when was the last time you saw a CRX?
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Saturday, February 14, 2026
seen today while making the errands rounds of groceries and a hospital visit (YOU MUST visit your friends in hospital, some can't use the internet or watch tv)
when was the last time you saw a CRX?
how did airlines get fooled into letting a nobody get onto airplanes, at airports, and how does that not violate all the DHS, TSA, and FAA security and procedures, for FOUR YEARS?
A former flight attendant accused of posing as a pilot and working airline employee fooled three U.S. carriers into giving him hundreds of free tickets over a span of four years
Dallas Pokornik, 33, of Toronto, was arrested in Panama after being indicted on wire fraud charges in federal court in Hawaii last October. He pled not guilty
According to court documents, Pokornik was a flight attendant for a Toronto-based airline from 2017 to 2019, then used fraudulent employee identification from that carrier to obtain tickets reserved for pilots and flight attendants on three other airlines. Court documents contained no explanation of why, in an industry focused on flight and airport safety, the airlines didn’t recognize the credentials as invalid.
https://apnews.com/article/fake-airline-pilot-fraud-58a2d18d66aabe462e11c3d72002c8ec
In 2023, an off-duty airline pilot riding in the cockpit of a Horizon Air flight said “I’m not OK” just before trying to cut the engines midflight.
According to court documents, Pokornik was a flight attendant for a Toronto-based airline from 2017 to 2019, then used fraudulent employee identification from that carrier to obtain tickets reserved for pilots and flight attendants on three other airlines. Court documents contained no explanation of why, in an industry focused on flight and airport safety, the airlines didn’t recognize the credentials as invalid.
https://apnews.com/article/fake-airline-pilot-fraud-58a2d18d66aabe462e11c3d72002c8ec
just when I think the govt can do a halfway decent job of something as easy as airline and airport security, having learned from the nose dive of it's utterly inept failure to stop the Covid from entering the USA in the ONE SIMPLE WAY by stopping any flights and passengers from China, the proof smacks me in the face that the govt can't learn from it's mistakes, can't realize how important airline security is (9-11 was the only example we needed or ever will need, of how any airliner can be a suicide bomber guided missile)
So WHY the eff isn't the GDMFing govt doing the ONE job it's got 8 alphabet agencies over-budgeted to do? High security enforcement and intel. Time for all of them to self check their commitment
very respected Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett was asked who should be in the Nascar Hall of Fame
see the video at https://x.com/ClaireBLang/status/2015056406659858592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2015056406659858592%7Ctwgr%5E703813b9729cf6153f820cb2a69eed351433c488%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthesportsrush.com%2Fnascar-news-needs-to-go-on-the-ballot-dale-jarrett-makes-passionate-hall-of-fame-case-for-two-nascar-legends%2F
His answer was Jeff Burton and Jimmy Makar.
“I lobbied hard for Jeff Burton the last two years for everything he has done for the sport.
“You look at all the sports, and not everybody is the superstar Jeff Burton was. He was a star and still is to this day.” He has been nominated for induction into the Hall of Fame multiple times in recent years and is still awaiting his chance to get on that stage.
"Jimmy Makar unfortunately has not even made it to the ballot yet. Makar started and ran Joe Gibbs Racing, was the 1st employee, and a champion winning crew chief"
I really dig that the interviewer asked such a good question that dives into the thoughts of the person they interviewed, and exposed the cool respect that someone has for others, and can use that answer opportunity to shine a light on other people who deserve the recognition and respect
Park officials are searching for two people who drove a white 2021 Tacoma illegally off road in Death Valley on Dec. 17 on five miles off road that may have caused significant damage to rare and sensitive desert plants.
Vehicle tracks also passed close enough to other rare plants, and could have caused underground root damage.
call me crazy, or uneducated, or maybe worse, but I'm just a car guy. I'm not an ecologist, or herbalist, etc. I don't care that a rare weed got killed. It's only found in Death Valley - ergo, no one ever heard of it, will ever know it existed, no one will ever go to see it, or even look it up.
Since it only exists in one place, well, yeah, it would be nice to not kill it while off roading in the middle of no where, but is the planet going to miss that weed? Nope. It's not a tiger, a whale, a forest in Brazil, or something that matters to an ecosystem, the survival of bees, or moles.
It's a damn plant, and not a plant that matters in any way, but the game of trivial pursuit " what's the name of the sand dune plant in Death Valley?"
