Tag: Life
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Long Range, Short Wheelbase.
I’ve always loved trucks. From before I could speak, trucks fascinated me: big ones, small ones, sleepers or basic cabins. I loved them all. I especially love the ones with massive, endless trailers, stretching behind them, to infinity and beyond. This, however, is non of that. This is a thoroughbred rally machine. And goes like…
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Hilux Homebound
The last stage of the longest race in the world.Battered, beaten, broken. Man and machine, enduring all of natures prowess. This is the Dakar Rally. Known as the most gruelling race in motorsport- and it shows. 12 days of rally, across rock, stone and dune. From the East of the Arabian peninsula, down South, then…
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The Longest Route
I’ve always deliberately kept myself from liking motorbikes. I appreciate the insane engineering that goes into them, and even more, the bonker riders that make magic with them. It’s just too dangerous for my liking. My first real encounter with a proper hardcore motorcycle was a dirt bike much like this- owned, modified and driven…
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InfiniToast.
I seem to be on a trend here. A breakfast trend. And I’ll tell you why. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. The only thing better than breakfast is the second breakfast (and elevenses of course). Anything actually can pass for breakfast. A scone? Yes. A flapjack stack lathered with the sweetest syrup…
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Fill ‘er up buttercup
Ah coffee. You either love it, or you don’t. Some drink it for the stimulus, some for the taste. Me, I just enjoy the process of making it. There are many ways to skin a cat, and the same is true for coffee. You could meticulously titrate it, pour it precisely over grounds, you could…
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LeviToast®
I bought a new toaster this week, and it comes with a feature not really… advertised.It literally catapults the toast a good 5-6cm into the sky. Like really just yeets the bread into the stratosphere. While that may be extremely comical, it poses a legitimate problem. I keep losing my toast. Like straight up, it’s…
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Motion is tranquility.
The motion series. I saw this picture the other day, of Stefan Johanssons Ferrari during the 1985 Monaco GP and I fell in love with it. It’s know as the Mona Lisa of the Motorsports world, it’s just that good. So, I tried to emulate it. I’m my own style. Not as good of course,…
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Short Shift.
Manual transmissions are dead. Nobody wants one. Traffic kills the satisfaction of the shift. Even higher end, sports cars, like the new Supra have no manual transmission. The general population just doesn’t want stick shift. People just don’t want to be engaged with driving anymore. It’s a necessity, not an experience anymore. I can honestly…
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Oxygen Ocean
02/09/18 3rd year of university, travelling back for the new year. It’s a long flight, so I usually try to get some shut-eye, but you know what it is like to sleep on an airplane, you have to steal pockets of time throughout the flight to nap, the rest of the time is just restless…
