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[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Oldsmobile

April 29'th 2004. The last Oldsmobile rolls off the line. You may be surprised to learn, that for a long time Oldsmobile meant innovation. Here are just a few of the Automotive technologies Olds pioneered in it's 100+ years in business:

1898: Olds Motor Vehicle Company exports the first American car, a steam-powered automobile, to Mumbai, India.

1901: The first speedometer offered on a production car was on an Oldsmobile Curved Dash.

1901: Oldsmobile was the first to procure parts from third-party suppliers.

1901: Olds produces 635 cars, becoming the first high-volume gasoline automobile producer.

1901: Oldsmobile becomes the first manufacturer to publicly promote their vehicles.

1902: The Oldsmobile Curved Dash is the first mass-produced vehicle in America.

1903: Oldsmobile builds the first purpose-built mail truck.

1908: Oldsmobile rebadges the Buick Model B as the Oldsmobile Model 20, possibly creating the first badge-engineered car.

1915: First standard windshield introduced by Oldsmobile.

1926: Oldsmobile is the first to use chrome plating on trim.

1929: Oldsmobile creates the first Monobloc V8 engine in its Viking Sister brand.

1932: Oldsmobile introduces the first automatic choke.

1935: Oldsmobile offers the first all-steel roof on an automobile.

1940: Oldsmobile introduces the Hydra-Matic, the first fully automatic transmission.

1948: Oldsmobile offers one-piece curved windshields, along with Buick and Cadillac.

1949: Oldsmobile introduces the Rocket, the first high-compression OHV V8 engine.

1952: Oldsmobile introduces the "Autronic Eye," the first automatic headlight dimming system.

1953: Oldsmobile switches its lineup to the 12v charging system.

1962: Oldsmobile creates the first production turbocharged car, the F-85 Jetfire.

1962: Oldsmobile also creates the first production car with water injection, the F-85 Jetfire.

1966: The Oldsmobile Toronado is the first mass-produced front-wheel-drive American car.

1969: First use of chromed ABS plastic exterior trim on the 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado.

1969: First electric grid window defogger on an American car, the 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado.

1971: The Oldsmobile Toronado is one of the first cars to feature a high-mounted brake light.

1974: The Toronado is the first American car to offer a driver-side airbag.

1977: The Toronado is the first American car with a microprocessor to run engine controls.

1982: First use of high-impact molded plastic body components on the 1982 Oldsmobile Omega.

1986: Oldsmobile introduces the Delco VIC touchscreen interface on the Toronado, shared with Buick Riviera.

1988: The first production heads-up display system is introduced on the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Indy Pace Car.

1988: Oldsmobile breaks a world speed record with the Oldsmobile Aerotech at 267 mph, driven by A.J. Foyt.

1990: Oldsmobile updates the color touchscreen interface with a built-in cellular phone on the 1990 Toronado Trofeo.

1995: Oldsmobile introduces Guidestar, the first onboard navigation system on a U.S. production car.

1997: Oldsmobile becomes the first American car company to turn 100 years old.

2001: The redesigned 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada becomes the first truck to pace the Indianapolis 500.

[nonclassyparty]

sweet and right and merciful (c.s)

summary:

(A STARRING ROLE SPIN-OFF) Choi San deals with the mortifying ordeal of falling in love.

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notes; i bet you thought you'd seen the last of both me and sr!san well you're wrong! tell me if you want to be added to the taglist

snippet;

As he didn't have a disgustingly large amount of generational wealth to back him up nor parents who dabbled in political meddling and occasional blackmail like some of his peers, San always knew that he would have to fight tooth and nail for his spot in the world.

This would seem fairly overdramatic if all he was seeking out of life was a stable job and paid bills, of course: he was, after all, the son of a middle school teacher and a man that had several jobs which he never did right because hey, they never had much so San should've been satisfied with anything. 

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how one would look at it), Choi San was too ambitious for his own good. Having been born and raised in the small town of Namhae which was nothing more than an old supermarket some (nobody under the age of fifty) considered a shopping mall and a small beach - the moment he left for college, he swore that he'd never be back there again for nothing more but the holidays. And simply leaving Namhae wasn't enough, no, you see San's goal was money, more money than he would ever need. Bitterness could be considered a man's biggest motivator to get something done and spending his childhood and early adolescence watching his mother work day and night to make sure the bills are paid just for no money to be left spare sure did make San bitter. Call him shallow and materialistic but to San, money most definitely could buy some happiness.

And so, with that thought in mind (placed by no-one else but himself) since the tender age of twelve when he first visited Seoul for a football game and saw what exactly he's been missing out on living in Namhae, San poured everything he had into his studies until he landed a scholarship for Seoul National University in the field of Electrical Engineering. He had been strategic in his choice of career. Electrical engineering required just enough work and brains for it to be considered a lucrative degree and used just enough engineering principles to keep him interested in the job.

And San was excellent at his job. He was quick and efficient, precise and absolutely never wrong. Getting hired to work at one of South Korea's most renowned automobile manufacturing companies not long after he got his degree didn't come as a surprise to no-one. He was competent. The problem with competence and climbing the business ladder though was that it was rewarded with increasingly complex projects almost every month.

And so, our opening scene: A Thursday morning, sometime in January. Amidst the white cubicles on the third floor of Zenith Motor Company, Mr. Kim was doling out new projects to his top engineers with a vengeance.

"Jung, this ones for you," He smacks Jaehyun over the head with the folder before dropping it unceremoniously on his desk, "And try not to get doughnut smudges all over this one."

"Byun, you're continuing the testing from last month." Jaebum nods his head, eyes barely moving from the computer screen in front of him. Mr. Kim continues with an eye roll, "Lim, new model that needs surveillance."

He continues down the room throwing down casefiles as he goes until he stops by San's desk with a smile, "Choi, since you did so well on the Genesis project I'll let you choose." 

"What are my options?" San asks, leaning back in his chair as two files are thrown onto his desk.

Mr. Kim looks down onto his clipboard. "Mr. Jinyoung needs help with the 3D design for-"

Mr. Jinyoung is one of San's bosses.

"-the new model that we're ready to turn in for production. You could send him an e-mail but I wouldn't, he's a bit...difficult to be around these days."

Mr. Jinyoung is also the husband of one Son Danbi, the thirty-four year old woman that San got...very familiar with for a groundbreaking six times at his apartment before he learned that Danbi is a bit too clingy and his job actually might be at stake if she keeps calling the office asking for San instead of her husband. Three times in a row.

She didn't handle San deciding it's best to stop seeing each other very well.

Getting fired for sleeping with his boss' wife and probably getting his nose broken (for the second time over a woman) when his boss' wife inevitably has a meltdown and exposes how San fucked her into his mattress six times once San refuses to meet up with her out of newfound respect for the man she's married to (read: he's scared that he'll get sacked) or literally anything else. The choice was quite obvious.

