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Buddy, the VERY FIRST LINE of the story is this: “The idea of re-purposing an (ideally) empty rocket fuel tank and turning it into a space habitat has been around for a long time, because it’s a really appealing idea.”

This is so nice to hear – thanks! I’ll keep doing my best for you, and readers like you.

What a fantastic read and I really enjoyed your analysis of the old text. Not just ‘here’s a bunch of olde Englishe stuffe I found on the web’ but a proper, technical breakdown of what it means. (The extra ‘e’s are mandatory for enticing Chinese, Japanese and American tourists to oure faire shorese...) Read more

Am I the only one that’s hard right now?

Probably not classy enough for Pebble Beach but old Plymouths were cool too.

More hood ornaments means more class.

All the hood ornaments!

I still live here in ol’ Sacto and still doon’t get the Rabbit. Unless of course the artist came out to SMF when there were a lot of displaced jackrabbits during rice flooding/planting season.
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I owned an S60R for several years. Not ridiculously fast, but certainly quick. The first time I let my girlfriend (and future wife in 6 weeks) drive it was on a long drive from Pittsburgh to Chicago (catching the overnight train to Glacier National Park!). We just traded back and forth because it was a painfully… Read more

An introvert isn’t automatically a lone wolf. Loneliness is also different from solitude. Being lonely sucks, but solitude is awesome.

GODDAMN IT NASA! Read more

*Used car sales man* Read more

‘04 TL owner. I’m afraid to try this. I can’t not think about it. I think I hate you.

It’s a scoop over the fin style diff cooler.

The three Grand Sports that competed at Nassau experienced numerous differential failures due to overheating. The “on vacation” GM engineers solved the problem by installing this differential cooler on the rear deck with a scoop. Worked like a charm, the rest is history.

flux capacitor mate... once that baby hits 88 youre gonna see some serious shit

I don’t know which I hate more, you for posting this and getting my hopes up or me for really wanting these to be real. Read more

I actually thought the Pinto one was real. It's very convincing.

Man, that Pong Pinto is a thing of beauty. I want to recreate that now. Interesting Infocom went with a Pacer in ‘80 since we all know 1980 Pacers were leftover ‘79's with a different hood ornament. Pacer production had long since ceased to make room for more Eagles by the time Comic-Con had rolled around.

I hate you, I so want that Pongmobile to be real. Read more

Bravo, Torch. You had me going until the Duke Vette.