How to Execute the “Tablecloth Off The Table Without Breaking the Dishes” Trick:

Put tablecloth on dining room table.
Set dining room table with mom’s good china and all of the other fancy furnishings on top of said tablecloth.
Acquire a BMW S 1000 RR, complete with skilled motorcycle rider.
Attach tethers from said BMW S 1000 RR to said tablecloth.
Cue the driver to pull away at full speed & hope to god that it works.

With 193 horsepower and a 0-60 second time that’s just shy of 2.9 seconds, check out the following video to see if this daredevil can pull it off…..the tablecloth, Read the Rest…

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When I first went away to college, I had a little Nissan Altima car that I thought was the best thing in the world, and I treated it extremely well. Every week (or thereabouts), I would take it to the car wash and spend at least one to two hours washing, waxing, buffing and shining it to the point where it always looked brand news. I had a lot of pride in my little car, and I wanted everyone to know it.
Whether or not you admit to it, there are many of us who view our vehicles as representations of Read the Rest…

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According to a recent news report, the Japanese ‘bullet’ train may be making its way to the United States somewhere in the near future. The bullet train is not for the faint of heart as it reaches speeds of approximately 312 miles per hour. Imagine how fast you would make it to work! The technology for the bullet train, which has been adopted for use by the Central Japan Railway Company, uses magnetic levitation technology where the rail car actually FLOATS above the track.
While there is talk about a $5.8 billion rail link using the bullet train between major rush Read the Rest…

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Getting into a car accident stinks. Depending on the kind of car accident you find yourself involved in, you may have to deal with another driver who is incredibly irate, or it may be a situation where you are both at fault for your driving. Either way, the following are some important steps to follow if you are involved in an auto accident:

On Scene- Make sure your vehicle is fully stopped and turned off. If you’ve been involved in a serious accident, contact 9-1-1 or your local police. Even if no one is hurt, you may still require assistance from Read the Rest…

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If you have been to the Raleigh North Carolina area within the past year, then you probably know all too well what a nightmare it has been trying to drive anywhere at any time of day to do anything. The culprit?
Construction.
In order to accommodate the massive amounts of people who have flocked to the Research Triangle Park (RTP) area that is Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the department of transportation has been working over time to put in roads where there were none before as well as to repair and expand roads in order to accommodate the masses Read the Rest…

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Let’s face it, in the United States of America, people treat their cars just as well as they would treat themselves when it comes to pampering. Each year- especially as the summertime draws near, countless numbers of people spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on their vehicles to have them detailed. However, what they fail to realize a lot of the time is that for a mere fraction of the price that they would pay at a dealership or specialty shop, they can have the same result by doing it themselves!
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