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Look at the freak who was driving..he's full of ****. The vehicle has a drive-by-wire throttle system that is computer controlled with safety measures to reduce power if he tries to push the brake pedal with the gas pedal down as well. As the article points out, he also could have turned the key to ignition position 1 without removing it and that would have killed the engine while retaining power steering to control the vehicle as he decelerated. Lastly, that vehicle only comes with an autobox; he could have slipped the auto gear shifter into "Neutral" quite easily and even if the throttle was stuck at 100%, he would have just hit the engine redline or perhaps even exceeded that...while slowly coasting to a stop. Wouldn't have been good for the engine but the X5 would have stopped quickly. Oh, one last point: his "careening" speed of 95mph in Germany is known as "slow." Hell, down herein SE FL where I live it's known as "slightly quicker than standard cruising speed on I-95." Just so much stupid in this article all the way around. This is the sort of **** that supports the notion around the world that Americans are all !@#$ing idiotic.

Watch 'til the end; excellent case of road rash. Good God.

The problem with motorcycles is that a little fender-bender in a car means you are dead on a bike. Down here in FL I see riders every day zipping around with no helmet as we have no helmet laws. One weird incident with that head banging on the ground and it's good night. I can't believe riders casually take that kind of a risk. And I'm totally into bikes too, well at least of a certain type. I'm too scared to ride them though. Speaking of road rash... A buddy of mine from school told me about the time he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle as like a 13 year old kid. He went over the hood of the car, flew through the air, and skimmed along the asphalt road surface with only a t-shirt on. His shirt came up/was torn up and his entire back was shredded on the street, with little bits of asphalt imbedded in his back/skin. He said he will never forget the pain of the doctor at the hospital literally using like a wire brush to scrub his back, despite the fact that it was already raw meat back there. They had to get all the asphalt bits out of his skin and that is how they did it! My buddy said he was literally screaming uncontrollably and he will never forget the pain. I always think of that story when I hear the phrase "road rash" or you watch that video with the guy sliding along the road surface. It's sickening.

I must have missed that footnote, but it makes a lot of sense. I thought seven seemed kind of high.

I would rank San Diego, San Francisco, and possibly even San Jose ahead of San Gash.

I guess you didn't hear about the neurological study they did on Gronk last offseason at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. It got a lot of traction in the local Boston press. He WAS found to have functioning brain cells. Seven of them in fact. At least per the report. I believe that puts him, as far as cognitive ability goes, above an empty can of beer but slightly below a learning disabled weevil.

I have mentioned this fact 100 times on this forum, but a lot of folks don't seem to remember that little point. Show me 10 Tyrod Taylor fans and I will show you 10 Buffalo Bills fans.

I think Taylor has no trade value. No need to argue this point! We'll find out the answer soon enough.

Often in modern society, the people most capable of being excellent parents do not have any children, while those who are not fit to be parents at all, have several. What a B word!

It's more like 5'11" but it's only a problem if it's a problem, if you know what I mean. His height might be a real problem for one guy but not a problem for another.

I'd be surprised if Jack plays again this year. The organization is quick to point out the possibility of his return only b/c we have a lot of home games left and the fan base is already totally pissed off as it is! Especially if we are in a solid battle for dead last with the best odds to win the lottery...Eichel will not be played. At least I hope not! But don't expect the Sabres to mention any of that publicly.

This looks a lot worse than it is. That initial big flash is vapor igniting, but that quickly burns out and there isn't much fuel in its place to keep the fire going, which is why the guy who ignited it hopped out of his vehicle and was standing in the middle of the road without too much trouble a few seconds after the fire started. Below is a similar incident; the driver (Jos Verstappen) was fine after this; he had a little red skin around his eyebrow area...it's all just vapor flash. Looks exciting but it's not that big a deal.

This all makes a lot of sense. The OP is of Polish decent and lives in Lackawanna. I think his last name is Grymski. I have heard that he has ties to the "Zlowrogi" which is some sort of Polish Secret Society. They meet bi-monthly and decide important matters concerning Polish-American relations. It makes perfect sense that Grymski would have family connections with Gostkowski, who in turn would know what's going on with Gronkowski. This information was probably passed along during a sit-down meal at the last meeting involving a plate of golumpki. You have Grymski giving golumpki to Gostkowski in exchange for the skinny on Gronkowski. Connect the dots.

That's former Olympic gold medal winner Tara Lipinski.

John...you are a real journalist with credentials. When you exchange in online "wars" on platforms like Twitter with the likes of Jeremy from WGR, you come across as being unsophisticated and amateurish. Just my 2 cents from my perspective.

Nein men Freund! Lara ist sehr gut! Nothing hotter on this planet than a sexy, pretty, athletic skier chick from the Alps.

LOL. Thanks for the stories. It's amazing how "mood", "timing" and alcohol can make people do things they would never do under a different set of circumstances. Like you probably aren't going to find a 3some with 2 sober women in aisle 4 of the grocery store at 3:15pm on a Tuesday afternoon. Get the same 2 women drunk and in the right environment at a bar or whatever at 2am and now the table is set. I like this approach in the sense that often in life, you can get what you want simply by asking for it. Closely related is the idea that if you DON'T ask for or pursue what you want in life, you probably won't get it. Lastly, there are a variety of pursuits in life that require putting odds in your favor. Getting a new job can be like this. 100 resumes out the door equals 3 interviews; 3 interviews = 1 job offer. Yeah, that's 99 failures out of 100, but it's also a new job, and you are only looking for one new job anyway.

I have a car I'd like to sell you. Please ignore the fact that it is 20% overpriced. Think of it this way! In 5 years it will be perfectly priced and you can consider yourself to have gotten a good deal! Just make sure to draft the right 4 players. What if your 4 picks are Cyrus Kouandjio, Reggie Ragland, Shaq Lawson, and Zay Jones? Those "4 starters" don't look so great now do they? Didn't think so.

Canadian figure skater Gabrielle Daleman:

How about a nuclear submarine?

The very beginning of "Das Boot" is one of the best film intros I've ever seen.

I love the Olympics and prefer winter to summer, so yes, I'm watching. I'm recording hours of content each day/night and then burning through in the evenings, usually watching a day behind. I just can't sit through commercials anymore.

Are we limiting this to the current winter Olympic athletes? Canadian ice dancer Tessa Virtue: Swiss skier Lara Gut:

The quoted passage says more about Lane Johnson than it does the NE organization.