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It can take weeks to properly lay down a brick road by hand. Or, you could get the same result much faster by using a Tiger Stone road-printing machine. After workers load bricks into the hopper, the machine arranges them and lays them out in the desired pattern just like a printer rolls out paper. |
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In Japan, nature is given a little helping hand when it comes to its shape. There, you can find pears, apples, watermelons, and more in the shape of cubes, hearts, and even people. Or, if you prefer veggies, there are also heart- and star-shaped cucumbers. You can buy fruit molds to grow your own oddly shaped fruit or buy it pre-grown. |
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The world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia, doesn’t have leaves, roots, or a stem, but does boast enormous “petal-like lobes” and a spiky center. The giant plant can weigh more than 20 pounds and emits a pungent odor that smells like rotting meat or poop. |
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There are plenty of unusual creatures crawling along the ocean floor, but the Red-lipped batfish still manages to stand out thanks to its bright red mouth. Along with being oddly shaped and about the length of a burrito, this deepwater fish, which can be found near the Galapagos Islands, looks like it’s wearing a rather striking shade of lipstick. |
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There are plenty of beautiful white-sand beaches. But in China, there’s a beach that’s deep crimson. Panjin Red Beach is named due to the fact that it’s covered by red Sueda seaweed instead of sand. The seaweed begins to grow during April and May and is green throughout the summer; when autumn comes it turns a radiant shade of red. |
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6622 bricks (but who's counting?). I had no fingerprints on my left hand by the time I was done. The house is gone now but the driveway and garage are still there. K |
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Why the Coupe pic but 'Vert paperwork? And what's EXTS-Exhaust? :hmmm: ~ Pete . |
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Perhaps someone combined those images to highlight the fact that whitewalls were an available option. I imagine "EXTS-Exhaust" are the exhaust extentions/tailpipe tips. K |
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Auto industry icon Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca dies at 94. He helped launch the Ford Mustang and saved Chrysler from bankruptcy. Lee Iacocca, the automobile industry executive who helped launch the Mustang at Ford and save Chrysler from bankruptcy, and whose cunning, ingenuity and swagger made him one of the most successful salesmen of his generation, died July 2 at his home in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. He was 94. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, said his daughter Lia Iacocca Assad. For a vast swath of the American public, Mr. Iacocca was the face, the voice and the symbol of the car business in Detroit at its most resourceful and industrious. The hard-charging Iacocca, an immigrant’s son who rose to a vice presidency at Ford at 36, first gained broad renown in 1964, when he helped take the company to a new level of stylishness and panache with the Mustang sports car. Iacocca participated in the design of several successful Ford automobiles, most notably the Ford Mustang, the Continental Mark III, the Ford Escort and the revival of the Mercury brand in the late 1960s, including the introduction of the Mercury Cougar and Mercury Marquis. He promoted other ideas which did not reach the marketplace as Ford products. These included cars ultimately introduced by Chrysler – the K car and the minivan |
People just aren’t ditching their rides like they used to.
Instead of getting rid of their car quickly, Americans are actually holding onto them longer than ever. A new report from IHS Markit shows that so far in 2019 the average age of vehicles in the United States is 11.8 years, surpassing the previous record. What’s more, the trend is supposed to keep going up past 12 years by the early part of the next decade, and we have technology to thank for that. This means more dated cars are tooling around in cities and on country roads throughout the nation. Better build quality, which has been possible through technological improvements for manufacturing, has resulted in people thinking twice before kicking their ride to the curb. Cars just plain last longer than they did before. There’s another factor causing people to hold onto their rides for more time than before. With longer loans becoming almost common, including payment terms of up to seven years, people keep driving their ride for a longer period than before. That’s because they want to drive a payment-free vehicle as a way to save money. Where car owners in the United States live has an effect on how long keep that old set of wheels. In the west the average age of vehicles is highest at 12.4 years. Montana leads all other states at 16.6 years for the average car. If you live in the northeast part of the country, you’re more likely to ditch your car earlier. The average vehicle there is just 10.9 years old, while Vermont is at the bottom end for all states at 9.9 years average. This trend means some of the preservation and restoration techniques used in the collector car niche could become more mainstream. Drivers who want to keep using their aging ride could be searching for ways to refresh everything from exterior plastic trim to the headliner and upholstery. Another area of growth will be the aftermarket parts market. Both manufacturers and sellers of components, as well as shops that offer to install them, should see an increase in business. |
Are you a Baby Boomer? If you are . . . enjoy this walk down Memory Lane: https://i.postimg.cc/gkLhGmGT/AADt1WA.jpg |
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https://i.postimg.cc/0y50BX4c/tyy76.jpg Andy Granatelli Tops 181 MPH On Nevada Highway (“the former L.A.-Las Vegas highway which was recently displaced by the new freeway”) In Dual-Supercharged 1962 413 Plymouth Fury |
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That flag clothing you're buying for July 4th is technically illegal The federal flag code says that “The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever.” In the District of Columbia, a flag being “printed, painted, attached, or otherwise placed a representation” on any “article of merchandise” for the purposes of advertising is a misdemeanor, can lead to a fine of $100 or imprisonment of less than 30 days. The code also bans the material of a flag from being converted into clothing of any kind. |
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Angler Reels In Record-Breaking, 231-Lb. Carp in Thailand. A British angler pulled in the world’s biggest Siamese carp after battling the record-breaking fish for more than an hour in a Thai lagoon. |
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