I bet she had a great time making this video
Sunday, October 04, 2026
Bryndi in Idaho, autobody college student had an 80 Firebird, that the previous owner wanted back, BAD... his grandma had bought it new, and after he sold it and lost track of it, he wanted it back real bad, right at the same time, she fell in love with this 70 Firebird, and traded up, and is building it for autocross
the tire she sits on was originally on the car when she got it, and she's hauled that old wheel around for many years, to use it as a chair. I like that. The car's last owner died at 91, and there is NO info on him or the car (last registered in 1981) previous to when she bought it, but when getting the title figured out, she found out that a bank had a lien on it, and THEY could find no record of that. Typical paperwork nonsense where they didn't correct the records
The 57 Kenworth is her TOW RIG... don't you LOVE that!!!?
So, she does body work for a living, listens to 80s rock in the shop, races a Camaro in autocross, and is a trucker... and she once waved at a 68 Camaro, and 3 years later, that guy finally proposed to her. Smart guy.
you will probably get a kick out of her other videos, https://www.youtube.com/@Firebird_Bryndi about her Kenworth and 72 F100
Saturday, October 03, 2026
The Count De Smet De Nayer bridge in Ostend, built between 1903 and 1905 named after the Belgian Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Public Works, famously known among locals by its crude yet historical nickname: "Tettenbrug" (Titty Bridge).
When the bridge was officially opened in 1905, its stone pylons were decorated with striking bronze sculptures and bas-reliefs of half-naked women with exposed breasts representing maritime themes and angels
during World War I, occupying German forces stripped the bridge of its valuable bronze decorations. The statues were loaded onto trains and melted down in German smelting ovens to manufacture ammunition and extract copper
The city of Ostend bought original terracotta maquettes and designs of the missing bas-reliefs for €3,000. Backed by local government support, these designs are being used as a blueprint to create and restore the replica sculptures, finally returning the iconic "Tettenbrug" to its original Belle Époque grandeur
erected over the Afleidingsvaart (now filled in), the Oostende-Brugge railway, and the Oostende-Brugge canal, each bridge section symbolically refers to the transport system it spans: symbols of the sea and shipping adorn the bridges built over a water connection; the bridge section over the railway displays a bas-relief sculpture of a steam locomotive.
the 1959/1961 Devin C with a supercharged Corvair engine was fielded by Andy Granatelli in the 1961 Grand Prix at Riverside
The factory-built Devin C built by Bill Devin and his team in 1959. The cars developed by Devin deserve to be more famous than they are, in period they won 32 SCCA races, the 1956 SCCA H Modified National Championship, and they were six-time Pikes Peak Unlimited Class winners.
The car was tested for the October 1961 issue of Sports Car Graphic magazine before being borrowed by Andy and Vince Granatelli for high-speed supercharger testing at the Bonneville Salt Flats, which was detailed in the January 1962 issue of SCG. The Granatellis also ran the supercharged car at various drag strips, scaring away the competition with a sports-car record 12.44-second quarter-mile run at 109.75 mph.
A few weeks later, with the supercharger removed, the Devin C was entered by its first owner (the well-known dealer Hollywood Sports Cars) at the LA Times-Mirror Grand Prix at Riverside in October 1961.
Dealership employee Pete Woods battled hall-of-fame racing giants like Stirling Moss, Jim Hall, Dan Gurney, Roger Penske, Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren, Ken Miles, Walt Hansgen, George Follmer, and Augie Pabst during a 10-lap introductory qualifying race, before a seized engine prevented the car from running the main event.
Friday, October 02, 2026
there is a road grading attachment for Caterpillar 972M XE wheel loaders
Standing ovation for Clarenton 'Nicky' Crawford
In the article, a man had been distributing hotel soaps and shampoos to people experiencing homelessness. About an hour later, one of the recipients returned the items. He appreciated the kindness—but he had nowhere to shower, so the supplies were useless.
