Random Picture Thread

That Louis Vuitton luggage in the back is worth more than the Toyota

 

I suspect the TSA might not be all that keen to search said luggage

 

If you think the jumping croc is big you should of seen what took his right leg!

 

For sure a reader of Popular Science . .

 

http://www.newyorker.com/project/portfolio/weather-man

 

Incidentally, there's a how-to article for a nice looking 9'7" sailing dinghy just a few pages later: https://books.google.com/books?id=S...One-Man Tow&hl=nl&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q&f=true

Actually, there's a lot of good stuff in that issue ... like a kite based off of the Bermuda rig.

 

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Yes, a lot of fun and interesting stuff for 15 ¢, but what would the equivalent be of 1940's 15 ¢ in today's money . . ? ?

Anyone know a conversion website . . ? ?

 

No crocs in the southern half of Australia, and rarely outside the tropics. !

 

From Myark's link ---> Dead Bird​

‘‘ On Midway Atoll, far from the centres of world commerce, an albatross, dead from ingesting too much plastic, decays on the beach – it is a common sight on the remote Island. ’’

 

$2.51 today.

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

 

Thanks Rurudyne, but why are today's magazines so much more expensive than that . . ? ? - - (an example)

€ 6.25 (is about US $ 6.89 at present)​

 

It could be the printing, what with photorealistic color. It could be that wages in the publishing industry have grown faster than inflation.

I'm thinking a lot of it is just because they can.

It probably isn't spent on fact checking in news or opinion rags though.

 

Oh bugger...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ce2_1373206384&use_old_player=0

 

A phone conversation some years hence:

"Yeah, I found a sweet little marina that offers a 20% discount for the slips at the far end! Snapped it up quick. ... Small print in the lease? No, why?"