The Conquistador's Picture Of The Day

[Boner]

Originally Posted by a9127

Well I'm all set to go as "Deadpool" to my company's Halloween party. Just need a date...

Of course you know who my #1 choice is. Her eyes even turn green when she's about to go evil. Is that my kind of girl or what?

(Shit, I'd go as Mickey Mouse just to get a date with Dove. )

I know you're still waiting for Dove to show up for that date, Andy. Hopefully when she does she'll be dressed like she is in this picture!

[a9127]

Originally Posted by Boner

I know you're still waiting for Dove to show up for that date, Andy. Hopefully when she does she'll be dressed like she is in this picture!

Nice. Thanks. She turned 22 Monday. Catching up to me...

Here's a recent pic. Think it's from the premiere of Descendants 2 last summer. Maybe if I'm lucky she'll swing by here in that limo for our date.

[a9127]

According to a news story I read earlier today someone has created a "robot priest" that gives blessings and forgives sins.

Personally I would rather "confess" my sins to the robot in the second picture and suffer my penance...

[a9127]

Today (January 25) marks the 40th anniversary of the “Blizzard of 1978.” Starting in the Ohio Valley it intensified and dumped up to 36” (91 cm) of snow on the Central and Eastern parts of the United States. Wind gusts of up to 100 mph (160 km) were recorded and 70 people lost their lives.

Although my family lived in Detroit at the time and I was not yet around, my Dad took an 8mm film of the aftermath. We did not get the snow that other areas got. Still we had drifts that covered our garage. In many areas all the snow that piled up did not melt until June.

This picture is of the I-65 Zionsville exit in Indiana looking North (on the way to Chicago) after the worst had passed through Indiana. I take this exit everyday home from work. Where I live today is about a mile East on W. Stonegate Dr. across from the Elementary School. The sign says “334.” Could it be the same one after all this time? This is the “Oak St.” referenced in many of my stories. Downtown Zionsville is several miles to the East. Forty years ago it looks like nothing was there. Today it is all businesses, condos, and shopping centers. Amazon has a large distribution center just to our North.

[a9127]

Many of us on TLB have tech backgrounds or degrees. I work on the weekends and was just checking my mail. This was in my inbox - thought some of you might enjoy these...

[a9127]

My recent post about Françoise in "Grand Prix" got me thinking (besides about her) how much the cars have changed since 1966. The advanced technology inside a modern racing car is something else entirely. Kinda like a several-million dollar computer on wheels that goes over 230 MPH (370.15 km).

"Safety" in the movie appears to be nonexistent. Drivers run into hay bales and trees, spectators line the course without any form of grandstand or barrier and get onto the track, at least one driver is almost decapitated when his car runs under a guardrail, and one of the main characters is killed tragically at the end when his car runs off a high banking and explodes.

Here are a couple of Ferrari "concept" cars for 2019. The third picture is Lewis Hamilton winning the United States GP in 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I was fortunate to see this race as well as the inaugural event in 2000 won by Michael Schumacher. Bringing F1 here was a good thing IMHO. Indy screwed it up of course and lost out for 2008 and beyond. Now F1 runs a race in Austin, Texas at the Circuit of the Americas. Lewis Hamilton has won six times.

[a9127]

Car porn. This is the F1 "concept" for Red Bull.