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You might be thinking . . . wow . . . the price of gas was cheap back in 1965. $.28 equates to $2.28 in 2019 dollars when you take into account inflation. I filled up my car two days ago at $2.28/gallon.

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Your parking spot could kill you

Don’t park within four parking spaces of a light pole, period. You don’t know what’s happening under the base cover. If you have to park near a pole or sign, park directly under it. The force of impact is multiplied by the distance from the pole base, since the tops likely reach near terminal velocity before they make contact with whatever is in the way. Avoid walking near them, too. There is little noise associated with a falling light or flag pole, so you get no warning.

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This could be you. You would literally not know what hit you.

Watch where you park. It could be deadly.

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I have a 78 Nova Washington State Sherifs car. It had a large electrical conduit (3 inches)running from the trunk to the engine compartment . I believe it had a filtration system in the trunk to provide clean air to the engine. It was based out of tricities area,right in the path of Mt. St. Helens.

Also noticed the gas tank was not the original and was probably replaced due to clogging.

The car was in service until 1985.

Paul

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In less than two weeks, Texas residents will be allowed to carry brass knuckles for self defense.

Starting Sept. 1, brass knuckles will be removed from the Texas Penal Code's list of prohibited weapons under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gregg Abbott (R) earlier this year.

I notice the plate letters are are SP for State Patrol, in later years all State Patrol cars had plates that started with WSP even the unmarked ones.

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While at first glance they appear to be an aesthetic feature to accompany the big, bold, red bullseye logo of the brand, those big red spheres outside Target stores actually serve a much more important purpose.

The giant concrete balls, called bollards, serve as safety precautions for keeping cars from driving into the storefront doors and potentially harming shoppers.

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Dow closes 800 points lower in worst day of 2019

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Robert Ballard is searching for Amelia Earhart’s airplane

After searching for the two Navy nuclear powered attack submarines, the USS Scorpion and the USS Thresher, which sank in the 1960s in a semi-classified seach funded by the Navy (They wanted to know the condidion of the nuclear reactors), the Navy gave him authorization to extend his search for RMS Titanic. 9 days later he found it.

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Drinking enough water is a very important part of your health, and while that "eight 8-oz. glasses of water a day" rule is a good place to start, some nutrition experts say that the average man should go for about 125 ounces of water a day, and women should reach about 91 oz.

But, of course, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is no mere mortal, and in a recent Instagram post, he revealed that he drinks an astounding amount of water . . . four gallons (512 oz.) a day, to be exact.

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Dodge celebrates 50 years of the winged Daytona with 501 special edition Chargers

Drinking too much water is far worse than not enough. It can cause water intoxication with all kinds of bad side effects. This can dilute the electrolytes in your blood, especially sodium. When sodium levels fall below 135 mmol/L, it is called hyponatremia. It will also swell cells. Excess fluid accumulation in the brain is called cerebral edema, which can affect the brain stem and cause central nervous system dysfunction. There have been cases of death caused by drinking between 2.5 and 5 gals of water in a short period of time.

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Long before Lincoln became synonymous with the 1-cent coin, a fictitious person graced the front. Miss Liberty, a gal with long, flowing locks, became the face of the penny after a conference held in the U.S. House. The decision was made against the wishes of the Senate, who wanted George Washington on the front.

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Today, pennies are about the same size as dimes — America’s smallest coin — but they weren’t always that small. In fact, the original penny was about the size of today’s half dollar.

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From 1793 to 1857, the 1-cent coin was made out of pure copper, but due to the increasing price of the metal, other elements were added to the mix. Over the years, nickel, tin, zinc and steel have all been used. Today, the penny is made with mostly zinc and only 2.5% copper.

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The U.S. Mint first released pennies into circulation in March 1793. There were 11,178 coins — $111.78 in sum.

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In 1792, artist William Russell Birch designed some of our earliest pennies, which featured Miss Liberty on the front and a laurel wreath on the back. The design of the penny ended up changing before it formally went into production, so the so-called “Birch Cents” or “Birch Pennies” are exceedingly rare. In fact, in October 2018, one of the historical coins was put up for auction at Stack’s Bowers Galleries in California for $1 million.

