Random Thoughts Thread

[A Horse With No Name]

On 4/11/2025 at 7:03 PM, G. David Felt said:

Looks like self driving marketing deception is about to come crashing down to earth as China is looking to do what we have done for decades in protective measures of driving and what Musk is wanting to dismantle as he thinks Tesla knows better than the Feds.

3 Lives Lost, $15B Gone—Xiaomi’s SU7 Crash Is a Wake-Up Call for the EV Industry

Musk needs to be homeless and broke.

Without getting political, cutting air traffic control will not end well. Close call here, really distressing to see this as someone who flies on Jets...

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Fantastic drill press advice.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

 

US aviation will not do well under tariffs.

 

[G. David Felt]

This is so true, there is no way we will ever go back to the 1980's or early 1990's of assembly line jobs. Even if part makers and complete auto assembly lines come into the U.S. they will be heavily roboticized and as such, you will need educated repair people for the robots, but the days of so much human manual work is over.

Trump says free trade killed American auto jobs. That’s not the whole story

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

This is so true, there is no way we will ever go back to the 1980's or early 1990's of assembly line jobs. Even if part makers and complete auto assembly lines come into the U.S. they will be heavily roboticized and as such, you will need educated repair people for the robots, but the days of so much human manual work is over.

Trump says free trade killed American auto jobs. That’s not the whole story

Absolutely true, look at a picture of a 1960's motown plant and then look at a modern assembly line.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

 

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[A Horse With No Name]

This is an amazingly badass truck.

 

Charger video, very interesting, I love this guy.

 

[ccap41]

7 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

This is an amazingly badass truck.

 

I follow all of Matt's videos. I love his builds and recoveries.

[G. David Felt]

On 4/9/2025 at 2:33 PM, G. David Felt said:

Very Interesting, Jeff Bezo is funding this EV Truck Startup that has been running since 2022.

I signed up for newsletter, but not much else is known about it.

Slate

Stories are coming out, will be interesting as Jeff Bezo is saying the truck will start at $25,000 which we have heard this before from others.

A New $25,000 American EV Truck Company Is Backed By Jeff Bezos: Report

Found a hidden FAQ site: Slate FAQ

SLATE Reveal is targeted in 14 days and 8hrs from now.

Seems first sneek preview is here:
Slate's $25,000 Electric Truck Will Be A 'Disruptor'

Preview of a portion of the truck to Newsweek.

Spotted: The Jeff Bezos $25,000 Pickup From Slate Auto

[Robert Hall]

6 hours ago, ccap41 said:

I follow all of Matt's videos. I love his builds and recoveries.

I watch his videos also..fun stuff. 

[Robert Hall]

Had a relaxing weekend at the lake, albeit still a bit cold... highs only in the low 40s.  But sunny in the afternoons, great sunsets.  Saturday night about 8pm...last pic is the 'pink' moon at about 9pm Sat.  Crazy spring weather..70 and sunny at home yesterday afternoon, 43 and rain today.   Got to wash the Caddy, it got a lot of mud on it on one backroad near the lake where they were logging.

Edited April 15 by Robert Hall

[G. David Felt]

Interesting to see the sales figures for California.

Tesla’s California Freefall Could Signal A Bigger EV Crisis

[G. David Felt]

So happy for this woman in fighting Musk to prove her innocence. I hope she survives to the court hearing and wins.

Tesla whistleblower wins legal battle against Elon Musk

Very cool Tech these 3 teens came up with.

3 teens invented a salt-powered refrigerator that doesn't need electricity. They're building 200 of them for hospitals to use.

[A Horse With No Name]

 

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

 

WOW, this is a Scary informative video. Single point of failure has such drastic effects. Very good video that this guy does on the air industry.

[A Horse With No Name]

3 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

WOW, this is a Scary informative video. Single point of failure has such drastic effects. Very good video that this guy does on the air industry.

He is a reality addict, I like his stuff. 

Interesting

Really SAD EV content, amazing how badly some folks behave...

 

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Really SAD EV content, amazing how badly some folks behave...

 

WOW, I hope there is a follow up video on Mario. That is just unbelievable. 

[A Horse With No Name]

This will not end well.

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

This will not end well.

This is pathetic and will hurt America and the Citizens long term.

The folk at the end is sad as this is the worst tech layout in a long time and no one is hiring. I feel for all those that have lost their jobs.

[G. David Felt]

This is very cool story, history of when GM started to look at building mass production EVs. Great video of the EV in the story.

Retro Rides: The 1969 all-electric GM XP 512E concept

 

Seems GM is sitting on thousands of unsold BrightDrop vans. As such, they are going to lay off the CAMI plant workers till the fall and then only bring back a smaller group of workers.

GM throttles down BrightDrop production at CAMI plant

Seems the biggest part of the problem is that GM is over $20,000 more than the equal van from Ford in e-Transit form.

GM faces BrightDrop EV crisis: Overflowing lots and mass layoffs

[A Horse With No Name]

Mack Truck layofs, more economic news related to the auto industry coming. 

[G. David Felt]

3 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

Mack Truck layofs, more economic news related to the auto industry coming. 

We are only at the beginning of a Major Recession if not an outright depression due to Stagflation, the increase in inflation, increase in costs and all Americans being Fleeced by the Idiot Lemmings in DC allowing Idiot47 to destroy the country.

