Why are firetrucks red? Many stories and jokes circulate about why the firetrucks are red. According to many sources online includingWonderopolis, the story goes something like this. “Because they have eight wheels and four people on them, and four plus eight makes twelve, and there are twel...
Texas charm, a promoter's guile, and real talent made Shelby a world-famous race driver by 1959, when he won LeMans for Aston Martin. A heart condition soon ended his track career, so Shelby turned to his dream of building the world's quickest sports car. The result was a stark ...
Ultimately, the goal is to nudge the space junk into a place where it could safely deorbit or be destroyed while reentering Earth’s atmosphere. A few ideas that are in the works might sound like science fiction, but they could make a big difference! The garbage trucks of space Harpoons...
It is analogous to the history of the cost of computers. Early adopters pay a high price. The current price of gasoline and diesel is so low that it would not be economical for a relatively low mileage driver. Commercial trucks are another story altogether. Some of the biggest successes ...
It seems like AntiFa & BLM are rushing relief supplies to the folks in Texas and providing temporary shelter for the evacuees from FL. Oh, wait, they’re not doing a damned thing to help anyone. Ft. Nolan September 6, 2017 @ 6:35 pm AntiFa is not anti-fascist, they are anti-Ch...
We have all heard at least a partial explanation as to why West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent prices are so far apart. We have been told that the Midwest is oversupplied because of all of the Canadian imports, and the crude oil cannot get down as far as the Gulf Coast, because ...
Are we heading for a "mating crisis"?Sounds a bit alarmist,but one NYU professor is convinced we're heading in the wrong direction as a society. The amount of women enrolled in college in the United States is at an all time high, according to the theWall Street Journal, using data fr...
Authorities are looking for a person that they believe might be connected to their investigation of a woman who was found dead along the side of Route 1 on Christmas. The body of Stephanie Carmody was found on the shoulder of the highway. ...
The oil price is on a rollercoaster. Having crashed intonegative territoryjust last April, the price of Brent crude climbed all the way to US$70 (£50) earlier in March. It hassince slidbelow US$64. So where is it heading and what are the implications?
and growing increasingly so. We had planned to be moving back into the bus this week, and to be gearing up to start heading west. As you know, our bus is our home. We are now firmly done with our Alaskan adventure which was planned to overlap this project.. which means we are pret...