"I'll take the second option." San quips with ease as he flips over the folder.

"Research and development for a new model! I was hoping you'd pick that one and am not disappointed, you never back down from a challenge." Mr. Kim comments with a grin that San returns because he's been kissing his ass too long to stop now. "You're working with another engineer from the second floor."

San nods and, as Mr. Kim keeps going down to the next cubicle, his eyes sweep over the file and stop at the bottom of the page where one out of two people tasked has already signed their name. In neat handwriting;

Y/L Y/N

He bites back a groan, eyes falling shut and he can hear the Head of the office keep rattling off assignments somewhere in the background.

Nothing registers because suddenly, San remembers honey skin, judging eyes and a sharp tongue and wonders if getting his nose broken a second time right before getting fired by Mr. Jinyoung and losing his entire career would've been the wiser option.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Truthout/Floodlight:

The IRA is the Biden Administration’s signature climate law. The historic act is the most aggressive climate policy in U.S. history, rolling out billions in tax breaks and other incentives with the goal of cutting economy-wide carbon emissions 40% by 2030.

Every congressional Republican voted against the bill, arguing it was nothing more than handouts to prop up climate and social justice programs. Some on the extreme right continue to argue that climate change is a hoax. But now some GOP House members who voted against the IRA are urging their leader to consider saving key portions of it.

In fact, it is the red states that overwhelmingly have benefitted from the federal government’s infusion of clean energy money, according to a report released today by, a national nonpartisan group of more than 10,000 business leaders that advocates for a cleaner economy and environment.

Friday marks two years since Biden inked his signature on the IRA. Companies have announced roughly 330 clean energy and vehicle projects since that time, efforts that could create 109,278 jobs and bring in a whopping $126 billion in private investments, if completed, according to the E2 report.

E2’s report breaks down IRA-boosted projects by state, sector and industry as well as by congressional district. It found that “nearly 60% of the announced projects — representing 85% of the investments and 68% of the jobs — are in Republican congressional districts.”

Among the major projects is the South Korea-based solar manufacturer QCells. Last year it announced a $2.5 billion expansion in Dalton, Georgia, spurring more than 2,500 jobs and helping change a town known as the “carpet capital of the world” into a destination for clean energy manufacturing.

Since 2022, the northern third of Nevada has added more than 5,000 jobs from a $6.6 billion investment in projects such as the Rhyolite Ridge and Thacker Pass lithium mines as the state aims toward becoming the lithium capital of the United States.

And in North Carolina, $19.7 billion has been poured into the state, creating 22 clean energy projects and more than 10,000 jobs in solar, recycling, electric vehicle and battery manufacturing. The investments include a $13.9 billion Toyota Motor North America EV/hybrid battery plant slated to open next year.

E2’s report is based on publicly available information, including news releases and formal government announcements. Roughly one-third of the information did not include how much money was being invested or how many jobs a project was expected to create, E2 stated.

In other words, the impact of the IRA is likely broader than the nonprofit’s tally. That bodes well for environmentalists and clean energy advocates.

18 congressional Republicans signed a letter to GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana urging him to be cautious in repealing all or parts of the IRA — something Trump has vowed to do if he is again elected president.

“Energy tax credits have spurred innovation, incentivized investment and created good jobs in many parts of the country — including many districts represented by members of our conference,” the Aug. 6 letter to Johnson said.

The Congress members said they had heard from industry and constituents that clawing back previously issued energy tax credits, especially on projects that already broke ground, would undermine private investments and stop development.

“A full repeal would create a worst-case scenario where we would have spent billions of taxpayer dollars and received next to nothing in return,” the letter states.

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

sharing my blurb for SLUT ME OUT 3 here (although i recommend reading all of them, everyone across the spectrum of haters and champions brought their A-game for this, as is only right and proper), both because this was the most fun i had blurbing all year and because i need to share the greatness of SLUT ME OUT 3, the most fun two and a half minutes in music i've heard this year, with as many people as humanly possible; do yourself a favor and click play, but, like, maybe not in public (this song is disgusting and i am obsessed)

Nothing about such an aggressively single-minded ode to fucking as many bitches as physically possible should work, and yet I listen to “Slut Me Out 3” and am filled only with radiant joy. The song is is so hyperbolic, so extreme, so wildly filthy and yet weirdly unhorny that it’s impossible to take at face value as an expression of actual human behavior or desire; it reminds me less of other songs about fucking and more of that sketch where Vanessa Bayer can’t nail the tone on a cutely self-deprecating Instagram caption. Every single detail is miraculously deranged: the most genuinely disgusting scatological image I’ve encountered this year or possibly this decade, all the more jarring because it comes right on the heels of an incongruously sweet bit of mama’s boy pride; the concept of an endorsement with Plan B, as if the manufacturers of emergency contraception are a cereal brand signing a deal with the gold medalist of the Sex Olympics; the fact that she wants him to have her baby; “marinated pussy.” Take the proclamation “fuck her til my dick bleedin’”: for a half second it sounds normal, just a guy bragging about his stamina in the sack, and then your brain processes the actual line and you think, wait, what? Is that… good? Is it supposed to be hot? Is it even possible? Should he be seeking medical attention? Lines like that break reality, rendering the universe of the song cartoonish and bizarre. NLE comes across as some kind of pornographic comic book mutant, a superhero whose gift, burden, purpose, and promise is to fuck every woman alive. His dick is not just huge, it’s inconveniently large; his touch is so hot it can literally be fatal. When he excuses himself after finishing the job with two freak hoes to depart for an orgy at “pussy villa” (a pussy villa? the pussy villa? is Pussy Villa a proper noun?), his attitude is that of Batman, depositing the Scarecrow at the precinct before turning right back around to resume his unceasing rooftop watch. His hunger for justice (sex) is as insatiable as his determination is relentless; wherever there is pussy to be fucked, he’ll be there, Tom Joad as written by Philip Roth. The whole ridiculous scenario floats easily by on an ebullient beat, busy but never crowded, anchored by NLE’s motor-mouthed nonchalance. Carey Washington’s playfully chipper refrain functions similarly to the close-ups of women laughing in ecstasy during the stripping scenes in Magic Mike XXL, reassuring the audience that however it might look from the outside, everyone involved wants to be here and is having a grand old time. After the music cuts out, she says “Oh my God,” laughing and incredulous. You can almost see her rolling her eyes, giving him an affectionate shove, turning to us as the house lights come up, smiling and shaking her head as if to say, can you believe what we just did? [10]

[justforbooks]

Long before Dave Myers, one half of the TV duo the Hairy Bikers, was hairy, or a biker, he was a cook. While still a child, he prepared family meals when his mother, a former shipyard crane driver, became so debilitated by multiple sclerosis she was scarcely able to leave her bed. “Dad and I became Mam’s carers, muddling through each day,” said Myers, who has died aged 66. “Sometimes I got out a cookbook and made a pie or a stew out of whatever ingredients we had in.”

