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[AnotherFairportfan]

Different lighting when they took the picture.

That may explain why Lily is green, too, huh?

[Mark N]

Remember - that little inset shot is at the beach.

And the first time Suzi and Lily appeared in-story, it was daytime. Apparently wapsiverse vampires have no problem with the sun.

That and Dracula in the original novel was not allergic to the sun, it only weakened some of his powers. Most of the legends of vampires do not include a sun problem either. It seems to be a component of North American folklore and not European .

[AnotherFairportfan]

PornHub: No More Germany F*cking Brazil

Popular adult site PornHub is now asking its users to stop uploading videos of highlights from Brazil’s defeat on Tuesday to Germany under the titles like “Young Brazilians get f*cked by entire German soccer team.” “Please stop uploading the game highlights to PornHub... Our public humiliation category is full. #BrazilvsGermany,” PornHub tweeted. Brazil lost to Germany in an epic 7-1 rout, making it one of the worst defeats in World Cup history, let alone for a host nation with such a storied history.

{original story at The Independent}

[jwhouk]

Well, you do have to understand that it is kind of unusual. A big-time team with big-name players, in their element, just going out and completely collapsing on the big stage. I mean, it's not the kind of thing you see all the time, right?

[AnotherFairportfan]

Nikon D3200 hand held, manual focus. ISO 400 - F8, 1/500 sec. 0146 EDT

Original image 6016 x 4000 pixels. This image (a 1200 x 900 segment) is at 100% resolution.

[jwhouk]

[Jabberwonky]

But what sort of paranormal was she?

[Atomic]

But what sort of paranormal was she?

The Spunky kind.


I hate spunk.

[Mark N]

But what sort of paranormal was she?

The Spunky kind.


I hate spunk.

So did Lou Grant.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Okay, as Arlo didn't exactly say, i showed ya that picture so i could show ya another one, and you'd be absolutely sure what you were lookin' at:



Scary part is - what if it's actually tuned to the point where that stuff actually might be sorta justified?

I'm remembering (real, original) Cooper S's that had like a hundred + HP...

[jwhouk]

Is that a converted Euro version, or a US-only version?

[AnotherFairportfan]

I have no idea - but it's PROBABLY a US version, given that it appears to be legally licensed.

[DinkyInky]

So what is this 어글리 데스 덫?

Not even if it were gold plated with gem-encrusted ribbons and given to me as a gift would I take it.

Then again, if someone offered me a Tesla Z in the tackiest of colours and patterns, and asked me to drive it around like that for a year before they re-painted it I would.

[AnotherFairportfan]

Okay.  Not gonna link directly to this one because it might be NSFW.  But a Google "News" search would probably take you to the Guardian article:
   
Vagina selfie for 3D printers lands Japanese artist in trouble
 
Megumi Igarashi, aka Rokudenashiko, arrested for emailing digital template of her genitalia to supporters of her art

[AnotherFairportfan]

So what is this 어글리 데스 덫?

Not even if it were gold plated with gem-encrusted ribbons and given to me as a gift would I take it.

Then again, if someone offered me a Tesla Z in the tackiest of colours and patterns, and asked me to drive it around like that for a year before they re-painted it I would.

OTOH, if someone offered me a Tesla free, no strings attached, i'd sell it immediately and use the money get a car*.

But if this were the functional equivalent of a real Mini Cooper S (the original British one, not that thing from BMW) and if i could fit comfortaby into it, i'd drive it.

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* Until they increase the actual range, provide charging stations as widely available and at least one third as numerous as gas stations , and reduce full charging time to ten minutes or less (and use something less likely to burn it up than a lithium ion battery), a Tesla isn't a car. It's an amusing electric go-cart.

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EDIT to add: I just checked a couple of Tesla's own pages - their "Supercharger" takes thirty minutes to put about 170 miles worth of driving range into the battery, which is two-thirds to three-quarters or so of what they claim as maximum range. I'm pretty sure the reason they don't tell you how fast it can give you full range is that battery charging becomes slower as the battery becomes more fully charged, so if you get three-quarters in thirty minutes, it might take an hour for full charge.

[TazManiac]

I dont know, the tiny 'A'-car (what I ref as a 'Metro-Car') is useful for around town type jaunts, but I wouldn't want to have to rely on a trip from say SF to LA down highway 5 in one.

[Bookworm]

I had the opportunity (a few years ago) to purchase one of the original Austin Mini's (Originally called the Austin Se7en or 7).

http://gatewayclassiccars.com/saint-lou ... S2467.html

http://www.classiccarportraits.co.uk/pa ... ni5961.htm

The guy wanted 2 grand, and I didn't have that to spare at the time. Talk about a roller skate. It's 53 inches tall. (yes, even a short person could clean the top of the car without straining). 10 inch wheels. (I think the tires made it to 12 inches). Forty miles to the gallon - in 1959.

(Yes, the _original_ (1959) car was called the Austin Seven, then it was rebadged as the Austin Mini and Morris Mini-Minor. The word 'Cooper' didn't show up until 1961 _and it wasn't the same car_. That's why they were called Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S. They weren't Mini's, which were still sold separately. )

[AnotherFairportfan]

(Yes, the _original_ (1959) car was called the Austin Seven, then it was rebadged as the Austin Mini and Morris Mini-Minor. The word 'Cooper' didn't show up until 1961 _and it wasn't the same car_. That's why they were called Mini Cooper and Mini Cooper S. They weren't Mini's, which were still sold separately. )

Yes they were and no they weren't.

The Cooper was to the original Mini as the Shelby GT35 and GT500 Mustang (the real ones) were to the Mustang.

They were Minis that had been massaged and breathed on by Cooper. It was the same basic car, but a lot hairier - especially the S, which left US sales the year before the rest of the Minis, because of emissions. It wasn't worth doing the work to meet US standards, given how few they sold and the fact that they weren't going to be able to sell the car in the US at all pretty soon.

The next year the US lost all the Minis, because of the requirement for a collapsible steering column, which was impossible, given the design of the Mini's steering.

The 12-inch-wheel cars were the Austin Princess and MG 1100, which were larger than the Mini. (My dad owned an 1100.)

[DinkyInky]

@#$%$#@#$%&@#$%!

So I remember fondly my road trips to Texas, and all the great food I ate at the many awesome restaurants there. Of course, having a road trip with my son is going to involve quality food...

So today I found myself at Chipotles. I've been there and had incredible food there before.

I ordered a simple Burrito. Pulled Beef, Guacamole, Black Beans, Cheese, Sour cream, Salsa.

Instead of the flavourful combinations of memory, I got a Salsa layer, a Cheese layer, a Sour cream layer, and a beef layer, with beans throughout all of them, and wrapped so sloppily that the sour cream seeped out a bit and soggied the Tortilla. After a bite to open it, I had to get a parfait spoon and mix them all up.

My son ordered a VERY simple burrito. Pulled Beef and Pinto beans with his Cheese on the side. His too was not layered right at all. One half beef and the other beans.

It was like this:



I can understand swamped, but seriously? FreeBirds was twice as swamped, and they got it right the first time, even to the point of asking if we wanted it mixed up before it got wrapped. Even better was one of the crew remembered us from visiting years ago.

[Catawampus]

. . .provide charging stations as widely available and at least one third as numerous as gas station. . .

I'm rather curious to see how (or if) this problem is finally surmounted. A lack of convenient charging stations will make people reluctant to buy electric cars, but a lack of electric cars on the roads will make people reluctant to invest in building electronic charging stations. It's somewhat analogous to the change from horses to petrol-fueled automobiles, but without the radical change in properties and abilities making the newer type a popular option. It's just one type of car to another.