New beach wear from your local mall, $65
A beach picnic consisting of Crackers, Cheese and two bottles of wine, $45
A night of cuddling drunk with that special someone, priceless.
Falling asleep in your SUV on the beach, COSTLY!
I think it is silly for the town of San Marcos to make them take away this really cool looking cactus planter but I also think it is a really big waste of time and money to try and take this to the Supreme Court. Maybe a local petition would have been a better idea?
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it won’t review lower court rulings that upheld the banning of the Oldsmobile 88 — which in 2007 was converted into an artsy planter — as a violation of San Marcos’ junk car ordinance.
Since April, the car-planter, which features cacti growing in the dirt-filled, roofless passenger compartment, has been displayed at an Austin branch of the novelty store that has 11 Texas outlets.
Store owner Mike Kleinman and the two artists who painted the car — with images including Old Main at Texas State University and Ralph the Swimming Pig of Aquarena Springs fame — cast the dispute as an unconstitutional bid by the city to stifle artistic expression.
City officials say the code, which bans junked vehicles that are visible from public places, is designed to prevent blight and nuisances, and protect public health and safety.
Even before the high court’s decision, store workers had sought modifications to the city code to make allowances for inoperable vehicles used as advertising or art.
If city leaders aren’t amenable to changing the code, San Marcos Planet K Manager Joe Ptak said petitions will be circulated to put the amendments before voters as a referendum. Like I said, I would like to see petitions before wasting Court resources. Maybe they should have gotten a replica made and used that?
What a lucky break this guy had! A New York City man who jumped 40 storeys from the rooftop of an apartment building on Tuesday has survived after crashing into a parked car.
Witnesses and police said Thomas Magill, 22, jumped from the highrise at West 63rd Street, crashed into the windshield of a Dodge Charger and landed in the back seat. He suffered broken legs and is in critical condition, police said.
The car’s owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the New York Daily News he’s convinced the rosary beads he keeps inside the Dodge saved Magill’s life.
Police are investigating why Magill jumped from the building but my guess is a suicide attempt. It is just amazing how lucky some people are, I bet the chances of living from that fall are worse than winning the lottery two weeks in a row.
I am not sure if this story is 100% true, it sounds like it might have been embellished a bit but it is said a bear went for a little joyride in the town of Larkspur, Colorado Friday morning when it got into an unlocked car and knocked the gear into neutral, sending it down a hill and knocking over a few trees before coming to a full stop.
The Denver Post reports that an adult black bear got behind the wheel after the driver’s son left a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a stick of deodorant in the car. The door closed behind the bear and as it looked for a way out, the gear shift was bumped into neutral and sent the car rolling 125 feet backwards down a hill.
Neighbours called the police after hearing the car honk for 45 minutes.
Ralph Story said his 2008 Toyota Corolla is beyond repair: the interior is destroyed, the dashboard had been ripped out and the airbags have been deployed. Fortunately, the damages are covered by insurance and the bear was freed by deputies two-and-a-half hours after it’s wild ride.
Some people might say a 1991 Toyota Camry with 125,000 miles on it is ready to be turned in as a junk car but not Dave Clayman’s low-tech environmentally friendly car that cleans the air with feather dusters.
Not only has he transformed his 1991 Toyota Camry into a July 4th Special, but he uses it every day.
He said he decorated the car in red, white and blue for a Memorial Day parade a couple of years ago.
“I wanted to look my best and then I decided why just be patriotic a couple of days a year?” he said in a recent interview. “Why not make my everyday driver a patriotic driver?”
His car is lined in taped red and white stripes while his blue wheels have large white stars. On the roof he has attached two bicycles that power the waving of four, 20-foot flagpoles, each with a Stars and Stripes flag. The trunk and roof have non-slip strips to help would-be athletes access the bikes. A sign across the back window proclaims: “Powered by Insanity.”
A large plastic bull’s head with horns looks out from the grille while his self-explanatory Web site is spelled out along the sides of the roof: “supportnonsense.com.”
Today, he and his car, and his father who will be driving, will be a patriotic part of the Independence Day parade in Chatham, Mass. “Sometimes when I am parking at the supermarket I wonder, ‘What are those people looking at?’?” he said.
Clayman said his pranks started about 16 years ago when he was giving a woman an estimate for clearing out her attic. He has been clearing out estates for 25 years and owns a small trucking company.
“I gave a price and she said she’d think about it,” he said. He was about to leave when he found a pogo stick among the effects she wanted to clear and “started jumping up and down on it.”
He said she could not stop laughing and gave him the job on the spot. Impressed by her reaction, he said he became hooked on entertaining.
The Aston Martin driven by Sean Connery in the James Bond movies is going on sale at a London auction in October.
The silver 1964 Aston Martin DB5, dubbed by car auctioneers RM Auctions as “the world’s most famous car,” is expected to fetch at least $5 million.
The car is one of only two of the original Aston Martins that were featured on screen with Sean Connery behind the wheel in “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball.” It comes with Bond gadgets including fake machine-guns, revolving number plates and smoke screen.
The model is being sold by U.S. radio broadcaster Jerry Lee, who bought it for $12,000 in 1969. It has remained in his home since then and has rarely been seen publicly.
RM Auctions says Tuesday the car is going under the hammer in London on Oct. 27. I would love to be able to bid on this beauty.
Love this purse made from recycling a keyboard!
This is one of the craziest crash photos I have ever seen!
Now this will certainly results in a junk car!!!
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