His mother had been “a fabulous cook and was often preparing food while I played at her feet”. His father, the foreman of a local paper mill, would put little Dave on the saddle of his motorbike so he could pretend to ride. “I loved the smell of oil and machinery and rubber; just one whiff would set my pulse racing.”

But it was only half a lifetime later that Myers, after many years of working as a television makeup artist, managed to make an onscreen career by combining these two childhood passions. In 2004, when he was 45, Myers and his friend Simon King, a locations manager on the Harry Potter films, pitched their idea for a TV show focusing on motorbikes and food to the BBC. “It was midlife crisis time and you can’t have more of a midlife crisis than going off on a motorbike,” said Myers.

The show’s premise was that two burly, hirsute motorcyclists would visit foreign locales, often getting off their bikes to cook by the roadside. In the first episode of The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook (2006), the pair motored through Namibia, stopping off to cook crocodile satay and oryx rolls.

This culinary travelogue ran across three series, taking them to Portugal, Vietnam, Turkey and Mexico, and became such a hit with the viewers that a memo circulated the BBC praising the two men for winning over “a difficult-to-reach audience”. “Basically a ‘difficult-to-reach audience’ translates as ‘normal people’,” said King.

The two self-taught cooks had a disarmingly unpretentious love of food and easy on-screen banter redolent of Keith Floyd, if less bibulous, or Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson, if less posh. In a sense, Myers and King were the male northern riposte to the Two Fat Ladies. What’s more, their two fat lads were refreshing fare in the age of telegenic cooks such as Nigella Lawson or angry chefs like Gordon Ramsay.

Spin-off shows followed, including The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain (2009), The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best (2010), The Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (2012) and The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure (2014), along with allied cookbooks and a 2015 memoir, The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres.

What was the secret of their success? “We are mates, it’s not something that’s been manufactured,” said Myers. “We’re not snobby about food. We’re very happy with egg and chips, as long as it’s very good-quality eggs and good-quality potatoes. About 95% of good cooking is good shopping.”

They met by chance in a Newcastle pub in the 1990s when Myers was working there as makeup artist and prosthetics technician on an adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s The Gambling Man starring Robson Green. King, an assistant director on the project, was at the bar ordering a curry. The barman told King that if he ordered two curries he would qualify for a special offer: four poppadoms instead of one. “I just stepped up and said, ‘I’ll have the other curry’,” Myers said.

The pair cemented their friendship with road trips up the west coast of Scotland, travelling with a pan, a single-burner stove, some butter, a lemon and some brown bread. “We’d go up round Loch Assynt, up by Lochinver, and catch wild brown trout.” The idea for the television series was born from these trips.

But, while the Hairy Bikers became celebrated and their cookbooks successful, some worried that their recipes were unhealthy. Their banana French toast recipe, consisting of brioche, bananas, peanut butter and cream, was ominously dedicated to Elvis Presley. One critic suggested that their full-English shakshuka, featuring sausages, lardons and black pudding, “looks as if it should come with a diagram on how to administer CPR”.

Indeed, as their fame expanded, so did their waistbands. By 2012, Myers recalled, he was taking tablets for high blood pressure and to lower his cholesterol, and both he and King were diagnosed as being morbidly obese during a medical. He weighed 17st 12lb, with a 49in waist, while King weighed in at 19st 6lb, with a 50in waistline. “I was prediabetic; human foie gras, basically,” Myers said.

The diagnoses pushed them to make the series The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight. Both men lost 3st 7lb during filming and published their most successful series of books afterwards under the general title Hairy Dieters. “Doing it publicly was the thing that encouraged us to make it work. People admired the honesty. We sold about 1.3m copies of our first book. We learned an awful lot from it.”

The following year, 2013, Myers appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, performing a “Tartan tango” to the tune of The Proclaimers’ I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) with his dance partner, Karen Hauer, and becoming, in the words of the show’s judge Len Goodman, “the people’s champion”, winning the weekly popular vote despite sometimes low marks from judges and armchair critics deriding his “ungainly boogying”. He didn’t win, but the Hairy Biker received the longest standing ovation for, fittingly enough, a Meat Loaf-themed paso doble.

Myers, the only child of Jim and Margaret, was born in Barrow-in-Furness ( then in Lancashire but now in Cumbria) and attended the town’s grammar school for boys, where an inspirational teacher, Mr Eaton, encouraged him to develop his artistic skills. He took a fine art degree at Goldsmiths, University of London and a master’s degree in art history.

His first job was as a trainee makeup artist at the BBC. He worked there for 23 years, including a stint on Top of the Pops, before the Hairy Bikers got together. While filming the show in Romania, Myers met Liliana Orzac. “In our hotel there was a striking woman on reception. Nudging Si, I whispered: ‘I fancy her!’” They married in 2011.

In 2022, Myers announced on the podcast Hairy Bikers – Agony Uncles that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He and King made a moving return to the screen in The Hairy Bikers: Coming Home for Christmas in December 2023, in which they discussed his illness and treatment; and had filmed a new series, The Hairy Bikers Go West, which is currently screening on BBC Two, and which King described as “a celebration of a joyous and creative friendship”.

Myers is survived by Liliana and her children, Iza and Sergiu.

🔔 David James Myers, chef and television presenter, born 8 September 1957; died 28 February 2024

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[wheelscomedyandmore]

From 1953-1979 all Corvette's were built in St. Louis, Mo. And, on today's date in 1981, the last STL 'Vette rolled off the line.

1953, General Motors hand-assembled the first 300 Corvettes on a small prototype assembly line within the Flint Chevrolet plant.

This temporary setup allowed GM designers and engineers to innovate and perfect new manufacturing techniques.

On December 28, 1953, Corvette production transitioned to St. Louis, Missouri.

The massive General Motors Union Boulevard Complex became the new home for the Corvette, ramping up production slowly.

By 1954, 3,640 units were produced, with sales initially sluggish. However, production grew steadily, reaching 30,000 units per year by 1969 and peaking at 53,000 units in 1979.

The St. Louis plant faced challenges. Workers endured tough conditions, with no air-conditioning and a glass roof that turned the factory into a furnace. Despite the hardships, their dedication ensured the Corvette's success.

On August 1, 1980, Chevrolet moved Corvette production to a new state-of-the-art facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This transition marked a new chapter for the Corvette, with improved production techniques and better working conditions.

Bowling Green continues to be the home of the Corvette, and the loss of the Corvette is still remembered every year in St. Louis.