The story lingered in Crawford’s mind. After spending decades working in construction, he was now retired and living in Stone Mountain. He had time, resources, and a growing sense that he should do something to help. “I thought, ‘Do I buy them food or give them money?’” Crawford later said. “I just wanted to do something to help others.”
In 2021, he began forming a plan. On February 2, 2022, he used his own money to purchase a three-stall mobile shower trailer. The next challenge was finding a place to operate it.
In Atlanta, 2,000 people sleep on the streets at night, according to the Atlanta Mission. Georgia's capital city is home to over a quarter of the state's homeless population of nearly 10,000, according to the organization.
Within a week, a friend connected him with Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, which agreed to let him test the idea outside its emergency department. On the first day, four people stopped by for showers.
By the following week, attendance had doubled. Word spread quickly, and the hospital eventually allowed the service to remain there permanently.
“At first I thought if we ever reached 30 showers a day, that would be huge,” Crawford said. “At one point, we were doing about 60.”
That effort became a nonprofit called Flowing with Blessings.
The “Wash Bus,” launched in June 2024, came from a realization. Many people would shower, only to put the same dirty clothes back on afterward.
“What we're trying to do is get them clothes they can have for the week so they can change clothes,” Crawford explained. “Because a lot of times it's not them that smell, it's the clothes.”
He bought the school bus but needed help designing it. So he reached out to Georgia Institute of Technology. A group of industrial design students took on the challenge, figuring out how to fit multiple washers and dryers into the bus to create a functioning laundromat on wheels. Crawford brought the vision; the students helped turn it into reality.
Today, Flowing with Blessings typically serves 50 to 60 people each time it operates and has assisted more than 4,500 individuals since it began. Beyond showers and laundry, volunteers also provide towels, socks, undergarments, haircuts, hot meals, and clean clothing. The program works alongside churches, hospitals, police departments, and thrift stores, and every shower stall is sanitized after each use.
Much of the day-to-day work is now managed by Crawford’s daughter, Christina Moss. She hadn’t originally planned to be involved—she was focused on a career in real estate after leaving her father’s construction business. “I just came in one day and I’ve been coming back ever since,” she said. “It opened up a passion that I didn’t know I had.”
The organization now includes about ten volunteers, many of them young adults. Some people who once relied on the service have since gotten back on their feet and still stop by just to say hello.
Crawford remembers one older man who broke down in tears after Moss addressed him as “Mr.” He said he couldn’t remember the last time someone had shown him that level of respect.
“They are my validation that what I heard God tell me to do was right,” Crawford said. “They don’t have to tell me ‘Thank you.’ I can tell them, ‘Thank you.’”
When people ask why a retired man would wake up at 4:30 every morning to set up showers outside a hospital, Crawford keeps his answer simple.
“I have always had a love for people who were less fortunate because, other than the grace of God, this could be me.”
He adds: “I don’t know them at first. I learn their names over time because they come back. But it doesn’t matter. They’re still human.”
Atlanta is home to more than a quarter of Georgia’s homeless population—nearly 10,000 people statewide—and the city’s unhoused population has grown significantly in recent years. Crawford knows his effort alone cannot solve the crisis.
But he can make sure that when someone leaves his trailer on a Tuesday morning, they walk away with a clean load of laundry, a warm shower, and a chance to feel like they matter.
Within a week, a friend connected him with Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, which agreed to let him test the idea outside its emergency department. On the first day, four people stopped by for showers.
By the following week, attendance had doubled. Word spread quickly, and the hospital eventually allowed the service to remain there permanently.
“At first I thought if we ever reached 30 showers a day, that would be huge,” Crawford said. “At one point, we were doing about 60.”
That effort became a nonprofit called Flowing with Blessings.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, Crawford and his volunteers wake up around 4:30 a.m. and drive to Grady with their mobile setup: the shower trailer equipped with sinks, toilets, and private bathing stalls. Later, they added something new—a converted yellow school bus designed as a mobile laundromat.
