Elizabeth Blackstock
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The World Needs More Pastel Cars
Life is simply too short to live in grayscale, no matter what any of those ‘the most popular car colour is once again silver’ studies claims. In fact, it’s about damn time we even start moving past bright primary colours. It’s time for some soft, beautiful pastels. And Aston Martin totally gets it.
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Here’s What Happened To The Soviet Ground Effect Sea Monsters
Back in the 1960s, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev claimed there was a secret project going on deep in the country. It had a ship—this half-plane, half-boat contraption—that was capable of breaking the land speed records of the era while carrying an unprecedented amount of cargo. These projects were called Ekranoplans, and here’s why this…
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An Apartment Complex In Ohio Is Towing Cars For Being Ugly
In Ohio, the Montana Valley Apartments complex is towing — and threatening to tow — cars parked in its lot that don’t meet its appearance standards, Westwood’s Local 12 news station reports. The story calls it PWP, or parking while poor, and it results in the complex towing one to two cars per month while…
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Airlines Masking Up Their Planes Is One Of The Only Good Things To Happen Lately
COVID-19 pandemic fatigue has long since set in, and I have to admit that I’ve gotten real tired of ads saying we’re all in this together and signs showing emojis with surgical masks on. I am entirely over it. But I’ll give a pass to the airlines that have painted masks onto their planes.