You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

You might be thinking . . . wow . . . the price of gas was cheap back in 1965. $.28 equates to $2.28 in 2019 dollars when you take into account inflation. I filled up my car two days ago at $2.28/gallon.

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

Your parking spot could kill you

Don’t park within four parking spaces of a light pole, period. You don’t know what’s happening under the base cover. If you have to park near a pole or sign, park directly under it. The force of impact is multiplied by the distance from the pole base, since the tops likely reach near terminal velocity before they make contact with whatever is in the way. Avoid walking near them, too. There is little noise associated with a falling light or flag pole, so you get no warning.



This could be you. You would literally not know what hit you.

Watch where you park. It could be deadly.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-vid...ould-kill-you#

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by SS427

In the Pacific Northwest and the aftermath of Mt. Saint Helens, extreme measures were needed to combat engine seizures due to the ingestion of ash. When it found its way into the combustion chamber it actually turned to glass. The Washington State Police had to take drastic measure to keep the ash from getting into the engines.

I have a 78 Nova Washington State Sherifs car. It had a large electrical conduit (3 inches)running from the trunk to the engine compartment . I believe it had a filtration system in the trunk to provide clean air to the engine. It was based out of tricities area,right in the path of Mt. St. Helens.

Also noticed the gas tank was not the original and was probably replaced due to clogging.

The car was in service until 1985.

Paul

[Lee Stewart]

In less than two weeks, Texas residents will be allowed to carry brass knuckles for self defense.

Starting Sept. 1, brass knuckles will be removed from the Texas Penal Code's list of prohibited weapons under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gregg Abbott (R) earlier this year.

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

I notice the plate letters are are SP for State Patrol, in later years all State Patrol cars had plates that started with WSP even the unmarked ones.

[Lee Stewart]

While at first glance they appear to be an aesthetic feature to accompany the big, bold, red bullseye logo of the brand, those big red spheres outside Target stores actually serve a much more important purpose.

The giant concrete balls, called bollards, serve as safety precautions for keeping cars from driving into the storefront doors and potentially harming shoppers.

[Lee Stewart]

Dow closes 800 points lower in worst day of 2019

Stocks plunged Wednesday, giving back Tuesday’s solid gains, after the U.S. bond market flashed a troubling signal about the U.S. economy.

[Lee Stewart]

Robert Ballard is searching for Amelia Earhart’s airplane

After searching for the two Navy nuclear powered attack submarines, the USS Scorpion and the USS Thresher, which sank in the 1960s in a semi-classified seach funded by the Navy (They wanted to know the condidion of the nuclear reactors), the Navy gave him authorization to extend his search for RMS Titanic. 9 days later he found it.

[Lee Stewart]

Drinking enough water is a very important part of your health, and while that "eight 8-oz. glasses of water a day" rule is a good place to start, some nutrition experts say that the average man should go for about 125 ounces of water a day, and women should reach about 91 oz.

But, of course, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is no mere mortal, and in a recent Instagram post, he revealed that he drinks an astounding amount of water . . . four gallons (512 oz.) a day, to be exact.