#ChevroletCorvette #CorvetteHistory #AmericanMuscle #ClassicCars #VintageCars #CarHistory #AutomotiveExcellence #FlintMichigan #StLouis #BowlingGreen #CarEnthusiast #GM #NationalCorvetteMuseum

[senor-plume]

900 Words

Like swallowing a bowling ball This coffee taste like dirty old pennies From hell While the veins In my Legs/arms/ears/nose Blister outward and Cause me to Hunt down and join A pilgrimage To beach blanket bimbos Homes inside trailer parks On the water’s edge

And the bass cannot stop The tune Though wounded and bleeding It is not dead

Yet

Nor am I Because I can still Hear myself laughing at you With your Las Vegas eyes All digital blue And beyond Any phony bologna

And you Want to scream And let it out All the passion that You hold back Inside your pale Vampire skin

You wanna carry that weight? You wanna talk about anxiety? I’m all fucking ears baby Look at me now Listening to you And your 100 year old curse That you lift and carry around In that sack that Some folks call skin I don’t call it anything But that’s just me

So now With the boil on your chin You finger it deeply and It’s all puss sweetie It’s all pits It’s all over now While my skin Balloons out from the Constant heat of 100 stars So fuck me Hard Keep the boots on For cry it out loud Fuck me hot So the band of gold Will melt right off My fat disgusting finger And into a pool of Broken honeymoons And migraine bedrooms I’ll tear apart your bra And rip to shred those Tight panties that you wear Day after day You’ll regret everything now (Believe it) And there is nothing you Can do To prevent another night Of sonic orgasm and Nails down your Straight as an arrow back With the marks all over it From the pony You fucked last night

And I know you You rolling stone… You’ll split the scene Bleeding positively Upon the carpet To the pavement To the seat of your Car Where you will adjust your Wig in the Cracked Rearview mirror ball Crank up the Fuzzy guitar of garage bands USA And drive onward To a destination that Only you could possibly know And it occurs to me, I wonder about you And how you plan on making it Without a Paycheck in your pants pocket Or anything valuable Between those legs of yours

You will fail Now say it with me… I will fail

Do you feel better now? That you got that off that Rita Hayworth chest of yours?

And before I return back home I’ll dye my hair a Rusty shade of red And insert a Nylon guitar string Into my nose and up my nasal cavity And with laser like precession It will end up coming out Of my left eye socket And damn, You were not here to see Such miracles occur

So with little time left I place the razor Hard against my forearm And Slip and slide it Back and forth until The shade of bone glows through the cranny berry blood And I will wait for the oven to Preheat to 400 degrees And the car in the garage is going past four hours of Plain old idling And soon The heavens will be All mine And I will sit with God In his temple And downward we will look And spy on you as You throw those Tattered jeans into The stream for a Quick cleaning And with no soap To call your own you realize you miss my smell my fragrance my odor that is so 100% natural that you could bottle it up and sell it to every granola nut who walks on by

and God gives me a high five and pats me on the ass as I walk out of his mansion and into my quarters where all the music in the world will play all at once and no it is not confusing

not in the least

its beautiful like you used to be when the mornings were ripe with promise and the clouds were all out of sight wonderful and the heavens rained golden tears of chamomile on us all and we would take off our shirts and dance like turkeys do every last Friday in November

And I miss you already As I grow more and more Tired So I take to the kitchen and place my head Down onto the oven door And my ear Sizzles and cooks a little Bit and I can only crack A Smile And wait For it all to come to me

I thought you wanted to save me And in the last minute It appears I am doomed by my own shaking Hand

And I am As the motors are all dead And the police bikes have all Flat tires from the shattered glass from your Poorly manufactured windshield

And you shake off the shards While my capsule has emptied out And I am floating along the skyway Alone and with only the barking of dogs Off in the distance as my only Sensation

And will you cry any tears of Oil for my much too early passing? Will you weep for me darling? This dropout with a burned out Memory and flakes of dandruff In his soon to be completely Gray head

My balls no longer hurt and my ears Have lost that sensation of Being clogged up

And I am nine words away from ending this

[jalicefanficblog]

If you're still taking requests, why not write a Kim Possible fic where Ron and Felix (the guy in a wheelchair who first appeared in the "Motor Ed" episode) are forced to clean up their clothes at a nearby laundromat? As if they've gotten dirty because a passing car stained them with mud or something like that 😋

AN: I like this Idea and it took me a while to finish it ^^. I hope you like what i made out of your Idea :-)

Once upon a Time in a Laundry Salon

“If life gives you a dirty situation - just ask for some money for a laundry salon. No really, no joke. It's one of the best investments of your life. Not only do you get well-washed clothes and a trip in the dryer for the washed clothes… sometimes you also have the coolest and most interesting encounters and conversations!” - Ronald Stoppable held the front door to the local laundromat open, so that Felix Renton could enter the entrance area of ​​the shop in his wheelchair.

Luckily, this small place was handicapped accessible and it was easy to get in with the wheelchair (which Felix had modified, he could even float several meters above the ground in his mobility device) and of course a normal wheelchair, washing and drying clothes was a way for these people to quickly get what they needed done.

“Did you get this wisdom from a fortune cookie? Do they now have fortune cookies at Bueno Nacho?” - Felix asked amusedly and rolled a few steps in front of Ron, a bag of dirty clothes on his lap.

The two boys had been to a game exhibition in the neighboring town of Middletown.

There were a few matches, you could buy exclusive merchandise and test the latest games from the manufacturer and have a good time in the fan community.

It had happened spontaneously that Ron and Felix went to the event together. They had talked about video games over lunch at Bueno Nacho in the presence of Kim and Monique and a certain series had given the boys so much input to talk about that it seemed like they were only talking about it and Monique said that if you keep on talking our ears off, then go to the neighboring town next Saturday, there's an event from the manufacturer… and Ron and Felix were very excited about it… Felix's mother had brought them here in the car at lunch and would pick them up again in about 2 hours.

This detour to the laundromat was not included in the program. Because when the two boys were walking along the main street and were actually going to have dinner in an Italian restaurant after the game manufacturer's event, a pizza… or pasta… or tiramisu… the boys hadn't been able to agree yet and in the middle of the discussion about whether pizza couldn't be dipped in tiramisu and whether it would taste fantastic… a car driving too fast and too close to the sidewalk had caused the boys' pants to get dirty and wet.

So what was the solution to avoid waiting in wet clothes until Felix's mother arrived? Exactly, you look for the nearest laundromat and try to limit the damage.

"No, no fortune cookies at Bueno Nacho. But there's a lot of truth in that saying! My dad met my mom in a laundromat," replied Ron, answering Felix's question before the young man also went inside the shop.

The two boys were not the only people who needed a tumble dryer and a washing machine that evening.

And they were not the only ones standing there in their underwear either. Ron had put his dirty pants in the bag that Felix had with him and while the boy in the wheelchair was looking for some change, Ron looked for a washing machine that was at Felix's eye level.

