I think Will Power must’ve had a throwdown when he went there and didn’t find a tribute to his hometown, so they must’ve added it.

The insurance companies that back these contests are very skilled at getting out of the obligation to pay up.

I’m not a tax expert, but Google indicates that income tax must be paid on the fair market value of the car. I would think that, for a new car, the IRS would be unwilling to accept a value much less than MSRP, or might actually insist on using MSRP. State income tax laws might differ, but they usually will treat it as…

Here’s a good story about how it all happened.

Depending on your income tax bracket and state, certainly. It’s taxable income. Certainly, the 22% and 24% brackets are in “middle class” income ranges, so that’s $20K+. Plus any applicable state income tax. 

This is reminiscent of the Don Calhoun $1 million dollar 3/4 court basketball shot at a Bulls game, where he was originally denied the money because he had been on his high school basketball team (although an undistinguished player). Michael Jordan himself had to intervene for Don Calhoun to get his money.

“D’day, mate! Let’s throw another shrimp on the barbie!”

Hey! Wait a minute!

That’s gonna look a little lazy-eyed . . .

You never know what you’re going to get from that Ferrari dealership.

“Don’t mess with Texas women.”

If you live in an AA hub, it’s a near-death-sentence for air travel. I don’t like ‘em, but I’d be totally screwed if I couldn’t travel on them.

That’s a little afield from its normal operations shuttling airplane sections from Airbus factory to Airbus factory. Any idea what it was doing there?

Dyson!

It’s actually surprising how much pressure a body can withstand under certain circumstances. Certainly not anywhere close to 12,000 ft with any known technology, but divers have dived to 534 meters, and with one atmosphere per 10 meters, that means they were at about 53 times normal atmospheric pressure, or about 750…

Most materials have yield strengths far higher than 6,000 PSI, so solid materials are not going to crush. I mean, look at the Titanic itself. It’s not crushed. The areas that are heavily damaged are the ones that sunk with substantial amounts of air in them, mostly the stern, which allowed collapse.

Thank you. Confusing Gross Tonnage with Deadweight Tonnage (mostly used for bulk carriers like oil tankers) with displacement is like nails on a chalkboard for me. Drives me nuts when popular press articles on ship make this mistake.

Those guest rooms are actually pretty light, all things considered. That’s why cruise ships aren’t quite as top-heavy as their appearance would lead you to believe. But, still, they are behemoths, because that’s what economics dictate.

Not a very good one . . .