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I first thought the estimated price on this Ferrari (or what's left of it) being auctioned by RM/Southeby's during Monterey Car Week was an attempt at humor.
One of only 13 built, the final sale price was anything but humorous...it went for a cool $1.875M :eek:

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There were other un-restored vintage Ferraris from the same seller being auctioned by RM too. Several were damaged when a storage building collapsed on them during a storm and were being sold 'as-is'.

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Hey, no loitering!

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BAKER ISLAND.
Original caption. Boxes and boxes of "C" rations are stacked on the beach at Baker Island, 3 September 1943. (N.A.)

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SOLOMON ISLANDS.
Original caption. Just about the greatest luxury that a soldier in the field can have is running water in his quarters. S/Sgt. Robert L. Woodside of Long Beach, California, accomplished this by fitting a spigot on a discarded fuel drum and mounting it on a platform outside his tent in the Solomon Islands, Here, he fills his helmet from his improvised water system. April 1944. (N.A.)

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I wonder about the first guy who watched a chicken lay and egg and said, "Hey! Something came out of that chicken's butt! I wonder what it tastes like."

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I wonder about the first guy who watched a chicken lay and egg and said, "Hey! Something came out of that chicken's butt! I wonder what it tastes like."

In both cases man observed animals.

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I wonder about the first guy who watched a chicken lay and egg and said, "Hey! Something came out of that chicken's butt! I wonder what it tastes like."

Same for cows milk: "see that animal over there, I am gonna go over there and pull on those things hanging down, and I am gonna drink what comes out!"

Or raw oysters.

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Yep, that really is cake. She makes amazing creations from cake.

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PBY.
Original caption. Radar Scanning Screen In A Pby-5-A. In This Case, Radar Is Used To Detect Submarines And In Air-Sea Rescue Work. Enough Iron Is Put Into Life Boats And Rafts Making It Possible To Pick Them Up On The Radar Receiver. Clark Field, Philippine Islands. 10 May 1945. (National Museum of U.S. Navy.)

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Frank Cady is the only actor in television history to play the same recurring character in three different shows at the same time.

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Maryland DOT employees installing a speed limit sign along Interstate 95 circa 1969. Photo from the Baltimore Sun.
The speed limit was lowered to 55 in 1974 when the federal speed limit was enacted and raised to 65 mph after repeal.

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stolen from the 'net. just wow.
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Steve would have some VERY happy
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If he had that back yard.

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The art and the artist. Better art than most modern art, and most of Picasso's work.

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Folks that like old tools frequently build new handles for them. Saw guys do it for saws, hand plane folks do it for planes, Axes get rehung. Some folks really go all out. This is a photo that I found on Faceplant from a guy that makes handles for hammers.

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Here's a couple of DIY replacement saw handles.
One guy had 2 saws that both needed new handles, so he went to town.
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In Kevin Hart's Dreams.

In Spock's Dreams:cool:

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Whoops, Wrong Planchet As error collectors know, the Mint makes a variety of mistakes when producing coins, and errors come in many types. This is an example of a Jefferson Nickel that was mistakenly struck on the wrong planchet -- a planchet intended for a Lincoln Cent instead. As a result, the coin is the color of a cent instead of a nickel and the design could not fit correctly on the planchet. Boldly detailed and certified MS64 Brown by NGC! 1963-D 5C Jefferson Nickel -- Struck on 1C Planchet -- MS64 Brown NGC.

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IWO JIMA.
ORIGINAL HISTORIC WARTIME CAPTION. A runaway propeller flew off, knocking out the No. 4 engine and ripping a huge hole in the side of this Boeing B-29's fuselage. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.(N.A.)

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Tennessee, March 1936...
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Mother and daughter of an impoverished family of nine... FSA photographer Carl Mydans found them living in a field just off US Route 70, near the Tennessee River...
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Tennessee, March 1936...
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Mother and daughter of an impoverished family of nine... FSA photographer Carl Mydans found them living in a field just off US Route 70, near the Tennessee River...
Source
Farm Security Administration

And yet, they're not covered in filth.
Even impoverished people had some standards back then.

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Whoops, Wrong Planchet As error collectors know, the Mint makes a variety of mistakes when producing coins, and errors come in many types. This is an example of a Jefferson Nickel that was mistakenly struck on the wrong planchet -- a planchet intended for a Lincoln Cent instead. As a result, the coin is the color of a cent instead of a nickel and the design could not fit correctly on the planchet. Boldly detailed and certified MS64 Brown by NGC! 1963-D 5C Jefferson Nickel -- Struck on 1C Planchet -- MS64 Brown NGC.

That's pretty cool. Looks like their value is in the $500 range, which seems really low. I remember finding steel pennies in circulation from the '40s. But those were deliberate and in the correct size.

Excuse me- gotta grab some soap...

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1965 Sebring when the sports car race turned into a hydroplane race

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IWO JIMA.
Original caption. Early in the morning, the pilot of the North American P-51 "FAMRA", heads for his plane. He carries approximately 85 pounds of personal equipment including parachute, lifebelt, life raft, seat, survival vest, helmet and goggles. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. July 1945. (N.A.)
Just another day at the office, with bad guys shooting at you, trying to kill you.

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IWO JIMA.
Original caption. Air Force mechanic pauses in his check of a North American P-51 "Mustang" to hand a discarded piece of the plane to Sgt. Johnnie Thornburg who builds scooters from such donations. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. (N.A.)
How cool would a scooter made from P-51 parts be?

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The S.S. Thistlegorm. Sunk in 1941 by a German Heinkel HE 111 and rediscovered in the early 1950's by Jacques Cousteau.
She was carrying supplies to the Western Desert Force including trucks, motorbikes, UC-MkII tanks, aircraft spare parts, munitions, wellington boots and steam locomotives. For anyone into wreck diving and wartime heritage, this dive is hard to beat.

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