Because despite the wheelchair there was another problem that Ron only now really recognized.

"Um… do you need help with your pants, right?" - said Ron, scratching the back of his head with his hand and casting a helpless glance at the dirty pants of the boy who was really damn good at video games.

"As high-tech as my wheelchair is, it unfortunately can't help me with that problem, Ron. And I can't feel anything below my stomach area… could be difficult," - said Felix with a hint of sarcasm and obviously took it with humor that Ron seemed a bit clueless.

“No problem, I can help you!” - said Ron and first threw his pants, which were in the bag, into the open drum of the washing machine before helping Felix take off his pants so that they could also end up in the machine.

The two boys talked about all sorts of things during the process of helping Felix take off his pants, joked around and had to pull themselves together not to laugh out loud when the businessman two washing machines away was talking on the phone… because the businessman had just had a small argument with his wife, about whether the house cat should get its own Christmas tree or not.

And the wife in question is clearly of the opinion that the cat deserves it.

“Well, buddy, what do you think? Do you need also a Christmas tree of his own, Rufus?”, grinned Ron, whose pet Rufus had meanwhile moved from his jacket pocket to his shoulder. Rufus grinned enthusiastically and Felix couldn't suppress a quiet laugh.

“Sounds like he's excited. Say, Ron, can I ask you something?”, said Felix after Ron turned on the washing machine and the quiet rattling filled a brief silence.

“Sure! What's it about?”

“How come your pants keep slipping down...like you loose them?”

“Oh…did Kim tell you? It happens all the time on missions! So damn annoying”

But unlike what Ron had expected, Felix didn't laugh at him. He was completely understanding and was simply interested in the background story of why Ron's pants slip down so often in the most inconvenient situations.

“Don't worry, Kim didn't say anything, it's like… a running gag, a joke… but I don't think it's funny… it must be really stupid when you know, okay, my pants don't like me,” - Felix said again with a grin, assuring Ron that he was on his side and that something like that could happen to anyone.

“Thanks Felix… you're one of the few who sees it that way… cool of you,” - Ron gave Felix a grateful high five and the boy was no longer used to anyone other than his BFF Kim telling him that it wasn't funny… his pants problem. He himself took it with humor now and laughed about it, but it was really impractical.

“I'm so cool - and cool on wheels!” - Felix laughed once and swung his wheelchair in a circle so that, thanks to years of practice, he could brake it precisely and look really cool at the same time.

Rufus applauded, impressed, and Ron also thought that was really cool of Felix.

“Can your wheelchair take my math test on Monday?” - Ron wanted to know in all seriousness.

“Sorry Ron, my wheelchair can’t help you with that,” grinned Felix and the quiet beeping of the washing machine told the boys, that the dirty clothes had now been cleaned and just needed to go in the dryer.

Ron took on this task and a few moments later had the no longer dirty but wet pants and socks in his hands and was now looking for a free dryer.

“Urgh…why is it so high?”, Ron complained and Felix had an idea. His wheelchair had recently built a prototype for floating/flying and it was still a bit chaotic…but maybe it would help Ron not to feel so bad about his pants problem.

“Jump on! I have an idea!” - said Felix and Ron sat on Felix's lap and a panicked "Aaaaah Shit" escaped Ron as Felix's wheelchair wobbled a little and damn wobbly a few meters in the air, and so Ron was not only able to reach the dryer which was higher up, but also put the wet clothes in there and switch on the technical device.

A few moments later the dryer rattled away and showed the two friends that they only had 40 minutes left in the room.

And the two boys used this time to chat about all sorts of things.

Ron sat down on a chair next to Felix's wheelchair and the two realized that they had other things in common besides their passion for video games.

Not being the norm at school, being a bit of an outsider and a loser, and both had a humorous, slightly silly way of being and when the beeping machine announced after 40 minutes that the laundry was now dry, Ron wanted to get up and use the small chair to get the two pairs of pants and socks out, but Felix got there first and used his wheelchair again to hand Ron his things a few moments later. He slowly landed on the floor again and Ron put the now dry and slightly warm pants and socks back on.

“Would you be so kind and help me again?” - Felix asked after Ron had slipped into his shoes and Felix demonstratively held up his pants and socks with his right hand.

“Of course! Rufus? Sock duty?” - Ron said helpfully, while Rufus took his task very seriously and helped Felix get new socks.

When Ron, with Felix's help, had returned the trousers to the man and stood up - the two left hands of the young people touched and Ron felt as if he had received an electric shock… but not in a negative way… it was… intensely beautiful and suddenly there were butterflies in Ron's stomach, flapping their wings excitedly.

Part of him wanted to pull his hand away from Felix's hand… but the boy in the wheelchair, almost with presence of mind, gently stroked the fingers of Ron's hand with his fingers.

So Ron did not pull his hand back and just gave Felix a brief smile. He knew not what that meant…he didn't know if Felix's gesture was purely positive friendship or if there was more to it…something Ron had never thought of.

Just as Ron was about to open his mouth and say something to lighten the mood, Felix's cell phone rang and with his free hand Felix unlocked the cell phone and made a quick call to his mother.

His hand remained on Ron's and suddenly Ron felt somehow warm…as if he had just done a round in the dryer himself.

"…okay, we'll be there in five minutes, see you soon, Mum" - with these words Felix ended the conversation and looked at Ron.

"You were right, Ron…a laundromat is really a special place" - Felix squeezed Ron's hand once, almost as light as a feather, and winked at him.

And Ron's cheeks took on a delicate pink tone and he returned the wink, which made Felix giggle quietly.

And the giggles were almost as exhilarating , as winning a video game. Except that… whatever was going to happen between him and Felix now would be happening in real life.

And who knows… maybe these unplanned visits to laundromats , would be one of those things, that would teach them more about themselves?

Because Felix and Ron couldn't deny their developing feelings.

Something that Rufus clearly understood too, and he would put his matchmaking skills to good use , the next time the young people met.

THE END

[mariacallous]

Beyond the padlocked metal gate, beyond the silent train crossing, lie 4.8 million square feet of concrete—weeds and saplings pressing through the cracks, rubble heaped on the ground, environmental dangers lurking in the soil.

The immense site, especially dreary on the hard-rain, late-winter morning when I was back in Janesville, was the home of General Motors’ oldest operating assembly plant, long the heart and economic soul of this small southern Wisconsin city. In its heyday a half-century ago, the Janesville Assembly Plant boasted 7,000 workers.

Even when the last Chevy Tahoe rolled off the assembly line two days before Christmas of 2008, about 3,000 GM’ers were still there that final year to lose their well-paid jobs, and the closing and the bad economy swept away thousands of other jobs nearby.

