@milky Even beyond the inflation, there's also of course the cost of storing the car, and more importantly the cost of not investing that money in something more productive.

FX TV show pilot set in the 1960s has started filming by my parents' in Baltimore, so a lot of old metal has shown up:

https://commerce.maryland.gov/media/20th-television-to-film-the-spook-who-sat-by-the-door-pilot-for-fx-in-maryland

@dtg11 Presumably depends on whether the race is long enough for the Alfa to break down?

@pyroholtz I don't know, these make for more exciting videos when the root ball comes free and then launches into the rear window of the pulling vehicle.

@ttyymmnn

@ttyymmnn Better for everyone! And it will give them a leg up in college:

@highlander

NASA has released footage from Perseverance's Mars landing last week:

As a bonus, here's a picture of the descent taken from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite, 435 miles away:

@pip-bip The Automation Challenge is actually secret crowd-sourced car design.

Our weekly post is up at Backtalk, so head on over to check it out, and let us see your own fur faces!

https://backtalkvillage.blogspot.com/2021/03/fur-face-friday.html

@huzer said in It's home! And it's all mine!:

The tech in it is a little more dated, but the Entune in the 4Runner wasn't the most current either. I can stream from my phone, and that's about all of the tech I need.

If you want more, I think this should be able to take a Grom VLine VL2 unit, which while expensive ($660) would add wired/wireless Android Auto/Apple Car Play, as well as providing a modern(ish) Android interface in place of the stock interface.

@hammerheadfistpunch Also in Matt Gaetz news: Matt Gaetz Tweets 'Defund The FBI' Then Deletes It Amid FBI Probe

@spacekraken This seems awesome, though I think @CarsOfFortLangley said that their poop is a real nuisance in his neck of the woods? Apparently LA is cracking down on theirs: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/06/los-angeles-county-peacocks/

Apparently there are wild flocks that exist even up into some pretty cold parts of Ontario (their natural range extends up into the Himalayas, so they are better cold adapted than people might think).

Personally I like seeing turkeys, and they seem more or less like more colorful turkeys to me, so I guess they are fine.

@misterbuttercup The Caddy has way lower miles, but the Mercedes has lower kilometers... It should either be 9,321 miles or 149702kms. I'm guessing for a one year old car, the former is more likely...

@mastermario I mean isn't this just a bad cap?

@carsoffortlangley Even in BC, I'm surprised you don't have AC in the apartment, it looked relatively fancy and new. Stay cool I guess!

@qaaaaa Hmm, the headlight sprayers on my S60 don't work... I don't think it's because there's a separate hidden reservoir, but maybe I should check...

@whoistheleader said in The Equinox was weird:

Keeps throwing me off that it's light out until nearly 11 and it starts getting light out at just after 5

This is more proof Massachusetts needs to move to Atlantic Time, sunrise is just after 5AM here, and it gets light out before that. Sunset is currently a bit before 8:30PM.

@forsweden I've lived in two towns adjacent to Weston, so I've seen a bunch of those signs, though fewer more recently. In any event, I'm strongly in favor of relaxing zoning, especially near the commuter rail stops in Weston. Here in Waltham we are seeing a bunch of single family lots redeveloped as duplexes, which I guess is good (except for the fact duplexes are ugly), but I can't help feel that it would be better if townhomes were going up instead, or even apartments if they joined multiple lots.

Meanwhile there are people on the local news website gleefully celebrating that our FRA Quiet Zone got revoked and that people (like me) living in new apartment buildings in downtown Waltham have to live with train horns all the time despite the fact it's really not that bad, and tons of non apartments get to hear it too. They just want apartment dwellers to suffer though.

@pip-bip The worst part may be that they appear to have some sort of chocks on the truck, but didn't bother with the car.