I said it so many times - Honda needed to have two models of CR-Z. One with the hybrid drivetrain and basic, comfort biased suspension tuning, and one with, say, the 2.0 making 150hp and a few added tweaks like bigger alloys and special shocks. Call the first one the “HF” and the second one the “Si”. Slam dunk.

Not much later than 1995 I would think. During the scene where they’re backing the locomotive over the turntable, there are numerous Chicago & North Western diesels in the background. UP and the CNW merged in ‘95, though obviously there were still unpatched CNW locos running around the system after that, this seems to…

Yeah, the vast majority of car buyers had no idea what an Alfa Romeo was (and probably still don’t since you never see them advertised). Hell, I drive a Miata and am always having to explain to people what it is, and that’s a car that has been in this market since 1989.

Why have I never thought to bring the brush inside (or at least have one in the house)? 

Or the guys from Pawn Stars. “Look, I like it personally, but I gotta pay you for it, then I gotta get it cleaned, then I gotta put it in a shadowbox, then it’s gonna sit here in my store taking up space I could use selling things that actually sell, and I know I will only get five dollars for it at best and someone…

I looked at the old photos of the van from the previous article and noticed that the jewelry making doodads are still full of beads. I kind of find that sad, like the owner just parked the damn thing almost immediately. 

More like took the piss out of the dumbfucks who whined about his hair.

See, if you had this service from various cities to the waterways connecting the Great Lakes, it’d be a pretty cool way to get from, say Chicago to Duluth, or Traverse City to Toronto, etc. Though I suppose that would be the equivalent of driving around on rural highways but having to slow down to 30 mph for a small…

Looking at it you’re spot on - it really does look like green screen. Or else they did a terrible job in post trying to fake some bokeh into the background. Because of course this administration can’t even get a decent videographer. 

Man, that’s nice. Those don’t even exist here anymore, they just dissolved after a few Chicago winters. 

Quick wash between runs. You’ll note they were at it a while in that pic, there’s quite a bit of snow stuck to the front axle. 

So, I don’t particularly like musicals, so I never really saw Cats or knew much about it. Turns out it’s not a bunch of cats singing about...what, the past? I dunno. Turns out it’s about a feline death cult trying to pick its next sacrifice- talk about burying the lede!

The difference in the pickups is the bed - as I recall one has a wider bed (maybe a flatbed but it’s been awhile since I studied Type 2s). As for the buses, the difference is seating - #3 is probably the Kombi (combined passenger/cargo, with just the one bench seat that’s easy to remove) and the other is the Bus or…

Isn’t a “Gabba Ghoul” what we call a Ramone now? 

It would depend entirely on the photograph being taken and the photographer. Take a look at the work of O. Winston Link. He was best known for night photography of the N&W railroad, using dozens of flash bulbs for lighting, and it would take hours of planning and setup to get everything ready. To the best of my…

I’ve met a number of people who think pretty much any digital photography, especially if there has been any post-production work, is not “real” photography. I’ve discovered that it’s almost always down to the idea that digital is more forgiving - you can burn off a bunch of frames, delete in real time, and if you do…

I have only just seen this episode like halfanhourago, but yer Seinfeld deepish cut made my night. Thank You. 

Um, it’s clearly 1960, so there’s six years left of Lenny Bruce. Plenty of time if there’s another couple seasons. 

I think the Vegas sets are purposely kind of hacky, because that’s what’s getting the laughs from a bunch of tourists. As noted elsewhere the stuff that kills at the Gaslight might bomb here. 

In my lifetime? Nothing really. Before I was born? Probably my dad’s Austin Healey 3000, although at one point my folks both owned first generation Camaros. Dad had a ‘67 with a 350 and a stick, and my mother had a beautiful 1968 RS. The ‘67 was beat to heck and leaked oil, and the RS was wrecked in an accident.