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I am not shocked that Jennifer Granholm has her hands in this ! She was the Governor of Michigan for a long while...

She wasn't great for the State either ! Just raised taxes on EVERYTHING! She also got smoking banned everywhere and increased the price of tobacco five fold ! Now she lives in California and is our nations energy secretary...

She is about as qualified as Mayor Pete is to be transportation secretary... Remember the big Southwest disaster on Christmas ? And all these train derailments ? How about the time the docks were backed up ? Are they still backed up? Who the fuck knows!
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LOL !!!!!!

The nuke-industry will do what it can to survive, like deceiving people to warrant its needs, as always. It's a huge & very secretive industry, & I need not go into the lies & treachery it has laid-down on us over the decades, yet alone all the toxic poisons.

The way it gets away with murder is because of investors & bankers. As a stock-holder, you entrust someone ( the banks ) to offer a good-return for investment, & they place-it where they see the largest return...And when things go pear-shaped, the corrupted Corporate selected politicians step-in & refinance the industry with your tax dollars.

If the law is valid still, Chris Busby & his team will win in the courts, & it will all shut-down via the law, via the new scientific evidence he presents.

There are thresholds within the law (Internationally btw ) that allow for adjustments in nuclear activity should evidence deem it unsafe, due to public exposure & deaths.

Remember that the current laws state, that it is "Justifiable" to have nuclear activity when 1/10,000 people may die form its being. The real numbers presented & verified by scientific research is that the number of people dying / dead from its activity is really 1/100.

All you folks Stateside have to do respectfully, is simply "WAKE-UP", & demand its demise, with the new evidence presented.

Just go to any hospital & ask what the number of cancer patients is for your own personal verification.

Here's the latest review of these small reactors claiming to save the world & its energy need issue...


beyondnuclear.org/small-modular-reactors-will-worsen-climate-change/

You know, back in the days of the original Shelby Mustangs, Hertz rented them too. And often they were returned with a bone stock 302 instead of the 428 they left with.

This of course lead to Hertz not renting Shelby's anymore, at least until now.

Don't get any ideas.

Nice to be needed Stellar !

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qt."Gawd... I so badly want to publish the "real" version of the trip...The behind the scenes, off the clock pleasure parts.

I been trying to write it in the Webcrawlers thread, but it keeps devolving into a pathetic self-pity ugliness, that I have to keep telling myself to give it more time...

Feel like dusting the Miami thread off and making it public for awhile so people know I'm serious about my crazy!

Question is, does anyone really want to know anyway ?
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Speaking for myself, I haven't got a clue about what you're talking about, or could care less, since it's written-up like it's self-serving-egoism / fantasy...

But I bet the end result might be something like this...

 

There's a lot of Bill Clinton inside you Stellar !!!

I think perhaps... well, maybe I'm just not applying myself fully... what do you think?

And getting past all that, even though I have been applying myself as fully as one can, there is a bigger picture! One that is just not here today and gone tomorrow!

Some of these plans of mine are just not "overnight" line items! There is real blood, sweat and tears that go into them! Getting them done under budget is the name of the game, and the game I will play!

All that being said, I am about to make some moves! Summer is coming on strong here in Michigan, were now in May! That means better weather, and more time to catch up for next winter!

Thinking about taking the Corvette out of storage today, turning off the Lincoln and then putting the kid in the S10! No point in keeping insurance on a car that is damaged and not being driven! He might as well get used to truck life!

That being said, I have to make some calls! 

 

I'm probably going to avoid politics myself in this thread... but you do you! Pretty sure once the election starts to heat up, every thread will be dripping with political slant... shits already like a wet blanket on the MSM Social / Media...

All I know is the weather is getting GREAT! I just caught up on my work and I'm going to have to start an agressive campaign to get this damn passengers side valve cover for big blue... 

