What on earth....???

What is this slow carb rice and how is it different from regular rice? If I eat my regular rice very slowly, will it become slow carb rice? What's the bet that this rice is twice as expensive as regular rice?

The Decade From Hell

... of Walter Reuther, who headed the union from 1946 until his death in 1970, it was able to win concessions from the automakers, bringing its members into the middle class. As long as demand for autos grew in the post–WW II halcyon days, relations between the unions and the automakers were basically quiescent. And therein lies the problem. For years the UAW and the Big Three — now dwindled to the ...

Tips to avoid getting a traffic ticket this Thanksgiving weekend.

...t expect them to care what your reason is. #5.) Watch for checkpoints: Some police forces have started setting up random checkpoints in heavily trafficked areas. The point is to catch drunk drivers with their pants down. But if you come to a checkpoint and you're not wearing your seatbelt, they'll be just as happy to write you a ticket for that. (AOL Autos)

In The News: "Hitler's Favorite Mercedes Sold"

Hitler's favorite car... BERLIN (Reuters) – A car expert says he has tracked down Hitler's favorite Mercedes to a garage near the town that helped the Austrian-born Fuehrer become a German citizen. Classic cars specialist Michael Froehlich said he found the bullet-proof touring car after charting its postwar travels from Austria to Las Vegas and back to Munich , where Hitler ...

Some more signboards...

I had showed you Romance Tailors in Mylapore: But who will actually DO the romancing? Here's who "Gents specialist" doesn't mean they are gay, but that they are men's tailors.... But, if you happen to think that to err is human, there's a place for you, too, in Bangalore, where you can stay in comfort: If you don't like that, you can take this auto and growl... I ...

I posted my personal pics/autos....

at my LJ if anyone wants to see them Here . More will be forthcoming. I am too exhausted to do anything else this evening as I just got home tonight.

... well because reforms aren't likely to hurt them any more. He said that industrials, like Emerson (EMR), are doing well because the dollar is weak. He said other sectors, like shipping, tankers, autos and technology, have all confirmed that things are getting better, not worse. While things may not be great, and the country desperately needs jobs, Cramer said the truth is still positive, and the...

Coming soon: Mini Cooper by Rolls-Royce

Mini announced in May that it was considering a high-end special edition car. Up to now, Mini had not officially confirmed production of a Rolls-Royce edition. Full story - http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/19/autos/mini_rolls-Royce/index.htm

The Path to a Well-Armed Wife

...(I have "high" hopes that she'll like the FN Hi-Power I'm picking up from my parents back home next weekend, and am curious to see if she'll take to my smaller FN 12-gauge semi-autos as well). Unfortunately, she can't comfortably shoot most long-gun iron sights, because she a) has to crane her (relatively) long neck down a lot, which makes it basically impossible for her to use a "youth model...

Overpopulation....

... queue at Chennai today, and was told by two or three auto drivers who approached me, that the queue would be long, autos would not be available, so would I like to take their autos...? Such blatant lying only means that the need to survive is a matter of great pressure. The auto I got into went down a...