Monday, April 20, 2026
Sunday, April 19, 2026
most clever news reporting writing I've read in a while
Travelers on an East Tennessee interstate were forced to brake for workers — and drones, perhaps even a queen — when a truck carrying about 1 million bees crashed Friday.
in a scene from Waterworld
Theres something intriguing abuot the Mad Max genre of post apocalyptic vehicles
hand painted Mini pick up, inspired by the 303 squadron, the most successful fighter squadron, consisting of 95% Polish pilots, in the Battle of Britain (thank you Shas!)
Shas corrected my post, with some accurate facts (thank you Shas!)
the non polish members of the 303 were flight commander John Kent, a Canadian from Winnipeg serving in the RAF, and Josef František a bit eccentric Czech pilot that entered Polish service after the III Reich annexed Czechoslovakia and he fought with the 303rd to his end in a crash near Cuddington Way. At that time he was number 4 top ace pilot in all allied forces.
Japanese garbage trucks stay clean, here's the video on how
and they are built with an interesting aesthetic curtain to hide the garbage smashing area,
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Walt Disney seems to have preferred this tiller steered cool old runabout
Here with his wife Lillian, and in the back seat is Fred McMurray
https://www.tumblr.com/walt-at-disneyland/173195747218/celebrating-today-walts-mother-flora-call
Walt Disney cruising around the studio backlot on a miniature horse-drawn stagecoach.
The vehicle was part of the Disneyland Stage Lines which operated at Disneyland from 1955-1959.
Original photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt - Burbank, California - December 1954.
1952 Willys-Overland M38A1 has a odd notch on the top of the rear 1/4 panel
it's a notch for a soft top frame
get the day off to a good start, pony car racing in Australia
the above corner is 5:45 into the video
this kid grew up, to write a book about racing helmets and run a car auction company
His 660 page two-volume set called The Art of Racing: Helmets is about helmets worn by famous and less-famous race car drivers, some of which are rather plain, and some are artistic masterpieces.
The Art of Racing: Helmets is co-authored—or co-curated, according to the book’s cover—by Ronald Stern, a noted helmet collector
Watch a race for minutes or hours and you may see the driver’s face for only moments, and that’s only if they do very well. The rest of the time, you’re looking at the racer’s helmet.
The plan was for a single book, “but it became quite apparent we needed two volumes, so we created a split,” ending the first book around 1979, with the second volume covering this modern era, through 2024.
There are 300 “standard, slip-cased” sets for about $600, plus shipping, and there are 50 leather-bound editions that are numbered and signed for about 2k
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