tingilinde

people power

an interesting take on railroads

 

old ferraris

No CG ..  getting and paying for permits must have been interesting.  Ferrari provided the cars from their collection. A tip of the hat to Roland.

 

the sheldon and unrequited love

Not what one expects in Alaska

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When he donated the car in 1931, one of the local reporters asked him ‘Mr. Sheldon, did you marry this girl?’ He said, ‘No, but three other fellows have since then,’” Vinton says, adding that the woman’s mother had told her to stay “‘away from Bobby. He’s a genius, but they’re only one step away from insanity’.”

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a tip of the hat to Sukie

 

proper trailer weight distribution

This may not apply to anyone here, but a very nice demonstration

subway door stand clear melodies

Not something I had thought about, but there's a good amount of variation.

 

flying advice seven years ago

Seven years ago Craig Mod posted a piece  on surviving flying.  

One section leaps out

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You will balk. You will say, I cannot do that. But you must, I say. Of all the tricks I have developed over 13 years and one hundred plus international flights, no trick provides more pleasure per dollar, more comfort once you’ve landed than this trick. This trick I give to you gratis: the mask. Wait! Don’t run away. Hear me out. The white mask, the trick of Japanese travelers for decades, handed out in Economy Plus and Business Class on All Nippon Airways, the universal symbol for bird flu, the surgeon’s face armor. The mask’s role is two-fold: protect you from the horror that is the air aboard airplanes, and create a microclimate for your nose and mouth.

They say the Dreamliner has a higher humidity (10%-15%) than your average plane (7%). Sure, and there are tiny shaded spots in the Gobi Desert that, too, have higher humidity than those spots in direct sunlight. Don’t mean it’s comfortable.

People will stare at the masked you. Concerned American women will ask if you’re OK. Your British seat mate will shift uncomfortably. Simply lean over and offer him one, a mask. Smile. Remember, you are calm. You are the Dalai Lama. You have been Doing Work for hours while others worried their way through check-in and security. Smile (they’ll see it in your eyes even if your mouth is covered). Always carry two masks for this purpose. To disarm. You are a missionary of the Church of Mask. Confidently spread your microclimate knowledge of personal humidity.

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a tip of the hat to Mike

 

 

a car of the future from about 70 years ago

flying is a heavily regulated privilege and not a right

You can't smoke onboard - why should infection risks be allowed to fly?

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The same principle applies to limiting the spread of the coronavirus. The number of COVID-19 cases keeps growing, even though remarkably safe, effective vaccines are widely available, at least to adults. Many public agencies are responding by reimposing masking rules on everyone. But at this stage of the pandemic, tougher universal restrictions are not the solution to continuing viral spread. While flying, vaccinated people should no longer carry the burden for unvaccinated people. The White House has rejected a nationwide vaccine mandate—a sweeping suggestion that the Biden administration could not easily enact if it wanted to—but a no-fly list for unvaccinated adults is an obvious step that the federal government should take. It will help limit the risk of transmission at destinations where unvaccinated people travel—and, by setting norms that restrict certain privileges to vaccinated people, will also help raise the stagnant vaccination rates that are keeping both the economy and society from fully recovering.

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if you make the wrong bet

By going against electric vehicles ..  what do you do?  Toyota offers an example.

 

 

 

car rental

A current horror story