Since I don't speak or understand Turkish, what was the particular story he was originally there for? I realize that Turkey and Syria aren't the friendliest of neighbours, so a report from near the border probably wouldn't be too unusual.

I guess I'm not enough of a geek, because to this day, I still know Bill Nye more from Almost Live! than I do from anything else.

But, I thought...

Over the past two days, you may have noticed an illustration of Ayrton Senna on your Google homepage. If you did, it's because you live in Brazil, New Zealand, Russia, Kenya, Turkey Croatia, and Guatemala.

I can still remember the odd smell of the spongy rubber tires. Mmmmm...........

Cyril approves.

As a European van, it may indeed be large. As a vehicle for transporting farm machinery, it's little.

You're right about the Annis Elegy RH8 (Annis is nearly an anagram of Nissan, GTA:SA's Elegy resembled an R32 Skyline), but if anything's a LaFerrari (mixed with McLaren P1), it's the Grotti Turismo R.

I read that as well, after I posted above. That's pretty damn cool that it was there at the second of only three F1 victories by a Canadian team, at freakin' Monaco, no less. Now I feel even luckier that I had the opportunity to drive it, albeit briefly.

No, that's before any sales taxes, of which we have both federal and provincial. Depending on the province (some don't levy any sales tax), the total sales tax is anywhere from 5% to 15%.

The bananas should be cut lengthwise like my grandma used to do it.

My grandma used to make them for me as a kid, as well. Except, they were with Miracle Whip, not mayo. And this is in western Canada, so I guess it's not just a southern thing.

Not a very good 'shop, but whatever.

What's going to be 'shooped first, Disaster Girl or SLR Guy?

That is an actual photo of an actual laser pointed into an aircraft simulator.

This is really neither here nor there, but Kijiji isn't exclusively Canadian. It's owned by eBay, and along with Gumtree, baixing, Quikr and others (all owned by eBay) has these local sites:

Walter Wolf now lives near my city, Kamloops, B.C. Years ago, I worked as a detailer and we had one of his cars come in. A '68 Mercedes-Benz 600, in dark blue, of course. It had lots of little custom touches inside.

What else made it special? The car is most significant because its design featured a cabin that was stretched to the front and rear with wheels moved close to the corners, maximizing interior space in a way that was later termed "cab forward." This design would form the genesis of the Chrysler LH-platform cars of the…

Also available as a slipper.

I honestly don't know if you're disagreeing with me or affirming my previous post.