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Pretty sure Potassium should be a "See you on the other side" element. Along with any other metal that spontaneously combusts in the presence of water.

Pic unrelated. I think these would look really cool if that awful bumper was taken out back and shot.

 

Yesterday, an F/A-18E Super Hornet fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) into the Red Sea.

The US Navy has released an explenation that the jet was being moved onto an aircraft elevator when the ship listed during an "evasive maneuver," causing the jet to roll off the edge and fall into the water, where it was lost.

A new photo, published anonymously this morning, calls that explanation into question.

 

I knew a guy that had one of the last V12 coupes - it was a metallic silver with body-color bumpers, don’t know if it came that way or if it had been painted by the original owner. It was prettier in person than in photos, and had a typically nice Jag interior. He kept it in his garage, and only rarely drove it. He claimed he was trying to preserve it, since it would be worth more as a low-mileage “classic.” I think it’s much more likely that it rarely ran well, if at all - the V12s were known for serious electrical issues. I understand that heat soak in the engine bay caused some of the problems.

 

That Jag wishes it was this baller:

 

 

I've been so busy contributing to the media-brainwashing of the American people all day that I almost forgot to mention this milestone:

Today, we recognize TWENTY YEARS of Braineack on MiataTurbo.net.

 

 

 

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¡Feliz Cinco de Meow!

 

Attention, fellow Gen-X'ers. The following is a public service announcement:

Today is Kurt Loder's 80th birthday.





Eighty.


Eight-zero.


That is all.

 

 

My Dad just turned 80. I'm trying to imagine him being up to date with current music...

 

Lol

 

I've oft reflected upon the fact that I've owned pretty much nothing but motorcycles and small convertibles since I was 19.

I'm about to turn 50, so I'm definitely due for a mid-life crisis as a matter of pure statistics. But I've no idea what the signs would be.

Brainey did it the obvious / low-effort way.

 

If you've owned motorcycles and sports cars your whole life, you probably don't need a mid-life crisis.

 

 

Do you ever find yourself casting covetous looks at Lincoln Town Cars?

 

He said he's about to turn 50, not 80.