4th Gear: If you don't find the 500 cute, you're not a woman.

That's some unintended acceleration!

Didn't know what happened: I was waiting for the reach of the altitude of 210,000 ft as Jalopnik said, and went to cook some Penne ai Frutti di Mare... it was 120,000 ft. when I came back and he was already falling and as far as I see, the parachute opened before the free fall record time. So, no 210,000 ft but…

One Step Photo Fix by my Paint Shop Pro 8: the most beautiful imaging software ever made, longtime bankrupted, bought and closed by the mighty Adobe.

Mine is several years old, but still good.

It cooks and hardens. You'd need a scalpel to remove it. Of course, it's obligatory to put under the tape some shielding metal cut from a tin can. Clean the tube, shape the metal on it, wrap the adhesive aluminum over the patch without sparing and the job is done. Fantastic material, for all types of leaks: I just…

Illegal now in UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7714809/500-euro-notes-withdrawn-over-organised-crime-fears.html and often not willingly accepted by the Italian banks, because they're thought to be linked to the money laundering practice. I'm not much informed (actually I never saw one) but I remember…

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I deeply hate whoever used to do a lot of drugs and sold drugs for a living. The [comment] pardon, conversation would have been good to read, if in the end the goon was killed in the fiery crash of his Jetta. But alas, he lived. Heck, we can't have everything, but a COTD...

#dollarlopnik?! This is really quite new, my compliments! You deserve a €500 note, since it's very rare and illegal where I live.

That is true. May be those Garbage Men were just overzealous, or drunk as skunks.

What is the beautiful red/orange spinning daisy over here? Some kinja's party room?

Yep!

It was not a bicycle: it was one of the several billions of Vietnamese mopeds.

"Faccia di fusione" doesn't mean a blessed shit, on the contrary "Faccia di merda" does.

I LOVE the 500L: it was my first car when I was 18, and it was white.

$6.65 per gallon is about $1.75 per liter that's equal to €1.35.

No.

I've always believed that ALL stickers are bad, like a greasy spot on a beautiful suite. Once in the 80s I bought a new red car that came with two "sport" adhesive strips from the factory. I asked the dealer for their removal, because the car looked much more elegant without them.