The correct ending to this headline should read “…We’d All Lose Our Lunch.” Especially this month. Tesla investors are taking a wild ride of late, with CEO Elon Musk’s Aug. 7th “secured funding” tweet and subsequent stock spike giving way to a hands-in-the-air plunge as the funding for his go-private plan remains on the missing […]
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Countryfile weather forecast: ROLLER COASTER fronts to hit UK as Atlantic belts travel
Countryfile delivered its five-day forecast earlier this evening as Darren Bett returned to screens to predict the coming week’s weather. It seems the week will be a mixed bag, as temperatures continue to soar and fall each day. Darren explained how the turbulent weather comes as a result of various fronts making their way across […]
This Ferrari themed roller coaster is the fastest in the world
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Videos,Autoblog Minute,Original Video This coaster provides “the thrilling sensation of being in a Ferrari F1 car.” Continue reading This Ferrari themed roller coaster is the fastest in the world This Ferrari themed roller coaster is the fastest in the world originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 09 Aug […]
This roller coaster has the steepest drop in the world
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Filed under: Videos,Autoblog Minute,Original Video Thrill seekers will definitely want to track this one down. Continue reading This roller coaster has the steepest drop in the world This roller coaster has the steepest drop in the world originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 08 Aug 2018 19:58:00 EDT. Please see […]
64 People Were Stuck Upside Down for Hours on a Roller Coaster in Japan
64 People Stuck Upside Down for 2 Hours on Roller Coaster Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site […]
Effortless French: Mt. Gox and Bitcoin’s roller coaster ride
Enlarge (credit: Effortless French / Canal+) After watching the riveting and entertaining nearly two-hour film documentary Effortless French, about the rise and fall of Mt. Gox, the infamous bitcoin exchange, there are two questions (one big, one small) that are never fully answered. (Full disclosure: I was interviewed for this film and appear in multiple scenes, […]
Rants and Raves: Strap On a Pair of Roller Skates and Wheel Away Your Worries
There is no bliss like owning your own pair of roller skates. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a90c333b2b92b689be912ca/master/pass/r3derby-featured.jpg
An English Theme Park Has Made a ‘The Wicker Man’ Roller Coaster For Some Reason
Understandably, many of you might primarily know of The Wicker Man thanks to Neil LaBute’s 2006 remake starring Nicolas Cage, in which Cage’s character punches a woman in the face while dressed like a bear, and spends the movie furiously screaming things like “How’d it get burned?!” and “Not the bees!” But while it’s admittedly not nearly as […]
Roller luggage is dead. Long live the backpack
But if truth be told, I quietly loathe this baggage evolution. If I had a dollar (or a euro, or a pound) for every time a luggage-pulling wayfarer weaved in front of me, thus tripping up my stride with their spinning luggage, I could afford an upgrade to business class. Instead, after recovering from my […]
‘Mr. Robot’ Review: ‘Shutdown’ Brings a Surprisingly Quiet, Introspective End to a Roller Coaster of a Season
(We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of USA’s Mr. Robot season 3 by answering one simple question: who had the biggest mental breakdown in this week’s episode?) Long after the final credits rolled for “Shutdown,” the lyrics of Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang” echoed in my head. “Bang bang/ He shot me down / bang bang / I hit […]