I had first come to Janesville as the United States was creeping out of the Great Recession. I was looking for a spot to write a close-up of what happens to a perfectly ordinary place when good work goes away, and this county seat, surrounded by farmland about 100 miles northwest of Chicago, seemed promising. I spent several years getting to know auto-working families stung by vanished jobs, community leaders trying to coax the city out of the economic trauma and the shifting texture of Janesville itself.

Falling out of the middle class, I learned, is not the same as having been poor all along, bruising people’s identity along with their standard of living. Job retraining, I found, was not always a panacea. And as the 2016 election cycle was bringing Donald Trump to the fore, I saw the kind of post-industrial distress that attracted voters elsewhere to his flavor of populism—even as Janesville remained a Democratic-leaning union town.

Now, seven years after my book, Janesville: An American Story, came out, as the rain clattered on my rental car, I wondered what lessons this place might yield about the United States’ economy and communities’ hopes in this starkly different time. If this small city in America’s heartland served as a handy microcosm of what happened during the recession of 2007 to 2009, what could it tell us about the kinds of jobs America has been spawning lately, the geography of industrial development, the expectations that Biden administration policies have infused in another election year among communities in which traditional industry has become merely a memory.

And what I learned this time is a reminder that, often, more than one thing can be true at once. This small city has a plucky, resilient streak, so I was not surprised to hear while I was back in town an overt pride in its considerable recovery. And yet, that is not its only trajectory. The present-day story of Janesville also illustrates U.S. manufacturing’s waning and, in particular, the difficulty of finding fresh uses for the vestiges of auto plants the country has abandoned.

[spookysaladchaos]

Global top 13 companies accounted for 66% of Total Frozen Spring Roll market(qyresearch, 2021)

The table below details the Discrete Manufacturing ERP revenue and market share of major players, from 2016 to 2021. The data for 2021 is an estimate, based on the historical figures and the data we interviewed this year.

Major players in the market are identified through secondary research and their market revenues are determined through primary and secondary research. Secondary research includes the research of the annual financial reports of the top companies; while primary research includes extensive interviews of key opinion leaders and industry experts such as experienced front-line staffs, directors, CEOs and marketing executives. The percentage splits, market shares, growth rates and breakdowns of the product markets are determined through secondary sources and verified through the primary sources.

According to the new market research report “Global Discrete Manufacturing ERP Market Report 2023-2029”, published by QYResearch, the global Discrete Manufacturing ERP market size is projected to reach USD 9.78 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 10.6% during the forecast period.

Figure.   Global Frozen Spring Roll Market Size (US$ Mn), 2018-2029

Figure.   Global Frozen Spring Roll Top 13 Players Ranking and Market Share（Based on data of 2021, Continually updated）

The global key manufacturers of Discrete Manufacturing ERP include Visibility, Global Shop Solutions, SYSPRO, ECi Software Solutions, abas Software AG, IFS AB, QAD Inc, Infor, abas Software AG, ECi Software Solutions, etc. In 2021, the global top five players had a share approximately 66.0% in terms of revenue.

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QYResearch is a world-renowned large-scale consulting company. The industry covers various high-tech industry chain market segments, spanning the semiconductor industry chain (semiconductor equipment and parts, semiconductor materials, ICs, Foundry, packaging and testing, discrete devices, sensors, optoelectronic devices), photovoltaic industry chain (equipment, cells, modules, auxiliary material brackets, inverters, power station terminals), new energy automobile industry chain (batteries and materials, auto parts, batteries, motors, electronic control, automotive semiconductors, etc.), communication industry chain (communication system equipment, terminal equipment, electronic components, RF front-end, optical modules, 4G/5G/6G, broadband, IoT, digital economy, AI), advanced materials industry Chain (metal materials, polymer materials, ceramic materials, nano materials, etc.), machinery manufacturing industry chain (CNC machine tools, construction machinery, electrical machinery, 3C automation, industrial robots, lasers, industrial control, drones), food, beverages and pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, agriculture, etc.

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Top 10 Innovative Cars

The cars of today owe a lot to the vehicles that came before them. Car design has always been about innovation and breaking new ground, but it's rare to find an automobile that can genuinely be said to have changed everything that came afterwards. The cars in this list were not your average motors - each and every one of them had an influence that reached far beyond their original conception. Here are the unique stories of ten of the most innovative and influential cars ever produced.

Ford Model T (1908)

The first massed produced automobile.

The Model T - colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie - is generally regarded as the first affordable car in the world, and the vehicle that opened up a world of automobile travel to the middle classes. Ford's assembly line production made it all possible, setting a standard of manufacturing that influenced almost every industry in the world. Produced between 1908 and 1927, more than 15 million Tin Lizzies were sold, and the car gave mobility to the masses. For that reason, it is often considered to be one of the most influential developments in the history of design and production.

Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (1908)

The first military car.

At the time of its development, the beautiful Rolls Royce Silver Ghost was considered to be at the forefront of luxury car design. However, it was to become something much more important than a toy for the rich. In 1914, all Silver Ghost chassis were re-purposed to form the basis for a brand new armored car, and the vehicles ended up playing a significant part in World War I, the Irish Civil War, the Turkish Wars and even World War II. In doing so, the Silver Ghost gave birth to the modern concept of mechanized military conflicts and ended the days of the horse cavalry.

Austin Seven (1922)

The first 'people's car'.

The Austin 7 is a legendary British car that was hugely successful both in its home country and abroad. It is often seen as the forerunner to the modern automobile as we know it, and made a huge impact on the economy car market that was comparable to the innovative inroads made by the Ford Model T fifteen years before. It is seen as the first 'people's car' that further popularized motoring, and it was re-bodied to form the basis for the first cars produced by BMW, Nissan, Lotus, Jaguar and the Australian firm Holden.

Volkswagen Beetle (1938)

The mechanical innovator that became a cultural icon.

It's hard to find another automobile with the rich history of the Volkswagen Beetle. The brainchild of Ferdinand Porsche, it was one of the first rear-engine automobiles and was specifically designed to travel at 100kph on Germany's autobahn highway system. It also featured one of the world's first air-cooled engine designs, but its impact went way beyond its mechanical innovations. Its production lasted for 65 years between 1938 and 2006 - the longest ever run for a single design concept - and it was the first car to truly become a cultural icon (helped by the 'Herbie' films of course), showing that motor cars had a place in wider entertainment.

BMC Mini (1959)

The early 'hot hatchback'.

Another car that gained an influence outside of the motoring world is the much loved BMC mini. It was conceptualized as a car for everyone and went on to be produced in over 100 variants in countries all over the globe. It was also one of the first modern front wheel drive cars, and made the idea of the small 'hot hatchback' cool. This simple, little car which came to symbolize the 'swinging' 60s, was one of the first efficient 'city' cars and became a rally car, racing legend and movie icon in pictures like The Italian Job.

Citroen DS (1955)

The groundbreaking car that influenced car design for years.

