Sunday, November 01, 2026

Dan Gurney in a slingshot


https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10246047834160452&set=a.1680814830770

San Diego humor




https://www.facebook.com/officialsandiegohumor

personal note, I've lived in San Diego since 1995, so, 31 years, after transferring when the my sea duty rotation was up and it was time for shore duty, and I got lucky and got MP at Miramar, the old Top Gun base... I was then given my 2nd sub here, instead of some other sub base, and after my contract with the Navy was up, I had no ideas on where to move, or why, and since San Diego's temps are so much nicer than the other places I've lived (Michigan, Connecticut, Florida, Washington, Texas, and Hawaii) and it's actually easy to get a new job to get better pay when you quit (often) or get fired (also often) 

a 20 dollar upgrade to motorize and make an RC out of a paper airplane


the reviews indicate this is a horrible idea, but the marketing makes it look like a blast. So, that's very contradictory

1930s Mickey Mouse brass badges. US Army, Fire Dept, Aviation Dept, posted because of the focus on the military and fire dpet and the


there were others in the series, for the Navy, the police dept, and the Health Brigade

this is the 1st I've heard of “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth” from Netflix, releasing Dec 23rd, stars Brad Pitt and is directed by David Fincher,



https://variety.com/2026/film/news/regal-cinemark-netflix-cliff-booth-1236935538/

GM has agreed to pay $220 million to settle a lawsuit that it sold user's private data to third parties, who in turn sold that information to insurance companies as a tool for setting premiums.

some of those users wound up seeing their insurance premiums increase as a result of using the Smart Driver feature, and the lawsuit alleges that 370,000 users didn't even sign up for Smart Driver - and yet, they were indeed enrolled. 

As part of the settlement, GM must now get customer consent before collecting driver data, limit the amount of personal data it collects, install oversight, and undergo assessments of its data privacy program.

https://fordauthority.com/2026/10/ford-rival-gm-will-pay-220-million-to-settle-data-privacy-lawsuit

Saturday, October 31, 2026

this is the first time I've seen Barney's rail car


happy Hallloween!


The Who at a launch for the Ford Escort RS 1600 which they sponsored for the Daily Mirror sponsored RAC Rally of Great Britain. 4th October 1972, the rally drivers were Stan Griffin and Chris Dickenson . Moon offered to help out as part of the rally's backup crew





https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=29295045286746333&set=gm.2424234421437098&idorvanity=804065043454052

how would you explain this to your insurance company? Tell them it's too small a train to see?



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Huh, there's a story that was missing from the source of where I got this


Hans-Hugo Hartmann in his Borgward Hansa 1500 RS at the 1953 Carrera Panamericana


Ferrari 250GTO heading home from the race


interesting new idea for a 2nd use for all the pipe wrenches that outlasted their usefullness, inspiried by Finch's Forge

https://www.facebook.com/groups/107560572603590/permalink/40706012945664851