Saturday, August 29, 2026
Friday, August 28, 2026
Pabst Blue Ribbon has a new marketing campaign, pretend a truck has been stolen in California, "Beer is getting warmer, trail is getting colder. Clock's still ticking," the company wrote, urging people to snap a photo and tag them if they see the truck.
The stolen truck was loaded with what is equivalent to more than 50,000 cans of beer.
Pabst has been using a lot of social media to hype this, like on Instagram, the company wrote: "STOLEN - 40,000lbs of beer."
The post continued: "To the thief: we don't fault you for wanting to brag to your friends how much PBR you have"... (clever)
The company gave the thief an ultimatum.
"Pabst is officially starting the clock now - you have exactly 18 days and 44 minutes ( Pabst Brewing Company was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844 ) to return our truck, no questions asked"
Question.... how does any corporate delivery vehicle NOT have GPS tracking, and NOT get tracked by Flock cameras?
I'm guessing this is a marketing campaign strategy to get free publicity (the deadline and founding year, that's a clue) and nothing more. That's actually clever
the '40 Lincoln Zephyr Continental Cabriolet in the center of the new Lincoln Lounge in the Ford world headquarters in Dearborn across from the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, belongs to the father of Ford's chief archivist, Ted Ryan.
the Governor of Tennessee announced plans to rename Nashville International Airport (BNA) in honor of Dolly Parton in the wake of the resurgence of interest since her death and a fresh fan petition, but the process started about in Jan 2025
The Metro Nashville Airport Authority will address its naming policy and Lee’s proposal at its Sept. 17 meeting.
The proposal follows legions of fans signatures on a petition to rename BNA as Dolly Parton International Airport. The petition had grown to about 160,000 signatures this week.
That's why the Governor is focusing on changing the rules, not simply forcing a name change.
at an international airport, the signage must be as simple and clear as possible, but really, “ARRIVALS” and “D-PARTONS” should happen.
Dolly won 10 Grammy's, and sold around 100 million records worldwide, and is known as the favorite daughter of Tennessee... it's just a damn shame this wasn't done a decade ago so she'd know how much she's been appreciated, in the way that few musicians have, as only Louis Armstrong has had an international airport named for him.
The airport has already leaned into celebrating the city’s roster of music stars and celebrities, featuring outposts of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the Grand Ole Opry and some downtown music venues.
Hindering the positive outlook of this effort are the longstanding rules of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, which oversees the airport and controls its name.
The rules currently prohibit naming any property after a person who has not been dead for at least two years. The policy also dictates that the honoree should have contributed to aviation in Tennessee or made a “substantial personal contribution” to the airport authority.
That's why the Governor is focusing on changing the rules, not simply forcing a name change.
Another hinderance are whether Tennessee politics will add to the bureaucratic tangle: Local and state leaders are battling over who oversees the airport, so, too much damn stiff neck ego in play to do a good thing for a good reason out of admiration for someone that no one can say a bad thing about
But because the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly approved a law this year giving the state power over major municipal airports, resulting in Nashville leaders getting their buttons pushed, and they felt they must challenge the law and refused to recognize the state-controlled authority.
At least one state senator, Jessie Seal, also a Republican, has proposed legislation naming Sept. 25 as “9 to 5” Day, in honor of Parton’s famous anthem.
This could result in the only airport named for a woman, who had nothing significant to do with aviation. I vote to make this happen pronto. FEW have EVER earned as mush admiration as Dolly Parton
1978 Mustang II 2+2 Mach1 just 1,351 original miles, still wearing its original tires, factory window sticker, inspection markings, and even the new-car smell. ( I didn't realize the 3rd gen Mustang had a Mach 1 trim line)
factory options include a 302, 4 spd, T-tops, Rallye Package, and rare, white painted, forged aluminum wheels.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
London, Ontario, 1965. ESSO sponsored the 980 AM radio station CFPL 'the first station in North America to list The Beatles at Number One on a radio sales chart when "She Loves You" went to their top spot on December 1963.'
Interesting Greenvrier customized for remote "on the scene" broadcasts
thank you Steve!
