I don't know if this has been linked to yet, but car buffs might want to check it out: [link] A nyt article on the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, "the fastest, most powerful and - no surprise - most expensive production car in the world..."
A 1,001-horsepower two-seater that blasts to 60 miles an hour in 2.5 seconds - and continues pulling all the way to 253 m.p.h. - the car is a sheer technological wonder.
Still, nothing prepares the newcomer for the reality behind the bald performance statistics. The Veyron is blisteringly, and effortlessly, fast. Other vehicles on the road appear to stop as the Veyron whooshes past with the ease of a Formula One car. It is a sobering realization that the grand prix racer is not as fast as a Veyron.
Even stationary, the Veyron looks like a car that takes no prisoners. Slightly less than 176 inches long (no longer than a Kia Spectra) and almost 79 inches wide, it is surprisingly compact. Most of the space inside seems to be occupied by an enormous 16-cylinder engine, a seven-speed transaxle and an all-wheel-drive system. Ten radiators are required to disperse all the heat the Veyron's mechanical systems generate.
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The price, for those indiscreet enough to ask, is $1.2 million in the United States, before taxes.
Happy Birthday to all of you!
I woke up early and went to Robinson's May. Before 7:00 AM. And it was packed as all hell.
Right now, I'm wearing my brand new (forest) green jeans. And humming Pink Martini.
Plei, have you ever heard Pink Martini's song Lilly? I'll have to burn it for you.
Happy Birthday Theodosia!
Happy Birthday Jesse!
Happy Birthday Rayne!
Must decide how to spend today myself. I slept in too late for the drive to Nashville to see Brokeback Mountain to be feasible. Housecleaning is right out. Maybe ice cream?
Happy Birthdays to Jesse, Theodosia, and Rayne!
Just got back from my first dog walk in the new neighborhood. Pretty darn successful.
Hippo birdies to the three Buffista birthday girls!
reinraus is the prototype of a standardized and serially producible mobile space extension for city apartments.
The appliance can be installed on a wide variety of windows, apartments and types of dwellings. It is one-sided, hangs asymmetrically and thus can be mounted either left or right of a wall strut next to a window. Its operation is also generally independent of window types and sizes. This feature is a premise for the economic serial production of the appliance. For use in concrete situations, the entire appliance must be mounted inside the user's own appartment and, by virtue of its conception, can be operated only temporarily. Consequently, operating the "extreme furniture" lies outside the defined possibilities for formal objection available to property owners, neighbours and regulatory authorities.
Happy Birthday Theodosia! Happy Birthday Jesse! Happy Birthday Rayne!
Hurrah for birthdays!
Happy Jesse, Rayne & Theodosia days!
You know, people talk about reincarnation and commings of various people. What is the possibility of Mother Theresa actually being reincarnated in the bun? If I had a choice about reincarnation, I would preffer, personally, not to come back in the form of something edible and stuffed full of preservatives.
Well, the Nun Bun has existed for a while - since before Mother Thresa died. In fact, she wrote a letter to the cafe, asking then to stop selling the Nun Bun t-shirts.