Trying to keep our numbers up at the company (alone) and perform these renovations (some unplanned) along with the upgrages to give us more bays has been quite the battle. I suppose I could have more done than I do, but clearly I'm of the mindset that if you want something done right you have to do it yourself... and that's where we are because unlike hand-outs, I gotta pay all this shit back! LOL... but seriously, I'm considering having a two car garage door installed soon... so that will be TWO BAYS right there, with the potential for two more right next to it (lean-to) and then perhaps two more when I rebuild the garage here... for sure a four post so I can do exhaust and alignments! If I could score an old Bend Pack or Ben Pearson hydrolic pipe bender I could REALLY cover my bases! Already got the cut off saw and the welder ready to go! But that's a lot of coin, ON TOP of the big bucks to rebuild the garage. But I can for sure get two more bays on the cheap right now! We can see how the wind blows later on the other stuff! 

Everything being said, it's REALLY great weather right now! Not too hot, and not too cold! Probably just hang out around here this summer, maybe a beach trip or two on our birthdays and anniversaries... let's hope the market holds out! I worry about the brinksmanship on the Government spending, McCarthy is clearly one of them guys who's not affraid of losing 15 times... And he's pretty old-school, constitution thumper! Oh shit, now I've done it! I've gone there with politics even after saying I wouldn't!

 

Yeah... I'm sure about that! All I have to do is reach 1460 post on this account and I'll be SELLC again!

Free willy!

 

If you recall, the last time I went to the Detroit Grand Prix it was when they held it on Belle Isle, which as it's name suggest -- is a small island on the Detroit River... This time however, just as it was some 32 years ago, the race would be held in the streets of Detroit!

I can remember back in the 1980's it was really such a big deal and the Detroit Grand Prix was the buzz of the town with Pepsi giving away glasses and everyone talking about it... No doubt everyone has been dealing with a punishing COVID the past few years, but to see Detroit pull itself together for the Grand Prix was really impressive! Perhaps one of the BEST parts about the Grand Prix running thru the streets of Detroit is ACCESS! Before it was basically walled off by a fast moving river... you either paid to get a pass or you just didn't get to see anything! Now however, everyone can get in a peek of the action, and a few minutes watching these Indy Car and TransAm class cars fly by is all you need to get the hook in! That is all it took for me anyway! Every since that first race I can't help but to go back and hear them buzz by! Even when you are parking blocks away the buzz these cars give off is sounds like a massive bee-hive in the distance! It's quite incredible sounding from the parking garage at the Detroit Hollywood Casino in Greektown! 

Tomorrow is the actual race... I am planning to attend.

I'd like to explore a few other areas of the Detroit Grand Prix because while ACCESS is nice, it's still hard to get into some of the areas -- or even find them for that matter. Even when it was all contained to the island, there were some areas that just seemed in-accessable for regular folks like myself. But that's totally cool because I have been having a blast! The photos above were actually taken on Wednesday when I went to case out the place to see how the lay of the land would be... shockingly they didn't even have a lot set up yet, as they pretty much just get things ready and execute the transformation a day/night before. For an event this large they really pulled a rabbit out of the hat! It would seem they do a really good job setting up, even if a few of the Indy car drivers are complaining about the track in some areas being bumpy... but a few bumps are to be expected as they iron out this transformation back to the streets of Detroit. As mentioned above I also went on Free Friday and took Brandee along with me... we logged almost 11,000 steps that day! We really made the rounds and had such a good time we had to rest today! I got pretty sunburnt as it was an absolute beautiful day every time I went! The ride down to Detroit in the Corvette with the top down was really great, both on the way there and back! 

I have had a lot of fun so far, and I'd almost feel guilty if I didn't return tomorrow and buy a ticket for the race... this kind of production cannot be cheap! 

Brandee seemed to have a good time as well, but no word on if she is going tomorrow... Guess we will find out soon!

So this is why I haven't been around much, it's harder for me to post photos on the webforum because I have to convert and resize them... it's just one of them things. 

Hope everyone else has been doing alright in here!

Me - trying to slither away for 48 hours somewhere on the last week of July

The Company -

Honestly... these Hollywood distractions have only existed here because of my disire to draw my attention away from local ones... I hope that the regulars, with V8 Cafe access realize this...

