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Took my car to the carwash for the first time in like, 2 years, and immediately got rear-ended (no damage) the moral of this story is don't wash your car.

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Musks rolling out the optional accessory for his
Driverless car solution. “With this disruptive technology, we reiterate that *all* our cars are capable of hands free driving. “

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Today in 1937, 86 years ago: The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.

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My Oakleys were so hot yesterday they stung my ears, after sitting the car for a day in the sun baking in the console.

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Sweltering hot drive home from work yesterday; where the sun came through the windscreen it was like a death ray. This morning was cool and damp and I just had the window cracked slightly and this chilled and slightly moist air was seaside fresh. We're going to cop it later though ☀️

The absolute catastrophic collision of narcissism and complete lack of self-awareness is like a train full of gasoline crashing into an explosives factory

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Today in 2001, 22 years ago: Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.

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No matter how many times I am at the dentist I still get deeply anxious on emcountering the sounds and smells in the place.

I know it's not new, but seeing local news doing a feature on Adobe Photoshop (there's a new release) is really icky, and just reinforces that news is another marketing channel.

I'd forgotten that when the weather gets hot the climate control in my car offers either 'ARCTIC' or 'HELL'

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Today in 2007, 16 years ago: Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.

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