A new game... Post pics from your cel phone V.1.0

[BruceK]

This was a bit shocking to me.   A Pantera is dwarfed by the massive new Fiat 124 (Miata in an Italian suit).  The Miata is not a big car at all, but...   wow.  Makes the Pantera seem X 1/9 size! 

[MiniDave]

This new AC supercar model surprised everyone.  I had no idea it even existed. 

It looked fantastic.  And sported an honest manual transmission instead of flappy paddles.

I like the A/C, it looks very cool....$150K?

[BruceK]

This new AC supercar model surprised everyone.  I had no idea it even existed. 

It looked fantastic.  And sported an honest manual transmission instead of flappy paddles.

I like the A/C, it looks very cool....$150K?

A/C, cool.   I see what you did there!!  :D


Yeah, something like that.  Apparently not too new of a design.   Built in South Africa with a Camaro engine and transmission.   But designed in Italy and sexy as hell.

[gr8kornholio]

Glad to see the weather was infinitely better than last year and the minis didn't get stuck on top of the bumpy hill.  Bummed I couldn't make it, was driving home from state special olympics event.  Fingers crossed for scheduling next year.

[MiniDave]

This was a bit shocking to me.   A Pantera is dwarfed by the massive new Fiat 124 (Miata in an Italian suit).  The Miata is not a big car at all, but...   wow.  Makes the Pantera seem X 1/9 size!

That's a fascinating picture, for a couple of reasons......the first is that I have a pic of Don's Pup on the road beside a Gen1 Miata, they're almost the same size! Second, when we park our Audi A6 based wagon - which we used to think of as a big car - in a parking lot, it's one of the smallest cars there - even smaller than a Honda Civic for instance. But that pic really brings home how the general viewpoint of a "small" car has changed!

[Jims5543]

Americanizing cars.

Super sizing them to fit their clients.

Sad, isn't it?

My E30, which I consider a large car looks like a toy on the road today.

The Bini is so big it rivals me FJ Cruiser in size.

[gr8kornholio]

Show last night was awesome.  Moshing last night was a little subdued during Slayer. Like everyone was there to enjoy the moment of the last show. Lamb of God had the whole floor moving on the final song which they dedicated to Vinny Paul, the late drummer of Panthers and a Texas native.

Tried to post video but don't think it's working.

[94touring]

Wandering around a train graveyard in Scranton PA.  Exciting life that I lead.

[Jims5543]

I think that last locomotives cousin just finished a retoration and made is maiden voyage.  Those were nick named the Big Boys.


Jump to 0:50 to actually see it.

[Jims5543]

One more vid, that 1:00 mark it is underway.

[94touring]

I think that last locomotives cousin just finished a retoration and made is maiden voyage.  Those were nick named the Big Boys.


Jump to 0:50 to actually see it.

Sure enough and 2 numbers away on the production line! Thing is a beast.

[Jims5543]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_4012

Only 8 of these bad boys remain, you just took a picture of 1 of them.

[94touring]

Not sure how I missed 4014 since I was walking all over but they were closed and there was another fenced off section it must have been behind.  4012 stuck out of the crowd due to its size.  There were some really old wooden rail cars falling apart I thought were cool as hell.  Not even a train guy but you can feel the history around these types of things.

[Jims5543]

Not sure how I missed 4014 since I was walking all over but they were closed and there was another fenced off section it must have been behind.  4012 stuck out of the crowd due to its size.  There were some really old wooden rail cars falling apart I thought were cool as hell.  Not even a train guy but you can feel the history around these types of things.

You missed the 4014 because at this very moment it is in Wyoming doing some 100 year anniversary for Union Pacific run.

The 4012 you took a picture of is one of 8 remaining locomotives that are that size.  They were monsters and used to pull long heavy trains and especially used to get over the mountains in the west.

I am FAR from a train expert, when I see something cool like the 4014 I do some reading up on it so I understand the significance of it.

Your eye is good you spotted a piece of History.

[94touring]

That's cool.  Makes sense cause not sure how you'd miss something as big as it is!

[Jims5543]

That's cool.  Makes sense cause not sure how you'd miss something as big as it is!

WTF is in Scranton besides Dunder Mifflin?

[94touring]

These trains and some homeless people.  It's a pretty run down town after my 3 hour hike around.  Lots of empty building  spaces and in need of some kind of revamping.  Probably was nice here in the 60s.

[94touring]

I didn't know what Dunder Miflin was but saw a display in the airport like most cities have of their big town business.  I see caterpillar bulldozers, toothpaste, Texas instruments calculaters, boats.. you name it.  I Google dunder miflin and it's not even a real company lol.  No wonder this town is in rough shape.

[Jims5543]

I used to visit a place called Benton,PA.  I remember going through Scranton and Wilkes-Barr to get there.

Even in the 80's it seemed depressing there.


Yes Dunder Mifflin was the name of the fictitious paper company in the TV show The Office. 

[Jims5543]

Construction Budget 4 Million, ironically owner is from Scranton PA area.





We had a hell of a thunderstorm come though, tore things up real good. View from backyard of 4 Mil home.

[94touring]

This just popped up in my news feed.  Big Boy 4014.

https://www.businessinsider.com/restored-steam-locomotive-rolls-to-anniversary-event-2019-5?utm_content=buffer9e61e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-cars

[Jims5543]

This just popped up in my news feed.  Big Boy 4014.

https://www.businessinsider.com/restored-steam-locomotive-rolls-to-anniversary-event-2019-5?utm_content=buffer9e61e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-cars

Great article, thanks for posting that.

[MiniDave]

The locomotives will tour the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 in honor of the Transcontinental Railroad's 1869 completion. They will be in Ogden, Utah, this week for an event featuring UP and Utah officials and an ancestor of one of the Chinese workers who helped build the railroad.

I'd like to see that, he must be what - 200 years old?

[94touring]

The Chinese never age.

[tsumini]

Not exactly from my cell phone but "What I did in  the shop today" category just didn't seem right.