if the lightning had some other reason for striking down from a mile away, to hit exactly where the license plate was located on the dash, it isn't likely that we'll know what that is
Friday, July 23, 2021
Thursday, July 22, 2021
This sure looks great, a different Bullocks delivery truck than the 1934 one I posted 4 years ago.
you will probably instantly remember the 1937 White they had made: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/04/1935-delivery-truck-for-bullocks.html
pretty cool that they stuck with great designed delivery trucks.
Bullocks was a large and popular department store on 7th Ave in downtown Los Angeles. In 1929, they opened a store on Wilshire Blvd just before the stock market crash. Somehow they managed to survive.
In 1919, when the country was converting from the horse-and-buggy to the automobile; an engineer surveying, inspecting, and laying out highways in New Mexico for the US Bureau of Public Roads as to was assigned a WWI Army surplus Model T, and he drove over 63,000 miles between 1919 and 1923,
Trails and roads, if there were any at all, were deeply rutted from wagon wheels and littered with nails, screws, and spikes that had fallen off of supply wagons. Manuevering through the countryside and over mountain passes, day or night, proved to be for the hardy of spirit and was a true test of stamina.
in the form of his actual letters (actual full letter example at https://amphoraeditions.com/kenneth-balcombs-model-t ) to wife Katharine and brother John, an engineer, these tales chronicle an era in the United States when the country was experiencing the birth and growth of its National Highway System.
Soft cover, 188 pgs, 25 vintage photographs, $14.00
Slow down in Yosemite, enjoy the view, and be focused on avoiding hitting the bear cubs. You are there in the park to see the natural beauty and wild creatures... so, why drive so damn fast? Go drive fast on the race track, not in the park
Don't drive fast in the parks, drive slow. Don't kill the bear cubs
cars are a lot quieter now, and drivers are less attentive (an electric tesla on auto drive?) and more critters are getting killed by cars (which there are also, more of)
https://www.facebook.com/YosemiteNPS/posts/4194366710611579
and THAT is today's public service announcement
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
something just occurred to me
I've been doing this post for close to 15 years, and never called out a sick day because I was feeling lousy.
I might have, I just don't recall ever doing it to let all of you know that I wouldn't be posting stuff for 18 to 24 hours
Just a shower thought
the title of a tractor pull, engine destruction video:
Engine- I don’t wanna be expensive no more
https://www.reddit.com/r/AbruptChaos/comments/onkobd/f_this_im_out/
LAPD drastically underestimated how much explosives they were loading in the bomb-disposal truck a couple weeks ago, the news reports now tell us, by 2/3rds of the actual amount. Which was nearly twice the rated allowed amount the bomb-disposal truck could handle safely. BOOM!
The explosion of the LAPD bomb-disposal truck that injured 17 people last month was caused by “human error” ( the rated limit was 24 pounds of explosive, so they loaded it with 42 pounds of explosive... but THOUGHT they were loading it with 16 ) after officials grossly underestimated (completely fucked up) the weight of the fireworks they exploded in the neighborhood (with no apparent clue) and now the (clueless) 5 explosives detonation experts are relieved.
The incident resulted in five members of the bomb squad being “removed from the field” until additional training and an investigation into the case are completed
bomb technicians believed they had stored 16.5 pounds of explosives in the Total Containment Vessel, the bomb squad’s disposal truck, but an ATF National Response Team later found that the technicians had placed more than 42 pounds into the vehicle.
When you think you have 1/3rd of a solid material, but you have all 42 pounds of explosive... you're a moron. And you're going to get people hurt. That's what stupid does. Always has, always will. That's why this brain battalion of explosives experts are working for the LAPD, not the FBI, Army, etc etc
In addition to the 11 injured, the blast damaged or destroyed 37 vehicles, 22 residential properties and 13 businesses, police said.
Irony is some hypocrite putting a mention in my comment section that they have a thing for sale
but in their ad on Craigslist, they include
do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offersmaybe they do not understand why it has to work for them, and against them, to be respectable
If you're rich, and looking to buy a fantastic Airstream, you're in luck. Tom Hanks is selling his at an auction this fall
this 1992 Model 34 Limited Excella traveled to various movie sets all around the United States and was the literal home-away-from-home to Academy-Award-winning actor Tom Hanks.
The trailer will cross the auction block with Bonhams during the Quail Lodge Auction in Carmel, California on August 13.
https://www.motor1.com/news/521413/tom-hanks-custom-airstream-for-sale/
more proof that nearly anything can be hot rodded
I'm going to guess this is not the original, but a great tribute
https://www.facebook.com/TPV2CV/posts/2915559745224514/
good 2CV facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TPV2CV
this is the guy they ought to ask for advice on impossible things to fix, like peace in the middle east
he's a proven effective improvisor using tools with no moving parts
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
interesting bit of advertising
by the way, A&W invented the bacon cheeseburger. I hereby start the slow clap of respect!
and, A&W served the first rootbeer float during a WW1 parade!
