The Library of Congress has this and thousands of other photos on Flickr, featuring a lot of color photos from the WWII era.
Paul Potts
Paul Potts came back for the finals last night:
Paul Potts Final Performance: Nessun Dorma
Results of Britain’s Got Talent Final and winning Performance
The former cell phone salesman has won 100,000GBP and will perform before the queen. Congrats!
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Tulsarama!
Unfortunately, the water that leaked into the chamber completely destroyed the car.
The chamber was built to withstand a nuclear attack and included containers of oil and gasoline, in case the vehicles of the future didn’t use these substances. However, the people of 1957 had no idea that something as simple as water would ruin their gift to the future. They probably also had no idea that Plymouth would cease to exist as a brand, a decision made at the turn of the century by Chrysler’s German owners.
The Tulsarama! site has more photos in their gallery.
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MacArthur Maze Tanker Fire
Finally, it turns out that sometimes government agencies can get it together enough to get a vital piece of infrastructure rebuilt in 25 days. It also helped that they offered a $200,000 a day bonus for early completion, capped at $5m.
This is my new toy:
It’s a 2003 S2000 with 49k miles. Many thanks to my wife who let me buy it even though she thinks convertibles are stupid.
This is pretty amazing stuff. The fire was so hot it melted the freeway and eliminated all evidence of the truck.
San Francisco Chronicle: Tanker fire destroys part of MacArthur Maze
2 freeways closed near Bay BridgeThe heat of a dramatic gasoline tanker fire destroyed an overpass and closed two major roadways in the MacArthur Maze at the East Bay access to the Bay Bridge early this morning.
A section of the roadway taking traffic from the Bay Bridge onto eastbound Interstate 580 fell onto the connector that brings East Bay traffic from Interstate 80 to Interstate 880 southbound toward Oakland and San Jose.
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The tanker, which was traveling from I-80 full of vehicle-ready gasoline, seems to have disappeared. One Caltrans worker at the scene held up his thumb and forefinger an inch apart to describe how big the tanker is now.
The driver, who got out of the truck on his own after it overturned, hailed a taxi to a nearby hospital, where he is in critical but stable condition with burns.
Here are some Chronicle photos of the interchange:
These are photos from the actual day of the wedding, following us from morning until night.
…got married.
This is a cucumber flower:
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