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Car loses all four wheels on highway

Too good to edit/reduce.  Props to Reuters for finding funny stories with cars…

ZURICH (Reuters) – A car traveling on a motorway in Switzerland lost all four wheels simultaneously, coming to an immediate halt in the middle of the highway, police said on Saturday.

The car had just stopped and the passengers had changed from winter to summer wheels themselves, a common task in Switzerland where there is plenty of snow in winter, but used the wrong nuts when mounting the new set.

“When they then drove back on to the motorway, all of the wheels disconnected,” St Gallen cantonal police said in a statement. “Luckily, no one was injured and no other vehicle was damaged.”

(Reporting by Sam Cage)

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Times Square is closed to car traffic…

In hopes of reducing pollution, increase safety and improve traffic flow, the city has closed Broadway between 42nd and 47th streets to vehicles, as well as another section of Broadway between 33rd and 35th streets at Herald Square.

Wow.

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Nerfed Swords

12 U$ never bought something this fun. Nerf N-Force aren’t meant for sparring, but I can see it become a standard for that… I’ll take two.

Props to ArsTechnica

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whoami

I would describe myself as a born-again BOFH, mellowed by age and experience.  I’ve worked in many roles and have handled many responsabilities, and yet can’t shake the almost fervent belief that things should be done right the first time, or not bothered with at all.  I’m a contradiction, so sue me.

I used to write about cars and the car industry, simply as an armchair commentator.  I stopped because it’s become a depressing topic, especially when you realise how dumb and irresponsible it is to base a world-wide economy on it.  I still like cars, I just won’t bore you with them … much.

I ‘m about to leave the 14th safest bank in the world, where I dealt with Unix problems and bureaucracy.  A lot of bureaucracy.  Not sure where I head to next, maybe back to R&D or become a Llama farmer, each with benefits and problems.

My evenings I devote to reading, poking at intresting Unix tools/problems and playing  an Internet Spaceship Game.  I’ve almost stopped toying with my new baby Pentax SLR, but did learn the ins-and-outs of camerawork and had lots of fun collecting lenses for all occasions.  The camera-hound mood isn’t with me right now, but not altogether gone.

I’m a fairweather bike  commuter, riding an Alfine-8-ed Kona Unit rolling on giant Shwalbe Big Apples.  The riding to-and-fro keeps me somewhat fit, but mostly helps dissipate the ripples of the daily chaos.

Besides that, you can add another 3-4 hobbies and becomes obvious that the  ”I’m single” tagline should be highlighted somewhere in here.

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