Could be cooler.

HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of TONS of cargo?!? Just how big is that ship? Bigger than the MSC Oscar? Gonna need a bigger boat.

Scooter started deliveries 1956. That is a strange definition of “late sixties”

Morgan Motor was founded in 1909 by H.F.S. Morgan, Peter Morgan’s Father, and Charles Morgan’s Grandfather.

And you know this how? Forward swept wings are actually more stable than (the usual) rearward swept wings at low speed, the case here. Not much difference, but it is there.

Mmmm. Wintergreen.

Google “sharks eating siblings in womb”

This. I had just finished off my car payments when my son’s go-to-work beater died. His credit was crappy and the payments for his newer car was less than my budget was already adjusted for. He gets the car and enhanced credit. I get Dad points.

With practice and a good warmup, I can hit a low C (Bb in the morning) up to a G above middle C. But, it too 8 years to get my voice back in shape for those notes, after not singing much for 40 years.

Because of the Nile flooding the farmer’s fields annually, there were thousands of idle farmers until the water receded. Plus, free beer.

Bought his book, The Simple Screamer, 32 years ago. My wife (and sometimes me) has made dozens of screamers. They make great Halloween candy dishes.

His dad and several preachers laid hands on him and annointed him with oil, but couldn’t a match to light.

My Senator is Ron Wyden and he seems up to speed on privacy and encryption.

Wales is not vowel deficient. It turns consonants into vowels so it has more vowels than English. A, E, I, O, U, W, and Y. W and Y are always vowels in Welsh.

My son has both last names, but my wife’s is his middle name. No hyphens

Just as long as your body flying through the windshied doesn’t strike and injure someone.

Mine, too. She was married to him. He delivered in our neighborhood and would pick me up during the summers to ride back to the dairy. I was fascinated by the steam bottle washing/filling machine.

Actually, many of there panels are laser-cut. The aluminum fenders/wings on the four-wheeler are super-formed by a subcontractor in nearby Worcester. OTOH, much of the fitting and assembly is done while the car is atop two wooden saw-horses. (I’ve done the factory tour.)

Except diesel tanks have safety vents, also. They open at about 7 psi OR 180 degrees F, depending on design. I’ve tested 150 gallon tanks by putting them on a BBQ pit, full of fuel and enveloping them in flames. It takes about 2 hand extinguishers to put the flames out after the vent has been open several minutes.…

The Marine Drill Teams use 1940s era M1 Garands because the forestock makes a nice rattle sound when the rifle is slapped.