Retired Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.Stories
- At the X Games, a snowboarder and a skier land the first 2340s in competition - NPR.
- Super Bowl Suites In High Demand, Cost Millions - TMZ.
Science
- Super-Earth discovery reveals an exoplanet potentially capable of sustaining life - Phys.org.
- Advanced radio telescope technology 'sifts' space for mysteries - Phys.org.
- 66 million-year-old fossilised vomit discovered in Denmark - BBC. You can't really dust for vomit.
Media
- Watch a Very Brave Man Fly a Lawn Tractor High Above the Alps - The Drive. So "brave" is the adjective we've chosen? Thanks brother19.
- The White Lotus Season 3 - Official Trailer - Max.
The Funnies
- xkcd- Muons.
- Bob Dylan Pens Eulogy for the Band Star Garth Hudson - Vulture. Before Scorcese embarked on creating the Robbie Robertson mythos.
jdreyer wrote on Jan 29, 2025, 14:35:
What was the MPG for that?![]()
jdreyer wrote on Jan 29, 2025, 14:35:You mean gallons per mile?
What was the MPG for that?![]()
Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 29, 2025, 02:21:What was the MPG for that?
For British cars, my favorite was the Series 3 E-Type. That V12 sang like a choir once I got it properly tuned (and swapped out the godawful Zenith carbs for Webers) after boring it out from it's original 5.3L displacement to 7L. Ed Pink helped with the heads, taking a set of original HE heads and doing a porting job on them for far better and smoother airflow. He hooked me up with TWR for the exhaust headers and I obviously redid the entire electrical system because Lucas.
WarPig wrote on Jan 29, 2025, 09:23:
Oooohhhh.... speaking of dream cars - wow!
The closest thing to that that I've had, not that it's close to as cool as a Jaaaaaaag, was a Porsche 944 that I really enjoyed.
For British cars, my favorite was the Series 3 E-Type. That V12 sang like a choir once I got it properly tuned (and swapped out the godawful Zenith carbs for Webers) after boring it out from it's original 5.3L displacement to 7L.
I had a Triumph Spitfire 1500. Undoubtedly the biggest piece of shit I have ever owned. Do you know why the hood tilts up and forwards? So you can sit on the tire while you work on it. Which you will be doing. Often.
Will it break down? Absolutely! Will it be the furthest point from home? Also absolutely!