I’ve listened to “Wheels on the Bus” a lot since becoming a father. It’s always visually depicted as a school bus, but the lyrics imply it’s a city bus. American unfamiliarity with public transport starts early. We must address it. For the children.

TBM Avenger just did a turn behind my house. Got it flying away.

Spending part of my Saturday making an appearance at my brother in law’s, best friend’s, daughter’s 5th birthday party bc my wife says “they’d like to see me.” This feels like a standup bit about marriage.

Anyone else have that one friend in 2011 who liked Mumford and Sons way too much, so now you hate all “stomp, clap, hey” indie music?

I won an auction lot to get one item I wanted and sold everything else on Marketplace. Turns out I could’ve tripled my money on two of the items I sold, but I didn’t know what they were. Oops.

Visited a smaller independent train store near me. They had a lot of neat stuff, but all for MSRP. I get the economy is what it is, but even the manufacturers are having sales for the holidays.

I have no intention to ever use TikTok, but I’m interested in this.

A car that beeps when you air the tires to spec capacity is an underrated feature.

LP640 Murcielago Roadster. But I’ve really fallen in love with the Diablo VT roadster in the last few years.

3sec iPhone exposures of the northern lights from the Chicago Suburbs. No edits.

Monday Night Football is in Green Bay tonight. I wonder if there’s a money line on which commercial break they play the song.

Flying back to the Midwest on this solemn day. I will play the anthem to honor the fallen.

Meeting other Millennials who are also indifferent to Harry Potter is what I imagine it feels like to see through the Matrix.

Can someone explain these cow posters? Why do so many people have them?

I’ve been back in FL for 12hrs and I’m already sick of the heat. Native Midwesterners don’t know how good they have it.

GR86 and Miata

The rapture has been furloughed due to the government shutdown.

And yet, the ZR1X exists and that’s what excites me the most. I really feel like the standard ZR1 will be the forgotten child of the C8 generation.

Apparently there’s caffeinated sprite in Southeast Asia/Australia. I feel like that would do really well in the US.

Watching YouTube videos of a concert I was at 17 years ago and feeling sad lol

Are there better sounds to fall asleep to than a thunderstorm or distant train horn? I think not.

As the owner of a manual Corvette, I agree. I think the Corvette has moved beyond a manual gearbox. From inception, it was meant to be an affordable, mass-produced, US take on a Euro sports car. They don't have stick either now. I'd rather see the base C9 with an ERay powertrain.

The O gauge model train world needs more vehicles from the 70s-00s. I understand winga dinga old men still own the market share, but for how much longer? Enough with the 1950s/60s models, please.

I’m really curious to see how popular these are. It’ll be a gauge for Chevy to see if they need a manual sports car in their lineup again.

It’s time to rebrand the “EcoBoost Mustang” as the Mustang ST”

The driver's window of my truck fell off inside the door for the 2nd time in two years. Took it to the dealer this time to (hopefully) fix it for good. Oh boy dealership service prices are just what you'd expect.

Gathering info from that UPS plane crash in Louisville. Horrific. Looks like something catastrophic happened to separate the left engine from the wing at V1. Lots of fire from the wing as the aircraft rotated. Very similar in events to AA191. Although the ac types are quite different.

Took the Halloween decorations down on here and at home. It's Turkey Time! 🦃🍁🍂

Not offering a WRX STI killed the current gen’s desirability. The BRZ has always been kind of an oddball in Subaru’s lineup. Moreover, the least desirable part of the GR86 is the Subaru engine. Also, disposable income ain’t what it used to be.

They may not have been good cars for the US market, but man does a Pontiac sedan look good.

I may have missed the closing day of the TM Books & Video store, but I’m still going there tomorrow. They had an auction and I picked up a few model train related goodies - including some screen stuff from one of their Christmas productions. 5 y/o me would be pretty stoked.

I finally laid down to sleep and told my wife what was going on in the World Series. Her reply: "and you're not watching?" I'm back on the couch. Let's go Toronto!

Of all the dead brands that were sold in the US, is there one that's missed more than Pontiac? It's still culturally relevant in a way that Mercury, Oldsmobile Plymouth, Duesenberg, etc. aren't. I think the two closest are Saab and Saturn. And GM brings back effing HUMMER.

Low sales wasn’t the final nail in Pontiac’s coffin. It was Buick’s market value in China. Pontiac sold better here when GM went bankrupt. Also, Holdens suck as American cars. Apologies to my Aussie friends.

Watching Monday Night Football. Every time they say Laremy Tunsil, I sing his name back and what he just did to the tune of Eleanor Rigby.

QOTD: What announced or rumored car are you most excited about? The next gen GR86 is pretty high on my list. And obviously the C9 Corvette.

Friendly reminder that “II” cars still exist today with the suffix “Sport” Meaning the cheaper, crappy version.

My Mom’s brother was regularly on camera on American Bandstand bc he could do the splits. My Dad’s brother worked in the White House in the 90s. He was once in a room with 2 other people and Bill Clinton. He also called my grandmother from Colin Powell’s bathroom phone.

Rumors that the MkVI Supra will share a platform with the next Lexus coupe gives me hope that we'll see a Cadillac sports car on the C9 Corvette platform.

So obvious, it doesn't even feel like a dunk that I called it. bsky.app/profile/olds...

The Trillion dollar tech company is trying to please its shareholders by squeezing the multi-Billion dollar automaker for licensing fees. But that wouldn’t please the latter’s shareholders, so the consumer gets screwed 😃

The amount of 90s and 00s American cars still on the road in the Midwest is pleasantly surprising. I see cars in regular traffic that I hadn’t seen for 15-20 years in FL.

Fake grills on EVs are like hood ornaments on post WWII cars. It’s a weird aesthetic that used to be functional, but is now like the human appendix - useless and better off removed.

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Hooter whistle and a little wheel slip from 1309. #trains #railsky

So many jokes to make here. Kerosene doesn’t melt soy beans. Sir, there’s been a 2nd tractor. Bushel did it.

Driving through the state the kids like. Or maybe they don’t? I lack the skibbiti rizz.

I was just talking about how my Dad had one of these when I was a kid. I drove it a little too until the fuel management computer crapped out. Still, I’d bid on this if life wasn’t so busy right now lol.

I’ve been a Mac user for nearly all of Windows 10s existence, so I never really got to use it. Still, I wouldn’t even put it in a top 5 list of Windows versions.

How I wish someone made these in 3 rail O gauge. Especially the Amtrak tour livery. 80s/90s euro high speed trains live rent free in my head.