Why are you in such a hurry to leave the DDR?
That's a quote from a movie, but I can't remember which one. Maybe it was a Bond flick...or perhaps some comedy...anyway, for some reason that line came to mind when I was reading this.
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'Cool' fuel cells...
'Cool' means they operate at a temperature of around 500 degress Celsius. When was 5 times the boiling point of water cool?
Hybrid Mileage Comes Up Short
I guess this news story is a few months old, but I kinda liked the idea of getting a hybrid for the increased gas mileage. Now I know that it's a bunch of hooey and I will stick to my gas guzzling six cylinder.
Get em' while they're cold...
Free Slurpees tomorrow. "While Slurpee drinks aren't yet available in Beijing, here in the United States, 7-Eleven will celebrate its 77th anniversary this Sunday, July 11, 2004, by offering free 7.11-ounce Slurpee beverages, one per customer, at participating stores nationwide. "
100-Lb. Woman No. 2 in World for Eating
"The records Thomas holds are astounding. Eleven pounds of cheesecake in nine minutes. Nine pounds of crawfish jambalaya in 10 minutes. Eight pounds of turducken (chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey) in 12 minutes. Forty-three soft tacos in 11 minutes. 167 chicken wings in 32 minutes. " Ouch.