Natasha's Car

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That Ain't Right

Yes, we all know that the word "ambulance" is often backward so that you can read it in the rear view mirror if one is behind you. But take a look at what that would actually look like

 

 

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Panic Time

Far Side

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Road Diets

Yeah, America is big, so we developed four lane roads to get us from town to town faster. Then four-lane roads were extended into town to alleviate traffic. But do we really need four-lane roads in a city? City streets are safer with traffic going slower. To achieve that, some cities are putting their streets on a diet, making them smaller and slower. So far, that's making street use easier for pedestrians and cyclists, while still not causing worse traffic for drivers -in most places. Your mileage may vary, no pun intended. (via Laughing Squid)

Jet Powered Pirate Ship

Robert Maddox, the Crazy Rocketman is in his 70s and feels the need for speed. He also sells rocket engines. Maddox is living his best life now as a pirate. 

Maddox figured out how to repurpose an old cannon to direct a 240 pound thrust pulsejet engine to rocket power his boat. As he tested how fast he could use it to get away from shore, he almost killed the guy helping him launch in the process (twice). Max got away, though, and managed to operate the drone camera filming this nonsense, augmented with a selfie stick. 

The next step was to make Captain Bob's 12-foot aluminum boat into a pirate ship, complete with flame effects and Jolly Roger flag, although not enough room for a plank to walk nor anyone to walk it. It's hard to mutiny on a solo voyage. (via Born in Space) 

Answers to April

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Regrets

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Mint Condition

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Make an Offer

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Going With It

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The World's Longest Domestic Flight

What is the longest flight you can take without leaving a country? The answer could be pretty simple and make for a very short video- but first we have to define what we're talking about. Does a "domestic flight" mean a regularly-scheduled airline route? Does it mean that you don't have to have a passport or move through immigration? Does it mean within a nation proper, or do overseas territories count? And are we talking about a currently-existing route, or one from the past? That's what makes this video from Half as Interesting, well, interesting. He goes through several flights that might be contenders for one reason or another, and eliminates them due to any of the reasons above. Yes, we have a winner, but you'll still learn about geography and aviation history along the way. This video is less than six minutes long; the rest is an ad. 

Driving at Night

I'd rather not, thank you. Not that I go anywhere anyway. But now that it doesn't get dark until after nine, I don't even have to think about it until September or so. This chart is from Matt Shirley. 

Car Story

The only time I ever bought a new car was in 1983. I was looking for a used car, but everything available seemed awful. It was the end of the model year, so I got a deal on a stripped down new Plymouth Champ. It didn't even have an FM radio. I told Mom I might call it "Bullet" because it was silver and sloped in the front. She said I should name it "Little Old Lady" because it was small, gray, and didn't go very fast. I drove Little Old Lady for about ten years. 

The fall of 1983 was a weird time to buy a car. One dealer tried to sell me a new '82 DeLorean. There was no way I could afford even a deeply-discounted DeLorean, but I humored him a while. I asked where I would be able to get it serviced. He said, "Right here! Until I get these four sold." We both laughed at that. 

Since then, I've sometimes wondered about that dealer. If he held onto those four cars until that movie came out in 1985, he would have made a killing. But it was more likely he took a loss. 

Skip ahead twenty years or so, and I wrote an article for Mental Floss on cars as metaphors. In a list of about ten vehicles, I used the DeLorean as a symbol of "hubris and failure" because of John DeLorean's story. I got my first lesson in being an out-of-touch Boomer when I was raked over the coals in the comments. The DeLorean was a metaphor for "time machine"! Yeah, I saw the movie, in which the DeLorean was used as a joke (and a good one at the time). But I didn't realize how much that film meant to the Gen X kids who saw it. I learned my lesson about how things change.   

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Two-Wheels

From Married to the Sea. 

Prize Car

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Passing Out In A Centrifuge

Humans were not designed for acceleration, jerk, and G-forces, yet we travel at speeds that force us to endure those things. How do you keep breathing? How do you keep blood flowing to where you need it? It takes training, and still doesn't always work. Tom Scott visits the Royal Air Force training centrifuge in Farnbrough, UK, so that you don't have to. (via Digg)

Homemade Drivable TIE Fighter

If you are in Hubbards, Nova Scotia, and see Darth Vader coming toward you, you aren't necessarily hallucinating. Allan Carver built his own TIE fighter that he can drive around the neighborhood! He says it's roughly a third of the size of Vader's vehicle, and doesn't fly, but it tools around at a maximum of six miles per hour. He still wears a helmet while driving -you can guess what kind. The TIE fighter is powered by several wheelchair motors (hence the speed) controlled by a Sabertooth dual-motor driver and a DX8 remote control receiver, so it can go whether he's in it or not. Read more about the TIE fighter at the YouTube page and at Carver's website. (via Geeks Are Sexy)

Cybertruck Review

The Tesla Cybertruck is a vehicle that makes a statement. It may be a statement you want to make, but it is delivered here with a sneer. The real features of the car begin at three minutes in. This video is a bit longer than I'd normally post, but I couldn't stop listening to it. It's sheer poetry. (via Nag on the Lake) 

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A Spring Drive in Nepal

Springtime in Nepal means that snow and ice are melting in certain elevations of the Himalayas, and the runoff will not be stopped by mere roads, even the infamously dangerous Besisahar-Chamé Road. The cascading water can take out what few guardrails there are. Meanwhile, people have places they gotta be, so a driver powers on through the treacherous path while a passenger films. Grab your armrests for this sequence. (via Laughing Squid)