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Finest High Speed Motorcycle Video Ever Filmed

Chrome users may need to reload the page to see the video. I can’t take my eyes off the screen… Yamaha R6 full out down a mountain in Hawaii. Hits 153mph, many 140mph + corners. I know not if he still lives. It’s a shame we can’t ride down the...

Ekranoplan Big as a Football Field

I have always been very interested in the Ekranoplan platform. Although not much unique ever came from the slaves of communism, this remains one fascinating concept. Could it have been used to deliver thousands of troops to New York or Los Angeles, under radar and at...

Ending Phone Solicitation – Gorilla Style

One time a couple years ago, some wind damaged our building roof. We got estimates from several companies. We selected one of them and they did the job. Over the next few weeks, we got calls back from the other vendors asking what we had done. We told “Star...

Avoid Becoming Easy Prey To Debate Tricks

I’ve often heard it argued a gun of one type or another (or perhaps all of them) shouldn’t be allowed becasue “somebody might steal it and do evil or commit crimes…” – Out rights are not situational or based on the actions of...