The Citroën DS always occupies high places when experts are looking to crown the best car of all time, and with good reason. This executive car was years ahead of its time and it's widely accepted that every modern car model can in some way trace its design back to the DS. It was the first mass production car to include disc brakes, featured an aerodynamic body design considered futuristic at the time but standard today, it had hydraulic suspensions and revolving headlights, and sold a then-record 12,000 units on its first day of release. It remains one of the most influential automobile designs ever produced.

Jaguar E-Type (1961)

The luxury icon of the 1960s.

The Jaguar E-Type is one of the most beautiful sports cars ever to grace the road, and a legend of 1960s design. At a time when most cars were more about practicality than style and performance, the E-Type boasted top of speeds in excess of 150mph and could travel 0-60mph in under 7 seconds. It was the first production vehicle that didn't feature a body fixed to a separate chassis, instead, it employed a 'racing design' where the body was attached to a tubular framework. It will always be associated with high performance and sleek sophistication, and it influenced sports car designed long after it left the production line.

Lamborghini Miura (1966)

The world's first super car.

The Lamborghini Miura was the world's first super car, and pushed the boundaries of what people thought was possible in automobile design. It ushered in the era of the high-performance, two-seater sports car and was lightning quick - comfortably the fastest road car in production when it was first released. The design shared much more in common with the race cars of the day, rather than the sleek touring car designs that had previously been favored by car firm bosses, including Ferruccio Lamborghini himself, who objected the original concept for the Miura, forcing the company's engineers to design it in their spare time.

Chrysler Minivan (1983)

The first ever multi-passenger mini-van.

In 1983, Chrysler effectively invented the Minivan and changed the way cars were conceptualized for good. The Minivan's design grew from the need for a vehicle suitable for larger families, which still retained the driveability of a normal car. It looked boxy, but had a sliding side door that made loading the kids in the car easy, yet it was small enough to fit in a standard parking spot. Owning one came to symbolise both financial, adult success and, paradoxically, 'lost youth' in 1980s America. The car changed the landscape of automobile design forever. 

Toyota Prius (1997)

The world's first mass-produced electric hybrid vehicle.

The Toyota Prius was the first mass-produced hybrid, electric vehicle in the world, and its influence is probably yet to be fully realized. Just as the Model T and Austin 7 brought automobiles to the masses, the Prius broke new ground in the important quest for an electric powered alternative to modern gas guzzlers and remains one of the most environmentally friendly cars sold to date (now in its fourth generation, it remains in production). For all these reasons, the Prius deserves its place on this list of the most innovative car designs of all time.

[douradoluxurycar]

Discover Extravagance: Luxury Car Dealerships in Dubai Offer the Ultimate in Opulence and Performance

Dubai is known for its opulence and luxury lifestyle, and there are several luxury car dealerships in the city where you can find high-end vehicles. Keep in mind that the availability of specific brands and models may change over time, so it's a good idea to check the latest information and visit the dealerships' websites or contact them directly for the most up-to-date offerings. Here are some luxury car dealerships in Dubai that were well-known in Luxury car industry.

Al Nabooda Automobiles: Al Nabooda Automobiles is one of the largest dealerships for Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen in Dubai. They have a strong presence in the region and offer a range of luxury vehicles.

Al Tayer Motors: This dealership represents several luxury car brands, including Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, and Bentley. They have a flagship showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.

Dourado Luxury Car : This dealership is the leading car dealer for new and used vehicles in Dubai with an inventory of over 300+ luxury cars from leading brands. They have a strong presence in the region and offer a range of luxury vehicles.

AGMC: AGMC is the official dealer for BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce in Dubai. They have multiple showrooms and service centers across the city.

Emirates Motor Company: As the authorized distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Emirates Motor Company offers a wide selection of Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

Premier Motors: This dealership is known for selling high-end cars, including the likes of Maserati and Ferrari.

Lamborghini Dubai: As the name suggests, this dealership specializes in Lamborghini vehicles, catering to the elite sports car market.

McLaren Dubai: McLaren fans can visit this dealership to explore the British manufacturer's high-performance sports cars.

Bentley Dubai: Bentley Dubai is the place to go if you're interested in purchasing a Bentley luxury automobile.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Dubai: For those seeking the pinnacle of luxury, Rolls-Royce offers a range of bespoke luxury vehicles, and the Dubai dealership is a showcase for these exquisite cars.

Bugatti UAE: If you have a passion for the fastest and most exclusive hypercars, Bugatti's dealership in the UAE is worth a visit.

Remember that Dubai is home to some of the world's wealthiest individuals, and the city's luxury car dealerships cater to this clientele by offering an extensive selection of high-end and exotic vehicles.

[wetsteve3]

Matching numbers bike

Odometer reads 386 miles Highly original, shows as new Frame and engine no. 7F01404H7 Willie G's Cafe Racer, stock and unmodified Displayed in private collection for 24 years 1000cc engine Owner's manual Original service manual Harley-Davidson parts catalog Original Harley-Davidson keys

Since its inception, the motorcycle has lent itself to the needs of riders determined to ride them in every possible environment with a never-ending thirst for speed and style. Originating on the city streets and country back roads in England in the 1960s, the cafe racer has endured as a timeless expression of motorcycle customization, joining the ranks of iconic genres like board track racers, choppers and bobbers. The stripped-down and hopped-up British cafe racers zooming between pubs were purpose-built for optimizing speed and handling. Still, the minimalist style that resulted has echoed in every decade since to become a staple genre in motorcycle culture. The cafe racer movement was so significant upon its arrival that many of the world’s top manufacturers began rolling out production models into their lineups by the 1970s.

One such iconic machine was the brainchild of a young Willie G. Davidson of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company, who pulled inspiration from the vibrant cafe racer culture in the U.K. to produce his own version with a distinctly American DNA. Using Harley-Davidson’s existing XLCH Sportster as a foundation, Davidson and his team unveiled the XLCR (cafe racer) in 1977, a model which it is safe to say raised quite a few eyebrows. At its heart was a 61 CI (1000cc) OHV V-twin and 4-speed gearbox built in-unit, which could push the hefty 550-pound machine to a top speed of 115 MPH.

Where its British and Italian counterparts drew from a heritage of Grand Prix racing to inspire their styling, the XLCR married its heritage of flat track racing and the increasingly popular street tracker style to produce a menacing, all-black beast of a motorcycle. A flat track fuel tank, ducktail rear section and bikini fairing captured the cafe racer look, while 2-into-1 exhaust, disc brakes and Morris mag wheels completed what was, at the time, the fastest Harley-Davidson on the market. Displayed in a private collection for 24 years and accompanied by its owner’s manual, original service manual, a Harley-Davidson parts catalog and the original Harley-Davidson keys, this incredibly original 1977 Harley-Davidson XLCR has turned over less than 400 miles, which—given its limited overall production and increasing collectability—makes this American cafe racer an extremely rare and classic motorcycle.

