Flite-Test tried. Turns out that having rotors on either side makes it inherently unstable and very difficult to fly. That’s why multi-rotor craft usually have at least three rotors.

There are just too many stories to share. I’ll settle on one of my favorites, although it didn’t happen to me, and it didn’t happen to his car. It’s just one of those screwups that is so epic, it must be shared.

‘Tis true.

Come on, Ralph. I know you can do it. TURN OFF THE AUTOPLAYING LOOPING MOVIES!!!!!

Hey Ralph. It’s great that you are keeping with the times and using the latest formats, but could you turn off the AUTOPLAY so we don’t have to deal with autoplaying and looping videos?

Four of us packed into a Sentra for an epic spring break trip to Padre Island. Heavy snow and ice in Oklahoma and north Texas closed I-35, the main artery to the south. Being determined college students, we diverted to the west to circumvent the mess.

“Circle is an awesome family device—the first of its kind, actually.”

I owned an ‘83 for a brief, sad period of my life. I wouldn’t wish one on anyone. Why my mom bought it in the first place is beyond me.

A friend of mine used to build custom aquariums for friends and family. One of his builds was installed on the second floor of a two-story home. Two days after installation, it sprung a leak between the side and bottom glass, draining the entire aquarium.

This is clearly the fun thread. Better than the curmudgeons on the other threads. “Harumph! This will never work!”

For my daughter’s first Christmas, my in-laws insisted we make the five hour drive to their house so the extended family could see her. She wasn’t yet three months old.

Alternative approach: Have everything packed before dinner. Go to sleep at the same time as the kids. Get up after 1 sleep cycle. Most people go through two a night, so 1/2 your normal sleep time - for me this is three hours). Load everyone into the car, then hit the road.

Toyota Tacoma quad cab. I had more headroom in my Mazda truck than I did in the Tacoma. The rear of the truck seemed so far away. With tinted windows, it was like sitting in a cave.

Thanks!

Reminds me of the dentist scene with Bill Murray and Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors.

WE’RE NUMBER ONE! WE’RE NUMBER ONE! WE’RE NUMBER ONE!

My dilemma, exactly. The old truck is parked and the SUV is now the heavy hauler. Come springtime, any trips to the landscapers will first require a trip to rent a trailer since we don’t have a place to park one. Then I have to make sure I have enough time to get everything loaded and unloaded in one day so that I…

Not “homemade”. Perhaps he installed it himself, but it was a kit.

I knew some guys that were towing each other up and down the beach on an old beetle hood. They discovered that the hood tracked fairly well, even on fast turns. So the driver thought it would be fun to see if they would skip over a tide pool. What they didn’t expect was how much faster it would slide across water. The…