The “Wash Bus,” launched in June 2024, came from a realization. Many people would shower, only to put the same dirty clothes back on afterward.
“What we're trying to do is get them clothes they can have for the week so they can change clothes,” Crawford explained. “Because a lot of times it's not them that smell, it's the clothes.”
He bought the school bus but needed help designing it. So he reached out to Georgia Institute of Technology. A group of industrial design students took on the challenge, figuring out how to fit multiple washers and dryers into the bus to create a functioning laundromat on wheels. Crawford brought the vision; the students helped turn it into reality.
Today, Flowing with Blessings typically serves 50 to 60 people each time it operates and has assisted more than 4,500 individuals since it began. Beyond showers and laundry, volunteers also provide towels, socks, undergarments, haircuts, hot meals, and clean clothing. The program works alongside churches, hospitals, police departments, and thrift stores, and every shower stall is sanitized after each use.
Much of the day-to-day work is now managed by Crawford’s daughter, Christina Moss. She hadn’t originally planned to be involved—she was focused on a career in real estate after leaving her father’s construction business. “I just came in one day and I’ve been coming back ever since,” she said. “It opened up a passion that I didn’t know I had.”
The organization now includes about ten volunteers, many of them young adults. Some people who once relied on the service have since gotten back on their feet and still stop by just to say hello.
Crawford remembers one older man who broke down in tears after Moss addressed him as “Mr.” He said he couldn’t remember the last time someone had shown him that level of respect.
“They are my validation that what I heard God tell me to do was right,” Crawford said. “They don’t have to tell me ‘Thank you.’ I can tell them, ‘Thank you.’”
When people ask why a retired man would wake up at 4:30 every morning to set up showers outside a hospital, Crawford keeps his answer simple.
“I have always had a love for people who were less fortunate because, other than the grace of God, this could be me.”
He adds: “I don’t know them at first. I learn their names over time because they come back. But it doesn’t matter. They’re still human.”
Atlanta is home to more than a quarter of Georgia’s homeless population—nearly 10,000 people statewide—and the city’s unhoused population has grown significantly in recent years. Crawford knows his effort alone cannot solve the crisis.
But he can make sure that when someone leaves his trailer on a Tuesday morning, they walk away with a clean load of laundry, a warm shower, and a chance to feel like they matter.
Half of San Diego's map is marketing that stayed.
Kelton and Bollenbacher are also street names over of the 94 in emerald hills so they must have developed over there as well
Bollenbacher and Kelton built many tracts all over So. Cal. there's a few in the San Fernando Valley and in Santa Clarita.
another neighborhood use to be called Hallmark Homes and to the west that neighborhood was called Heritage Homes.
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when filming of Mad Max wrapped, ilmmaker George Miller was completely out of money by the end of production. He shot the classic on a shoestring budget, which he partially funded by working extra shifts as an emergency room doctor
Warner Bros bought it back for Mad Max 2, built a sacrifice double for the explosion, and kept the original. Later restored by fan Bob Fursenko and confirmed authentic by Murray's initials scratched behind the door trim, it crossed oceans, sat in a UK museum, and finally landed in an Orlando museum where an offer rumored at $2 million was refused. The car everyone once paid in trades is now worth more than the movie's entire budget, several times over.
Because they couldn't afford traditional wages for background talent, the production hired a real-life Australian biker gang called The Vigilantes to play the villainous Toecutter’s gang. They, along with several other extras and on-set security, were paid entirely in slabs of beer
Mad Max went on to gross over $100 million worldwide, setting a Guinness World Record at the time for the most profitable movie ever made relative to its budget
how did this WW1 1918 German MG 08 machine gun end up in a small Maine town library basement ?
A routine search through ceiling-high boxes for a summer book sale turned up a relic from the Fort Fairfield Rifle and Pistol Club, nicknamed “The Devil’s Paintbrush” because of its killing power and its ability to shoot 666 rounds per minute
Thursday, October 01, 2026
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