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Miss Liberty’s coin received the unfortunate nickname “Silly Head” because the public thought the woman’s appearance was odd. Later versions of the coin gave her a ribbon to wear in her hair and eventually a cap of sorts. Her curls also became far less unkempt.

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The penny gets its name from the British “penny,” which Americans had been accustomed to using, having immigrated from the Kingdom of Great Britain. However, while we call multiple 1-cent coins “pennies,” the British call multiples of their penny “pence.”

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In 1909, when Lincoln became the face of the penny, it marked the first time a real human — as opposed to someone fictitious or an animal — appeared on regular-issued coinage. Further, despite being the 16th president of the country, Lincoln was the first president to be on a coin.

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Lincoln isn’t the only big name tied to the coin. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, who is associated with the famous phrase, “A penny saved is a penny earned,” designed one of the earliest U.S. pennies, called the Fugio cent. The association between pennies and Franklin is so strong that visitors to his grave in Philadelphia often leave pennies there for good luck.

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From 1959 to 2007, both sides of the penny featured Lincoln. On the front of the design is his bust, and on the back, his tiny figure can be seen within the Lincoln Memorial.

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The penny has undergone several design changes over the years, with four being used in 2009 alone. The four designs highlighted important phases of Lincoln’s life: his birth and early childhood in Kentucky, youth in Indiana, a career in Illinois and, finally, the presidency in Washington, D.C.

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The reason the penny featured four different designs in 2009 was to commemorate two very special occasions. That year was the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birthday, as well as the 100th anniversary of his appearance on the 1-cent coin.

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In 2010, a new design was introduced on the back of the penny: the Union shield. The shield has been used on many medals and currency over the years, including the 2- and 5-cent coins. However, this time it was used to commemorate Lincoln’s preservation of the U.S. as a single country.

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The term “penny-pinching” was not — pardon the pun — coined by Americans. It was first used in Tomas Dekker’s play, “Shoemaker’s Holiday” in 1600, and it was around long before America was officially founded. The phrase didn’t catch on in the U.S. until the 20th century, more than 100 years after the penny was introduced to Americans.

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Before the pennies we know today, there were “white cents.” Their metal composition made them white in appearance. The coins were 88 parts copper and 12 parts nickel.

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In 1943, copper was needed for war materials, so pennies needed to be made out of a new metallic element. The U.S. decided to make them out of zinc-coated steel instead. Since the color was silvery, the coins were often confused with dimes.

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Some might not realize that Paul Revere was a silversmith. In fact, he had his own metals company that once supplied the U.S. Mint with rolled copper to make 1-cent coins.

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This year, the U.S. Mint is selling The 2019 United States Mint Proof Set, which includes a special edition 2019 Lincoln penny with a “W” mint mark. The “W” indicates that the coin was made at the West Point Mint in New York.

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Why did the tomato turn red? It saw the salad dressing!

This joke reminds me of my very distant past. I think I was about 10 years old - still in elementary school; 5th grade (?) and we were given a project. Something to do with advertising. We were to choose a company's product(s) and create an ad. I choose Wishbone dressing as we seemed to use it quite a bit at my house.

My ad had two bottles of salad dressing with a face on each up on the neck of the bottle looking at each other. My caption was "It's your turn to dress the salad!" I handed it in and got a 100 on it. My mother thought it was very creative and suggested we send it to Wishbone as an idea for an ad.

A few weeks went by then this big box showed up on our doorstep. Inside was a letter from Wishbone thanking me for my effort and they would considerate it. And would I please accept their thanks which came in the form of EVERY single flavor of salad dressing the Wishbone made - I think it was like 30!

So we ate a lot of salad! I think my mother experimented using a few of the flavors as marinades.

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The wheels on the 1970 GSX are not the same 15x7 chrome road wheels you got if you ordered them for your GS. The wheels are coded "WG" and have a different offset. You can tell if they are correct by placing a quarter on the flange. If it sits there, they are correct. If it falls off then they are the GS wheels.

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Netflix and Charlize Theron team up on a stunt driving reality TV show. Starts August 21

were rallye wheels an option on SS cars or did they come as part of the SS package?

Rally Wheels were an option on the '72 SS

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