen converters were allegedly being purchased, and a storage unit location in Norwalk that was being used as a storage site.
On Tuesday, law enforcement carried out an operation at the Norwalk location. Four people were arrested for selling and purchasing suspected stolen catalytic converters, police said.
a Mar 25th Canadian traffic inspection near Niagara, in response to concerns about increased commercial traffic, focused on trucks that have been intentionally bypassing the station... and found 1/2 were violating safety regs
Officials conducted in-depth inspections on 48 commercial vehicles, of which 26 — 54 per cent — were removed from the road once significant safety concerns were found.
Now that the new 1,285-foot-long, 180-foot-tall Yellowstone Bridge is finished, demolition crews are dismantling the 65-year-old bridge that stood in its place, near the Northeast Entrance
Removing the old Yellowstone River Bridge was always part of the project. The 1963 bridge served its purpose but had reached the end of its lifespan and needed to be replaced.
A 2,000-year-old coin was unknowingly used as bus fare in England
The relic was collected in the 1950s by a Leeds City Transport employee named James Edwards, who tallied fares from bus and tram drivers at the end of each day and counted them.
Edwards would set aside coins that couldn't be cashed — including foreign or counterfeit currency — and take them home.
Now 77, Peter Edwards recently revisited the coin and researched its origins.
Saturday, April 04, 2026
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