Saturday, September 05, 2026

Friday, September 04, 2026

I'm not sure if I've ever seen this photo of Steve before, but I just verified I've never posted it, so, i probably hadn't ever come across it until now


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=24532442969694043&set=a.925202690844736

makes a hell of a cool entry way, it's a shame it's not a railroad or train museum


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10234560342171771&set=gm.28798195493120592&idorvanity=120835437949980

incredibly good diorama


Dallas put cameras on garbage trucks to scan homes on the routes, to use AI to find code violations to raise revenue from fines

Dallas homes are now being "blight scored" by AI-powered cameras the city recently mounted on trash collection trucks to identify possible code violations, to raise funds via fines. Welcome to the new age of taxes

well done outfit, a phrase I never use to describe clothes

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=28323112230627079&set=a.925202690844736

a garage built to last forever


before inflation, the 21 drinking age, the 55 speed limit, unleaded gas, and radial tires... there were lots of mom n pop businesses like this all across the country, with gas pumps and a bar





https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=28767720242832940&set=pcb.28767767316161566









Government Lake in Lake County, Michigan, within Webber Township, on the west side of highway M-37, about one mile north of Baldwin, Michigan. 

For over 50 years, it was famous for the historic Government Lake Lodge and Cabins, originally established in the 1930s as a beloved community gathering hub.

Baldwin resident George Duffing established the Government Lake Park in the 1930's, as a privately owned recreation area with a lodge and overnight cabins "built on the high wooded shores of Government Lake." 

The resort offered a picnic area, and a bathing beach, along with boating and fishing guides.

The eight cabins along the edge of the lake were described as "one, two and three bedroom, built of varnished logs with hardwood floors and three windows each for ventilation and cool comfort."



Following WW2, an addition was added to the lodge bringing the building closer to the water's edge so that patrons could feed the bluegill, which became a tradition at the lodge.

https://mail.michiganlakes.com/counties/michigan-lakes-by-county/lake/government-lake.html

I get a kick out of seeing how gas stations powered their pumps... I wonder if this was when there was a black out, or to prevent anyone from pumping and taking off without paying


the only thing this could rescue is small town cops from a boring weekend


some police dept is out to have fun offroading, just my 2 cents

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1456055622886758&set=pcb.1456077969551190

59 Bugeye Sprite look sgood without anything above the windshield frame




Car Racing 1971, a photography book about the atmosphere of 1970s motorsport through photos from the archives of the DPPI photographic agency.



https://www.amazon.com/Car-Racing-1971-Alain-Pernot/dp/2702211437/ref=asc_df_2702211437

a hairpin on the Amalfi coast by Sorrento Italy


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=28374524278844688&set=gm.3492869380886641&idorvanity=132380976935515 via the  Vintage Men, Classic Sporting Life & Adventure face book page https://www.facebook.com/groups/132380976935515/

there used to be a LOT of companies making stuff in the USA 60 years ago

this switcher still works, and is in use 

people are still making cool things out there


evidence via ACME Tag Co that this rocker was shipped by the SOO Line railroad way back in the day


Thursday, September 03, 2026

Passed down through generations, this 1929 Travel Air is an enduring symbol of the Rezich family’s aviation legacy. This family and their biplane have been attending EAA fly-ins since 1953!



one hell of a good looking model car, the John Wick Mustang sold by Fanhome


getting the most enjoyment out of his ride... by using the banks!


https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2026/09/hitting-that-corner-hard.html

too many excavators have gotten stuck, and sunk, underwater... this one was sadly too much trouble to get out for the insurance company. There just aren't enough experienced excavator operators out there that regularly get these unstuck... I've seen a dozen or more pulled out, and even posted the videos. It's very time consuming, but not difficult.


this machine has a brand new engine in it, so after several months of recovery attempts, and the insurance company paying out out on it for a total loss, the home owner wanted someone to come pull it out for basically free in return for making a YouTube video about the recovery. There are a LOT of people doing "unstuck", underwater, and recovery videos on Youtube now

you don't have to race something fast to have fun (exhibit A: go carts) so why not race something cheap, disposable in event of crashes or collisions, and not made in Italy or Germany?



A Hurstette, June Cochran, who was a Playboy Playmate Dec. 1962, and Playmate of the year 1963


great and new car chase stunt, which is what I HOPE for with every movie... that the Hollywood people come up with something new and marvelous enneth Branagh


 the new movie on Apple tv streaming, "Mayday" with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh has them using a USSR mobile ICBM launcher to escape from the KGB

and when the KGB try to surround the enormous mobile launcher, with little WW2 Jeep size 4x4s, the fantastic new move, is to extend the stabilizers! It pushes the little 4x4s off the road

A fully intact Boeing KC-97 refueling tanker that served the U.S. Air Force and Texas Air Guard.




The Convair Restaurant, Erie, Colorado in the 80s



The restaurant was made from the carcass of a Ports Of Call Denver CV 990 (a charter outfit) that had been stripped for parts and junked. 

It was located at what was then known as Tri-County Airport, and there was a ramp outside where you could taxi up for a "fly in" dinner. 

The airframe had been completely stripped, so the inside was fitted out as a long, skinny dining room, with the cockpit set up as a booth that would seat eight people. The kitchen was in the building underneath, along with a bar and lounge. Food would be sent up to the plane via a very finicky dumb waiter. 

The restaurant was only around for a decade or so. It closed up in the late 80s, and the plane was scrapped in the mid 90s.

it's been a long time since I've seen a 60s double entendre ad





good photo of a cool delivery vvan