Seems the latest is that most auto assembly workers are living pay check to pay check. As such, when companies lay off to stop production due to the economic down turn, many will loose everything I fear.

Sad that so many studies show 3 out of 4 workers are living paycheck to paycheck in the U.S.

2025 wage reality: Millions of workers living paycheck to paycheck

This is one of the best in depth reads on all income levels and how or why they live paycheck to paycheck.

Who Is the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumer in America?

[A Horse With No Name]

People blame wages for being why we can't make great things, but Festool tools are made in Germany, and are fantastic. Lots of good European and Japanese tools, and they actually pay their workers better than Americans, with better benefits.

 

Interesting Dust collection vacuum.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

She absolutely gets it on Tariffs, RE-Boeing, Ford, GM, the auto industry.

 

 

Lots of wisdom here. I love this U tube channel.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Painful mistake...

[trinacriabob]

I'm a little sad about the death of Pope Francis.  He was a more humane Pope. (Well, it could be deciphered that was not a fan of Agent Orange, so there you go.)

I hope they are careful in selecting the next Pope.  They need to be very careful.

I find it interesting when people find the strength to make it to an important milestone.  He circulated among the faithful on Easter Sunday, shaking hands and hugging children, I'm told.  He died the following day.  Being just a casual Catholic, I'm touched by this.

[A Horse With No Name]

 

[G. David Felt]

2 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

I'm a little sad about the death of Pope Francis.  He was a more humane Pope. (Well, it could be deciphered that was not a fan of Agent Orange, so there you go.)

I hope they are careful in selecting the next Pope.  They need to be very careful.

I find it interesting when people find the strength to make it to an important milestone.  He circulated among the faithful on Easter Sunday, shaking hands and hugging children, I'm told.  He died the following day.  Being just a casual Catholic, I'm touched by this.

Yes sad but he did have his time. 

While not a religious person, I was happy he was from humble roots in Brazil. He related to the common humanity across our globe way better than some pops that came from well to do backgrounds and felt they were a cast above the lowest group of homeless people.
RIP Pope Francis.

[A Horse With No Name]

3 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

I'm a little sad about the death of Pope Francis.  He was a more humane Pope. (Well, it could be deciphered that was not a fan of Agent Orange, so there you go.)

I hope they are careful in selecting the next Pope.  They need to be very careful.

I find it interesting when people find the strength to make it to an important milestone.  He circulated among the faithful on Easter Sunday, shaking hands and hugging children, I'm told.  He died the following day.  Being just a casual Catholic, I'm touched by this.

I actually sort of liked him. 

[Robert Hall]

Got this neat 1/64th 2019 CT6 diecast in the mail today, from China off eBay.   Looks like my 1:1. 

[A Horse With No Name]

18 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

Got this neat 1/64th 2019 CT6 diecast in the mail today, from China off eBay.   Looks like my 1:1. 

I like the Teal Lincoln? to the left as well.

 

 

[Robert Hall]

3 minutes ago, A Horse With No Name said:

I like the Teal Lincoln? to the left as well.

 

 

The Lincoln limo is a 60s vintage Corgi.  I also have a gold one w/ a black roof. 
 

here are a few of my old Corgi and Dinky toys. 

[A Horse With No Name]

I need to make a chess board like she did...

Just now, Robert Hall said:

The Lincoln limo is a 60s vintage Corgi.  I also have a gold one w/ a black roof. 
 

here are a few of my old Corgi and Dinky toys. 

The green 63-64 Ford and the Green T-Bird are hot as hell.

The blue Benz is easy on the eyes also.

This wagon is damn near perfect, I love this turquoise color from Ford.

 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Modern Cadillac love...

[A Horse With No Name]

People in this country are losing their crap and becoming more angry....

[A Horse With No Name]

 

[A Horse With No Name]

"The Best revenge is to be unlike the one who caused the harm...."

[A Horse With No Name]

Excellent critique of the Cybertruck...

 

[G. David Felt]

5 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

People in this country are losing their crap and becoming more angry....

Excuses for the guy about having PTSD. He is a bully, an idiot and deserves in Jail.

[A Horse With No Name]

15 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Excuses for the guy about having PTSD. He is a bully, an idiot and deserves in Jail.

Agreed...

Another way our country is broken. VIdeo talks about the rise of self driving trucks and how this will further change everything....but a good watch.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

They are tanking in terms of automotive sales....

 

 

This is my experience, I love Stihl chainsaws.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

I love the thought of traveling by passenger train, neat old videos.

 

 

[G. David Felt]

4 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

They are tanking in terms of automotive sales....

 

 

This is my experience, I love Stihl chainsaws.

 

Crazy American's willing to gamble on poor leadership in Tesla. Makes no sense and like ERON, I now feel that TESLA will be a scam that leaves the stockholders crying in the future years.

TESLA = PONZI scam

I also still like Stihl and have my Dads chain saw that still runs great. Newer stuff might be more questionable.

[ccap41]

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

Crazy American's willing to gamble on poor leadership in Tesla. Makes no sense and like ERON, I now feel that TESLA will be a scam that leaves the stockholders crying in the future years.

TESLA = PONZI scam

What, exactly, is Tesla doing to scam stockholders? How are they like Enron?