Why not have an understanding that the desert between the Pacific, and the midwest, is there to be used in any damn way that anyone can figure out how to enjoy a moment in it. Solar farms, off roading, making more Mt Rushmore size art statues, or using a really big method to create zen gardens like the Japanese rake/sand/rock tranquility experiences, or colored sand mandalas the scope of which would please Tibetan monks. Why not? There are probably hundreds of thousands of square miles of useless sand and rock. No one seems to have ever figured out what to do with sand, I say because of all the sand left all over the planet that hasn't been used yet. It's all there waiting for a great use. Until then? Lets drive dune buggies on it! Lets race the Baja 1000 on it! Lets climb the rocks, make petroglyphs like the strong ones did in prehistoric times, lets make land speed racing areas, dry lake sailboat areas, Burning Man events, concerts, and Nazca line art that tells the astronauts we applaud them
(standing ovation time!) Staff Sgt. Billy Scafidel, an armory chief with the 7th Engineer Support Battalion in the 1st Marine Logistics Group, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the service’s highest non-combat award, for saving another Marine’s life following a motor vehicle accident
The driver was stuck in the seat, the doors were locked and the driver’s side of the vehicle was quickly filling with water.
Before ensuring the driver received medical attention, Scafidel dived back into the water to confirm no other passengers were in the truck.
The driver was transported to a nearby naval hospital, where he made a full recovery.
“In the face of adversity when a life was on the line, Staff Sgt. Scafidel, without care for his own safety, put himself in a position to make a difference,”
The driver was transported to a nearby naval hospital, where he made a full recovery.
“In the face of adversity when a life was on the line, Staff Sgt. Scafidel, without care for his own safety, put himself in a position to make a difference,”
a daughter found that a car salesman drove to her stepfather’s home and brought him back to the dealership, where he traded in his 2017 Nissan Frontier for $11,000 and wrote a $78,000 check from his savings to cover the remaining cost of the truck. That is a problem, because he's had dementia for 5 years. (So why did he have access to his checkbook?)
Faulkner contacted Channel 2 Action News after the transaction, saying her stepfather has lived with dementia for five years. She said that before the station began asking questions, the dealership told the family the sale could not be reversed.
After Channel 2’s December report aired, Faulkner said representatives from Carl Black GMC reached out to the family. She said the parties have since reached a settlement. For legal reasons, she declined to disclose the amount but said the family has been made whole.
Lockheed Martin delivered F-35s without the new fire control radar due to delays. Instead, ballast is being installed in it's place under the nose cones to maintain the flight characteristics perfectly.
The AN/APG-85 is designed by Northrop Grumman for the Lockheed Martin F-35 with a 50% improved range (via higher power Xmission compared to its predecessor, the AN/APG-81
-Instead, the USAF clarified that Lot 17 aircraft are currently delivering with the older AN/APG-81 radar sets
However, I read online that those do NOT fit in the F35 radome
Holy shit, I still understand radar. I was a radar tech in the Navy (and a machinist mate (mechanic) and a quartermaster (charts and navigation) and an MP) and fixed radars at Raytheon
wears a great dress, enjoys hanging out for a photoshoot with a great ol truck? That's marriage material boys. You better find her before I do, I'll charm the hell out of her
I wish I'd been in college / university in my 20s instead of the joining the Navy the weekend after graduating high school. I probably would have met a large number of women, and tried to charm the hell out of several of them, and gotten married to someone wonderful, and had a happy life.
Instead, I was too penniless to give college a try, didn't want to see about 200k in college loans without a responsible plan on what to get a education for. (As in what education, for what career possibility, that would in turn pay off the student loan.)
And so - still single, and finishing up a blog post.
See one of my other sites for similar photos https://isonlyskindeep.tumblr.com
I saved the craziest for the last post of my day, 1st post you'll see on your day... this guy is PRACITICING A FLUTE at the stop light! WTF?
Yup, I was out on the walk, and I went down a major street for a block to get back to a residential, and all the traffic was stopped for a red light. This guy was BOOM, right in front of me. He didn't have a clue I was taking this photo
huh, they hate their Boxster, OR, it's another one with an upcoming EXPENSIVE repair, probably can't pass smog
See, not been registered for 2 years
these were an unusual surprise to find on the walk... I'm finally getting into a better neighborhood for cool cars
It's RARE to see a cool old mini. I don't know if I've seen one on walkabout before
MG Midget, I'm pretty sure
Nissan 300 ZX, once the big dog. I bet a properly sorted out example would be a good competitor for a Corvette. Based on the area being Mira Mesa, central area of all the fans of rice rockets, and ground zero of Fast and Furious fandom from day 1. Plus based on the looks of this, I'm guessing this was put into a permanent time out by the cops, and maybe the owner has some nutty idea about hanging onto this instead of selling it, in order to fix it up... like every nutter without a plan does.