[the-firebird69]

This is the kind of look we're looking for you can have the horizontal lines but we'd rather not because fabric really doesn't do that this isn't a kit and it's a wide body it's not for a Firebird but this is what we like and we like how this is molded and fits. We'll make it one or two modifications when is you have to fit it to the Firebird and it is a nuisance to try and do it so they'll probably eventually make a new one probably today they say and I would add some fairings to the bottom to make it look like the firebird itself which already has a supercar bottom fairing and he says to why not use the ones that are there there'd be too deeply insect but you can make the kids so you take those off and put them back on and it's something of a Hallmark of our son and daughter who likes to incorporate real pieces of the body then you have to widen it a little I'm so really need a new mold but the original design would be incorporated not necessarily the original price and the bumper has to go it has to look like this you don't want that saggy bumper out there or on the front ever it looks incredibly awful but it was a way to cover it up and we used it to put things on and roll them into the trunk yes and our son and daughter say huge bags of rice and giant bags of beans

Frank Castle hardcastle

And I'm in the above too

Duke nukem Blockbuster

About 30 lb bags so that way that big we could set them on the rear end really 40 lb bags and sit on there and 80 lb bags of concrete that was helpful right there that last one it makes it with the rice I've already probably said enough but here we go this is going to work and they're going to get to it and that's what the new Firebird will look like a super car cuz they really should they should not look like these s***** cars and Chrysler is going to come out with a line of them and they're going to look like s*** this is going to work these cars going to be hot and it keeps the original look of the car and the particular year that it started becoming a supercar and the induction system is perfect it's going to rule

Thor Freya

Also have had enough of their little game mentality but they look familiar and they're from a movie it's not West side story it's warriors and they kick their own ass pretty bad and they're going to start fights and get beat up and have fun and then they'll be gone

You're approving this design it's awesome and the company that does this is going to get with the other one they said so you know how to make it and they want to incorporate the Firebird rear panel and not the bumper

Olympus

it's a damn nuisance it's the ugliest buffer in history yeah a lot of people got away with stuff 80 lb bags of concrete stuff like that it's gross

Manufacturer of the aftermarket rear panel as you see here and we're going to produce a ton of them apparently I'm familiar with the car he's talking about it's a V6 it's the one with 235 horsepower when you put these fairings on it adds a little weight no because you're taking the old ones off and it takes weight off I always make them wrong and heavy and out of this plastic like a garbage can and when you put them on there harder and the carbon reinforced and nowadays are modern and strong and they come with a subframe too and bumper and our kids all together looks like the one you shown but we're going to modify it to look exactly like it and round it it's awesome this is an awesome kit and people will know who we are from the rear, and it starts off going 180 and you end up going $285 mph same motor one person in it same car no engine modifications if you modify the engine with a DOT exhaust and you get to take off the top end if you had a top into it as well you're talking about 385 to 400 miles per hour it is a very fast car and the rims and tires are fine and now you have to change those to fit and we like the zero profile ideas the kit was shown it's not that great and we're going to modify hours to mirror it and we have those panels and we're going to make the wheel wells work properly the heights will be proper and we will note how high and the front end will be right and fit with the side panels and side panels stick with the doors and the rear panels fit with the door and the new rear end will fits with the end panels everything will fit in combination and you can see the car above that's our kit

[golden-spike]

How ya feel about Greaseball?

[audio in the future]

Rolling Stock Review

Union Pacific's Pacific Daylight "Greaseball" the passenger diesel.

In 1971, the City of Los Angeles took his last trip. That last trip was the final trip for all Union Pacific Passenger trains. Only two years after my manufacture.

Decades later on the company's 150th anniversary we were all told big things were happening. Every decade a new piece of rolling stock was ceremoniously given to me for my service as Yardmaster. However, ever time it had been a coach. I was not looking forward to this and I was already irritated by my company's insistence of giving me coaches. When Pacific Daylight was unveiled I had to hold back my reaction. An engine but not just any engine but a twin motor passenger diesel. He was and is absolutely beautiful. Built with be best masculine curves and a voice perfect for a diesel's ears. Passenger service as a whole had just been reborn with him and I knew it then.

His frame was an upgrade to the DDA40x model, resolving issues that we had such as shearing bolts on our fuel tanks, inner frame bending, and buckling struts. His styling was a call back to the streamlined diesels of yesteryear to inspire people to ride the rails again. He not only was seriously strong but seriously fast without a sacrifice to the smoothness of the ride.

The company didn't give him his passenger train in the beginning. They focused on testing his AI and seeing if the code needed any further updating since the passenger engine lineage of code was decades old despite the newer code that was injected to bring it up to current standard. Once he proves himself, his coaches Affogato, Aurora, and Solara were given to him.

The company had him race early on to show that Union Pacific was still the best of the breed. A title we earned long ago. These races and competitions became important to him. It was how he made an identity for himself beyond 'Golden Spike's Lieutenant'. I prayed to Starlight for his safety every day and when he raced I prayed every hour.

He easily pulled in people with his charisma like a great storm. They revolved around him. Coaches and engines. They became his gang of diesels and his gossip crew of coaches. It was adorable. He learned how to do the coaches hair and was an absolute sweetheart. He cleaned their carriages and carried supplies to their carriages. He made sure that his closest gang engines were always well fueled. I frequently saw him and his favorite three freight haulers hug and kiss before they left the yard.

He always picked Dinah as his coach for races. Taught her how to defend herself and how to fight. Punches and kicks in races are not cheating. It is allowed and part of the spectacle for the humans we do this for. Competitions were simply another way for railroads to make money. Everything is about money. We are all children of profit. The moment we are not profitable, we are done for.

Greaseball always worked hard and when he didn't pull passengers he would volunteer to pull freight in a lash up with his gang members. I wish every engine was as wonderful as he. I am absolutely honored to have had him as mine.

[johnschneiderblog]

Muscle memory

Somewhere on I-69 around Auburn, Indiana, as we motored southward to see the kids, the odometer on our 8-year-old Impala registered 100,000.

Big deal, you might say. So what?, you might ask. And I would agree that getting 100,000 miles out of a car these days is hardly noteworthy. They do it without even breaking a sweat.

Keep in mind, however, that I’m old enough to remember when coaxing 100,000 out of a Detroit-made rust-bucket was cause for celebration. In fact, the odometers only went to 99,999; past that, it “rolled over,” back to 00,001. It’s muscle memory that makes me sit up and take notice at 100,000 miles.

So, what changed? As a son of Detroit, it hurts me to say this but the answer is foreign imports - Hondas, Toyota, Volkswagens, etc.  It took the automakers overseas to show American car-buyers that planned obsolescence and slipshod manufacturing weren’t the only possibilities.

Fortunately, the Big Three took the lesson.