In SF vacant buildings sell for more money than occupied buildings because the new owners can set any rent they want.
Our rent controlled three unit building was sold 6 months ago for $M1.1 after our neighbours and we (really me) baulked at $M1.05 (My decision not to buy was based on my lack of love for the building). Now the new owners plan to resell in the Spring and they've offered to buy us out of our lease so they can sell it as a vacant building.
Until now, our plan was to stay in our rent controlled apartment. But it's a gamble. If we stay, we might be evicted under the Ellis Act, and we'd have to move anyway. If we take the buy-out money and move, we'll be paying much higher rent elsewhere in the City.
Of course any decision will be made in cooperation with our neighbours, who are pretty savvy about such things.
The Triumph car company was devastated during WW2, and the Standard car company bought the name. (I can just remember my father's Standard Vanguard like this one. Was this 'ute' only made for Australia/NZ?)
Now Rumour is, BMW is building a prototype Triumph sports car, and plans to sell the car through their MINI division. If true, the car would take 3-4 years to make it to market.
Here in America, the Triumph name means a traditional 2 seater sportscar like this:
For the rest of the world Triumph made the 2000, Herald, Toledo and Dolomite . They were all rwd, except for the Toledo.
If I could own just one Triumph, it would be the Dolomite Sprint(1973-1980). It's a small car by todays standards, with typical Triumph wood dashboard/door-caps and luxury interior. It was the first modern production car with a four valve engine, and used a SOHC and 2 liters to make 127hp. It had a 4speed gearbox with overdrive in 3rd and 4th.
Fans of the movie "Full Metal Jacket" will love the Drill Sergeant Alarm Clock. Imagine waking up to this.
OK, so I'm making this up. In truth the clock is cheap junk, and doesn't say anything outrageous. But wouldn't it be cool if someone really did sell a Gunnery Sergeant Hartman alarm clock?
Listen while Hartman names his maggots.
Thanks Redferret
The Rover P5B must have been the inspiration for the Chrysler 300.
The P5B was the first car to use the aluminium V8 engine design that Rover purchased from Buick and improved upon (Later this engine would power the Rover P6 and SD1, Range Rover, Australian Leyland P76, Morgan, TVR and other sports cars). This car is a rare example of muscular British styling, luxury and performance. It has a beautiful dashboard with large gauges grouped in a pod in front of the driver. The sporty Rostyle wheels are in contrast to deliberately brutish looks.
It was frightening for this small boy to see a P5B coming down the street. The top of the bonnet was level with the top of my head, and I thought the driver wouldn't see me.
It takes so much time to create an original logo. So to quickly add a bit of color to the blog title I've used Logogle.
I'm a healthy man, but put me in a flying cigar tube and I get ill every time. Theraflu is really helping.
On the flight back in a 757 I sat in an exit row for the first time. Pure luxury! Two seats instead of three, and more legroom than 1st class. We were on the ground by 11:30, and because we already knew our bags were on a different flight, we went straight to the taxi rank and home to Che and Jawa.
We're back home in SF, but I'm thinking about some of the things we saw in Columbus:
The Lane Avenue Bridge crossing the Olentangy River on the Ohio State campus is 370 feet long and pretends to be a cable stayed bridge (the new fashion for suspension bridges that eliminates the need for cable 'anchors' at each end). My guess is that the cables are purely decorative, and don't support the road deck. I think the deck is supported by girders running underneath the bridge.
If I'm right, then the bridge towers are a frivolous and costly addition to the bridge.
If I'm wrong, and the cables are structural, then the bridge design doesn't look right. Removing the buttresses might help.
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