What the hell is this... keys in the door? Is that the signal they want the truck stolen? But why? These must be in high demand
Should I have asked around to see if the owner was aware the keys were in the lock?
a Ford C-Max driver died after suffering from hydrogen sulfide poisoning a few years ago, which was allegedly caused by fumes entering the cabin because the vehicle's vent tubing wasn't connected to the battery. That prompted a lawsuit
Douglas Finnell - died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in the cab of his pickup. This occurred back in 2024, after Finnell hitched up a trailer and headed out to take a trip from Ohio to Virginia. He never returned home, prompting his wife to file a missing person's report, and Finnell was found by police in his truck, parked at a rest stop in West Virginia, with the engine running and the fuel gauge on empty.
Subsequent testing indeed found high carbon monoxide levels inside the cabin, as well as the presence of sulfuric acid on the outside of the battery. An inspection found that “fumes and pieces of particles were entering through the vent and releasing hydrogen sulfide gas fumes and/or gas fumes and/or exhaust fumes into the occupant compartment of the vehicle,” the lawsuit states.
As such, the Ford F-350 Super Duty driver's family is suing Ford, the manufacturer of the battery - Johnson Controls - and the dealership that sold him the pickup, claiming that it should have been equipped with a fume detector, and that Finnell's death could have been prevented if the company had "duly addressed the safety issue posed by the battery placement near the vent in the occupant compartment and or the type of battery and acted with immediate reasonable care to prevent further injury and loss of life."
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Good news on the Rockford Files reboot, they've picked a really good actor, who LOOKS the part!
Boreanaz's first paid acting job was in a JC Penney commercial with Bryan Cranston. His first important role as Kelly's boyfriend in the series Married... with Children
I really enjoyed Bones, until they killed off Sweets. They had to in order to hit the audience in the guts. That's what really sticks with a fan forever... the actors that carry off a role of grief, unrequited love, or unexpected death.
The official logline of the pilot states, “Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime.”
There have been various attempts to reboot “The Rockford Files” over the years, including a failed 2009 NBC pilot starring Dermot Mulroney that was produced by Steve Carrell. Universal Pictures also developed a feature film version that was to star Vince Vaughn, though it never moved forward.
Demi Moore roller skating west on the Sunset Strip during a photo shoot in 1977 for a story explaining the life of a typical Los Angeles teenager
In the background right behind Demi's head is the Licorice Pizza store that later became Aahs; Matt Groening worked behind the counter there ca. 1978 or '79.
Born Demetria Guynes in Roswell, New Mexico she grew up in chaos. Her mother, Virginia, struggled with alcoholism, and the family moved more than 30 times, each new town bringing a different “father figure” and the same lack of stability. She battled undiagnosed dyslexia
Her first break came on General Hospital in 1982, but St. Elmo’s Fire (1985) made her a Brat Pack star. While others rode the wave of youthful fame, Demi carried something heavier — a depth that made her characters feel urgent and real. She didn’t act just to be seen; she acted to finally say what she had never been able to voice. Blockbusters followed — Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men (1992),
I had no idea that Ford made a ’63 Hi-Po Fairlane. A hi po 289 the 4 door... unusual combo, but, I guess you could order about any combo of trim lines and engines. If you'd buy it, they'd sell it. But only 2 were made. Only this one survived
This engine was based up on the small-block V-8s that had debuted in the Fairlane line in 1962, but besides being punched out to a larger displacement, it also had cast-iron headers, solid lifters, a nodular iron crankshaft, high-performance connecting rods, a wider harmonic dampener, a dual-point ignition system, Autolite 4100 series four-barrel carburetor, a hot camshaft and screw-in rocker-arm studs, among other performance goodies. These tricks brought the Hi-Po 289-cid V-8’s performance potential to 271 hp
only one other four-door sedan with this engine had been produced in 1963, but it had been scrapped before it could be saved — likely for its valuable engine and drivetrain.
This leaves this Hi-Po 289 Fairlane 500 as the sole surviving K-code four-door.
the Hi-Po 289 was the same engine supplied to Carroll Shelby for use in Cobras
I did NOT know the Hi Po 289 was a solid lifter cast iron header engine!