a 12-year-old from outside Nashville, Tennessee, invented the "EZ Baby Saver," in hopes that it would help parents remember that they've left their children strapped in a car seat. The contraption won him a runner-up prize of $500 at the Rubber Band Contest for Young Inventors.

Dozens of children die every year after being left in an automobile –- and one 12-year-old Tennessee boy did his part to end that.

At least 44 children died after being left in overheated cars in 2013, according to data compiled by researchers at San Francisco State University.

The brightly colored strap extends from a car’s driver door handle to the back of the driver’s seat, reminding a parent to check the back as they get out of the car.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/gadgets/pint-sized-inventor-wants-cut-down-hot-car-deaths-n151076

senior on her way to senior prom lays tracks after her dad said she didn't know how to do it.

As Kloe gets ready to pull away, her dad can be heard in the background saying "she loves that truck," which her mom affirms by saying "yes she does." 

The grandparents are in attendance, too, adding "she takes after her parents, that's for sure." 

It's then that the dad states that "she doesn't know how to do a burnout," but mom advises him not to watch what's about to happen as Kloe pulls out onto the road and proceeds to stop.

https://fordauthority.com/2026/07/senior-rips-off-burnout-in-ford-super-duty-on-way-to-prom-video

cutest thing you'll see today

amazing and real, crash results in a kid getting ejected from a truck, onto a cop cars hood, and it was all caught on dash cam

https://fordauthority.com/2026/06/child-ejected-from-ford-truck-during-crash-lands-on-police-cruiser-video

Students at Crestwood High School in Mantua kept a classic rural-school tradition alive on Friday, May 22, when many students participated in “Drive Your Tractor to School Day.” (thank you Marc!)

Crestwood high was named in '55 for the local telephone exchange (CRestwood-4 or 2-7-4) 

The district formed in 1951 when Mantua Local and Shalersville Local merged. 

https://www.facebook.com/thedroneohio/posts/pfbid029z3oKQUUMi8n1oMrCNgHnzvYasXc85K2KAoR3CRXSXdEwhCXDDZfL9WYh5EKdBYMl

Sony announced today that it has picked up the hand-painted animated feature Iron Boy

Iron Boy follows 11-year-old Christophe, in rural France, as he tries to live up to his rigid and distant father on the family farm.

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/sony-pictures-classics-picks-up-hand-painted-cannes-premiere-iron-boy

a 5-year-old in Colorado with a remarkable aviation enthusiasm spotted a discrepancy in the training manual, and earned a Southwest Airlines VIP tour (skip to 1:11)

 

here's a great example of how new AI programs can fix old photos that are nearly destroyed

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10233299683174298&set=pcb.10233299684934342

valve covers on a vintage Hampton Amusement park ride car since the early 70’s. Hampton Rides was a flat ride manufacturer that operated from 1942 to 1993

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=26804782762495570&set=gm.4634557700154805&idorvanity=2695731877370740

https://isewcute.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordless-wednesday-carnival-at-twilight.html

thank you Marc! This kids car resembles a Packard, and was factory electric, instead of the basic pedal power

So WHY hasn't anyone replaced the instrument panel in 100 years? This is garbage 

But this is cool, a kids Fatman Tilt lok steering wheel! 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/other-unknown-79

just kids having fun... before tv sets and video games

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162386854670778&set=gm.1688394865671676&idorvanity=319578812553295

Half scale built for the grandkids built from old mower parts and scrap metal, 10 feet long, 4 feet tall and about 850 pounds. 22 HP engine and hydrostatic transaxle.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/413414438697407/permalink/26587486744196819

the Santa Rosa parents of a 16-year-old just discovered the cost of getting their i8 BMW out of impound, and bail for their kid, as that dumbass was arrested for reckless driving, at 130 mph on the 101

This is NOT that actual car, it's the i8 I found last week parked in Mira Mesa. 

https://autos.yahoo.com/people-and-culture/articles/teen-driver-hits-130-mph-133007286.html

lucky kids got to do the family Christmas card photo in their Dad’s jet on Miramar

https://www.facebook.com/groups/110663305532/permalink/10173004662670533/

I was stationed there for the last two years of it being a Navy base, 95-97. It was flipped from Navy to Marines in the fall of 97 around Sept/Oct.  

Were any of you stationed there?

this is cute... girls at the roller rink, miming that they are a car and driver... and someone brought a steering wheel

See the video at 

https://www.tumblr.com/bythepalemoon/812237106246270976?source=share

maybe a little bit of both brave and stupid, but for sure he was having a LOT of fun

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1465443915591960&set=a.717965483673144

Al Bahr Shrine, part of the fundraising arm of the Shriners Hospital in San Diego, CA. is looking for a 1931 or older vehicle to use as a parade car

the photos show what they can do as part time volunteers, 

Would you be willing to donate a car to help the kids? 

Any questions you may have can be answered by Bob, by calling 619-550-8849, or email sandogbob@gmail.com

e-bike riders on the I-5 freeway near downtown San Diego Saturday afternoon.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/908120888495051

either this proves that this culdesac is safe for kids to play in, or that kids that play here forget their toys in the middle, and the neighbors are too nice to run over them. Either way, very good place to raise kids.

 

bored kids will do about anything for entertainment... even hooking up a horse to a roller

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/58/