I could really give a fuck that a bunch of rich people in Hollywood think they needs to be paid more, athough we have seen the Teamsters come thru with $170,000 per year contracts for UPS Drivers in the past few days... Word on the street is that the UAW is trying to get Ford and GM factory workers $150 per hour too! I've never been one to hate on the working class, so I'm happy that in addition to $170,000 a year -- that UPS drivers will now have AC installed in their trucks! That's cool and all, but honestly NOBODY works harder than the Mechanic who will no doubt be installing all these AC units into the UPS trucks! Makes you wonder if perhaps we're going to see a bunch of bankruptcies -- like in the case of Yellow Trucking... maybe not today, but no doubt UPS will have to raise prices to cover these expenses... meanwhile FedEx isn't getting any love... and thus should be able to easily undercut their workers in order to be cheaper than UPS by A LOT!

Makes you wonder... 

Meanwhile, I'm just trying to get by on my own... No big union or anything fancy... Just a few loans and a desire to pay them back! Not everyone can live off their parents money like Rastus!

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It's just amazing the things they build now days to kill people...

This "directed energy" weapon is not nothing new, and it's not like a laser either... they claim some of our Embassy workers were targeted with directed energy attacks in Cuba quite some time ago. 

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Yes, well said Stellar & posted...

The Russians have this weapon too, & have used it to terminate people who were getting a little too outspoken...Apparently with one incident, the police left the victims body on-site for a number of hours, & knew not to get too near the body for fear of after-effects from its use.

The weapon was also used in the Iraq wars, namely the 2nd one where all their air-force planes ( US-of-A made & sold btw ) simply fell-out-of-the-sky...It was also reported that the US-of-A man-made UFO's made a few appearances too, & helped decimated the country within a week...

That's likely why Mr.Greer was so keen to get the news out & forewarn about the "Fake ET Invasion" with his last film "The Cosmic Hoax"...And this remains a possibility too.

What we got instead was the war in the Ukraine & fear mongering over China...The Military Corporate Industrial Complex doesn't want to stage this " fake ET Invasion" event until all the "manufactured enemies" are all used-up...

That said, as Shawnee indicated ( & James Gilliland ), the monetary system has been changed quietly, so perhaps the worst of the wars are behind us from now on...

1.000 years of peace sounds pretty good to me !

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Iran and Noko also have DEW.

Well you could drink some pearl or lonestar and puke techicolor.

Shitty beer!

Steak good, try the "Big Texan" Don't ask for ketsup for your steak, you'll be crucified.

A 1 is OK but don't push it too far. I loved "Big Texan" Ordered a large beer, gave me a quart. Picked my own steak and can watch it cooked. They got a 6# steak challenge, got to eat it all, tater, fat, everything and it's free. Guy did it while I was there. The whole staff came out, circled his table singing, "the biggest pig in the world. I'm telling you, if you are in TX, eat there.

Think only 1 big Texan, on the panhandle. Buddy has had his Tesla 3 4-5 years now he loves it. Took a ride in it. He drove from West Wa to OH, then here and home. No complaints about finding charges. Wonder when the battery pac goes though.
Been on the gulf coast but bit Galv. Hot! Even the water is hot.

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The panhandle is like super-super far from where I'll be at up there in Northern Texas... don't think my electric rental would be worth trying to take that far... heck I bet it's probably a days drive (including re-charging time) from where we are staying. I tried to keep everything an hour or two away to prevent issues with having to spend hours on the road re-charging.

I also found out on Twitter that the vehicle shown above is actually a Model X, and not the Model 3 that we have reserved... but I still hope they have a Model 3 with bull horns. 

Hoping that the last of the 100+ degree weather is gone by the time we arrive -- but even still they have a nice pool. Don't know that I would wade out any further than knee deep in the Gulf... I'd imagine they have sharks and all sorts of nasty stinger bearing sea creatures there too... rattlesnakes -- you name it... Hope the pool water isn't hot! I been reading that parts of southern Florida in the Key's has had hot tub temperature waters lately! That would really suck to jump in the water and have it be as hot as the air! Only 48 hours until liftoff.

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 Too bad, great steak and a fun place. I was there 40 years or more ago, it was about 500 round tables and 4 chairs each, none matching, all old saloon type stuff. Steak pit in the middle of the floor near the back.

