@Stoatmaster: I'm an engineer, believe it or not.
A few years back I was driving north on I-55 on a Sunday evening, just south of Joliet when up ahead of me in the distance I saw a matched mattress and foundation rise majestically over the interstate, soaring about 50 feet in the air, then fall to earth like God throwing down a pair of aces. A cloud of tire smoke…
I'm assuming that one becomes a Pro-Bowl long snapper by screwing up the least. I'd like to see long-snapper screw-ups tracked, just so during Week 17 lay-downs, the announcers can amuse us with a round of "OOO, that high snap just cost Nate Hodel a trip to the Pro Bowl!"
Jeez, I'm old. I was looking at Will's jersey and trying to remember if #13 was Gill, Bardo, or Anderson.
I wonder if Hyundai will offer that engine in the States when it launches the i30 as the Elantra Touring?
I saw the Korea-only version of this (called the i30 or i40, I forget) in Seoul back in September. I thought it looked pretty decent and definitely "euro" back then, but it was against a backdrop of Matiz's and Korrando's so that may have been relative.
The rear end sort of puts me in mind of peak-weight, stumbling-through-an-awards-show Anna Nicole Smith stuffed into an evening dress two sizes two small.
The '96 Blazer nets me 93 points.
That's SUPER Slant Six to you, bub.
Once, ironically given the photo, on Green Street in Champaign, just past where I could have turned into driveway at the union. Fortunately, it was early on a Sunday morning, so I just left the car in the right lane with the hazards on, hoofed it over to a gas station for a gallon of gas, and was amazed to see that my…
A friend's parents had the GTS of this same year, complete with the louver sunshade on the hatch glass.
@clevershark: Really? The Chairman ugly? That's like calling a cardboard box ugly. It's just...there...and box-like.
The handset ban in Illinois is also in Cook County (the county Chicago is in for those not familiar). In my experience, the good citizens of Chicagoland follow these ordinances as scrupulously as they use turn signals.
The compliance officer is just waiting for audio tape from Iowa's coaching staff.
I did Drivers' Ed. in southern Illinois in 1986. The high school had a fleet of cars that was split between assorted AMCs (mostly Concords) bought surplus from Illinois Power and retired state police Diplomats. The latter had governers on them that caused them to stall out at inopportune times; and front bench seats,…
Economics are pushing me to a more fuel efficient daily driver for my longish commute.
I think David Stern is the shadowy figure behind the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. It keeps the NBA Playoffs from looking too rigged.
I'm seriously wondering if OSU not getting into the national championship game will cause the Big Ten's expansion effort to once again grind into action. The problem is that two of the candidates they've talked to in the past are definitely out of the market. Mizzou looks like a conference winner at long last and is…
The same suicide/homicide legend was a side story (featuring Steve Allen IIRC) in an episode of the much-missed Homicide: Life on the Street. One of the MEs told it in a bar at an ME convention.