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News: Motorcyclist has throat cut by kite string

I’m a proponent wearing full gear when riding, more because it protects against things that can make you crash as much as protecting you when you crash. Today a motorcyclist ran into one of those oddities, a kite string across and intersection. In this case the string caught his neck, but imagine what could have … Continue reading »

Mill street Tankhouse ale

Apparently a deliciously complex and spicy ale. I call it yuck!

GadgetReview- Outrun Video Game Electric Car (video)

I spent many quarters in my youth on this game. Now, it’s real. Check out this post: http://www.gadgetreview.com/2011/08/outrun-video-game-electric-car.html

Article: The Top 25 Most Ridiculous Road Signs | sub5zero.com

The Top 25 Most Ridiculous Road Signs | sub5zero.com http://www.sub5zero.com/offbeat/top-25-most-ridiculous-road-signs?page=0,2

Take a trip around the ‘Ring in a Honda-powered Mini Clubman” article

Check out: ” Take a trip around the ‘Ring in a Honda-powered Mini Clubman”- http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/11/take-a-trip-around-the-ring-in-a-honda-powered-mini-clubman/

- Time to Manual up

Loving this new series of Mini ads. Having driven both manual and auto versions of the MINI I have no problem saying that manual is best. Check out this post: http://bssp.com/2011/news/time-to-manual-up/

Article: Review: 2011 MINI Cooper S

Review: 2011 MINI Cooper S http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/08/review-2011-mini-cooper-s/

Article: State Farm launches OnStar-like service called In-Drive

Sign up for some behavior monitoring to save “State Farm can use the device to mon i tor your dri ving habits. ” or don’t sign up and maybe pay even more. I’ll pass on this one… State Farm launches OnStar-like service called In-Drive http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/05/state-farm-launches-onstar-like-service-called-in-drive/

Article: Rolltisserie

Now you can have you own portable street food machine. Behold the rolltisserie. I think this would be a fantastic addition to a Countryman. Rolltisserie http://uncrate.com/stuff/rolltisserie/ Sent from my iPad

Do you think parking tickets are harsh?

See an illegally parked car get run over by a mayor in a tank The week in pictures: 5 August 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/theweekinpictures/8684858/The-week-in-pictures-5-August-2011.html

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