Cool stuff.


Porsche tractor:


http://www.farmcollector.com/-/media...D10B13790C784A


Porsche plowing a field:


https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7172/1...b62be8a7_k.jpg

Space battle with lasers!

Jaws, can you bite that cable so we can get back to Earth?


Roger Moore was my favorite bond, but jeez that was a weird one.

GTFO, Roger Moore sucks.

Sir Sean Connery is the essential James Bond
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130217190224

I assume you meant quintessential, but I disagree.

Also, a secrent agent always pays his debts.
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1/3 scale V10 on MS3

I require that a kart be constructed around this.

I don't care if it only lasts one lap, it will be a glorious lap.



That having been said, the following is my fanwanking pet theory: James Bond is not a man. Like Q and M, he is an occupation; a job title. Over the years, many men have served their country in this role, and each has made a unique and valuable contribution to MI6.

Except George Lazenby.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f9111cb63e.png

And yet only Craig knows to keep his booger-hook off the bang-switch...


Anyway, does anyone know why these drawers command so much money?

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...34136721db.jpg

Quoted for emphasis.

because manufacturers know that you don't make decisions based on the drawer, but rather on the equipment that sits atop it. Once you do decide on the equipment, you have exactly one choice for drawer; yes or no. If you want it, you really want it, and if you don't want it, then you weren't going to buy it anyways, so the price is very inelastic. Lastly, manufacturers change the design just often enough that when your washer or dryer fails, you won't be able to reuse the perfectly good pedestal with whatever new equipment you purchase, even if it is from the exact same model lineup. The end result is they can get away with charging you $300 for a drawer that your $400 washer sits on, because there is no competition and no used drawer market
http://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/i/spin/ima...3&op_sharpen=1

^Probably spot-on.

Follow-up question: Why do people buy those drawers, anyway?

More specifically, why not just construct (or pay a local carpenter to construct) a shelf which contains drawers, but which also raises the washer and dryer up to a reasonable height? I mean, I realize that I'm on the taller end of "this is just barely normal," but even someone at the shorter end of normal (say, 5'0") still has to bend over to reach the clothes on the inside.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e1fc378070.png


In homes with separate cooktops / ovens, the wall oven is customarily mounted at arm-level. Same goes for microwave ovens in built-in or over-the-range installations. So why is it considered universally acceptable for the clothes portal to be at knee-height?

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ec86a46054.png

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d0d431af32.png



Am I really the only Penn in an appliance-buying world filled with Tellers?

Not my actual family, but pretty close to what we look like:


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...38fe5bb542.png

Fixed that for ya.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...eaf3ab78e2.jpg

Because financing and matching bullshit?

y8s does not abide.
I used shit I had laying around my shed, bought two elfa wire drawers and fabbed some wood rails to slide them on. white paint later and I have a basement quality riser pair:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9564f6a044.png

Of course if you need a second washing machine for some reason, you can buy that option too. It's stupid expensive.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9707207caf.png

I bought a "stacked laundry center" for $500 13 years ago, in the scratch and dent section at Sears. The buzzer for the dryer has gone rogue, it goes off randomly throughout the drying cycle. Other than that, it has survived 5 moves and is still going strong.

http://c.shld.net/rpx/i/s/i/spin/101...6&op_sharpen=1

http://auto-database.com/image/pictu...990-97687.jpg?

https://ranwhenparkeddotnet.files.wo...-1.jpg?w=1000?

Just the position of the car on the road says so much about that driver. :giggle:




http://www.visitroseburg.com/wp-cont...art-134110.png

^^ Ehh, looks quite "techie" and all, but I have to say I'm not that impressed with the resulting lap time. At 2:40.33, it is hardly comparable to humans in lesser supercars. :dunno:

Circuit of the Americas lap times - FastestLaps.com

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01...g?v=1489676183

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01...g?v=1489675332

Professor of Trajectory Optimization?

That sounds like some European Hippy Socialist Junk.

Just got back from picking up my mom. 90 years old, and she was the victim of a hit & run. She's okay, but the car is not.

2014 Camry with less than 6500 miles. I don't think they'll total it, but it took a hard hit. Headlight shattered into a million pieces, but the damn bulbs still work, go figure. I was more pissed about the whole mess than she was. Sorry for the crappy pics:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3e62d554db.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7fa84d58fb.jpg

Wooo! Ep 15 posted up today!