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
so... you can easily create an “adversarial noise” pattern that will make a license plate difficult for AI to recognize while still appearing normal to people.
and Florida instantly made it illegal to prevent Flock cameras from reading your license plate
Florida law explicitly prohibits covering, obscuring, or interfering with the legibility, visibility, or detectability of a license plate number or validation sticker, as well as interfering with the ability to record the plate details via electronic recording devices or cameras
Or get a wrap for your whole car, that looks like a 1000 license plates?
In 1950, Allen Hawke left his career at Ford Motor Company, purchased a factory from Ford on the way out the door, and set up shop in Clarkston, Michigan, about 40 miles northwest of Detroit. Three years later, the first Pony Cycles rolled out of the Hawk Tool & Engineering factory.
Hawk Tool & Engineering first sold Pony Cycles directly and through bicycle shops. As production smoothed and gained speed, it struck a deal with Montgomery Ward to make the scooter available through its catalog. This decision branded the scooters as Montgomery Ward models—Special, Deluxe, and Supreme—and started increasing both awareness and demand significantly.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-pony-cycles-short-lived-success-and-lasting-legacy
1965 Sunbeam Tiger was 2,500lbs, powered by a 260 cu in, 164 hp Ford with a two-barrel carb, a mild cam and 2.88 gears. But it had a lot of potential
Fortunately, the American Hot Rod Association (AHRA) allowed modifications within their XL Production Sports category.
This Tiger ran in the XF/A Foreign Sports class and did quite well.
The factory optional equipment included a 715-cfm Holley four-barrel carb, a solid lifter cam and 3.73 gears.
At the end of 1965 Gordon Chittenden of Glendora California was the AHRA national record holder in XF/A with a 14.35 at 98.46 mph.
Gord did get the car down to 13.52 by the end of '65
and into the twelves in 1966.
Imagine getting insulted and butt hurt when people are concerned over their constitutional rights being violated by illegal mass surveillance. Well that’s exactly what happened to this police chief in Chetek, Wisconsin
“ I ought to do background checks on half the people that make comments “
A guy named Jimmy Balls was spotted walking around Daytona Beach today carrying what appears to be a camera, solar panel and pole.
What if we make our OWN completely fake Flock cameras?
Don’t do anything that ends with you explaining constitutional law to a deputy while wearing handcuffs.
Instead…
BUILD YOUR OWN RIDICULOUS FAKE ONE.
Cardboard camera, PVC pipe, Fake solar panel.
Maybe an old Ring camera duct-taped to a pool noodle.
Then go over to the police dept parking lot area, on the public sidewalk or grassy area between the sidewalk and the fence... and put that fake Flock camera where it will just look into the police dept parking lot, and make one for the parking lot of city hall... and one over by the mayors home, and the councilmembers homes, and etc etc.
Just fake cameras everywhere...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
just how much of a lead on the cops does a biker need to have, to feel confident enough that they won't get caught while they stop at a gas station to tank up? (Thank you Marc! )
So, this moron just turned 19, stole the bike, and we can only guess he figured (not having actual thoughts about what he was doing has to figure into this idiocy) that he could get away with a stolen dirt bike in East LA
But he did something no one else I've ever heard of, has ever pulled off... he got a friend to drop a gallon of gas off in a park, where he stopped and tried filling the tank on the motorcycle with it... serious, that's some damn cool planning under high stress conditions!
New meaning to Phone A Friend!
New meaning to Phone A Friend!
Monday, August 24, 2026
In 2004, Mark Miller and Ryan Arciero took refueling to another level. They fueled theirTrophyTruck ON THE MOVE at about 60 mph, with a specially built refueling boom from their chase truck. They only did it once, but it worked, no stop, better track position, and they went on to win the TrophyTruck class.
a Bill Frick Cadillac Special, in the spectator parking lot at the 1963 Sebring 12 Hr. race.
In 1955 Bill decided to build his own cars with his name on them and so shipped a Studillac chassis to Vignale carrozzaria in Italy to be styled and bodied.
In 1956 the new exotic prototype was delivered and soon appeared on the cover of Sports Car Illustrated
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