3 with bullhorns be cool, get a hat too. 100 not bad, we just went thru a month of upper 100's

So anyway, couldn't expense that whopper... had to put it on my personal charge... already made two payments -- only have two more to go!

But, I mean... it's really by chance that we ended up there because I really didn't know what was going to happen when I caught up with the kids after they got off work!

Brandee and I knew we were in trouble when we landed at IAH - aka GW Bush Houston Intercontinental airport -

Important to note that when we arrived at IAH both Brandee and I were hungry for breakfast! Being an AMEX Platinum card holder, we thought we were getting breakfast at the IAH when we landed... come to find out due to some obscure rule change during COVID (at least at IAH airport) -- only outgoing flights from IAH can enjoy the Lounge! So we were turned away! While that REALLY pissed me off at the time, it saved us $700 as AMEX would waive the entire years membership fee! $700 to skip an airport breakfast? Nooooooooo problem!

Prior to the fancy San Luis we stayed at the Hilton Hotel while we waited out the kids to finish off their work week (more about this stay in the Tesla thread) -- but we sort of knew perhaps we landed on the more expensive part of the Island, and this was totally by chance since outside of being really young, neither of us had ever visited Texas before...

Our first hotel at the Hilton Galveston Island Resort was nothing short of AMAZING

Those lights you see off in the ocean in the photo above are actually oil rig platforms and oil tanker ships! We were for sure in OIL Country!

Brandee is such a ham.

Of course, the best part was catching up with Rex Brandon and the local Plymouth crew -- who had now officially been living in Texas for one whole year!

The entire trip was just a "take it as it comes" trip -- we really did not know what to expect. We were just more or less going to see the kids!

All I know, it's one for history books over here! Had NO IDEA that Galveston Island was so Boujee!

This first two days it was just Brandee and I on what I can only discribe as a Paradise Island! But it wouldn't be long before we hooked up with the Plymouth Crew.

Amazingly enough, this feast for SIX people at Texas Roadhouse (In Texas of all places LOL) cost us LESS than $200 with tip! Of course this photo above was taken in College Station, at a local Texas Roadhouse -- and not a Resort Island.

Still -- it's one of the most amazing trips on the books! And the best part was we just took it as it came because we had no idea what it would be like at College Station Texas, let alone the Ritzy Galveston Island!

All in all, it was just really good to see Rex Brandon and the rest of the Plymouth crew!

In fact, it was so crazy it took me over a month to process it all!

That's cool!!!! Good for him.

Yo,

Great album Stellar...I used to have it until someone ripped-it-off...

The tune Photograph was always good to hear...


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***And as far as supernova's go, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Blondie, Placebo & many others are going to blast Melbourne-town out with a Rock Festival on the 20th April 2024 via 2 x stages at on open-air gig...Fingers crossed I can get family ( nieces & nephews, brothers & sisters ) interested enough to go, so that then I'll fly-in & enjoy the shows too !

-- Edited by Rastus on Sunday 21st of January 2024 05:08:19 AM

Welp... Today is my birthday so I decided to do a little video for everyone.

Thank you, PowerStroker!

It's been a most interesting 49 years let me tell you! If I can get another 40 good years out of this body I'll consider whatever I get after that gravy.

 

Thanks Rastus, but what's with the photos? What exactly you trying to say?

Trump would be good friends with GW Bush had it not been for the fact Jeb wasn't about to get in the mud with Trump in 2016, and mud got thrown. At least that's how I understand it.

5 pages in to this, and I still don't know what this thread is actually about.

Yo,

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qt."5 pages in to this, and I still don't know what this thread is actually about".
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Stellar said...
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qt."It's just sort of a free-for-all thread for me to post up things I'm doing at the moment...At first it was an alternate to the Webcrawlers thread whereas I was trying to break away from them -- but clearly it didn't work...So in other words, it's an off topic thread where I try and steer clear of politics, and just focus on good times...- Even though Rastus wishes to muck it up from time to time with geo-political ideas. I don't know why he does that, but -- whatever. LOL
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