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Hahaha....unique. I can dig it.
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Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park.
Thousands of tourists travel to the Havasupai reservation each year to camp near a series of picturesque waterfalls. The reservation is remote and accessible only by foot, helicopter, or by riding a horse or mule.
The hike takes tourists 8 miles (13 kilometers) down a winding trail through desert landscape before they reach the first waterfall.
Someone peed in the water.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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👆 Would probably take more than pee for that result…Alea jacta est!
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You've heard of Tacomas being called Tacos...this is a Taquito.
Lol - that’s how I see almost all Toyota trucks;-)"Conservative Libertarians love the country, progressive leftists love the government." - Andrew Wilkow
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At least they can park. (cue indignant big truck owner chest puffing "I handle my truck just fine")
You guys remember when the full size Ford and Chevy trucks were about the same size as the current gen Tacomas?I disabled signatures. -
Yup. I also remember when the stock front ends were lower chest height, not close to eyeball height. Even the Heavy Duty trucks. Grills nowadays are getting ridiculous. It's like every car company is in a completion for the biggest grill. From Lexus, to Ford, to Chevy.....pretty soon, they will start looking like this. (I know you have seen this one before)
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Yup. I also remember when the stock front ends were lower chest height, not close to eyeball height. Even the Heavy Duty trucks. Grills nowadays are getting ridiculous. It's like every car company is in a completion for the biggest grill. From Lexus, to Ford, to Chevy.....pretty soon, they will start looking like this. (I know you have seen this one before)
Tom
Yeah, things started going bonkers after about 2013 if I recall, especially in the 2500-3500 class trucks. They are just hulking nowadays. My trucklet (Maverick) on the other hand, can still fit in a parking spot...
Yes, this is my actual Maverick and I took that photo last year when I first got it. It was laughable to compare the size to other trucks, most of which probably never haul anything more than some camping/fishing gear or golf bags.
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Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
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The giant truck fiasco of today started with this one…
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“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
You've heard of Tacomas being called Tacos...this is a Taquito.
that couldn't possibly be an official manufacture, is it? = wait, wait, AI again? lol
One of the first forums I ever spent time on was off-road.com's Toyota message board back in the late 90s. people would bob beds to build rock crawlers, and they'd look similar to this, except with slightly less balloony tires. Neat stuff, though. Dual transfer cases, on board air, sometimes built by repurposing the AC compressor, and true bead-lock wheels. Not my thing, but that was when I first learned about custom fab stuff and the skills of the people building that stuff.
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lol, and to think my little '02 Tacoma is even smaller than your Maverick - it's narrower by 17"!
Yeah, things started going bonkers after about 2013 if I recall, especially in the 2500-3500 class trucks. They are just hulking nowadays. My trucklet (Maverick) on the other hand, can still fit in a parking spot...Yup. I also remember when the stock front ends were lower chest height, not close to eyeball height. Even the Heavy Duty trucks. Grills nowadays are getting ridiculous. It's like every car company is in a completion for the biggest grill. From Lexus, to Ford, to Chevy.....pretty soon, they will start looking like this. (I know you have seen this one before)
Tom
Yes, this is my actual Maverick and I took that photo last year when I first got it. It was laughable to compare the size to other trucks, most of which probably never haul anything more than some camping/fishing gear or golf bags.
I will say, it does feel small inside by comparison to my daily driver 2010 car.
Same here, though. Mine's not a full on work truck for me, but more for a second vehicle, getting around, and some general utility use, like trips to the dump, big box stores, or towing a small 5x8 utility trailer. I'd want something larger if I needed it for work, ate more hamburgers, or routinely drove long distance or had passengers.
I think that guy to the left of you in the photo has a wider space for some reason. Is the standard parking spot still just 9ft wide? I think it's even narrower in some parking decks, not to mention the lower height. Saw quite a few concrete beam scrapes in the last parking deck I frequented.
I'll have to see if I can find a photo of my Tacoma parked beside a full size truck from a few years ago. I thought it looked kinda funny. When you think about the market that Toyota trucks were originally built for, it makes sense. Small roads and average height weight of around 5'3-5'7 / 138lbs according to one article I just skimmed. Unsure of the dates, though.
https://livejapan.com/en/in-tokyo/in-pref-tokyo/in-shinjuku/article-a0000962/
This article listed figures for the US as 5'9/195lbs average height/weight.
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A pediatric immobilizer for x-raying. Anyone brought a PTSD suit yet?
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You've heard of Tacomas being called Tacos...this is a Taquito.
that couldn't possibly be an official manufacture, is it? = wait, wait, AI again? lol
One of the first forums I ever spent time on was off-road.com's Toyota message board back in the late 90s. people would bob beds to build rock crawlers, and they'd look similar to this, except with slightly less balloony tires. Neat stuff, though. Dual transfer cases, on board air, sometimes built by repurposing the AC compressor, and true bead-lock wheels. Not my thing, but that was when I first learned about custom fab stuff and the skills of the people building that stuff.
Not AI. It was spotted somewhere in Ohio. It is a custom build, supposedly on a shortened Tahoe frame with a V8.
There are people posting with other photos and one video.
https://www.facebook.com/4xfred/posts/pfbid02oM9G1aBJuXsaBsE4fJ1oDvDbC9A69vWWGQY8NtcJAozta6rtRJYri1XGdTNXQ365lFor rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore... -
A pediatric immobilizer for x-raying. Anyone brought a PTSD suit yet?
Holy crap, that's freaking *me* out.
They must be drugging those kids. I'd be like Randy Savage or Kool Aid Man if I got put into one of those.I disabled signatures. -
Reminds me of bonsai kittens.
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I sea what you did there....
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
It's a buoy named SUE.Main Rig:
Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
MIT exp 1 ic's
Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
AQ kingcobra ic's
OPPO 83 CDP
Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
ADS L1590/2 Biamped
MIT exps2 speaker cable -
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A pediatric immobilizer for x-raying. Anyone brought a PTSD suit yet?
My son had that done when he was a baby. My wife cried. -
Well if he doesn't pick up his toys when he's told, I guess he's gotta get learned the hard way . 🤔
You Canadians are tough people, kind of like Spartans. 🏋️
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Well if he doesn't pick up his toys when he's told, I guess he's gotta get learned the hard way . 🤔
You Canadians are tough people, kind of like Spartans. 🏋️
It was tough to watch. Wife crying, son screaming but it's the only proper way to take an abdominal X-ray. -
The first thing I thought of when I saw that was the beginning of The Bride of Frankenstein.A pediatric immobilizer for x-raying. Anyone brought a PTSD suit yet?
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Ukraine graduation pic.
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Remember being a weekend hippy? I do.
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