Phh - what's a ferris wheel without half a dozen beer tents?

Is that made from the leftover cement from someone's bungled butt surgery?

Err... not that I don't like a good prank, but it's not carnival that's coming up, folks, it's Christmas!

To my knowledge idling (for warming up purposes) is not allowed in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (no, I don't live there, but I really wouldn't mind!). It's not really 'anti-car', but more 'pro-environment': A cold idling engine produces a lot of noxious stuff, and (at least that's what research tells us) does so…

Never heard about gas-powered car heaters? They are relatively common in the countries around the Alps. Since we are not allowed to let our engines idle to warm up (environmental reasons; besides, it's actually better for the engine to be driven instead of idling in the cold), many folks in the snow-prone regions get…

You can get some new stuff from Edmund Scientifics, nowadays with pneumatics and robotics!

At some point in my childhood I made the switch to 'Fischertechnik': It allowed more 'engineered' structures, and was more stable. Back then, I had some really old Lego bricks that didn't stick together very firmly, and also there weren't any of these fancy Lego kits.

What's wrong with that?

There's always some place to fondle strangers.

Well, sometimes you need sumptn' stronger, when the can is clogged, screws are stuck, or the cupboard doors are tight...

No assumptions, man, no assumptions... We need to hear that from him.

Where...on...earth...do...you...store...your...money??

Am I the only one who finds the reference/tone of this (playful) article to those (very real) spy captures a bit ... insensitive? I mean, these folks are now (or have been) in a spot where no one would ever like to be. Right, they knew that when they signed up, but still...

In speech decoding under 'face to face' conditions, we use not only sound information to understand, but a lot of other stuff, too: visual cues, lip movement, gestures, facial expressions etc. When these cues are gone, like when we converse via phone, we are totally dependent on the sound information, and already…

All that keeps that contraption from floating up to the surface must be the huge balls of steel of the two guys outside the cage.

...and where do you see 'PIN' in this article? The closest I can see is 'HDRI imaging'.

... not to forget 'recieve', 'defiantly' and and a complete absence of periods or commas.

Good on you! But I want to see the guy who can put on these cufflinks blindfolded...

+1 !

I recently had a white from New Zealand that was described as 'with the aroma of gooseberry' and a 'hint of cat'. The wine was appropriately labelled: 'Cats Pee on a Gooseberry Bush'...