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JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

@CPFC1905 and @Eoin

lousubcap

CPFC1905

JohnInCarolina said:

@CPFC1905 and @Eoin

Since Liam still moves amongst us, could you call that a near miss? 

JohnInCarolina

CPFC1905 said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@CPFC1905 and @Eoin

Since Liam still moves amongst us, could you call that a near miss? 

Indeed.  It’s good to know he has a career in sketch comedy if the music thing doesn’t work out.

JohnInCarolina

dbCooper

Canugghead

Remember this?

Botch

CBS Saturday Morning had a fascinating segment about a new "sport" called Geoguessr.  Basically it's a worldwide group of folks with no life, and photographic memories (it's a thing, I've met two).  They basically visit as many places as possible via Google Streetview, and using all kinds of clues like sidewalks, license plates, utility pole markings, soil, vegetation, etc, they're able to memorize where that place is, and can identify a location shown to them within a second.  I was a bit flabbergasted.
 
The CBS News website doesn't like my ad blockers, so I wasn't able to grab a link to this story, but I did find one from Wired magazine, posted below.  The CBS story had a cool blurb about an orphaned/adopted guy who didn't know his Mom's name, or where she was from; all he had was a single photograph of her.  A Geoguessr was able to identify the mountain behind her in the photograph, the town in Europe, and armed with his Mom's photo found locals who could identify her and introduce him to his relatives!!  This was just fascinating to me.  
 
https://youtu.be/0p5Eb4OSZCs?si=javN9Dg9w18NmEHN
 
 
 
It's kinda fun to go to https://www.google.com/streetview/ and type in your own address, and see your own home as anyone in the world can:
 

 
My place has lotsa street appeal  The two boulevard trees are both dead/gone now, and I will be replacing the grass in the boulevard with crushed rock, and three ornamental grasses (lotsa homes in my neighborhood are going to xeriscape/desert, with the climate change).  

dbCooper

@fishlessman - I know you have a appreciation for classic wooden boats.  This is on a whole different level than the the ones I have seen.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-riva-tritone/

fishlessman

dbCooper said:

@fishlessman - I know you have a appreciation for classic wooden boats.  This is on a whole different level than the the ones I have seen.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-riva-tritone/

thats a beauty, mostly old chriscraft here and i have an old wooden sebago boat for a project someday. nothing like that

i withdrew my bid though, the center horn button is out of alignment.......

dbCooper

Share details on your Sebago sometime.

fishlessman

dbCooper said:

Share details on your Sebago sometime.

its clinker constructed (lapstrake) very light compared to the construction of the boat you posted. this one is a 1966 sebago runabout/ski boat. takes about a week to soak it til it swells enough to float. volvo p1800 engine still works, the 1966 p1800 was the engine that someone drove for 3.2 million miles, this one still starts right up. right now its just being stored in the garage for a future project if i ever get the time. it was originally built just down the street from the camp. pbucket has a ransom on the better pics, this is the only one left i could find online

dbCooper

Looks like a neat boat, hopefully you find the time get it back on the water.

lousubcap

LEGO built a full-scale, drivable McLaren P1 model

It can't hit 217 mph, but it did complete a lap at the Silverstone Circuit.

https://www.popsci.com/technology/full-scale-lego-mclaren-p1/
Also posted on the exotics thread.

lousubcap

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger

This is the coolest thing you’ll see today. 

lousubcap

Karl Rove imitating CHEETO and Bill Clinton:
https://x.com/TheAtlantic/status/1837138090667762046

Ike

Tim Walz's ride  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-B0_OKkeg

Botch

Ike said:

Tim Walz's ride  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-B0_OKkeg

That was very satisfying to watch; but reading some of the comments below it was even better.  Thanks for posting that.  

Ike

Didn't really know where to post it, didn't want to take a chance of turning the Exotic Cars thread political.

lousubcap

@Ike Given a Friday night I would hold off til Saturday mid-day and then give the post a slick name and make it a stand-alone thread on the main board.  
I figure it will definitely survive the weekend and beyond especially if you toss in BGE somewhere in the title.  I would go straight with Walz.  Harris is too easy.
"Walz and tuning a 1979 IH Scout while pining for a BGE here in Minnesota?" I'm sure in the cold light of day things will become much more clear.  FWIW-

Ike

@lousubcap couldn't wait til tomorrow

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

Legume

**** showing for US automakers.

Buick is kind of surprising in that it's separated from GM/Chevy when you see how Toyota/Lexus and Honda/Acura are clustered.  I don't know if the Buick demographic is the same as it used to be, probably skews a little younger now, but was wondering if driving temperament accounts for that difference.

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

**** showing for US automakers.

Buick is kind of surprising in that it's separated from GM/Chevy when you see how Toyota/Lexus and Honda/Acura are clustered.  I don't know if the Buick demographic is the same as it used to be, probably skews a little younger now, but was wondering if driving temperament accounts for that difference.

I was kind of surprised to see the Mini positioned where it is.

DoubleEgger

Consumer Reports once proclaimed that Old Milwaukee was the best beer in America. They have zero credibility after that debacle. 

dbCooper

Odd that the ranking is for cars and Buick no longer makes those, full lineup is SUV's.  Similar with GMC and Jeep being ranked on there while only making trucks/SUV's.