A&W lays claim to the first ever Cali drive-in, which opened in Sacramento in 1923.
https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the-history-of-aw-restaurants-aw-root-beer
small claims court in 2 weeks
so, here's a question,
the process server company went lame and just delivered to whoever was working the cash register.
Didn't bother impressing me with serving anyone in management, or even letting me know they'd done the job ( I emailed today out of curiosity to check that the summons was served ) and then I learned that the 90 dollar fee for serving a summons doesn't include the paperwork getting filed with the court that states who when and where they summons was done proper.
So, it turns out, it's 90 to serve, 30 to file, and if you need a job done right, you better get a damn good referral from people you know and trust to find someone to do the damn job done right the first time, and maybe get lucky and find you've paid a fair price for good work, you might even be impressed at their expertise and pride of work performed.
When I emailed the process server company to ask what time they closed, I got 3 emails in reply, with three different times. One was honest, and said 5, one was wrong and said 530, and one was lying and said 4 pm, just so they would not have me coming by at the last minute and keeping them around after closing time.
But I tell you straight, this entire process has shown me that so far, only paying others is simple, and not a damn person who got paid did even a decent job.
The speedshop did shit work, the process servers may have done the job, but dropped every damn ball on the way, and both of these useless companies failed to do the simplest communication with me, the customer, who was on point when payment was needed. When did everyone getting paid to do work decide to quit talking to the customer by phone, text, or email? When did they all decide to quit giving a damn about doing a job right the first time?
The process server didn't bother telling me that on the form where I set up the job, there was a couple of lines to be filled in if I wanted to get a notification that the job got done? Or let me know that they would actually do the job right and serve the company owners or managers if requested?
Everyone that mentions how screwed up the court system is, isn't even half fuly informed, but they are still right.
Jury duty? Tell people on unemployment that since they are now on the state payroll, show up at the courthouse and do the job.
The only way I see to make this less stressful, is to come up with fun ways of delivering copies of the summons to the speedshop owners and manager to do due diligence in reminding them of their court case date.
Like, having a great friend pop in, and say, Oh, by the way, you've been served.
I got a couple other ideas, I just need to figure out where the limit is on a friendly professional reminder stops, and nuisance harrassment begins.
After all, they college grads running that company didn't know where professional work began and shit work ended, how am I supposed to know where courteous reminders of their court date (now that they've been legally served, all official ) my unofficial reminders aren't illegal, or professional, they're simply stopping by the company that worked on my car and letting them know they are under court summons to appear as defendants.
After all, they did get throughly notified by the state bureau of auto repair, that they screwed up, acted unprofessionally, and failed to work to the level of state law requirements. (asking a customer to approve work and accept the bill, before doing work aka, installing a new battery without asking me, closing the hood without looking for fit interference, and other stuff)
So, if you've got a funny way to serve a summons, or know a terrific process server in San Diego, let me know.
I'm thinking having pizza delivered to the owner, with a summons inside the pizza box, or a box of donuts, stuff like that
so there they were on the way to somewhere when out of nowhere a flying Camry dropped in and started a ruckus, how rude.
Looks like a scene from a Hollywood crime drama tv show
I got bad news for California hot rodders who have updated their cars computer ECU, it's not likely that it's going to pass smog now,
On Monday, California added an extra step to its smog checks: an ECU scan for aftermarket software.
So, I hope you have a fast way to reverse the mod to your cars software in order to pass smog, 'cause the fines are going to suck
Every other year, most cars in California are required to undergo a strict emissions inspection—anything 1976 model year or newer for gas-powered cars, and 1998 MY or newer for diesels. Vehicles less than eight years old are exempt.
California’s new testing procedure won’t just measure emission levels and ensure that monitors are set, but will also check to see if any software in the vehicle’s Engine Control Unit (ECU) has been tampered with
California’s new testing procedure won’t just measure emission levels and ensure that monitors are set, but will also check to see if any software in the vehicle’s Engine Control Unit (ECU) has been tampered with
Since 2013, California’s regulatory viewpoint is that a vehicle’s software is part of its factory-equipped emission control devices and that by modifying the software on the vehicle, the owner is tampering with the emission controls just as if they were gutting the car’s catalytic converter.
The biggest change is that the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (CBAR), the agency which oversees the Smog Check procedure, has now officially begun to enforce the already existing regulation.
Monday, July 19, 2021
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