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The beautiful and very exclusive Aston Martin DB4 was launched in September 1958. It went on sale at the price of £3976, or to put that into some perspective about seven times the price of a Morris Minor. The DB4 was quite different from previous Aston Martin models - the new four-seater bodywork had been styled by Touring of Milan, and was constructed around their Patented "Superleggera" steel frame and mounted to a steel platform chassis. Power was from a double overhead camshaft 3.7 litre straight six engine that produced around 240 bhp, giving this car rapid acceleration and a top speed of 140mph. Four wheel disc brakes were standard fitment and steering was for the first time on a road going Aston, by rack and pinion. The very well appointed interior featured leather seating and comprehensive instrumentation. Optional extras available at the time included overdrive, electric windows, and a limited slip differential.
A year after its launch the DB4 was joined by the DB4 GT. This car featured a shorter wheelbase and a 302bhp engine which raised the typical top speed to over 150mph, and dramatically improved acceleration - I say typical top speed because there was a choice of five different rear axle ratios on the GT. A drophead coupe version of the DB4 was introduced in 1961. Also in 1961 a higher performance DB4 was launched with a 266 bhp engine, and this was known as the DB4 Vantage, but an option for this car was the GT's 302 bhp engine, there were but a handful of these ever made though. Interestingly a few DB4's were produced featuring bodywork designed by Zagato which were intended for circuit use, and these cars were lower and shorter than the other DB4 cars, and had few interior appointments. Minor trim and styling changes were made throoughout the production of the DB4 range which was discontinued in 1963 when it was replaced by the DB5 after approximately 1100 had been built.
Chickens can live without a Head If the brain stem is left intact after beheading a chicken, it can continue to live quite in harmony. There is one documented case of a headless chicken, the Miracle Mike, who lived for an impressive 18 months without a head. The famous story was born when a farmer, Lloyd Olsen, missed his axe and the brain stem of Mike was left intact, leaving one ear and most of the brain stem intact. The Headless Chicken was fed with a mixture of milk and water with an eye dropper.
I'm not really one for communal soaking but you can’t really come to Iceland and not go to the Blue Lagoon, it’s just not done. And unlike the tubs at the spa at the Hilton which I visited last night, this promised to be spacious and interesting (as opposed to awkward and an invasion of personal space [sat in a tub with four other ladies in a nicely designed room which contained three other tubs which were also packed; sitting in what was at best a six-person hot-tub with strangers isn’t really my cup of tea. To be fair though, there were two nice, young therapists giving in-tub neck massages - from outside the tub- and getting a neck massage while soaking is a wonderful thing, regardless of others soaking next to you]). So the Blue Lagoon is a must, and I was definitely looking forward to the excursion.
For the past 6 years, a German shepherd called Capitán has slept next to the grave of his owner every night at 6 pm. His owner, Miguel Guzmán died in 2006. Capitán, the dog, disappeared while the family attended the funeral services. A week later relatives of Guzmán were visiting the cemetery when they were astounded to find the dog next to the owner's grave.
The cemetery director says that the dog comes around each night at 6 pm, and has done so for the past 6 years...!
Taiwan-based Polytron Technologies may have the next leap forward in cell phones, promising a transparent mobile by the end of 2013.
The device still has some parts that are not transparent, including a SD card and SIM card. The microphone, camera, and batteries are also visible, and will be hidden behind a dark glass cover when the model goes into production.
The most intriguing feature of the Bubble Eye Goldfish are its bubbles. The bubbles on the Water-Bubble Eye Goldfish begin to develop at an age of 6-9 months. By the time they are 2 years old, the bubbles are very large. These water-filled bubbles get so big in fact, that the fish has trouble seeing and can even have a hard time swimming because of them.
Although these are very intriguing looking fancy goldfish, their bubble sacs are easily broken. The sacs are notorious for getting caught in the water uptake valves of aquarium filters. It helps to have a foam cover over the valve to help prevent this. Most the time broken bubbles will grow back, but sometimes they may not grow back at all. And when they do grow back, they are a different shape and size and won't match their other bubble. Broken bubbles heal slowly and are subject to infection!
This unusual tunnel can be seen in California's Sequoia National Park.The drive is cut through the tree trunk of a Sequoia which fell in 1937.
Instead of removing it from the road, the park administration decided to cut a tunnel in it. It's 5.18 m. (17 ft.) wide and 2.44 m. (8 ft.) high.
The beautiful and very exclusive Aston Martin DB4 was launched in September 1958. It went on sale at the price of £3976, or to put that into some perspective about seven times the price of a Morris Minor. The DB4 was quite different from previous Aston Martin models - the new four-seater bodywork had been styled by Touring of Milan, and was constructed around their Patented "Superleggera" steel frame and mounted to a steel platform chassis. Power was from a double overhead camshaft 3.7 litre straight six engine that produced around 240 bhp, giving this car rapid acceleration and a top speed of 140mph. Four wheel disc brakes were standard fitment and steering was for the first time on a road going Aston, by rack and pinion. The very well appointed interior featured leather seating and comprehensive instrumentation. Optional extras available at the time included overdrive, electric windows, and a limited slip differential.
A year after its launch the DB4 was joined by the DB4 GT. This car featured a shorter wheelbase and a 302bhp engine which raised the typical top speed to over 150mph, and dramatically improved acceleration - I say typical top speed because there was a choice of five different rear axle ratios on the GT. A drophead coupe version of the DB4 was introduced in 1961. Also in 1961 a higher performance DB4 was launched with a 266 bhp engine, and this was known as the DB4 Vantage, but an option for this car was the GT's 302 bhp engine, there were but a handful of these ever made though. Interestingly a few DB4's were produced featuring bodywork designed by Zagato which were intended for circuit use, and these cars were lower and shorter than the other DB4 cars, and had few interior appointments. Minor trim and styling changes were made throoughout the production of the DB4 range which was discontinued in 1963 when it was replaced by the DB5 after approximately 1100 had been built.
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