MY ROBOT ARMY IS COMPLETE!


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5b3172ff7f.jpg

Earlier for Patreon supporters. And seriously, everybody should send these guys a few bucks a month. There's no better car project series on the internet for my money. Although if you have any suggestions, I'm always looking for new and better ways to waste my time.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7956f8e691.jpg

Random pictures:


A retired electrical engineer, who now bakes pies in a rustic little cafe in a technically non-existent town in New Mexico. I envy this guy tremendously:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f392208942.png




And, from the next town over, the Stool Bus:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ab8d76d47d.png

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0bb13e209a.png

Parked next to me at local gunshow... win!

I don't get it.

Its a 9/11 license plate... Al Queda Go Fuck Yourself.

Yeah makes no sense to me either why those are like 250.. its a square god damn sheet metal box. On a side note, we sell these at work used for a better price. Local pick up near ohare. Not advertising, just trying to save you some money.
http://spartantech.com/

Peace of Pie in Belen?

The Pie-O-Neer, in Pie Town, NM.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...96abffaecb.png

Son's closet light pull broke. So, do I put in another ratty old string? No way. Do I find a piece of beaded chain and stick that in
there? Nope. Spend a couple of bucks and a few hours down in the shop making a fancy-ass pull that no one will see? Of course!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...1679f3013c.jpg

^^ Nice!

I just went ahead and put all the closet (and other remote places) lights on automatic occupancy sensor/timer switches, since apparently neither my spouse, nor our progeny, showed the least regard for leaving them on 24/7. :vash:

Pricier than a string to be sure, but the added peace in the kingdom is priceless.


http://www.bulbs.com/Images/productmed/2/24083.jpg

Why is Pie Town technically non-existent? I was there in early 2015, did something change?

What makes a camera a 'robot camera'?
http://bollzy.com/cms/wp-content/upl...mera-Robot.jpg

it's a "census-designated place," not a city or a town.




It's mounted on a motorized pan/tilt head, and the lens is also connected the network, so the while group of cameras can be controlled a single operator, and they can also recall position / zoom / focus / iris presets as commanded by the rundown from the automation system.

SO no more in studio camera guys? You took their jobs?

http://img.memecdn.com/stupid-camera-guy_o_4098031.jpg

"We're from the media. We're here to share your struggle with the world."

Note that one is taking video and the other still pictures and nothing is being done to help the kid.

Robocams have been pretty standard for the past 15 years or so. WGN is actually kind of unique in that we do employ a number of full-time camera operators, as our main newscast has two Stedicams and one crane, and as part of the new build I'm adding a third Stedi and a second crane.


Here's one of the old robots:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6d3db9a79d.png


And the existing crane:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...896aef5ddc.png


And one of the Stedis, resting on its tripod:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4ead82b111.png

You guys weren't kidding. This channel is great.

6.93 @196mph skyline.

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Looks like that's not the only thing he'll be shredding:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9493ea57f7.jpg

I went to K1 Speed last night with a singles group. Ran into the crew from ETS and ended up hanging out with them the rest of the time. I happy to report there were no women there I was interested in impressing. It would not have gone well.


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Story gets cat even if you didn't. :P
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A very 'fair' review.

I'm glad he's the one who got it. Its likely he got screwed out of the record a few weeks ago from faulty timing equipment.

I've ridden that exact stretch of road well over 100 times. It's Mulholland Hwy headed down to the Rock Store. Just so you know where it's located, I've painted a Google image. The vid opens in the long straight inside the peach circle and most of the twisties are inside the purple area. The pink area is the end of the video, and the road next to the white dashed line is not in the video.

There is a pulloff along the long straight in the peach area that is a 24/7/365 gathering spot for people likely to be featured in internet videos just like this. Most normal out-for-a-Sunday-jaunt riders have a healthy fear of riding through the peach area for fear of what the giant douches going in and out of the turnoff are going to do. 100% of your brainpower is devoted to keeping one of them from killing you along that particular 1/4 mile stretch. I have personally seen 2 live crashes happen in front of me there, and driven past at least half-dozen fresh incidents, including one guy where I saw his exposed tib-fib that I swear one of his buddies was about to pee on to help sterilize it.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...48fc942338.jpg

There goes the last half hour...

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...+snake+crashes

Best boat ever.

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