Thursday miscellanea #510

Remember the Datsun 510? That’s what the Datsun Bluebird was called over here. A later generation was sold as the 810, and that car was the direct ancestor of the Nissan Maxima.
The squirrel is not actually on meth. I think an offhand comment got legs.
Justified is our new show, and we’re doing Scott & Bailey after that.
I rode Dad’s Jet Ski with 300 horsepower on Saturday, all the way to its governed top speed of 67 mph. (The acceleration is otherworldly—it takes nearly no time to get there. And oh, 67 mph feels like 300 on a Jet Ski.) However, below 30 mph or so the handling is awful (to include making it much more of a challenge to dock cleanly than, say, a Yamaha WaveRunner). It understeers badly, and the weight distribution is such that left turns and right turns have little in common dynamically. It’s an intriguing toy, but I think you don’t want it to be your only PWC.
Want a good bar bet? What would you say the biggest vector for trichinosis in North America is? Believe it or not, it’s bear meat.
Be on the lookout for a 15-foot yellow python in Tuscaloosa. Heh. I’d say the chances of this snake being recovered alive are pretty good, simply because folks who would be inclined to kill it won’t want to get that close to it. (‘Course, I guess a shotgun would do the job too.)
IndyCar is at Road America on Sunday. This has been a good race since its return to the schedule in 2016, and intermittent showers could heighten the drama. (They won’t run ovals in the rain, but as long as there isn’t a massive and sustained storm, there are rain tires for road and street courses.) Looking forward to it.

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