I’m not sure that selling vanity plates is all that much of a market here in the US. It’s not terribly difficult to get a vanity plate in pretty much any state, and if you can’t get the one you want, most people will either come up with an alternative or give up on the idea. It would have to be something really sought…

Especially true of the earliest seasons. (I started with season one on MT, and only knew who like half the people were)

Also, I don’t know what you’re talking about regarding white vs yellow plates, or much of anything about comic books. 

Okay, I’ll start over.

I can’t tell if you’re serious or not - but the value is in the registration number itself, that reads “New York”, and not the physical plate. That said, much like how old plates are worth a few bucks, just so people with classic cars can have appropriate plates for car shows, a 70's New York plate with that…

Oh, man. Where to start.

Great article - “railway spine” is vaguely familiar to me (I’ve read a bunch of books about trains) but I never really researched it, nor made the conclusions you have. Thank you for writing it.

Oh, Cook! is quite good. Bonus I think I learned like three new recipes from it. 

Nashville is worth visiting for a few days, just for the Lane Motor Museum and the food. I ate and drank myself stupid the last time I was there and didn’t even hit the touristy area on Broadway (which is kind of fun in it’s own right).

No, the Nova is one size too small, the GTO is an A-body. The GTO (and the Pontiac Tempest it’s based on) is related to the Chevy Malibu, Olds Cutlass, and Buick Skylark and their related models (like the Olds Vista Cruiser, that generation El Camino, etc.). I’m not sure they weigh all that much more than the Fords…

I used to do it occasionally but I got a ticket for it a couple of years ago, so I stopped. My car doesn’t have hands free or anything so I have to actually hold the phone to call. (and it’s a pain cause the car is a manual transmission). $120 is plenty of incentive for me. 

There is a strange bit of building recycling in my hometown. The Pizza Hut closed a long time ago - it’s been a couple of restaurants in that time but has been a Mexican restaurant for as long as I can remember (and looks exactly like a Pizza Hut). This thread prompted me to look up where the nearest PH is because I…

I remember when it was the Keurigs (or some other coffee maker, I forget which now), and people (well, men mostly I think) were filming themselves smashing up their expensive coffee makers. There was a flurry of them, and I always imagined that these guys proudly showed off their videos and were immediately told to go…

Proximity locks annoy me far more. I like to actually check if the door is locked, but of course it’s unlocked because I’m standing next to the car with the key. Similarly, because I live in a small house on a small suburban lot, I can’t leave a car in my driveway and have it be locked, because the key is pretty much…

I don’t feel one way or the other about it, but every time I drive a car with pushbutton ignition, I either leave the key in the building I’m leaving (because I generally don’t carry my key around with me except when shopping, it’s not in my pocket at work or home) or leave the key in the vehicle when I get out if…

In the US market? The big ones are

They glom onto megastructures so they can stick their names on them. 

This is timely, as I just went through my book collection and cataloged it.

As a British car owner, I have no idea where I’d be without Bentley manuals. they’re so good I even keep the ones for cars I no longer own, just in case I buy another. Saves me a few bucks!

I’ve said it before, but I would absolutely watch a sciency show hosted by Savage & May.