Friday, January 30, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
I came across something extra interesting on todays walk... and it was on yesterdays street! Huh! Wasn't there yesterday! A Plymouth Valiant Acapulco
I've never seen one before.
If you ordered it right, you could get a Hurst shifter factory installed, and a cobra snakeskin top with a hardtop
One more "guess what's under the car cover"... and I wasn't even able to guess until I saw the lug nuts
Only remarkable now, because in 60 years, it hasn't been crashed, or left to rust, or been stolen, or sold out of the country.
NOW that makes it remarkable just to be a nice old Mustang that's still hanging around, but has never been upgraded to some nice rims, or probably anything else.
for what people pay for insurance, and car payments, I'm intrigued that they let them sit and rust
It's timeless, and still amusing... "Wash me!"
wow, one guy organized a criminal gang to steal from surfers cars, and nabbed a million dollars worth in under 2 years at beaches from Malibu to San Diego. Lesson to learn? Don't leave your stuff in your car, and don't allow your phone to access your banking, or any financial apps (Venmo, Paypal, etc)
From April 2021 to December 2022, the group carried out a scheme where a spotter on the beach would confirm when a surfer had entered the water, then signal to another accomplice, who would break into the surfer’s unattended car.
Their phone and wallet were retrieved and passed on to Kamil, who would proceed to gain access to the phone’s financial apps. After bank accounts, crypto wallets, and other money holding programs were emptied, the person’s stolen bank cards would then be used to purchase luxury goods and electronics.
When credit card companies would call to check on the fraudulent activity, the thieves would answer the phones and approve the purchases.
after the wisdom of tying legal repercussions to drivers licenses resulted in suspending drivers licenses for those not smart enough to park legally, therefore should not be allowed to DRIVE if they can't operate, or park, a car legally, now Massachusetts liberal lefties want to reverse that
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will announce a plan in her state budget tomorrow to end the state's policy of suspending driver's licenses for some debts, such as parking tickets or E-ZPass bills, a policy that advocates have said is cruel and counterproductive punishment for poor people.
Well, shit, I'd like to speed everywhere, park anywhere, and do anything the govt has made illegal, and get away with it all because I'm broke!
First, I'd like to exercise my constitutional right to guns, lots of them, all kinds, especially the ones the govt absolutely will not tolerate a blue collar guy like me having. Lets start with machine guns, tommy guns, and all of them, with silencers.... so I can hunt partridge silently. No shotgun blasts scaring away all the game within a mile. And I'd like to shoot the guns in the city. Nothing in the constitution says the rights do not exist within city limits!
If Healey's proposal passes, more than 500,000 driver’s license non-renewals now in place will be lifted within three months.
Well, that sucks that 1/2 million people in Massachusetts can't afford the fines, so, lower the fines, get the governor to pardon the fines, or quit issuing parking tickets if there won't be a consequence. Why the hell should I care? But the reasons for suspending those licenses either were rational, and logical, and those should not be renewed, OR the whole damn system is pointless if the poor ought to be given free run of the state of Massachusetts simply because the system is too damn expensive for them.
Well, shit, I'd like to speed everywhere, park anywhere, and do anything the govt has made illegal, and get away with it all because I'm broke!
First, I'd like to exercise my constitutional right to guns, lots of them, all kinds, especially the ones the govt absolutely will not tolerate a blue collar guy like me having. Lets start with machine guns, tommy guns, and all of them, with silencers.... so I can hunt partridge silently. No shotgun blasts scaring away all the game within a mile. And I'd like to shoot the guns in the city. Nothing in the constitution says the rights do not exist within city limits!
Anyway, here's the stupid shit the governor said "Nobody should be forced into poverty or prevented from going to work, school or doctor’s appointments for not paying a toll or parking ticket. This proposal will remove onerous penalties for debts that do not negatively impact public safety or other individuals"
Good, do away with the tolls, and parking tickets! No one likes them, and you can't expect anyone to pay them now that poor people don't have to. Make it voluntary! Anyone who feels rich, can pay them if they want to!
I bet this comes from the same group of morons that said illegals were welcome, right until they landed on Martha's Vineyard
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
good news for disabled vets, and it's news to me, a VA benefit I've never heard of.... a Department of Veterans Affairs automobile grant
The Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act, known as the AUTO Act, allows veterans with qualifying service-connected disabilities to receive an automobile grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs every 10 years instead of just once in their lifetime.
ABC news over dramatized it SO much they deserve an acting award for sounding like they have discovered the cure for the common cold, poverty, and heart disease - at the same time. A plane did a belly landing, like they've been doing for the past century
So, NASA for some reason still flys planes. No idea why they are wasting fuel. Probably looking for a job, as they aren't in the satellite launching business anymore, they were 10 times more expensive than a company that had to start from scratch and wasn't furnished with a tax payer paid for Cape Canaveral, and Space Center Houston.
They have a bit of a landing gear problem, Maybe they should simply resign from wasting tax payer dollars on stupid shit, and not try to get funding for a mission to mars
Ever fall prey to that first cold snap of winter causing your tire pressure sensors to freak you out and make you wonder if a tire got a nail or screw in it?
https://www.kpubs.org/28-173867-winter-tire-pressure-ls/
It gets me every damn year, and take me by surprise. I'd been curious and wondered, and figured it was just the temperature/pressure relationship, and this article confirms it
one family took notice of the hard-working UPS driver in their neighborhood as they enjoyed a cookout together. Rather than simply let him pass by, they decided to flag him down and extend an invite to join them
The UPS driver walks up the driveway, and they encourage him to go inside and get his fill as he enters the garage. After securing a plate of food and a drink, the driver walks back outside to mingle with guests, shaking hands with the uncle who invited him.
If you can, take good care of the people that take care of you. Amazon delivery, UPS, post office, waiters, janitors, etc.
Thanks to all of you that have taken care of you favorite bloggers tip jar, sent christmas cards, and birthday cards!
seen on todays walk
Very cool seat cover made of old Levis!
a rare license plate for a press photographer!
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
just 82 Impala wagons came with a 409. Of those 82, how many stayed with one family for nearly six decades, and is in showroom condition?
The Glendale auction in march of last year saw this car change hands for the first time in its life for $29,700
that is one strange Rolls Royce, but they have their own gas pump in the yard! (Thank you Rolf!)
In 1933 this lightweight and streamlined body was fitted for Alan Bemis to pull his glider up into the air.
It was given an aluminum body with Plexiglas (Perspex) rear windows, fairly new materials in the 1930s. The dashboard was made of cast aluminum.
The car had a fin shape at the rear and a tow hook on the back, while the roof had Perspex panels.
It turns out I posted this car in 2016
seen on today's walk
Huh! Right hand drive, with places from Asia. How's that avoid parking tickets for not having California plates?
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