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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
newsflash... I'm going to be at Comic Con (as usual, for the past 12 years in a row) and I'm not likely to post anything until Sunday night
it's a lot of hours, and not much sleep, and not being home except to sleep
Just wanted you to know, because one year, someone was worried about me, since I didn't leave a note, or post anything
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
How to look really country... have a cool old truck on stage when singing on tour!
I don't listen to modern/new bubblegum pop country music, I listen to 50s 60s country, when I listen to country.
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Dolly, Loretta, Patsy, Johnny Horton, Charlie Pride, Oak Ridge Boys, Tennessee Ernie, Roy Acuff, Slim Pickens, Roger Miller, Conway, Merle, Tom T Hall, Statler Brothers, Johnny Paycheck, and lots of others that my grandparents loved to listen to when having an evening of playing cards with the family. Cribbage, if you know the game
Monday, July 22, 2024
ever heard of the Cadillac Blackwing engine? I haven't heard about it for years... so, this is a good info post to tell you about it, or remind you of it (huh, a rare engine info post!)
the Blackwing V8 was ready for production by the end of 2018. At first, only 275 2019 CT6 sedans were to be sold in the United States with the Blackwing V8. Within minutes of the order books opening, all 275 units were sold.
The Blackwing's turbos could achieve 20 PSI of boost, or about 10–15 PSI more than a standard, turbocharged engine seen in mass-market vehicles.
All Blackwing V8s were mated to a GM 10L90 10-speed automatic transmission, and all CT6s with the Blackwing motor equipped received Cadillac's all-wheel drive system.
The Platinum 4.2 Blackwing produced 500 horses, and the CT6-V received 50 more thanks to tweaks in the CT6-V's ECU.
Despite its cancelation, you can still order a Blackwing V8 long block off of Cadillac's parts website, so long as you have $14,587.26 to spend on it.
In total, about 1,200 CT6 4.2 Platinums and CT6-Vs were sold with the Blackwing V8 before the proverbial plug was pulled. Due to the aforementioned cost each LTA V8's production incurred, General Motors lost roughly $23 million on the entire Blackwing V8 program.
All Blackwing V8s were mated to a GM 10L90 10-speed automatic transmission, and all CT6s with the Blackwing motor equipped received Cadillac's all-wheel drive system.
The Platinum 4.2 Blackwing produced 500 horses, and the CT6-V received 50 more thanks to tweaks in the CT6-V's ECU.
Despite its cancelation, you can still order a Blackwing V8 long block off of Cadillac's parts website, so long as you have $14,587.26 to spend on it.
In total, about 1,200 CT6 4.2 Platinums and CT6-Vs were sold with the Blackwing V8 before the proverbial plug was pulled. Due to the aforementioned cost each LTA V8's production incurred, General Motors lost roughly $23 million on the entire Blackwing V8 program.
a map of the least travelled roads, in each state (the lowest annual average daily traffic) the red stars are considered the most scenic
the list of the 5 roads with the least amount of traffic is no surprise:
#4. Nevada. State Route 360 (23 miles, from Dyer to Mina). AADT: 517.
#3. Montana. State Route 19 (21 miles, from Grass Range to Roy). AADT: 489.
#2. North Dakota. State Route 24 (211 miles, from Fort Yates to Solen). AADT: 242.
#1. Alaska. State Route 11 (414 miles, from Fairbanks to Deadhorse). AADT: 196.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
All the kitten needed was a hero. Mark Motta was that hero.
Mark Motta with the Burlington County Regional Recycling Program was on his usual recycling route on July 8th in South Jersey, when he noticed a tiny kitten covered in oil in his waste compactor!
Mark acted quickly and grabbed Squishy before she was crushed by the compactor blades.
"I work for a recycling company and went to check my hydraulics and saw the kitten pinned in the back of the recycling trucks crasher covered in oil," Motta said in a Facebook message. "So I shut everything off and climbed in the back of the truck to get her."
The company safety officer brought her to the vet, and has been fostering her ever since.
"Mark tried to clean her off with his safety vest," said Danielle McKibban, president of the rescue. "They brought her back to headquarters. He gave her multiple Dawn baths to try to get the oil off and took her to the vet. She had an upper respiratory infection. She was put on antibiotics and is doing well. Once she is big enough, she’ll be fixed/ vaccinated/ microchipped, and placed up for adoption."
An executive for a Chicago-area construction company has been charged in a scheme to bribe an allegedly corrupt Amtrak official overseeing a $58 million contract to renovate a train station in Philadelphia
the bribes included hundreds of thousands of dollars in lavish gifts, including trips to India and the Galapagos Islands; meals at an expensive steakhouse; luxury watches; and limousine rides to Atlantic City casinos.
a handful of Northern California companies were chosen to detail Air Force One.
Thirty-six detailers in all were chosen from all over the world, selected by a panel from a project that's been ongoing for 20 years.
The National Park Service is not responsible for damage caused by marmots, so it now recommends using tarps to prevent them from entering cars undercarriages.
marmots are attracted by the smell of engine components and fluids and marmots regularly crawl into undercarriages for exploratory nibbles and that causes damage to radiator hoses and car wiring.
Physically block marmots by driving over a tarp and then wrapping it around your entire vehicle. Cover the wheel wells.
she wanted to work with her hands, be outside interacting with people and knew she'd love to own an old pickup truck. So she bought an old Chevy truck and uses it to sell flowers!
Vienna Hintze grew up in Long Island, New York, and her father used to commute to his job as a firefighter in a pickup truck. Her mom held many different jobs but her love of gardening was a mainstay, Hintze says. So both the vehicle and the bouquets were familiar to her.
Her flower truck business brings in money in three ways, Hintze says: through pop-up events, corporate bookings and video shoots.
At pop-up events, she drives her truck full of freshly picked flowers that she’s arranged into bouquets to various locations around Los Angeles. She sells them for anywhere between $10 for a mini bouquet to up to $75 for larger custom arrangements made right on the spot.
Her flower truck business brings in money in three ways, Hintze says: through pop-up events, corporate bookings and video shoots.
At pop-up events, she drives her truck full of freshly picked flowers that she’s arranged into bouquets to various locations around Los Angeles. She sells them for anywhere between $10 for a mini bouquet to up to $75 for larger custom arrangements made right on the spot.
Since launching in August 2023, the business has brought in around $44,000
