If the mayor is having to make statements on the news, you can bet its his (the officers) problem now. Making your bosses bosses boss look bad on camera cannot be good for anyones career.

Yep, seems like he was so concerned in overtaking those other "slow" bikes that he forgot about slow in and fast out.

I found this plan view rather helpful

I'm sorry, I mean that to be a reply to another comment (the one about floor pans) rather than a separate one. I was saying that a car that is FWD with optional AWD would have to have its floor bend to allow for the shafts, which would negate one of the advantages of FWD, that being a flat floor pan)

I'm sorry, I mean that to be a reply to another comment (the one about floor pans) rather than a separate one. I was saying that a car that is FWD with optional AWD would have to have its floor bend to allow for the shafts, which would negate one of the advantages of FWD, that being a flat floor pan)

If you think about it, there are several vehicles that have a similar issue. Toyota/lexus or VW/audi come to mind. FWD in their cheaper version, but RWD/AWD in their expensive skin. The body should be the same for both, so I suppose the cheaper ones would have an unused transmission tunnel?

Where as to be ahead of the times, it needs a flux capacitor!

I'll be honest that is one configuration that did not occur to me.

I demand a choice, of any one wheel drive!

It's got so much science that it doesn't need wings!

Could someone remind me what is revolutionary about this plane?

I think you're misunderstanding direct relationship. If you have multiple factors influencing an outcome, some factors can get swamped by other factors. If these factors influence each other, in addition to influencing the outcome, results can often be non intuitive.

public with private competition outlawed = socialism.

Exclusivly state owned production is pretty much the definition of socialism, no matter what my mental state is at the time.

A friend made that mistake with his new motorcycle. The gasket blew 5 feet after he put his feet up. It was a sight to behold.

It's for a picnic. Escape the dirty city, with a drive to the country side! Roll out a blanket and have a picnic on the grass. The misses needs to wash the dishes: No disposable dishes back then after all, and you wouldn't want to wash them inside because

I can see how modernization could work in the West Bank, and I hope it does. But I don't see a chance for modernization in Gaza. It is not the most densely populated piece of land on the planet. It is too crowded, to violent, and too poor for anything remotely resembling a modern society to take root.

The Israeli government has compensated Jewish settlers from Gaza for their homes, before removing some of them by force. There is no reason to think it would not compensate settlers from the west bank as well should it come to that. There are non monetary concerns about loosing ones home, but the monetary ones should…

If there was a true end to the conflict, even the average settler would give up their home. It's just that most settlers believe that any peace attained through such and agreement is extremely temporary at best, and that permanent Jewish settlements on the west bank improve Israels negotiating position.

From the best I could gather Great Britain is responsible for this conflict in that it while it was folding up its colonies it promised the same land to two different peoples, who have been fighting over it ever since.