I always thought VMF-214 were the ‘Black Sheep’, dating back to Greg Boyington and World War II. At least according to Wikipedia, which I always believe completely, VMA-115 never flew Skyhawks.

To faster way to do this shred them into a slaw on a mandolin slicer. Then roast them however you would like.

Early Ford Pinto fuel filler being in the back. It’s one thing to cost money or be an irritant, entirely another to cost people their lives. I have read since that the issue may not have been all it was made out to be at the time, but it’s at least an example of how not to handle bad publicity.

Years ago there was an old wives tale that people having seizures would ‘swallow their tongue’ and choke. You were supposed to put a spoon in their mouth to keep the tongue down and the airway open. Admittedly I never heard that from an actual medical professional.

I am currently driving a 2006 Mazda3 and just about to roll through 100K. I would so take this thing at $5000. I realize the performance is overhyped, but I am not looking to kill Subaru’s. Given how good my 3 runs at this point I think it would make a great daily driver.

I learned to drive on my Mom’s 77 Granada 2 door. It was the ugliest shade of tan ever created, but it ran well. I also learned how to start carbureted cars in cold weather, which is a critical skill people today don’t learn.

Spices. I never really understood the difference between high and low quality spices until I won a drawing for a basket of food at a charity event and got some very high quality Spanish paprika. I always thought paprika was just there to give food a red color.

Great article and I loved the pictures. However, I thought most of the WWII and Korean vintage aircraft had been taken out of service by new FAA regs and concerns about fatigue?

My mom worked for a Ford dealership and had a Granada of that same model, with the single most anemic 302 V8 engine ever created. Never could talk her into hot rodding it, showing her incredible wisdom.

Is it just me or does that grille look a little like a ‘55 Chevy?

If it jumped, then you were NOT looking at a louse. Lice cannot jump or fly. They can only crawl.

I live in Irving, Texas, where the Cowboys used to play when they really were a great team. I have never heard a single person in Irving say that we should have worked harder to keep them, or that they are sad they left. The City of Dallas made a very halfhearted effort to get them, but really the only places that…

I saw this at the EAA Museum last year. I think the term ‘sexy’ is way overused in terms of machines, but dammit that thing is sexy.

Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue, Toby Keith. I realize it’s a song about America, but the Korean flag is red, white, and blue also.

I don’t think it’s Tyler, I think there is an entire US inferiority complex where we trash our own work and assume that everything everyone else builds is a devastating piece of death. Even if I don’t agree, Tyler can at least support his thoughts with a cogent argument, far different from most of the media.

I had one with a manual. Base model and very difficult to find. The problem was that it didn’t do anything well. It wasn’t as small and nimble as the Ranger I replaced with it. It rode like a truck, and not in good way. The bed was too small for a sheet of plywood and the plastic it was made from was incredibly slick,…

When I was an ICU nurse I worked on our Trauma Team. We were taught to look for (and I am NOT making this up) an ‘anal wink’ as an indicatory of potential spinal injury.

Gotta give more props to Mazda, specifically the service guys at Freeman Mazda in Irving, Texas. I had an intermittent air bag light on my 2006 Mazda3. The car was out of warranty. The independent guy I normally use tested it and said it would be 1800 to replace a side curtain airbag. Took it to the dealership where I…

The BBC has an article about this. Apparent the story is that there has been a spate of these kind of robberies in France. However, there are a lot of people who think this is crap. I am not an anesthesiologist, but I did spend 10 years as a critical care nurse and was involved in a lot of procedures involving…

It’s called Cuban Chrome. It’s on the Discovery Channel. I watched it last night. Some guy with an early 50’s Oldsmobile has a diesel from a boat in it. He is trying to join a local car club but has 6 months to restore the Olds.