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WHY FRED FLINTSTONE WOULD DRIVE A HONDA ELEMENT IF HE DIDN'T LIVE IN THE STONE AGE
Fred Flintstone has one of the rarest hybrid collector cars in automotive history. Sometimes he puts some kind of fuel pumped out of mastodons in his car. And other times his car hurtles forward courtesy of his two good feet. Innovation and invention has been around for a long time.
Fred has a fairly reliable ride, but how many times does Fred want to chip a new spare tire out of an available rock, or carve a new frame out of some logs? Car repairs on Fred’s vehicle are more of a brute strength gig and less of a computer chip fix.
The Flintstone mobile is a pretty basic car. No windows, doors, or annoying features like shocks or padded seats in Fred’s baby. However it does have a radio and a bird-squeeze horn as options.
So Fred might be in the market for some new wheels.
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OXYGEN IN BOOZE-FINALLY ANOTHER USE FOR 02 BEYOND MERE BREATHING AND LIVING
Korean scientists are messing with booze and oxygen. The nerds in the white lab coats have found that booze mixed with oxygen has some good side effects. The experiments have shown that oxygen may prevent a severe ass-kicking hangover and allow drinkers to sober up more quickly.
CO2 is the usual guest of honor in booze and it has been invited to the party for a very long time in beer, wine and any other beverage that tastes great and loosens up the inhibitions and behavior boundaries in people. Booze is a Friday night’s best friend.
But it all boils down to basic science: Oxygen and alcohol are better dance partners in chemical reactions. Oxygen will reduce plasma alcohol concentrations quicker than C02.
In layman’s terms, oxygen will throw alcohol’s ass out the nearest exit quicker than CO2.
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BRING ALONG A GREAT SET OF KIDNEYS ON ARIZONA'S HIGHWAYS TO HELL
Arizona has a cash crunch. They are not alone in this problem, but one of their solutions has their residents up in arms- or at least full bladders. They’ve closed 13 out of 18 highway restrooms and the people are not happy.
Now a nature call might get a little more natural because of the padlocks on the restroom doors.
The closure will probably send Big Gulp sales into a nosedive, but adult Pampers might take up the sales slack. Pampers may not be just for the very young and very old in Arizona.
They could be a growth industry.
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A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO SUPER-SIZED KIDS:TAKE A LAP AND SKIP THE BIG MAC
I saw a piece on gastric bypass surgery for kids and I realized that the world is a little closer to hell in a fast-moving hand basket. Kids used to be skinny-that was the rule.
Now we have a generation with pre-symptoms for middle age problems like Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure because of massive weight issues.
In 2010 we have an entire generation of diesel burners who have to deal with major health issues before they hit 30. They are physical wrecks before they are even adults. Andy Kim put it best; “Baby how’d we ever get this way?”
The first thing that happened was a fast food substitute for real food. Cram a super-sized McDonald’s menu down a kid’s throat and call that supper.
Then we took away recreation in its purest form; unstructured and unsupervised with every other kid in the neighborhood.
Then we plunked them down in front of a TV or computer and allowed them to collect moss while they failed to move a muscle for hours on end.
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WHY WE NEED JOHN WAYNE MORE THAN EVER-HIS BASIC PSYCHOLOGY
There’s a classic scene in The Cowboys where the Duke did a little rudimentary child psychology on a kid with a nervous speech impediment.
The kid almost lost a buddy because he couldn’t yell for help during a cattle stampede. Duke’s answer? “Stop that stuttering or get the hell out of here”.
Simple effective advice.
No hovering over the kid, no over thinking the problem, no Oprah/Dr. Phil pop psychology-just basic Duke Wayne child-rearing that worked.
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