Former NASCAR driver Todd Kluever, who had only competed in the Craftsman Truck series and the Busch Series; and never in the Winston Cup; fits into the cliché of the NASCAR of old.
He is not athletic, not into sports and fitness, and like Tony Stewart and Greg Biffle; he is a true car guy. And I like these qualities of Todd Kluever’s as a human being.
I am very delighted to hear that out of the fine Toyota tradition, that several new engines and transmissions that engineers based in the Toyota design center in Toyoda City, Japan have spent the past several years developing and testing.
The characters in the Arthur television series, children’s books, created by Marc Brown; and the movie created by me based on the Arthur books and television show-such as Arthur himself, Jane & David Read; and Ed Crosswire, would all be happy to hear about these new engines and transmissions that Toyota has developed.
New Toyota Engines and Transmissions and Improved Hybrid Systems Also Reduce Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions
Source: Toyota Develops TNGA-based Powertrain Units for Smooth, Responsive, ‘As Desired’ Driving
I don’t have any interest in construction machinery, but I must say that this piece of construction equipment manufactured by Caterpillar appears to be well taken care of.
G254 1999 CATERPILLAR 140H GRADER – Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1707236
A Ford F-Series Medium-Duty truck with a diesel engine that I like-the Brazilian built New Holland 7.8 liter diesel.
This truck probably has a 6-speed Spicer manual transmission.
1990 FORD F800 WITH 1500 GALLON ROSCO DISTRIBUTOR – Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1726703
Like the vast majority of the American public and the United States government, I find the ISIS and Al-Qaida terrorist groups to be abhorrent and despicable.
Recently, I have watched the documentary on the History cable channel about the ISIS terrorist group, which, like the Al-Qaida terrorist group; originates from the Middle East.
I find it pretty sad and appalling that people such as a typical Belgian Catholic whose name is Michael Delefortrie would convert to Islam and then join ISIS.
On a more personal note, I do not like the weird and bizzare hairstyles that Michael Delefortrie has worn at least ever since he first became the subject of international media in 2013, being when he had long hair and the ridiculous Undercut haircut that he currently wears.
http://www.history.com/specials/isis-the-rise-of-terror/full-special
I am not in any way fond of the icky reality television show titled “Fast & Loud” and it’s equally yucky spinoff; and the proprietors of the ignominious business called Gas Monkey Garage and it’s proprietors-the evil Richard Rawlings and the evil Aaron Kaufman.
It doesn’t surprise me that NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler is fond of icky reality television show titled “Fast & Loud” and it’s equally yucky spinoff, given the seamy person that he is.
See earlier posts Reality Television Program Fast & Loud More Regarding The Iniquitous Hosts Of The Television Program Fast & Loud
A perfect example of why Elliott Sadler should not be allowed to love the holidays, and should have to face the wraith of myself being scrooge:
Also, Kevin Harvick, his wife; and his son also shouldn’t be allowed to love the holidays, and they too should have to face the wraith of myself being scrooge:
If you’ve been following this post for a while, you know that I loathe how athletic modern NASCAR drivers are.
See these earlier posts:
Trepidation Over Colin & Sheila’s 3 Sons, Elliott Sadler, And Kevin Harvick
More Bad Dreams And Nightmares About NASCAR Drivers
NASCAR Drivers-The Dillon Brothers
NASCAR STAR KASEY KAHNE ATTENDS PHOENIX SUNS GAME – Phoenix International Raceway
Colin & Sheila’s Son Festus’s Friend Brendan McGonigle
Another Example of How Hockey, Like Any Other Sport; Is Icky And Yucky
Below are excerpts of social media that should give you a further idea of how I loathe how athletic modern NASCAR drivers are.
https://twitter.com/GREATracing/status/747814656752889856
And further examples of how and why modern NASCAR drivers such as Jimmie Johnson, Elliott Sadler, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin; and Kasey Kahne should comprehend that School Buses are more important than the world of sports and fitness.
If you’ve following this blog for a while, you know I loathe the modernization of NASCAR. You also know that I loathe modern NASCAR drivers dressing to the nines on some occasions.
The NASCAR banquet should not be a black tie event. And I don’t like modern NASCAR drivers also dressing to the nines on some other occasions, and them attending other dress up social events.
No NASCAR driver should dress up for a personal family gathering, and nor should he ever enjoy socializing amongst other family members and what I call these ‘terrible’ gatherings.
See earlier post:
More Evidence That NASCAR Drivers Should Be Banned From Dressing To The Nines
Also, if you’ve been following this blog for a while; you know what my idea of a family gathering is.
Below are excerpts from social media that should give you a further idea of how I loathe modern NASCAR drivers dressing to the nines, and that all modern NASCAR drivers should be barred from dressing to the nines.
