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Check this out...this is so cool: Flyboard Family Official - YouTube , especially around 2:25 - 2:50. www.youtube.com/embed/IDbFu16Qbm0 More here: flyboard zapata official - YouTube

Is this mostly an American thing, I wonder? I really don't understand why anyone would subject themselves to this, just for the sake of winning a title: http://***.usatoday.com/2013/07/nathans-hot-dog-eating-contest-world-record/

In posting images here in the forums, I see via the ? icon in Advanced the image size is limited to 620 x 280. So I always re-size my images so longest side is 620 or under, save them, then upload to my post. I just saved an image without re-sizing and posted, to see what would happen, and it...

Headed up to Lodi Metals in Bellville OH later today for some gear, if anyone wants me to check on anything in person. Always wanted to just check the place out, see what they have that's not on the website, pick up some e-track, and order two short ends for my ratchets as, I think, LDB has...

Hey guys, just wondering, before I put stuff in the classifieds for sale, if anyone might be interested in buying some stuff I might be getting rid of to help pay some recent medical bills. As example, I have a really good high-end digital SLR camera that I might be willing to part with. Very...

Wondering what formula other solo van drivers use for figuring time needed to do long runs safely in expediting. I realize straight trucks and larger have to log, though am interested in what van and Sprinter drivers use. I'm not really looking for advice on what I should do; I know what I'm...

I know there have been threads before about meals we prepare on the road, but I'm wondering if there are many pics of those meals. One of the things I do to amuse myself on the road is to try and be creative when making a meal from whatever is at hand, then take a pic or two, mostly to send to...

I just got a question about mileage in my van, and it got me thinking about something I've been meaning to look into. I've been measuring my dash odometer against the yard stickers along the interstate and against my GPS and see that it's off. Not a tremendous amount, but enough that over...

Was going to do this in a private msg to the Grand Battery Wizard, but thought the answer may be of use to others. I run a diesel GMC van, which has a two battery system for starting; one batt is under the hood and the other is underneath along the frame rail on the driver's side. I'm planning...

Installing Fan-Tastic Roof Vent On Cargo Vans There's been a lot of conversation, and a bit of consternation, both here and on other forums about DIY installation of a roof vent in wide-ribbed roofs like on the GMC/Chevrolet and Ford cargo vans. I've seen people go to great lengths to raise...

Hey gang - headed to New Orleans and may have a day or two to wander around. Other than the typical French Quarter, etc, what have been your favorite places around the area to grab some Gumbo or Etouffe´, listen to music, or soak in local flavor and history? Any tips on truck stops or...

US & Canada DOT/Travel Info Sites morningstar55ny posted a great link to NODAK's travel and road closures page, and that map showed links to several pages for other states. One link led to another, so I gathered what I found and have put together the following list. I email these kinds of...

Q: What do you get if you cross a Dyslexic, an Agnostic, and an Insomniac? A: Someone who stays up all night wondering if there really is a dog.

About MM 47 northbound in KY; TT tangled up with a guardrail looks like, with traffic backed up for miles...all the way to Exit 43 at 21:45 eastern

Chris Kyle, the "most lethal" sniper in American history, was shot and killed today on a range in Texas by a former soldier with PTSD. Kyle and a friend had been trying to help the former soldier. Kyle recent wrote a book called American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in...

If you're anything like me, or most people my age, you remember Popular Mechanics special issues about the future and what we could expect. Things like sleek, aerodynamically designed vehicles, timed hi-speed freeway entrance, hi-speed rail, communication marvels, etc. Many of which have come...

NY Times published a very good article on Wed about the brand new, designed-just-for-iPhone, Google Maps App. Some pretty cool features in the new app, especially when compared to the Maps App from Apple: Maps App for iPhone Steers Right

I'd heard some auto makers had put black box type devices in some vehicles already, but this sounds more all inclusive and pervasive. And bound to be abused in one way or another: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would like to make it mandatory for automakers to install a...

Seeing how the primary entertainment of late is now gone, I propose we start a thread encouraging former LEO's with Happy Holiday beliefs to be allowed as multi-carriers with Obama phones to strike for uber-low-rates in unmarked former Penske box trucks with oversized permanent living quarters...

I mentioned this article in the 'Slow Cargo Van Freight?' thread, but see it as a separate topic--an encouraging one at that--that perhaps deserves it's own thread. The Insourcing Boom is a very interesting article about the growing trend of taking manufacturing--that has been outsourced over...