This murder of Michelle O’Keefe, a teenage girl who had received a SN-95 Ford Mustang as a Christmas gift from her parents during Christmas of 1999; who had been murdered in a Park & Ride parking lot in 2000 after being dropped off by her friend to retrieve her car, and was murdered as she was entering her car; is the subject of NBC’s newsmagazine titled Dateline.
the supposed murderer, former security guard and Army National Guardsman Raymond Lee Jennings; should be barred from shaving his head with a razor, should be forced to wear a wig, and I would closely examine Raymond Jennings’s head with a magnifying glass to ensure that his hair will someday grow back.
Dateline was launched by NBC’s news department in 1992 as a direct competitor of ABC News’s 20/20 after NBC had tried many failed newsmagazines to try to compete with 20/20 and CBS News’s institutional newsmagazine, 60 Minutes; and to try to ensure that Dateline will be successful and would actually click with the viewing public, NBC News had hired people away from Roone Arledge’s news department at ABC who were production and news story gathering personnel for 20/20.
One of the correspondents for Dateline NBC, Keith Morrison; had once worked at NBC’s owned and operated television station in Los Angeles; KNBC-TV beginning in 1986, anchoring newscasts with Kelly Lange before moving to the network’s national news department based in New York in 1988; originally as a west coast correspondent for the NBC Nightly News and the Today show.
Keith Morrison, originally from Canada and still a Canadian citizen; had begun his career at the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, had moved to television journalism when he had joined CTV in 1973 as a producer, reporter; and weekend anchor at their morning news program titled Canada AM, had covered the Yom Kippur War for CTV’s news department during the years 1975-1976; had served as a reporter, National Affairs Correspondent and substitute anchor from 1975-1979, had moved to the news department of the Canadian government owned and operated CBC in 1982 to serve as a substitute anchor for The Journal (filling in for Barbara Frum at times) and also as Chief Political Correspondent for The Journal; a co-host one of the CBC’s newsmagazines titled Midday; had taken his aforementioned position with NBC at their owned and operated television outlet in 1986, had then accepted his aforementioned position with NBC’s national news department in 1988, had returned to Canada and over to CTV to accept a co-anchor position for the very television program he began his foray his television at a couple years earlier-Canada AM; and during this time, he was also a substitute anchor for the CTV National News; and was even considered to be the heir apparent to Lloyd Robertson until 1995 when he was ousted as a result of a corporate restructuring at CTV. Some believe that Keith Morrison was campaigning to replace Lloyd Robertson.
Keith Morrison would then return to the United States and over to NBC in 1995, after his ouster at CTV; would find himself parked permanently at Dateline from this point forward, and would go on to cover a variety of topics for Dateline from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; to the incident at Columbine High School in Colorado, to the peace process in the Middle East, to tsunamis in Asia, to wars fought by child soldiers in Africa, to the modern medical miracles that help keep children alive, to the struggle to “Free Willy”; to the battle waged over the fate of the Cuban child whose name is Elian Gonzalez.
Profiles the wrongful conviction of Raymond Lee Jennings for the tragic murder of Michelle O’Keefe in February 2000.
Even though I am not fond of the Thomas Rear Engine Safe-T-Liner, I am writing a post about this particular bus because this particular unit was specified and ordered with the blue interior and blue seating surfaces when it was new.
I am not sure as to which engine this bus has, but it does have the Allison/World MD3060 automatic transmission.
2000 Thomas bus – Provo City School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1745074
Commercial for an alcoholic beverage starring John Madden, an (icky, yucky) Football coach who became an equally famous television sports announcer for CBS Sports as a result of Neal Pilson making him an offer to pay him $3,000 per NFL AFC game that CBS Sports had televised.
For those of you who are not in the know, and are not from the United Kingdom; ITV, along with Channel 4 are the UK’s two private television network’s; as opposed to the BBC’s television service; along with it’s domestic radio service and international radio (World Service); are owned, operated; and controlled directly by the British government.
Below is a video of ITV promos and identifications from December, 1989.
Occurrences in the United Kingdom in the year 1989 that are as equally important as ITV running these promos and identifications as of this time are: Land Rover having introduced the Discovery, and the Discovery having gone into production for the very first time this year; how many Range Rovers Land Rover had sold this year, this being the last year that the conventional Land Rover would be known as the Ninety & One Ten before it would be given an actual name-Defender a year later; how many conventional Land Rovers the company had sold this year; the Honda/Acura Legend-based Rover 800 passenger car having replaced the SD1 (which had shared many parts with the Range Rover) a few years earlier in 1986; how many cars Volkswagen/Audi had sold in the UK this year (including Golfs, Passats; and Transporters), and how many cars Daimler-Benz had sold in the UK this year (including UK sales of the W201, W140; and W126).
Furthermore, more occurrences in the United Kingdom in the year 1989 that are as equally important as ITV running these promos and identifications as of this time are: how many Fiestas, European Escorts, Sierras, Scorpios, Transits; and P100s Ford’s European arm had sold in the UK this year.
Matthew Parij 